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Assistance to Parliamentary Fronts Against Hunger in Selected Countries of the Caricom Caribbean - TCP/SLC/3701

Year of publication 2022

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 9

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Project

Synopsis (short abstract) The Parliamentary Front against Hunger ( for Latin America and the Caribbean ( began in 2009 within the framework of the Hunger Free Latin America and the Caribbean Initiative, as a policy process to set agenda and build political commitment for policy development and implementation against hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition Assistance provided thus far, has resulted in the establishment of platforms ( regional and subregional integrated by parliamentarians from ruling and opposition parties to permanently end hunger The importance of supporting the PFH has grown with the recognition of the significance of the work and commitment of legislators/parliamentarians as a key factor for placing Food and Nutrition Security ( and the fight against hunger at the highest possible level of political and legislative agendas As stated by the CARICOM, the PFH is being used as a vehicle to achieve SDG 2 (Zero Hunger) The project aimed to strengthen the elaboration and implementation of appropriate policies and legislation for food and nutrition security in selected Caribbean countries, with an effective institutional framework, linked with the key results identified by FAO and the governments of Grenada, Haiti and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, by supporting these countries’ parliaments and consolidating permanent and plural spaces within them, in the form of PFH To achieve this, FAO provided technical support based on the experiences of 21 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, where PFH chapters have been established.

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