Land and Sea grabbing in West Africa: Feed the people or export for profit?
On the occasion of the World Social Forum 2011, Dakar – Conference
Centre Lebret
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, andAmadou 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.