29th session - Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, 4-8 April 2016
“Transforming African Agri-food systems for inclusive growth and a shared prosperity”
The 29th session of the FAO Regional Conference for Africa will be held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, at Sofitel Abidjan Hotel Ivoire, from 4 to 8 April 2016. Jointly hosted by the Government of Côte d’Ivoire and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Conference is expected to be attended by ministers and other high level delegates from FAO Member States, partners, representatives of Civil Society Organizations in Africa and the media.
The Conference will begin with an Experts’ Meeting from 4 to 6 April 2016, which will focus on Regional and Global Policy and Regulatory Issues, in particular Public Private Partnership for Inclusive Growth as well as Trends and issues in food and agriculture for regional and national action in the context of the SDGs. Issues related to the Work Programme, the Budget, the Decentralization process and the multi-year programme of work of the Regional Conference will also be discussed, among other matters.
Thematic Side-Events on 6 April 2016 will range from Successes in Nuclear Applications: African VetLab Network and Sterile Insect Technique by FAO/IAEA Division, the Development of an Action Programme to Address Food and Nutrition Challenges in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) by FAO, and a High level discussion on the Follow-up to the 2006 Abuja Declaration on Fertilizers for an African Green Revolution by AUC/FAO.
The Ministerial Plenary Session will officially open on 7 April and a Ministerial Roundtable will take place on 8 April 2016 to discuss “Strengthening national and regional capacities to effectively implement commitments and increase investments made at national and continental level for the eradication of hunger and the transformation of food systems in Africa for an inclusive growth and shared prosperity” and means of increasing solidarity between countries, enhancing south-south cooperation and also boost the Africa Solidarity Trust Fund (ASTF)”.
The Conference will be preceded by a Regional consultation of Civil Society Organizations, on 1st to 2nd of April 2016, at Hôtel Belle-Côte, Abidjan.
An FAO-Côte d’Ivoire joint Press Conference will close the Regional Conference, on 8 April 2016.
Twitter hashtag: #ARC29
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- FAO: perspectives de développement de l'agriculture en Afrique
- CÔTE D'IVOIRE: la FAO tient sa conférence régionale pour l’Afrique
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- INTERVIEW: In PPPs, African Govts Should Support Their Own Farmers – Dr. Kormawa
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