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CDEC actively participates in meetings and working committees
of the Round Table on Food Security in Cote-des-Neiges,
a permanent committee of the Cote-des-Neiges/Snowdon Community
Council.The
CDN/Snowdon Community Council, a coordinating body with
forty-three participating community groups, has as its mandate
to improve the living conditions and quality of life of
people living in the neighbourhood, to fight against poverty,
discrimination and any form of exclusion, as well as to
promote the development of projects and activities that
tackle the problem of food security in Cote-des-neiges.
The
Round Table on Food Security received a grant from the Direction
de la Santé Publique de Montréal in 2006,
which has enabled the hiring of two staff (community organisers).
The
objectives of the Round Table on Food Security are :
To develop and share knowledge, expertise, and a
common vision concerning the problem of food security;
To consolidate existing projects and to develop
new projects to respond to unmet needs of the population;
To promote existing food security resources in the neighbourhood
among residents and groups (the local resource guide "An
Information Basket" brought up to date since September
2003).
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