ROSA Newsletter n°24 - EN

Zoom: The Millennium Development Goals: Progress, challenges and the way forward. This article presents an overview of the state of play and issues for the future. It also looks at the results of the New York Summit and asks about the capacity of national governments and the international community to commit collectively to tackling the major development problems.
Views on recent news: Towards a renewed Committee on World Food Security. During 2009, the CFS underwent a reform process in order to include a wider group of stakeholders and become the central global governance mechanism. From 11 to 16 October 2010, the CFS held its first session since it was reformed. Discussions focused on the reform process and important issues related to food security such as land tenure and investment in agriculture, food security in protracted crises and ways to manage vulnerability and risk. Based on an interview made with Maryam Rahmanian (HLPE), this article looks at the ongoing process, the main outcomes of the meeting and the way forward for the CFS.
Agenda:Information on past events, a list of forthcoming events and the EC’s latest news.
ROSA news: New documents online and information on network activities.