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STOCKTAKE OF GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS AND IMPLICATIONS

Presentation to AEGN Funder Forum 25 October 2017 Travers McLeod (CEO) Sam Hurley (Policy Director)

CPD's investigation revealed fragmentation and inconsistency

Fragmentation and complexity Overarching ‘exports’ focus Strong institutions and engagement

• Out of date and unclear information
• Fragmented policy rationales and

confused priorities

• Trade and investment lens

continues to dominate

• Legacy of Landcare and other efforts
• New focus on partnerships

CPD findings Opportunities

• Coordination: research and advocacy

to support policy consistency and dialogue across sectors

• Integration: drive better food systems

policy by building connections to other policy priorities (e.g. climate)

• Connection: join local and regional

projects and leaders up with global networks and ideas

Context: complexity of the food system and policy interactions

Source: Ripe for Change 2016

Food systems issues cut across multiple policy areas

Source: Australian Government National Food Plan 2013

From the National Food Plan (2013)… To the Agricultural Competitiveness White Paper (2015)

Source: http://agriculture.gov.au/style%20library/images/daff/__data/assets/pdffile/0011/2293328/national-food-plan-white-paper.pdf; http://agwhitepaper.agriculture.gov.au/SiteCollectionDocuments/ag-competitiveness-white-paper.pdf

Key announcements made in 2013 either scrapped or discontinued by 2015…

• 5-yearly State of the Food System reports
• Australian Council on Food
• Community Food Grants program

Policy priorities can change rapidly

• Hundreds of programs, grants and initiatives across multiple departments and levels of government
• Full details available: www.cpd.org.au/stocktake

Our stocktake and the Ripe for Change strategic priorities

Healthy natural systems Viable enterprises Health equity access Engaged & galvanised movements

• Major programs targeting on-and-off farm

resource management and biodiversity

• Likelihood of additional effort under new

policy frameworks

• Victoria Climate Change Strategy
• NLP Phase 2 (from July 2018)
• Overwhelming focus is issues for large

businesses and export markets

• Infrastructure and connectivity
• Trade promotion and facilitation
• Sustainability branding
• Some support and facilitation through R&D

and transmission

• Mostly outside scope of our stocktake
• National Food Plan included community

initiatives and food security based goals for disadvantaged groups

• VicHealth – established history of food

security initiatives

• Strong foundations from Landcare and

highly engaged NGO/philanthropy

• New forms of partnerships through NLP

Phase 2 e.g. Smart Farming Partnerships

Strengths to build on Supportive trends

• Established higher expectations and capabilities for land managers
• Empowered and engaged local actors
• Integrated view of concepts and goals
• Well developed regional networks for rolling out changes in policy/practice
• More engaged consumers and communities around food issues
• Better techniques and technology for measuring linkages
• Growing importance of social license and sustainable development

New opportunities (even within old paradigms)

• Sustained focus on policy issues closely connected with ag. and food systems
• Policies and strategies in a state of flux and redevelopment
• e.g, Victoria’s climate change adaptation framework
• e.g, Regional partnerships model within NLP Phase 2

There are opportunities as well as challenges

For discussion: potential priorities

Priority 1 – Co-ordination between government, business, philanthropy and the sector

Imperative for independent research and advocacy – combined with trusted convening power – to drive policy consistency and co-ordinate dialogue across sectors and stakeholders.

Show how food systems policy and projects can support other priorities for government and industry (e.g. it is often siloed and set apart from climate risk/opportunity and disclosure, and not understood alongside whole of government objectives like the Sustainable Development Goals). Priority 2 – Integration of existing effort with momentum elsewhere (climate-risk, SDGs) Priority 3 – Connecting local efforts with global research and advocacy on what works Best and ‘next’ practice locally can maximise its influence nationally if it teams up globally with recognised networks and well-supported projects, respected leaders and ideas.

Food systems, agriculture and climate – Project Drawdown

Food, agriculture and the Sustainable Development Goals

Some proposals for next steps

Key stakeholder dialogue towards an agreed agenda Linking food systems to other policy responses High-level roundtables to connect philanthropists, ministers, policy leaders, farmers, investors and businesses to consider

• pportunities to build a more coherent and outcomes-

focussed policy architecture for sustainable food systems Providing local innovators with access to global networks and expertise (local tour, consultations and presentation of cutting edge research) (Katharine Wilkinson from Project Drawdown, Oxford’s Food Climate Research Network) Connect global goals to local issues Coordination Integration New research and thought leadership on role of SDGs in Australian business, policy and philanthropy (including CPD work on sustainability-related decision making and disclosure by companies, investors and public authorities) Connection