The elaboration of these comments has been facilitated by the International CSO Facilitating Team, which the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC) put in place early 2010 to facilitate CSO participation in the elaboration process of the FAO Guidelines. It requested comments from all CSO interested in this process through the Civil Society Mechanism of the CFS.
Civil Society Organizations are requested to send their comments to the attached document until Monday 13th of June to:
Sofia Monsalve monsalve@fian.org; cso.vg.landandnaturalresources@gmail.com
On June 14,16 and 17 the Open Ended Working Group (OEWG) meeting on the first draft of the Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests (VGs) will be held at the FAO HQ in Rome.
The aim of these Comments to the First Draft is to prepare the inputs of CSO to this meeting, where the document will be presented.
CSO Draft Comments on the First Draft of the Voluntary Guidelines