Land and Sea grabbing in West Africa: Feed the people or export for profit?, Dakar

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datum 8 februari 2011 09:00 - 17:30
plaats Dakar, Canada, Senegal
locatie Avenue Cheikh Anta DIOP en face de l'Université Dakar Toon locatie
aanwezigen (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 e.a.
organisatie Groenen/Europese Vrije Alliantie (Groenen/EVA) 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

cicodev

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

  • - 
    Africa: Tax evasion and financial outflow - Eva Joly, Chair of  the Development Committee, European Parliament, Green
  • - 
    Policy coherence at the national level and in international relations: trade, agriculture, fish, energy, climate change -  Ska Keller, Member of European Parliament, Green

13.30 - 14.30 

Lunch

Afternoon 

 

14.30 - 16. 30           

Sea grab

Chair and introduction:Isabella Lövin, Member of the European Parliament, Green

  • - 
    Joint ventures in the fisheries sector in Senegaland Mauritania: recent developments,Mamadou Lamine Niasse,  Member of   ICSF (International Collective in Support of Fish workers)

-   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

  • - 
    Which policy in Africa towards FDI for sustainable fisheries  ? Kouraïchi Thiam, Miniser for Maritime Economy, Fisheries and Maritime Transport of the republic of Senegal (tbc); Simplice Nouala, Chief Animal Production Officer at AU-IBAR, in charge of Fisheries (YBC) (tbc)
  • - 
    Debate

-  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.

Contents

  1. Groenen/Europese Vrije Alliantie (Groenen/EVA)
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Groenen/Europese Vrije Alliantie (Groenen/EVA)

In de fractie van De Groenen/Europese Vrije Alliantie (EVA) werken sinds 1999 Groenen en regionale groeperingen ('vertegenwoordigers van stateloze naties') uit verschillende Europese landen met elkaar samen in het Europees Parlement i. De Groenen/EVA streven naar een Europa met meer oog voor mensenrechten, milieu en een open bestuur. Ook vertegenwoordigen zij enkele regionale partijen.

De fractie wordt door 72 Europarlementariërs uit 18 landen en 3 regio's vertegenwoordigd, het hoogste aantal dat zij ooit heeft behaald. Daarmee is zij de op vier na grootste fractie in het Europees Parlement.

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