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08h00 |
Registration (+ welcome coffee) |
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10h00 |
Opening Session
Chair : Mr. Pascal LAMY, EC-Trade Commissioner |
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10 h 05 : Welcome address: Mr. Claude BLANCHEMAISON, Director General for International Cooperation and Development (France)
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10 h 15 : EU-Africa cotton partnership:
Mrs. Agnes VAN ARDENNE, Dutch Minister for Development Cooperation (EU-Presidency)
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10 h 30 : Africa response to partnership:
Mr. Fatiou AKPLOGAN, Benin Minister for Trade (spokesperson of ACP-cotton Ministerial Committee)
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10 h 40 : ACP-EU
Mr. Carl GREENIDGE, CTA
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10 h 50 : Setting the scene for the Forum:
Mr. Pascal LAMY, EC-Trade Commissioner
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11h00 |
Session 1:
International TRADE
Chair: Mr. Carl GREENIDGE, CTA |
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11 h 05 : Mr. Terry TOWNSEND, ICAC
Overview of government support measures worldwide
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11 h 20 : Mr. Fatiou AKPLOGAN, Benin:
African position on cotton negotiations in DDA
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11 h 40 : Mr. Karl FALKENBERG, EC/DG TRADE:
EC views on cotton as part of DDA
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12h00 |
Exhange of views |
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13 h 00 – 14 h 00 : Lunch |
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14h00 |
Session 2:
NATIONAL COTTON STRATEGIES
Chair: Mrs. Berengere QUINCY (France / Ministry of Foreign Affairs) |
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14 h 05 : Mr. Philip MIKOS: National commodity/cotton strategies as a development mechanism
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14 h 20 : Burkina Faso, Benin and Tanzania present National Strategic Cotton Frameworks, including donor responses, following national coordination
Burkina Faso :
Benin :
Tanzania :
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15 h 05 : Mr. Alexander Sarris, FAO: Methodology for preparing national cotton strategies
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15h20 |
Exchange of views on proposed actions |
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16 h 00 – 16 h 30 : Coffee break |
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16h30 |
SESSION 3:
COTTON RELATED POLICIES AND INSTITUTIONS
Chair: Mr. Fatiou AKPLOGAN (ACP-cotton Ministerial Committee) |
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16 h 35 : Mr. Tiéna COULIBALY (Mali/MRSC): Phasing the reforms and accompanying measures
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16 h 50 : Mr. Jacques BOUNOU, ROPPA : Farmer views on the impact of cotton sector reforms
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16 h 50 : Mr. Jacques BOUNOU, ROPPA :
Farmer views on the impact of cotton sector reforms :
Liberalisations and privatisations of the African cotton dies:
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17 h 05 : Mr. Ibrahim MALLOUM, African Cotton (ginners) Association: African stakeholder views
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17 h 15 : Mr. John McINTIRE, World Bank: Current views on cotton sector reforms
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17h30 |
Exchange of views |
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18 h 00 Ajourn and Cocktail
Mr. Xavier DARCOS, Minister for International Cooperation and Development (France)
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09h00 |
SESSION 4:
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION, ENVIRONMENT AND
QUALITY RECOGNITION
Chair: Mr. Ibrahim TAMPONE, Commissioner UEMOA |
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09 h 05 : Mr. Henk BREMAN, IFDC: Sustainable cotton: improved management of soil fertility and pests
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09 h 15 : Mr. Jacques PAGES, CIRAD : Pro and Cons of Genetically Engineered Cotton
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09 h 25 : Mr. Mustapha DIOP, SODEFITEX : African Participation in Universal Cotton Classification
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09h35 |
Exchange of views |
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10 h 15 – 10 h 45: Coffee break |
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10h45 |
SESSION 5:
RISK MANAGEMENT AND FINANCE
Chair: Mr. Jan MAAS, Netherlands Development Cooperation (EU Presidency) |
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10 h 50 : Mr. Joe KABISSA, Tanzania Cotton Board: the demand for price risk management in cotton
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11 h 00 : Mr. Panos VARANGIS, World Bank: Commodity risk strategy
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11 h 10 : Mr. Jean Marc GRAVELLINI, France/AFD, mitigating risks through self insurance
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11 h 20 : Mr. Nigel SCOTT, Rabobank: Perspectives of risk instruments and structured finance
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11h00 |
Exchange of views |
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12h00 |
SESSION 6:
CHAIN INTEGRATION ACTIVITIES
Chair: Mr. Babacar FAYE, Director BOAD |
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12 h 05 : Mr. Hamed SOW, CDE: Perspectives for manufacturing, the case of UEMOA countries
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12 h 15 : Mr. Bernard WALTER, AMTECS International Mauritius: Conditions for promoting investments in textiles in Africa
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12 h 25 : Mr. Saro G. RATTER: Organic and fair trade cotton in Africa
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12h30 |
Exchange of views |
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13h - 14h Lunch |
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14h00 |
SESSION 7:
SUPPORT TO COTTON
Chair: Mr. Bernard PETIT (EC/DG Development) |
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African Development Bank perspectives |
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Mr. Babacar FAYE, Directeur BOAD: Financing perspectives for the cotton sector
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Mr. Bernard PETIT, EC/DG Development: Indications of support to cotton at different levels
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Mr. André DELLEVOET (EU-presidency), Indications of EU-Member States support at different levels
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World Bank: Support at in-country and international levels
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Mrs. Ioannis KALTSAS / Mrs. Heike RUETTGERS, European Investment Bank. Perspectives for support to cotton
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Exchange of views |
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16 h 00 – 16 h 30: Coffee break |
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16h30 |
SESSION 8:
THE EU-AFRICA PARTNERSHIP ON COTTON:
ROAD MAP TO IMPLEMENTATION
Chair: Mr. Fatiou AKPLOGAN (ACP-Group) |
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EC/DG Development: Road Map for Implementation of the EU-Africa Cotton Partnership |
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17h30 |
CONCLUDING REMARKS AND CLOSURE
Mrs. Berengere QUINCY (France / Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
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18h00 |
PRESS CONFERENCE |
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