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