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1 DEc nd Annual Meeting Agenda Hosted by the Federal Republic of Nigeria and under the patronage of the Commissions of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA), the 32nd annual meeting of the RPCA brings together the region s key food and nutrition security stakeholders. Some 250 participants are expected, including many high-level representatives. The Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS) and the Sahel and West Africa Club Secretariat (SWAC/OECD) are organising the meeting, with support from the Regional Agency for Agriculture and Food (RAAF/ECOWAS). ABUJA (NIGERIA) DEcembeR 2016 For the first time, the Food Crisis Prevention Network (RPCA) will meet in Abuja, Nigeria to celebrate its 32nd anniversary. This will be an opportunity for the Network to highlight the implementation of the Cadre harmonisé in Nigeria as one of its key achievements. There are now 17 Sahelian and West African countries that use this tool to analyse and identify areas and populations at risk of food and nutrition insecurity. This year, the Cadre harmonisé has proven to be particularly helpful in north-eastern Nigeria, especially in the states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe, where there is a serious security and humanitarian crisis. In April, at the restricted meeting, the Network sounded the alarm regarding the critical situation in the area, where some 3 million people were in crisis (phase 3), of which 1.86 million were internally displaced (IOM and NEMA, April 2016). Since then, the situation has barely improved. It remains particularly worrisome in the state of Borno where many areas are difficult to access. This is why the Network is devoting a special event to the subject. Through high-level political dialogue between the Nigerian government, regional organisations (ECOWAS, UEMOA, CILSS) and development partners, the Network hopes to encourage the search for appropriate solutions to address the food and SAHEL AND WEST AFRICA UEMOA nutrition emergency, and to serve as the basis for the development of more structural responses. A joint declaration on the mobilisation of the international community, placed under the political leadership of ECOWAS and UEMOA, will be presented on this occasion. Another highlight of the Abuja meeting will be the debate on this year s central theme, entitled Nutrition and Social Protection. Social protection systems play a major role in fulfilling the international community s commitment and that of African states to leave no one behind, particularly in the fight against short-term and chronic malnutrition. The Network Members will address this theme through three panel discussions. Nutrition and social protection also form the first two pillars of the Global Alliance for Resilience (AGIR) which was launched in the region in December Club Secretariat

2 Cover photo : Training session for young women on the use of fortified infant cereal, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, SWAC/OECD. According to the original mission of the RPCA, the Network Members will also take stock of the agro-sylvo-pastoral campaign; they will analyse production, markets for agricultural products and the region s food and nutrition situation; and they will review the Network s key priorities. The annual meeting will also host a session of the Senior Experts Group of the Global Alliance for Resilience (SEG-AGIR). Lastly, other events will take place on the side-lines of the meeting including: the ECOWAS Specialised Ministerial Committee on the adoption of the 2 nd generation of the Regional Agricultural Investment Plan for Food and Nutrition Security (RAIP-FNS); a session promoting agricultural fertiliser production (INDORAMA); and a thematic session on the changes in the food economy and their implications for public policy. With this agenda, the 32 nd annual meeting promises to be full of debate, ideas and gatherings. Monday 12 december :00-09:00 Welcome and registration of the participants 09:00-09:40 Opening Ceremony Mr François-Xavier de Donnea, SWAC President Mr Alexandre DEPREZ, Spokesperson for ECOWAP Donors Group Mr Djibo Bagna, Spokesperson of CSOs and the private sector (5 mn) H.E.D r Souleymane OUÉDRAOGO, Acting Administrator, Executive Secretariat, CILSS Mr Ibrahima Dieme, Commissioner, Department of Food Security, Agriculture, Mining and Environment (DFSAM), UEMOA H.E.Mr Marcel Alain de Souza, President, ECOWAS Commission H.E. D r Audu OGbeh, Federal Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Nigeria 09:40-10:00 Group photo and coffee break 10:00-15:00 Parallel session ECOWAS Specialised Ministerial Technical Committee on Agriculture, Environment and Water Resources: Review and adoption of the Regional Agricultural Investment Plan for Food and Nutrition Security (RAIP-FNS) 10:00-16:30 Session 1: AGRICULTURAL, FOOD AND NUTRITION SITUATION Chair: H.E.D r Souleymane OUEDRAOGO, Acting Administrator, Executive Secretariat, CILSS Drawing on the forecast results of the agro-sylvo-pastoral campaign , this session will examine the functioning of markets and analyse the food and nutrition situation in order to agree on measures to be taken to address any potential crisis. The session will also review the reponses to food and nutrition crises in 2016 as well as the lessons learned. 10:00-11:10 Introductory presentations Consolidated presentation of the campaign and the food and nutrition situation and West African food markets Mr Martial Traoré, CILSS (20 mn) International food price trends Mr nourou MACKI TALL, FAO (5 mn) Food and nutrition situation (resultats of the Cadre harmonisé) Mr Issoufou Baoua, CILSS (10 mn) Overview of country responses in 2016: Measures taken, results obtained and lessons learned Mr Ector Houssou, CILSS (15 mn)

