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Norwegian Church Aid
Norwegian Church Aid
Non Governmental organization
Phone number
+47 22 09 27 00

Location

Oslo
Oslo
Norway
Postal address
P.O. Box 7100
St. Olavs plass
0130 Oslo, Norway
Working languages
inglés
noruego

Norwegian Church Aid (Norwegian Kirkens Nødhjelp) is a Norwegian humanitarian and ecumenical organisation with headquarters in Oslo. It was traditionally affiliated with the state Church of Norway, but is now independent. Norwegian Church Aid works together with people and organisations across the world to eradicate poverty and injustice. NCA provides emergency assistance in disasters and works for long-term development in local communities. In order to address the root causes of poverty, NCA advocates for just decisions by public authorities, business and religious leaders. We provide emergency assistance in disasters, work for long-term development in local communities and address the root causes of poverty, we advocate for just decisions by public authorities, business and religious leaders.

Norwegian Church Aid is an ecumenical diaconal organisation for global justice. We work to help the poorest and those in need, regardless of their creed, race, political or religious affiliation.

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Right to Food

General

Ultimately SOMO’s Food and Land program strives for a global food system in which small farmers and workers are justly treated and fairly compensated, biodiversity and ecosystems are protected, rights of communities to natural resources are secured, and hunger is a thing of the past. To contribute to progress towards this ideal the program pushes for improvements in public and private policies intervening both at the beginning (farm workers, small holders and communities) and at the end (food companies and supermarkets) of the food chain. The program interventions can build on decades of experience with research and advocacy on corporate food sector issues and broad networks of partners in the global north and south. It is difficult to overstate the importance of the global food and land complex as it is essential for nutrition, employment, culture, environment, conservation, peace and stability. To illustrate, 31 per cent of the working population worldwide is involved in agriculture, which is often the most important sector in developing countries. Even in many developed countries food processing is a leading industry in terms of value added and jobs generated. On the other hand, working conditions in agriculture are often harsh, dangerous, under paid and jobs are precarious. Through large-scale land acquisitions community rights to land are often violated. Of the 795 million people worldwide who are undernourished 80 percent are involved in agriculture. Indeed over the last decade food riots, land grab, obesity epidemic, food speculation, reports of deplorable working conditions, climate change and farmer protests have made it clearer than ever that for the food and land complex to provide its essential services equitably and sustainably many critical issues need to be addressed. Within the theme Right to food, SOMO will focus its work on capacity building of civil society in research and advocacy, specifically in relation to food prices and improving conditions for agricultural workers and small-scale food producers. SOMO will conduct research to support national and global influencing. Its primary thematic focus areas include food prices, the impact of trading policies, the needs and problems of agricultural workers and the role of certification schemes. The long-term outcome of SOMO’s work in the strategic partnership with Oxfam Novib is to contribute to securing the right to food, improved labor conditions and respect of human rights. To contribute to this long-term outcome the program pursues a number of strategies, i.e. research, capacity building, supporting and building networks and advocacy. All strategies target the improvement of public and private policies that govern and/or affect the food and agricultural sector in developing countries.

Local Democratic Governance Phase 3, 2014-2017

General

The intervention aims to improve inclusiveness and accountability of land governance and prevent conflict linked to land management in Mali. Expected results are: 1) Improved performance of local land management arrangements; 2) Improved ownership of local government authorities in land and natural resources management; 3) Improved performance of citizen control for accountability between stakeholders involved in land and natural resource management; 4) lmproved sustainable use of agricultural land and other natural resources (forests, grazing, water).