Land and Sea grabbing in West Africa: Feed the people or export for profit?, Dakar - Main contents
date | February 8, 2011 09:00 - 17:30 |
---|---|
city | Dakar, Canada, Senegal |
location | Avenue Cheikh Anta DIOP en face de l'Université Dakar |
attending | (Hélène) Flautre i, (Jean) Lambert i, (Isabella) Lövin i, (Karima) Delli i, (Sven) Giegold i, (Ska) Keller i, (Eva) Joly i, (Jean-Paul) Besset i et al. |
organisation | Greens/European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA) i |
Conference on the occasion of the World Social Forum 2011, Dakar
Centre Lebret
Tuesday 8 February 2011 9h00 - 17h30
Avenue Cheikh Anta DIOP en face de l'Université Dakar
Morning
9.00 |
Opening |
9.30 - 12.30 |
Agricultural policy in West Africa: export or feed the people? Chair and introduction:Ska Keller, Member of the European Parliament, Green, and Amadou Kanouté, Director CICODEV - Large scale land acquisition : the case of Senegal , Ibra Mar FAYE, Chargé de recherche à Initiative Prospective Agricole et Rurale (IPAR) - Impacts of land grabbing on food security and consumption in rural areas, Amadou Kanouté, Director CICODEV - Testimony of three representatives of farmers' associations - Debate - Assessment by M. Moussa Ndiaye, President of the Federation of Farmers' Associations in the Louga region (FAPAL) - Conclusion of the panel: the way forward at African and international level? |
12.30 - 13.30 |
Press conference
|
13.30 - 14.30 |
Lunch |
Afternoon
14.30 - 16. 30 |
Sea grab Chair and introduction:Isabella Lövin, Member of the European Parliament, Green
- Consequences of Foreign Direct Investment in the African fisheries sector and its impact on local fish workers communities,N.N. African Confederation of Artisanal Fishing Organisations - CAOPA
- Conclusion of the panel |
17.00 |
Presentation of the conference conclusions, Sven Giegold, Member of the European Parliament, Green, and Amadou Kanouté, Director CICODEV |
17.30 |
End of the conference |
For all information and registration:
Green/Efa Group, European Parliament
PHS, Rue Wiertz 60, 1047 Brussels, Belgium
www.greens-efa.eu gabriele.kueppers@europarl.europa.eu
CICODEV Africa - Consumer Citizenship and Development in Africa
BP 29 198 Dakar Yoff, Sénégal
Tel+221 33 825 49 14 ; Mob : +221 77 529 66 62
www.cicodev.org amadou.kanoute@cicodev.org ackanoute@yahoo.com
Translation: English, French and Wolof
Greens/EFA Members:
Jean Paul Besset
Hélène Flautre
Sven Giegold
Eva Joly
Oriol Junqueras
Ska Keller
Isabella Lövin
and Karima Delli and Jean Lambert as part of an official EMPL delegation.