{"id":133669,"date":"2023-04-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/selasite.azurewebsites.net\/clarems-endara-integration-is-the-path-towards-food-security-and-energy-integration-in-the-region\/"},"modified":"2023-11-21T12:40:52","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T17:40:52","slug":"clarems-endara-integration-is-the-path-towards-food-security-and-energy-integration-in-the-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/en\/clarems-endara-integration-is-the-path-towards-food-security-and-energy-integration-in-the-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Clarems Endara: Integration is the path towards food security and energy integration in the region"},"content":{"rendered":"

For two days, the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)<\/strong> and the Central American Integration System (SICA)<\/strong>, together with the Association of Caribbean States (ACS)<\/strong>; the Latin American Integration Association (ALADI)<\/strong>; the Andean Community (CAN)<\/strong>; the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of our America – Peoples’ Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP)<\/strong> and the Pro Tempore Presidency of the Common Market of the South (MERCOSUR)<\/strong>, organized the meeting \u201cProposals for joint regional action: food security and energy\u201d to discuss joint actions in these areas.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Permanent Secretary of SELA, Ambassador Clarems Endara<\/strong>, stressed the importance of this meeting as a contribution to the necessary convergence, in order to avoid duplication of efforts and provide concrete responses to the needs of Latin American and Caribbean countries.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn this demanding socio-economic context, integration is an urgent mandate, because it is the only way to respond to the challenges and improve the quality of life in our region<\/strong>. This two-day meeting allowed us to analyse scenarios, identify best practices, share methodologies, and enhance convergence to design proposals that facilitate decision-making. Only integration will allow us to advance towards food security and energy integration,\u201d the Permanent Secretary said.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a mandate from our membership, contained in the Work Programme for 2022-2026, but it is also part of the founding purpose of SELA, which is to promote intra-regional cooperation as a permanent system of consultation for the integration and development of Latin America and the Caribbean<\/strong>, and we are committed to that,\u201d he said.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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La conformaci\u00f3n de mesas de trabajo t\u00e9cnicas en las \u00e1reas de Seguridad Alimentaria y Energ\u00eda que permitan a los mecanismos de integraci\u00f3n regional para responder a las necesidades de ALC, es el siguiente paso tras fruct\u00edferas jornadas de trabajo conjunto. pic.twitter.com\/AJaJJBcfVC<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Clarems Endara (@claremsendara) April 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On Thursday 20 April, the Secretariats of the integration mechanisms met to discuss \u201cFood security and challenges for the convergence and cooperation of agri-food systems,\u201d analysing the status of food systems in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as the different models and methodologies to measure food vulnerability in the region.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On Friday 21 April, the meeting \u201cRegional energy integration: challenges for convergence and cooperation in the energy sector\u201d was held, with the aim of identifying points of common interest among Latin American and Caribbean integration schemes for cooperation and exchange of best practices in the energy sector.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Keynote speeches by Mario Lubetkin, Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), and Andr\u00e9s Rebolledo, Executive Secretary of the Latin American Energy Organisation (OLADE), guided the debate, which facilitated the identification of scenarios, weaknesses, and strengths in terms of food security and energy integration in the region.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The meeting \u201cProposals for joint regional action: food security and energy\u201d is part of the alliance established by the integration mechanisms on 24 January, during the VII Summit of CELAC, and is a result of the Forum \u201cResponding to the challenges of integration for the development of Latin America and the Caribbean. Proposals from regional and subregional integration mechanisms,\u201d organized by SELA and CELAC last December in Buenos Aires, Argentina.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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