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Agriculture and rural development
PROGRAMME
April 10, 2013Charlemagne, Brussels
Seminar co-organised with DG Development and Cooperation EuropeAid
Opportunities and Challenges
European Agribusiness in Africa:
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08:30 Registration and Welcome Coffee
09:00 Opening with Chair Loretta Dormal-Marino, Deputy Director-General, DG Agriculture and Rural Development
09:05-09:15 Opening Address by Dacian Cioloş, Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development
09:15-09:35 Keynote Intervention by Kandeh K. Yumkella, Director General, UNIDO
April 10, 2013 Charlemagne, Brussels > Room Lord Jenkins
Opportunities and Challenges
European Agribusiness in Africa:
Panel 1
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09:35-10:30 Doing Business in Africa Win-Win Opportunities for European and African agri food chains.
Moderator: Lene Naesager – Acting Director for Relations with other Institutions, DG Agriculture and Rural Development
• Mella Frewen, Director General, Food and Drink Europe
• Thomas Magnusson, Vice-President, COPA-COGECA
• Charles Ogang, President, Uganda National Farmers Federation (UNFFEE)
• Zineb Zeryouhi, Investment Officer for Agribusiness, Industries and Services Division, Private Sector Department, African Development Bank
• David Hallam, Director for Trade and Markets, FAO
• Anteneh Assefa, CEO, Ethiopia Commodity Exchange (ECX)
10:30-11:00 Q&A from floors
11:00-11:15 Coffee break
11:15-12:15 Case studies Successful Africa-EU agribusiness partnerships
Moderator: Christophe Yvetot, Head of Brussels Office, UNIDO
• Sara Mbago-Bhunu, Country Sector Leader in Agriculture, SNV Democratic Republic of Congo
• Konté Binta Bocoum, Shea Butter Project Coordinator, UNIDO/SNV
• Jorge Nascimento, FRESCOMAR/UBAGO Group
• Ben Valk, Global Head, Multilateral Development Banks and Government Relations, Rabobank Group
• Guy Stinglhamber, Brussels Office Director, Europe-Africa-Caribbean-Pacific Liaison Committee- Programme PIP (COLEACP PIP)
• Ruth Nyagah, CEO, Africert
12:15-12:30 Q&A from floors
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Panel 2
14:00 - 15:00 Methods and Instruments Approaches and Challenges: How to elaborate a new strategic, sector wide
approach between Public and Private Partners in agribusiness.
Moderator: Bernard Rey, Deputy Head of Unit, DG Development and Cooperation - EuropeAid
• Albert Engel, Deputy Director General, German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ)
• Oliver Henniges, Senior Economist on Agribusiness, European Investment Bank (EIB)
• Andrea Engel, Representative in Brussels, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
• Benjamin Luig, Advisor Agricultural Policies, CIDSE - Catholic International Cooperation for Development and Solidarity and CONCORD
• Philippe Scholtes, Director of UNIDO Agribusiness Development Branch
• Francesco Rampa, Programme Manager for Food Security, European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM)
15:00-15:15 Q&A from floors
15:15-15:30 Coffee break
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
Panel 3
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15:30 - 16:30 Designing an Agribusiness Index What will this mean for responsible action and policy in African
agribusiness?
Moderator: Leonard Mizzi, Head of Unit, DG Agriculture and Rural Development
• Kelley Cormier, Agricultural Economist in Bureau for Food Security, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
• Thomas Elhaut, Director of Statistics and Studies for Development Division International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
• Dr. Ababacar Sadikh Ndoye, Executive Director, Institute of Food Technology Dakar
• Karim Dahou, Executive Manager NEPAD-OECD Africa Investment Initiative, OECD
• Boaz Blackie Keizire, Technical Advisor and Implementation Specialist, Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP)
• Sean de Cleene, Co-Chair Grow Africa
16:30 - 16:40 Q&A from floors
Final wrap up with Commissioners Piebalgs and Cioloş
16:40 Address by Commissioner for DG Development and Cooperation - Europeaid - Andris Piebalgs
16:55 Address by Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development – Dacian Cioloş
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