Policies Against Hunger XI
Policies against Hunger XI Responsible Agricultural Investments – an Expert Meeting 30 June and 1 July 2014 Federal Foreign Office, Berlin Programme (as per 17.06.2014) Monday, 30.06.2014 11:30 Admission 12:00 – 13:45 Lunch / informal get-together 14:00 Opening Opening addresses by Christian Schmidt, Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture Hans-Joachim Fuchtel, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Patricia Flor, Director-General for United Nations and Global Issues at the Federal Foreign Office 14:30 – 15:45 Opening Panel (de, en, fr, es) Responsible Agricultural Investment: Assessment of the First Round of CFS-RAI Negotiations and Expectations Moving Forward Gerda Verburg, Chair of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) -Keynote Speech- Tanja Busse -Facilitator- Panelists: Proceso Alcala, Secretary of Agriculture, Philippines (tbc) Evelyn Nguleka, WFO, Zambia Cheikh Mouhamady Cissokho, ROPPA, Senegal Lisa Coen, Bayer Crop Science, USA Maryam Rahmanian, CENESTA, Iran 15:45 – 16:15 Coffee break 1 16:15 – 18:15 Discussion in Working Groups WG 1: What are the states' obligations with regard to providing a framework for investments that is based on human rights and the principles of good governance? (de, en, es) Michael Windfuhr, DIMR, Germany -Keynote Speech- Bettina Rudloff, SWP, Germany -Facilitator- Annotations from: Alphajoh Cham, Ministry of Lands, Country Planning and the Environment, Sierra Leone Iris Krebber, DFID, United Kingdom Rajashekar Reddy Seelam, Sresta Natural
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