This Decree, consisting of 4 Chapters, establishes composition, structure, competence and functioning of the National Council for Rural Sustainable Development (CONDRAF). CONDRAF, collegial body member of the basic structure of the Ministry of Agrarian Development, aims at proposing guidelines for the formulation and implementation of public policies, constituting a forum for consultation and coordination between the different levels of government and civil society organizations for sustainable rural development, land reform and family farming. CONDRAF is responsible for: designing structural policies, under the responsibility of the Ministry of Agrarian Development, based on the objectives and targets relating to agrarian reform, the reorganization of the agricultural development and family farming, from policies related to sustainable rural development; considering the rural areas as the focus of planning and management of sustainable rural development programmes, starting from interrelationships and complementarities between rural and urban spaces; suggesting follow-up strategies for monitoring and evaluation, as well as participation in the process of policy guidelines and procedures related to sustainable rural development, etc. This Decree is divided as follows: Objectives and Competencies (Chap. I); Composition and Functioning (Chap. II); President's Functions (Chap. III); General provisions (Chap. IV).
Brésil · 2003-10-08