The International Fund for Agricultural Development and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture met at the beginning of the month in Brasilia with authorities and representatives of civil society to launch the Semear Internacional Program..
The program — whose official name is “Training for results-based management and continuous improvement of innovations in public policies to combat rural poverty in the Brazilian Northeast” — seeks to increase the impact and efficiency of programs and policies to combat poverty. in the Northeast.The International Fund for Agricultural Development (FIDA) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) gathered at the beginning of the month (15) in Brasilia (DF) authorities and civil society representatives for the launch of the Semear Internacional Program.
The event was marked by the launch from the program portal The event was marked by the launch. The opening was made by IFAD's Country Program Manager for Brazil, Paolo Silveri, and by the representative of IICA Brazil, Hernan Chiriboga.
The executive secretary of the National Network of Territorial Collegiates also participated in the opening table., Marcia Dornelles, and the coordinator of Family Agriculture Affairs and International Cooperation of the Special Secretariat for Family Agriculture and Agrarian Development (SEAD), Hur Ben Corrêa da Silva.
According to Silveri, improving the work already carried out in the first phase of the program is the main objective of Semear Internacional.
“When we reach the end of the Semear Program, we felt the need to continue the work that was being developed, but keeping up with the new technologies in force and becoming a great tool for international cooperation", he said.
The coordinator of Semear Internacional, Fabiana Viterbo, presented the main goals and objectives of the new phase, and highlighted the work of each component.
“We will have a great legacy with Semear Internacional, because we will work hard with this exchange of knowledge within and outside the country., we will provide an important monitoring and evaluation tool for IFAD projects in Brazil, and we will further promote the dissemination of good practices through a great work focused on communication", explained.
A theatrical presentation by the Grupo Cultural Raízes Nordestinas, of the municipality of Poço Redondo, Sergipe, the solemnity ended.
The group, that has 15 years of work in rural areas, has already produced hundreds of pieces with the theme focused on living with the semiarid. In the presentation, addressed issues such as rural development, market access and gender issues.
One of the great moments of the program was the delivery of the prize of the contest “Beleza do Semiárido”, promoted by the program. Alana Ferreira, from Paraiba, had her photograph selected in first place in the dispute that sought the image to print a publication of the initiative.
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