After the 3rd Nyéléni Global Forum in Sri Lanka in September 2025, which brought together over 500 representatives of social movements and grassroots organizations from across the world, the Common Political Action Agenda (CPAA) that will guide the movement actions in the years to come is finally out.
Le Comité international de planification pour la souveraineté alimentaire publie son document de position en amont de la Conférence internationale sur la réforme agraire et le développement rural – CIRADR+20, appelant à une réforme agraire transformative fondée sur la souveraineté alimentaire.Le Comité international de planification pour la souveraineté alimentaire publie son document de position en amont de la Conférence internationale sur la réforme agraire et le développement rural – CIRADR+20, appelant à une réforme agraire transformative fondée sur la souveraineté alimentaire.
As geopolitical conflicts intensify and corporate control over land, territory and natural resources deepens, social movements, and Indigenous Peoples from across the world are rallying behind the Second International Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ICARRD+20) – being hosted by the Government of the Republic of Colombia and to be held in Cartagena, Colombia, from 24 to 28 February 2026.
The Kandy Declaration calls on movements everywhere to act in unity, defend the commons, and transform global governance so that it serves people, not profit.
This 3rd edition follows the historic Nyeleni Forums in Mali (2007 and 2015) and seeks to build momentum towards a collective vision of systemic transformation—from the grassroots, for the planet, and for future generations.
A daily coverage of the main outcomes from the global forum for systemic transformation
Sri Lanka is undergoing one of the most complex economic recoveries in its history. The country’s financial collapse in 2022 was precipitated by a toxic mix of unsustainable borrowing, poor fiscal management, and external shocks.
Mass protests erupted under the banner of Aragalaya, a broad-based citizens’ movement demanding accountability, economic justice, and an end to political corruption.
Musa Sowe, Second Vice President of ROPPA (Network of Farmers’ and Agricultural Producers’ Organizations of West Africa) and Africa representative in the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC), has long been at the forefront of grassroots agroecological movements. Speaking from the Global Forum for Food Sovereignty in Kandy, Sri Lanka, he shares how agroecology has reshaped lives in his community, from farming practices to power structures.
This interview with Martín Drago, coordinator of the Food Sovereignty program at Friends of the Earth International and member of the global steering committee, highlights what is at stake in this historic moment. For Martín, Nyéléni in Sri Lanka is not an endpoint but a milestone — a space to validate and advance a joint political agenda that dismantles oppression, resists fascism and neoliberalism, and puts democracy and the rights of peoples at the center. It is a call to deepen convergence across movements and regions, to forge hope in times of crisis, and to build the power needed for systemic transformation from the ground up.
As part of the journey toward the 3rd Nyéléni Global Forum, we are sharing the latest poster, which represents the convergence of all sectors and movements participating in the process: small-scale food producers, Indigenous Peoples, pastoralists, food chain workers, daily wage and migrant laborers in urban and rural areas, feminist and climate justice movements, advocates for social and solidarity economies and health for all, consumer groups, and other service and manufacturing sector workers. This third poster visualizes how these diverse struggles and transformative proposals intertwine, showing the collective strength in building people-led systemic change. It serves as a graphic reminder that agroecology, food sovereignty, climate justice, and the commons are strengthened when social movements organize and act together.
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