Dialogues Parlementaires Virtuels: Sécurité alimentaire et nutrition au temps du Covid-19

Mésoamérique et Amérique du Sud

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Date: 3 March, 16:00-17:30 (CET)

Moderator: Ms. Marcela Villarreal, Director, Partnerships and UN Collaboration Division, FAO

16:00 – 16:05 

5 minutes

Welcome

Ms. Marcela Villarreal, Director, Partnerships and UN Collaboration Division, FAO 

Presentation of participants


16:05 – 16:20 

15 minutes

Opening remarks

Mr. Fernando Jiménez Ontiveros, Director, Multilateral, Horizontal and Financial Cooperation in the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation AECID

Ms. Elena Diego, Honorable Senator and President of the International Cooperation Commission of the Kingdom of Spain

Mr. Jairo Flores, Honorable Deputy of the Republic of Guatemala and Coordinator of the
Parliamentary Front against Hunger in LAC, PFH

16:20 – 16:30 

10 minutes

Food security and nutrition and the role of Parliamentarians in developing an enabling policy environment in the time of COVID-19 

Mr. Luiz Beduschi, Policy Officer, FAO RLC 

Mr. Luis Lobo, Technical Officer of the Spain-FAO Program for Latin America and the Caribbean, FAO RLC

16:30 – 17:15 

45 minutes

Regional Round Table

Challenges and opportunities for food security and nutrition policy processes and the Right to Food

Remarks from Parliamentarians

  • Ms. Ana Lilia Rivera, Honorable Senator of the United Mexican States, PFH
  • Ms. Teresa Calix, Honorable Deputy of the Republic of Honduras, PFH
  • Mr. Mauricio Linares, Honorable Deputy of the Republic of El Salvador, PFH
  • Mr. Guido Girardi, Honorable Senator of the Republic of Chile, PFH
  • Mr. Faber Muñoz, Honorable Member of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Colombia, PFH
  • Ms. Silvia Giacoppo, Honorable Senator of Argentina, Focal Point PARLATINO-FAO
  • Ms. Paola Valladares, Honorable Deputy of the Republic of Costa Rica, PFH
  • Mr. Jairo Flores, Honorable Deputy of the Republic of Guatemala and Coordinator of the Parliamentary Front against Hunger in LAC, PFH

17:15 – 17:25 

10 minutes

Plenary discussion 

Question for debate: 

What role can Parliaments and Parliamentarians play in addressing and mitigating the impacts of COVID-19 on food security, both in the containment and recovery phases?

17:25 – 17:30 

5 minutes

Closing 

Ms. Marcela Villarreal, Director, Partnerships and UN Collaboration Division, FAO

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