European Coordination Via Campesina (ECVC), Mundbat and FIAN International (European sections) are co-organizing a public event entitled “How to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP) at the European and national level to promote sustainable and resilient food systems” on the 19February 2025, from 12:00AM to 1:30PM on Zoom.
The event aims to discuss with key representatives of the European Union how to implement UNDROP at the European and national level to ensure the promotion of peasants’ rights in Europe, the creation of resilient and sustainable food systems based on food sovereignty, and the right to food for all.
The event will be opened by a peasant farmer and member of the ECVC Coordination Committee, who will present ECVC policy recommendations on how to implement UNDROP in Europe. Three interventions by Geneviève Savigny, Chair of the United Nations Working Group on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas, Sarai Martín of Mundubat and Christophe Golay, from the Geneva Academy, will follow. The second part of the event will be open to reactions from key representatives of the European Union.
The event will be also open to the public. During the event, there will be two Q&As where participants will have the opportunity to directly address the speakers.
The event is organized in the framework of the project “Rebooting the food system”, co-founded by the European Union, and the project “Promoting the achievement of the SDGs through the promotion of UNDROP and food sovereignty” run by the NGO Mundubat.
Interpretation will be provided in English, Spanish and French.