Update on the GFAR 2003 Conference 2224 May 2003, Dakar

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Update on the GFAR 2003 Conference(22-24 May
2003, Dakar)
Global Forum on Agricultural Research
Italian Forum on Agricultural Research 10 March
2003 Florence, Italy
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Outline of presentation

• Meeting agenda
• Preparations for the meeting
• Financing the meeting
• Funding GFAR
• Conclusion

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Conference Purpose

• A planning tool that allow GFAR to take a
  retrospective look on the past, analyze the
  present and use the outcome of both exercises to
  plan for the future.

Conference Theme
Linking Research and Rural Innovation to
Sustainable Development
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Opening Session

• Expected invitees
• His Excellency Abdoulaye Wade
• President, Republic of Senegal
• Susan Whelan
• Minister of International Cooperation, Canada
• Hubertus Zimmer Director, DG-AIDCO, European
  Commission
• Eugenio Campo
• Coordinatore Multilaterale, Ministry of Foreign
  Affairs, Italy
• Mamadou Cissokho (as Farmers Organization
  representative)
• CNCR-Conseil National de Concertation et de
  Coordination des Ruraux
• Jacques DioufDirector-General, Food and
  Agriculture Organization of the U.N.

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Plenary Session 1

• Perspectives on the Contribution of Agricultural
• Research and Rural Innovation to Sustainable
• Development
• 2 Keynote speakers
• WSSD Outcomes and it implications for
  agricultural research
• Emerging global issues in Sustainable Development
  and the response of the New Partnership for
  Africas Development (NEPAD Initiative)
• Roundtable Discussion
• - to identify main researchable issues GFAR
  could focus on

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Plenary Session 2

• Taking stock and looking forward Elements for
  the GFAR triennial Business Plan (2004-2006) and
  New Global Partnership Programmes
• Analysis of achievements since Dresden,
  including successful partnerships as well as
  challenges ahead
• Working Group Discussion
• to identify gaps from the past, and new issues to
  focus on for the future

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GFAR 2003 Agenda

• 5 Sub-Plenary Sessions
• Discussion on 5 different themes of interest and
  around
• which GPPs could be developed
• Rural Knowledge Systems and Innovation Processes
• Agro-based Small Medium-sized Enterprises and
  Markets in developing countries
• Agriculture/Livestock Integration
• Organizational Partnerships for Agricultural
  Research
• Innovative Policy Directions and Approaches for
  Sustainable Agricultural Development

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GFAR 2003 Agenda

• Pre-GFAR 2003 Session among Civil Society
• Organizations
• Poster Session on Successful Partnerships
• Side Events
• ICRA
• Treaty on PGR
• NGOs
• Farmer Organisations
• Info-Sys/Global.RAIS Project

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GFAR 2003 Agenda
Special Plenary Session Funding Opportunities
and Strategies for Strengthening GFAR Final
Plenary Session Presentation of conclusions and
Recommendations as well as Stakeholder statements

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GFAR 2003 Conference
Regional Forum Discussions
Keynote Address
Stakeholder consultations
Thematic Working Group Discussions
RoundtableBrainstorming
Pre-Conference Workshops
Main issues and lessons learnt from different
activities
Side Events
MAIN ISSUES and LESSONS LEARNTfrom DIFFERENT
ACTIVITIES
FUTURE DIRECTIONS and RECOMMENDATIONS for GFAR
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GFAR
Italian constituency participation At the
political level Director Eugenio Campo At the
institutional level Members of the Italian Forum
in various sub-plenary, particularly those
dealing with issues of interest to Italy (i.e.,
Rural knowledge and innovation, Agri SMEs, and
innovative policy directions)
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Preparation for the Conference

• General invitations sent
• Special invitations sent
• VIPs
• Plenary Session Chairs
• Speakers, Resource Persons and Rapporteurs
• Conference Website developed
• www.egfar.org/gfar2003/default.shtml
• Draft Agenda, registration, Conference
  information
• Updated as and when new information available
• Links at other websites e.g., www.isra.sn,
  www.fnraa.sn

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Next steps

• Programme
• - Finalize TORs for all (chairs, speakers,
  resource persons, rapporteurs)
• - Confirm commitments to participate
• - Finalise arrangements for side events
• - Update web pages as necessary
• Fund raising activities
• - Follow up
• - Pursue cost sharing with FARA

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Financing the Conference
Estimated Conference Cost US
350,000 Confirmed pledges/contribution CTA
(Netherlands) 29,500 Syngenta
10,000 Germany (GTZ) 25,000 IDRC-Canada
29,500 IPGRI 5,000 CIAT
5,000 Total 104,000
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Financingthe Conference
Italian Contribution Euro 100,000for the
Conference proper IAO Euro 30,000 for
simultaneous translation, publication and
follow-up activities
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Funding GFAR-Contribution from Italy

• Core funding of the Secretariat
• Support to partnership programmes
• Rural Knowledge and Innovation
• Small and medium agribusiness
• Interregional collaboration
• Evaluate regional strengths and weaknesses
• Facilitate South-South and North-South
  collaboration

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Funding GFAR- Contribution from Italy

• Support to activities on strengthening Civil
  Society Organizations (CSOs)
• Facilitating private sector involvement(e.g.,
  linking farmers to markets)

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Global Forum on Agricultural Research
GFAR 2003 Update
Grazie mille.