At a regional level, the Program encourages dialogue and know-how exchange in order to jointly find solutions to common challenges among Mesoamerican countries. In this framework, Mesoamerica Hunger Free focuses on facilitating articulation and feedback processes between academia and actors responsible for the design and implementation of public policies; providing validated methodological tools to relevant actors and favoring synergies identification and supplementary resources mobilization; and promoting in the media and the political agendas the importance of the fight against hunger and rural poverty.
Through a South-South and Triangular Cooperation mechanism, the Program strengthens the relations and technical assistance among Mexican and Mesoamerican institutions and other public and private institutions of the region. These institutions link through short-term initiatives, such as the exchange of development solutions (know-how, experiences, best practices, policies, technology, technical knowledge, resources, etc.) regarding imperative matters, through the support and advice of the FAO.
These are some of the most relevant actions that Mesoamerica Hunger Free promotes at a regional level:
Technical assistance to the national chapters of the Parliamentary Front Against Hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean, and facilitating their participation in forums for the exchange of experiences and capacity building.
Technical advice to the Latin American and Caribbean Parliament (Parlatino) on the drafting, approval, and dissemination of model laws (including those on family farming; artisanal or small-scale fishing; and community water and sanitation systems).
Support for the conduct and dissemination of research studies in the field of the right to food, in collaboration with the Observatory on the Right to Food in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Promotion of high-level political dialogue forums, particularly in collaboration with the Ibero-American and Caribbean Parliamentary Alliance for Food Security.
Generation and exchange of knowledge.
Placing the fight against hunger on the public agenda.