COLLECTIF STRATEGIES ALIMENTAIRES
Budget
€2,996,998
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
2
0.5 FTE
EU Grants
€71,926
Mission & Goals
Mission Renforcer les organisations paysannes (OP) pour assurer la viabilité sociale, économique et environnementale de l’agriculture familiale, moteur des systèmes alimentaires durables à l’échelle mondiale. Le CSA agit à trois niveaux complémentaires : - Renforcement des OP : accompagnement institutionnel, financier et technique des organisations et de leurs coopératives partenaires (Afrique – RDC, Burundi ; Asie – Philippines). - Solidarités Nord-Sud et Sud-Sud : éducation à la citoyenneté mondiale et solidaire (ECMS), échanges de savoirs, plaidoyer commun. - Intermédiation politique et institutionnelle : représentation et appui aux leaders paysans dans leurs démarches auprès des pouvoirs publics et institutions internationales Objectif spécifique -Renforcer les OP pour qu’elles deviennent des acteurs autonomes, influents et durables, capables : -d’offrir des services adaptés à leurs membres ; -de promouvoir des systèmes alimentaires équitables, inclusifs et résilients f
EU Legislative Interests
Our influencing activities focus on EU development cooperation policies and on the external impacts of EU agricultural and trade policies on family farmers in Europe and in developing countries. More specifically, we target the following EU policy frameworks and legislative proposals: 1. EU Development Cooperation Policy Regulation (EU) 2021/947 establishing the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – NDICI–Global Europe. CSA engages with EU Delegations and the European Commission on programming and implementation related to family farming, cooperatives, food systems, and agroecology. Council Conclusions on the EU's approach to Food Systems Transformation (2021) CSA follows and contributes to the operationalisation of the EU’s commitments regarding sustainable food systems, agroecology, and farmers’ organisations in partner countries. EU-IFAD Framework Agreements and Programmes Including initiatives such as “Farmers’ Organisations for Africa, Caribbean and Pacific – FO4ACP / FO4Impact”, which directly support cooperatives and farmers’ organisations. 2. EU Agricultural Policy with External Impact Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 establishing rules on support for strategic plans under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). CSA analyses the external impacts of CAP market measures and subsidies on farmer livelihoods in developing countries. Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 on the making available on the Union market and the export from the Union of certain commodities and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation (EU Deforestation Regulation – EUDR). CSA works with farmers’ organisations in Africa and Asia to assess the implications of EUDR compliance for smallholder producers. 3. EU Trade Policy Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences (GSP) – including the GSP+ framework. CSA monitors the impact of EU trade preferences on family farming sectors in partner countries. EU Free Trade Agreements and Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) CSA contributes evidence on how tariff liberalisation and market access provisions affect local agricultural value chains and cooperative development. EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) CSA assesses implications for agricultural cooperatives and supply chains in developing countries.
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
Nous faisons partie de l'alliance AgriCord: https://www.agricord.org/en AgriCord est une alliance internationale de 12 agri-agences issues de mouvements paysans, coopératifs ou agricoles d’Europe, d’Asie, d’Afrique et d’Amérique latine. Le CSA participe avec la FWA au sein de cette alliance. Nous faisons partie d'ACODEV: https://www.acodev.be/. ACODEV est la Fédération des ONG francophones de coopération au développement en Belgique. Me CSA est également structurellement lié à la Fédération Wallonne de l'Agriculture (FWA) et à l'Union des Agricultrices Wallonnes (UAW) dont il est l'agri-agence.
Organisation Members
12.1 Members of the Association (General Assembly) Our General Assembly is composed of individual members and three Belgian farmer-representative organisations: Fédération Wallonne de l’Agriculture (FWA) – the main professional organisation representing farmers in Wallonia. Union des Agricultrices Wallonnes (UAW) – the Walloon organisation representing women farmers. Fédération des Jeunes Agriculteurs (FJA) – the federation representing young farmers in Wallonia. 12.2 Partner Organisations and Other Affiliated Entities CSA works structurally with farmers’ organisations, cooperatives, and civil-society partners in Belgium, Africa, and Asia. The full list is publicly available here: https://www.csa-be.org/fr/partenaires/ Key long-term partners include: Confédération des Associations des Producteurs Agricoles pour le Développement (CAPAD) – Burundi Société Coopérative des Producteurs Agricoles (SOCOPA) – Burundi Ligue des Organisations des Femmes Paysannes du Congo (LOFEPACO) – Democratic Republic of Congo Solidarité des Unions Paysannes du Nord-Kivu (SYDIP) – Democratic Republic of Congo Coopérative Centrale du Nord-Kivu (COOCENKI) – Democratic Republic of Congo Fédération Provinciale des Organisations Paysannes du Nord-Kivu (FOPAC-NK) – Democratic Republic of Congo Agriculture Cooperative Development International and Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance – Philippines partnership via AgriCOOPh and the Alliance of Cooperatives Against Hunger and Poverty (ACAHP) And many others listed on our website.
Additional Information
Une série de financement du budget de l'UE nous arrivent via le FIDA, AgriCord ou la GIZ
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.