The Participants
In order to guarantee a strong and balanced representation of different constituencies and regions in the Forum, the International Steering Committee agreed upon the following rules.
Quotas
According to Gender
- Women : 60%
- Men : 40%
According to regions
- South East Asia & Pacific : 20%
- South Asia : 15%
- Africa : 25%
- Americas : 20%
- Europe : 10%
- WESCANA : 10%
According to Constituencies
- Farmers : 15%
- Indigenous Peoples : 15%
- Fisherfolk : 15%
- Youth : 15%
- Women : 15%
- Agricultural workers : 10%
- Pastoralists : 5%
- Urban poor : 5%
- NGOs : 5%
According to these quotas, a decentralized process coordinated among the regions and the constituencies will prepare a list of candidates, indicating which delegates can fund their travel and stay and which delegates need funding. The Steering Committee of the Forum will finalise the list.
Other participants
Beyond these quotas, self-financed participants can participate in the Forum as observers. Due to
space limitation in the Forum's venue, the total number of self-financed observers will be limited.
Self-financed observers should send their request to participate to the ISC at the contact foodsovforum2009[AT]gmail.com.
Guests from different sectors (NGO, academic, journalists, etc.) and governmental officials will be invited to join the Forum for specific contributions.
