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Opening Session Special Session Key notes Reporting Back Aid effectiveness, harmonisation and alignment Closing Session

Opening Session
18 June 2007

Opening Session

Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany
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Lluis Riera Figueras, Director, DG Development European Commission (EC DG Dev)
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Alain De Janvry, Professor for Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of California at Berkeley and co-author of World Development Report 2008
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Strategic Overview: Panel Discussion

Lluis Riera Figueras, Director, DG Development European Commission (EC DG Dev)
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Michael Hofmann, Director-General BMZ
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Lennart Båge, President IFAD
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Richard Mkandawire, Agriculture Advisor NEPAD
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Mamadou Cissoko, President ROPPA
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Rapid Keyfire of participants Audio (MP3, 2.9 MB), Audio Stream (M3U)

Keynotes

Keynote 1
Rural livelihoods in Africa in the face of globalisation
par Simon Maxwell, ODI

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Keynote 2
Environmental issues in rural development
par Hartwig de Haen, Former Assistant Secretary General, UN FAO

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Keynote 3
Economic and political reforms required to support rural development in Africa
par Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, Executive Director, Platform for Rural Development in West and Central Africa (Hubrural) and former Prime Minister of the Republic of Niger

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Keynote 4
Regional integration in Africa and its implications for rural development
par Augustin Wambo, Nepad Secretariat

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discussant Peter Conze, GTZ
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Keynote 5
Aid effectiveness, harmonisation and alignment
par Bernard Petit, Deputy Director General EC DG Dev

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Reporting Back

Theme 1
Bruno Vindel, Ministry of Agriculture and Fishing of France
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Theme 2
Ian Goldman, Khanya-aicdd
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Theme 3
Mercy Karanja, IFAP
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Theme 4
Jean-René Cuzon, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France
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Special Session

Philip Mikos, ECDG DEV
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Aid effectiveness, harmonisation and alignment
21 June 2007

Working Groups

5.1 SWAPs in Agriculture and Rural Development
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5.2 Aligning donor assistance to national strategies
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5.3 Towards a division of labour among donors
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Synthesis of aid effectiveness-discussion
in working groups on theme 1-4

Sonja Bartelt, Global Donor Platform for Rural Development (GDPRD)
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Christoph Kohlmeyer, Global Donor Platform for Rural Development (GDPRD), Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) of Germany
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Michael Wales, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations
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Synthesis in plenary: “How can the EU be a better partner for Africa?”
a fish bowl discussion

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Closing Session
21 June 2007

Personal Reflections

Kevin Cleaver, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
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Ndiogou Fall, Réseau des organisations paysannes et des producteurs agricoles de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (ROPPA)
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Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, Executive Director, Platform for Rural Development in West and Central Africa (Hubrural) and former Prime Minister of the Republic of Niger
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Monique Calon, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Netherlands
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