Regional meeting for the Near East and North Africa on the Regional Initiative “Sustainable Small Scale Agriculture for Inclusive Development” - 2 - 3 Mar 2015, Egypt

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FAO Regional meeting on the Regional Initiative
“Sustainable small scale agriculture for inclusive development”
Cairo, Egypt
2nd and 3rd March 2015
Day 1
Time Activity Person
8:30 – 9:00 Opening of the meeting
Presentation of the participants
Adoption of the agenda
Facilitator(s)
Session 1: Regional initiative work plan 2015
9:00 – 10:00 The Regional Initiative: Background, Objectives,
and expectedoutputs
SO3 presentation
Delivery Manager
SO3 Representative
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break
10:30 – 11:00 A detailed overview and progress to date
Discussion
Delivery Manager
11:00 – 12:00 Presentation of “country priorities and action plan
for 2015”: Morocco, Tunisia
FAO and Country
Representatives
12:00 – 13:30 Presentation of country priorities, action taken and
work plan in relation to small scale agriculture
including FAO ongoing projects and development
partners’ projects: Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan
FAO and Country
Representatives
13:30 – 14:30 Lunch
14:30 – 16:00 Presentation of “country priorities” in relation to
small scale agriculture including FAO ongoing
projects and development partners’ projects of
candidate countries: Jordan, Iran, KSA,
Mauritania and Oman
FAO Representatives
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break
16:30 – 16:45 Mainstreaming Gender in small-scale agriculture Malika Martini,
FAORNE
16:45 – 17:30 Next steps/Recommendations Facilitator(s)

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Day 2
Session 2 : Regional initiative at country level and presentation of the study on small scale
agriculture in NENA region
9:00 – 09:30 Regional study on small scale agriculture in the
NENA region: Objectives, Results, Approach and
methodology
Facilitator(s)
9:30 – 10:30 Discussion Facilitator(s)
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 12:30 Amendment and Adoption of the regional study
on small scale agriculture in the NENA region
proposal
Facilitator(s)
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:30 Working sessions for refining and reviewing
“country action plan for 2015”
Facilitator(s)
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break
16:30 – 17:00 Evaluation, Wrap-up and presentation of the
minutes of the meeting prepared by the
facilitators for endorsement
Facilitator(s)