August 18, 2010
The 20th Brussels Development Briefing will be on ‘Financing agriculture’ and will take place on the 15th of September 2010 at the Borschette Center. As an input to the UN Summit on MDGs to be held in New York on 22-26 September 2010, we will discuss issues related to financing development in the context of agriculture and rural development. This will include issue such as Aid and ODA, taxation (Domestic tax revenues), private investment (new donors), revenue generation. Speakers include: Centre for Environmental Policy at Imperial College in London, the Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa in the US, CONCORD, OECD, African Development Bank, Caribbean Development Bank, YARA, African regional framers organizations.
For more information please contact: lopes@cta.int ou boto@cta.int
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July 8, 2010
The video recordings of the 19th Briefing session (“Youth and rural development in ACP countries”) are now available! (please click on the name of the speaker to watch his/her intervention):
Presentation:
Introductory remarks:
Panel 1 –Challenges and opportunities for future ACP young farmers
Panellists:
- Bruno Losch, Senior Economist, World Bank, Washington
-Kati Partanen, President of the Young Framer’s Committee, IFAP, Finland
-Joris Baecke, President of the European Council of Young Farmers, Brussels
- Peter Mwaura, Young Professionals Platform for Agricultural Research for Development (YPARD), Kenya
- Debate
Panel 2 – Policy options favourable in support of young farmers
Panellists:
- Peter Wobst, Senior Economist, FAO, Washington
-Anthony Kipkoech Saina, MIJARC, Kenya
-Shari Niles, Policy Advisor and Research Officer, ECTAD/CaFAN, Caribbean
-Debate
Conclusions:
-Mr. Michael Hailu
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May 15, 2010
The video recordings of the 18th Briefing session (“Humanitarian assistance and rural development in ACP countries”) are now available! (please click on the name of the speaker to watch his/her intervention):
Presentation:
Introductory remarks:
Panel 1 –Humanitarian assistance and rural development: trends and challenges
Panellists:
- Jan Kellett, Global Humanitarian Assistance, United Kingdom,
-Doekle Wielinga, Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, World Bank,
-Kiflemariam Amdemariam, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
- Luca Alinovi, Economic Division, FAO
- Debate
Panel 2 – Lessons learnt and policy options
Panellists:
- Nicholas Weatherill, DG ECHO, Marc Debois, DG Development, Jacques Prade, DG EuropAid, European Commission
-Laurent Thomas, Emergency Operation and Rehabilitation Division, FAO
-Laura Melo, World Food Programme
-Kathrin Schick, Voluntary Organisations in Cooperation in Emergencies (VOICE)
-Debate
Conclusions:
-Mr. Jean-Claude Burguet
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