This information package on the next round of WTO negotiations on agriculture in Hong Kong is created by the NGO Consortium on food security, sustainable agriculture and trade. The goal of the NGO-consortium carrying out this project is to contribute to effective advocacy in the area of food security, sustainable agriculture and trade. The organizations administering the project include the SNV Netherlands Development Organization, the Interchurch Organization for Development Cooperation (ICCO), Agriterra, Global Ministries of the United Churches of the Netherlands, Vredeseilanden and IVA: organizations which all have partner networks of farmer and development organizations in southern countries at their disposal. By offering a range of practical services in the areas of information and research, training and advocacy, the consortium hopes to enable its southern partners to better lobby on their own behalf.

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The following are the members of the consortium:  

Agriterra Willemsplein 43-II 6811 KD Arnhem, The Netherlands Tel. (31) 26 445 54 45 www.agriterra.org See also the websites www.peasantsworldwide.net and www.egfar.org/farmers/default.htm

Interchurch Organization for Development Cooperation (ICCO) Joseph Haydnlaan 2a 3533 AE Utrecht, The Netherlands Tel: (31) 30 692 78 11 www.icco.nl

SNV Netherlands Development Organization Bezuidenhoutseweg 161 2594 AG The Hague, The Netherlands Tel. (31) 70 344 02 44 www.snvworld.org

Global Ministries of the Uniting Protestant Churches in the Netherlands P.O. Box 456 3500 AL Utrecht, The Netherlands Tel. (31) 30 880 14 56 www.kerkinactie.nl

Vredeseilanden Blijde Inkomststraat 50 3000 Leuven, Belgium Tel. (+32) 16 316 580 www.vredeseilanden.be

IVA P.O. Box 247 B-3000 Leuven, Belgium Tel. (+32) 16 24 21 45 www.boerenbond.be

These organizations satisfy the following criteria:

* Each has access to a partner network in developing countries that deal with food security, sustainable agriculture and trade
* They're oriented toward supporting these partner organizations
* They have experience and resources to influence policy makers
* They have resources in the area of institutional capacity building of partner organizations in the south
* They have access to information from international organizations and multinational forums.

This project has been made possible with the financial support of the Dutch ministry of foreign affairs.