Dear all,

This morning, we had a call with sida (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency) on the latest NPOS report and G3/19 decision in the context of the sd=hs program. 5 people from sida joined the call with much interest in both the details and the wider picture in relation to poverty alleviation and food security. I communicated our NPOS ‘demands’ for further improvement and they were clearly interested to discuss possible solutions. They are now considering follow-up activities but first want to discuss that internally.

Do you have any idea when the next meeting of the admin council will be? It may be useful to push for a next event with sida to be scheduled in advance of that meeting and having the Swedish representative to EPO joining the call.

Best regards,

Bram

Bram de Jonge | Seed Policy Advisor

Sowing Diversity=Harvesting Security (SD=HS) Program

Oxfam Novib | The Hague, The Netherlands | +31 (0)70 342 1 717

skype: BramDeJonge | http://www.sdhsprogram.org/