1. Financing Agriculture in ACP countries
Brussels Rural Development Briefings A series of meetings on ACP-EU development issues
Briefing session n° 20:
Financing Agriculture in ACP countries
Brussels, 15th September 2010
8h30 – 13h00

2. Brussels Rural Development Briefings A series of regular meetings
on ACP-EU development issues
since 2007

3. Half a day ACP-EU policy-dialogue meetings held every two months
Targeting Brussels based development community: ACP-EU policy makers, representatives of EU and ACP Member States, European Parliament, civil society groups, researchers and development practitioners, international organisations

4. Aimed at sensitising, promoting information sharing and networking
Bringing different perspectives around the table
Multiactors partnership: CTA, the EC/DG Development and EuropeAid, the ACP Secretariat, Concord

5. Holistic approach to rural development
Food security and food crisis
Trade and development
Environment and climate change
Aid effectiveness and rural governance
Migration and development
Health and safety in agriculture
Cross-cutting issues: gender, ICTs for development, research, youth

6. Lluis Riera, Director, DG Development, European Commission
Programme and Objectives of the Meeting
Ms Isolina Boto, Head of CTA Brussels Office
Introductory remarks
Lluis Riera, Director, DG Development, European Commission
Mrs Hélène Fiagan, Expert, ACP Secretariat
Michael Hailu, Director, CTA

7. Objectives of this Briefing
To raise awareness on key challenges
To promote exchange of information and expertise
To feed in the debate by bringing various perspectives

8. Chair: H.E.M. Abdou Abarry, Ambassador of Niger
Panel 1: Aid targets and donor support
This session will review the key challenges for
financing the agricultural sector and the major
assistance mechanisms at global and EU level in
support of the agricultural sector in ACP countries
and the achievements realized so far.

9. Chair: M. Ishmael Sunga, CEO, SACAU
Panel 2:Beyond Aid: new financing mechanisms
This panel will explore the potential for new or
improved financing sources as well as the
opportunity for new innovative sources of financing
the agricultural sector.

10. Conclusions:
H.E. Patrick Gomes
Chair of the ACP Committee of Ambassadors and
Ambassador of Guyana

11. Target group 200 ACP-EU policy makers, representatives of EU
and ACP Member States, European Parliament,
civil society groups, researchers and development
practitioners, international organisations based in
Brussels and some ACP researchers and farmers
coming from ACP countries.

12. Inputs/Outputs A Reader/Resources on Financing Agriculture
in ACP countries
Summary of key issues
Documents available online
Websites
Acronyms
Glossary
…To be complemented and further developed

13. Online resources Read presentations, consult documents,
listen to interviews, view videos, make
comments before, during and after
the meetings at:
(English)
(French)

14. Next Briefing:
Geopolitics of Food
17th November 2010
Centre Borschette