FIAN adopts new strategic plan
FIAN’s International Council has adopted a new Strategic Plan for the period until 2030, approved a new International Board and welcomed a newly appointed Secretary General who will take over the role in January.
At a time of rising hunger, protracted conflicts, environmental destruction, climate change and corporate capture of global food governance, FIAN International has reaffirmed its commitment to stand alongside communities, Indigenous Peoples, peasants, fishers, food workers and others fighting for systemic change in food systems.
“This Strategic Plan reaffirms FIAN’s vision and pillars, emphasizing the organization's commitment to ensure the right to food using human rights mechanisms, supporting peoples' struggles, taking care of nature and tackling intersectionality,” said FIAN International Board President Priscilla Claeys, at the meeting in Lisbon last week, attended by delegates from FIAN Sections (national offices) around the world.
“It outlines the struggles FIAN addresses, the strategies it employs and paves the way for discussions on how to strengthen the organization in a changing global context. Central to this plan is the goal of dismantling colonial practices and promoting gender balance and generational diversity, both within FIAN and in its external work.
The new Strategic Plan is organized around six thematic struggles and will be coordinated with FIAN Sections and close allies around the world, including the Global Network for the Right to Food and Nutrition. It has two new focus areas: peace, justice and self-determination; and gender justice, women’s rights and care in food systems.
“FIAN International and its Sections play a crucial role in ensuring that our plan becomes a reality in the places where those who have been traditionally marginalized and disadvantaged live, through diverse levels of impact in our work for social justice,” said FIAN International Board Vice President Juana Camacho Segura.
“The FIAN family also aims to foster critical democratic debates through awareness raising, popular education, promotion of knowledge sharing, community mobilization and advocacy that push for changes in governance, which are necessary to tackle the structural causes of poverty and inequality.”
Throughout the International Council meeting, FIAN Sections highlighted the importance of strengthening knowledge sharing and of adopting clear mechanisms of monitoring implementation of the Strategic Plan. They also agreed to reinforce efforts to ensure the sustainability of the organization, both through generational renewal and greater collaboration on funding.
The International Council approved another three-year term for the International Board and thanked outgoing board member Angela Mulenga and treasurer Thomas Albert Wolfer for their years of dedication. It also thanked outgoing Secretary General Sofia Monsalve for her many years of service and welcomed her successor Ana Maria Suarez Franco, FIAN’s permanent representative to the UN in Geneva, who will take on the role in January.
Download the FIAN International Strategic Plan (2024-2030) here.
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