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

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 Bioproducts Pvt. Ltd., India Ali Million Belay, Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa, Ethiopia

Sue Mbaya, SM & Associates, South Africa -Rapporteur-

WG 2: What are the states' duties and tasks with regard to the shaping of their agricultural and rural development policies? (de, en, fr, es) Myrna Cunningham, IYFF Special Ambassador for Latin America and the Caribbean, Nicaragua -Keynote Speech- Michael Brüntrup, DIE, Germany -Facilitator-

Annotations from: Mohammad Shakir Majeedi, Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation & Livestock, Afghanistan Christian Graefen, GIZ, Germany Theo de Jager, SACAU, South Africa Daniele Schmidt Peter, CAPA, Brazil

Natalia Landivar, FIAN International, Ecuador -Rapporteur-

WG 3: What are the responsibilities of private investors? (de, en, fr) Jyoti Sanghera, OHCHR, Switzerland -Keynote Speech- Friederike Diaby-Pentzlin, Hochschule Wismar, Germany -Facilitator-

Annotations from: Irit Tamir, Oxfam “Behind the Brands”, USA Christoph Kaut, Aid by Trade Foundation, Germany Ian Barker, AFSTA, Switzerland Franziska Hollmann, DEG, Germany Svetlana Boincean, IUF, Switzerland

Sam Vitou, CEDAC, Cambodia

Elias Lopez, Chair, EU OEWG on RAI, Spain -Rapporteur-

WG 4: CFS-RAI principles in action – dissemination and application of the CFS-RAI principles (en) Caroline Kruckow, FRIENT, Germany -Facilitator- Josie Cohen, Global Witness, United Kingdom -Rapporteur-

Topic 1: Experiences from similar international processes and their value for the dissemination and application of the CFS-RAI principles Maria Guglielma da Passano, FAO, Italy -Keynote Speech- Herwig Hahn, GIZ, Germany -Host-

Topic 2: Monitoring and evaluation of the application of the CFS-RAI principles by means of indicators Sébastien Haye, RSB, Switzerland -Keynote Speech- Marion Aberle, Deutsche Welthungerhilfe e.V., Germany -Host-

18:30 - 22:00 Reception at the International Club in the Federal Foreign Office (Roof Terrace)

Tuesday, 01.07.2014

08:00 Admission

09:00 – 10:00 Presentation and panel discussion (de, en, fr, es)

Public and private investments in agriculture – finding the right mix (presentation) Birgit Gerhardus, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany -Keynote Speech- Tanja Busse -Facilitator-

Panelists: Titia Sjenitzer, UNPRI, United Kingdom

Klaus Gihr, KfW, Germany Mohamed El Guerrouj, ADA, Morocco Frank Rubio, Oikocredit, Peru Taras Gagalyuk, UABC, Ukraine

10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break

10:30 – 12:30 Working Groups (continuation)

Working Groups 1-3: Discussion

Working Group 4:

Topic 3: The role of international and civil society organisations Erik Jesper Karlsson, FAO, Italy -Keynote Speech- Sofia Monsalve, FIAN International, Germany -Host-

Topic 4: Embedding of the CFS-RAI principles in international processes (such as G8, G20 and Post 2015) and instruments (such as the Global Reporting Initiative) Sigrun Neuwerth, Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Germany -Keynote Speech- Robert Sabiiti, CFS OEWG on Monitoring, Uganda -Host-

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch break 14:00 -15:30 Reports from the Working Groups (de, en, fr, es)

15:30 Closing statements

Peter Bleser, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture, Germany Christina Blank, Chair of the CFS Open Ended Working Group on RAI, Switzerland Heino von Meyer, Director of the OECD Berlin Centre, Germany Jyoti Sanghera, Chief of the Human Rights and Economic and Social Issues Section, OHCHR, Switzerland

16:15 End of the conference