Virtual Event: 15 Years of the School Feeding Law in Brazil

The event is organized by the National Fund for the Development of Education (FNDE), with the support of the South-South Cooperation Program developed between the Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC), of Itamaraty, and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The event will also feature the participation of the Center of Excellence against Hunger, from the World Food Program in Brazil, to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Law 11.947/2009 – the School Feeding Law – considered a milestone for the strengthening of school feeding programmes in Brazil and in Latin America and the Caribbean.

It will celebrate some of the innovations and results that this law has brought to Brazil and the entire region, with testimonies from national actors and from other countries in the region, highlighting the influence of this legislation in the development of their school feeding policies and programmes.

The interest in Brazilian law has attracted and continues to attract governments from other countries to learn about the operation of the national SFP. Therefore, since 2009, through the Brazil-FAO International Cooperation Programme, the Brazilian government, through the ABC/MRE and FNDE/MEC, along with the FAO, has been developing projects aimed at strengthening and consolidating school feeding programmes and policies in Latin America and the Caribbean.

As a result of this successful alliance between the Brazilian government, FAO, and Latin American and Caribbean countries, in 2018, the Sustainable School Feeding Network (RAES) was created, an initiative that already has the participation of 26 countries in the region.

The event will launch the CAE Social Participation 2024 Award, which seeks to highlight the importance of the participation of School Feeding Councils in the implementation of the PNAE Brazil and successful experiences from the Dominican Republic and an African country.

 ¡Esperamos a todos!