Call for Applications: Summer School in Poverty Eradication: Access to Land, Access to Food

May 23, 2014 | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

The Summer School in Poverty Eradication: Access to Land, Access to Food, taking place 1-4 September, 2014, is organized by theGraduate School of Economics and International Relations - ASERI of Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in collaboration with ExpoLAB. The Summer School offers a multidisciplinary perspective, covering:

• Legal and Institutional Framework: Right to food as a human right; Access to land: investments, land tenure and land grabbing; FAO Voluntary Guidelines on the Governance of Tenure.
• Land, water, food: policies and institutions for a sustainable development: Poverty, inequality and food security; Land conflict management; Reducing food losses while protecting human health and the environment; Water management and rural development.
• Cross-cutting issues on poverty eradication and food security: Food safety to promote food security; Access to land for women; Land, Forestry and Indigenous rights; Climate change and agriculture.

Participants will have the chance to analyse the topics and exchange experiences with experts from:

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
International Land Coalition (ILC)
Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
International Federation of Catholic Universities (FIUC)

In order to apply, please submit the following by 27 August:
• Fill in the application on line
• Send a curriculum vitae and a motivational letter to info.aseri@unicatt.it

For more information, please contact:
Cristina Rago,Program Assistant
cristina.rago@unicatt.it