3 11:10-12:30 12:30-14:00 Lunch break 14:00-15:00 (continued) and key recommendations 15:00-15:15 Coffee break 15:15-16:15 Session 2: STATE OF PLAY OF RPCA PRIORITY ACTIVITIES Chair: Mr Laurent Bossard, Director, SWAC/OECD Secretariat Formulating a consensual tool for measuring resilience: state of play and roadmap Introductory presentation MR Abdallah Samba, CILSS (20 mn) 16:15-17:15 FOCUS ON NORTH-EASTERN NIGERIA Mobilising actors in the region and international community in addressing the food and nutrition insecurity in north-eastern Nigeria Chair: H.E. Mr Marcel Alain de Souza, President, ECOWAS Commission Introduction by the Chair Introductory presentation, Mr Issoufou BAOUA, CILSS H.E. ENGR. Akeju Olagbaju Mudasiru, Federal Department of Rural Development, Nigeria Mr Toby Lanzer, Regional Humanitarian Co-ordinator for the Sahel, United Nations Mr KURT CORNELIS, Minister Counsellor, Head of Co-operation, European Union Delegation to Nigeria & ECOWAS Mr Alexandre Deprez, Co-ordinator of the Group of ECOWAP Partners Reading of the Declaration on mobilising actors in the region and international community in addressing the food and nutrition insecurity in north-eastern Nigeria, Mr Charles N. McCLAIN, Deputy Minister for Planning & Development, Ministry of Agriculture, Liberia 17:15-18:30 Session 2 (continued): STATE OF PLAY OF RPCA PRIORITY ACTIVITIES 17:15-18:00 Follow up on the implementation of the PREGEC Charter: Framework for discussion for civil society on the application of the Charter Introductory presentations Key messages from the 2015 external evaluation Mr Abdou karim Keïta, CILSS (5 mn) Overview of activities; Framework for discussion for CSOs Mr Mamadou Cissokho, Honorary President, ROPPA and Mr Ousseini Ouédraogo, Executive Secretary, ROPPA 18:00-18:30 Organisation of the 33 rd and 34 th RPCA annual meetings Introduction Mr Sibiri Jean Zoundi, SWAC/OECD Secretariat (5 mn) and summary

4 Tuesday 13 december :30-17:30 Session 3: NUTRITIOn and social PROTECTion Chair: D r anta sarr diacko, General Delegate for Social Protection and National Solidarity, Senegal The Network Members will address this theme through three panel discussions that aim to: 1) better understand the links between social protection and nutrition; 2) identify success stories and innovative experiences; 3) share best practices in sustainable financing of social protection systems related to nutrition security. 08:30-09:45 Introduction Social protection: a pathway for sectorial integration of nutrition Mr Enrique Delamonica, UNICEF/WFP/FAO (20 mn) Regional policies and investments for strengthening nutrition and social protection d r Daniel EKLU, Director for Humanitarian Affairs, ECOWAS (10 mn) 09:45-18:00 discussion Panels 09:45-11:15 Panel 1: Link between social protection and nutrition Moderator: Mr Stéphane Devaux, DEVCO/EU Panellists HONORABLE KHADY FALL TALL, President, AFAO/WAWA Mr YVES MARTIN-PRéVEL, IRD Introductory presentations Multi-country impact evaluation of social protection as an instrument to improve nutrition and respond to shocks Mr Al Hassane Cissé, FAO (10 min) Improving nutrition in the Sahel through the Adaptive Social Protection Program (ASPP) Mr Roland Berenger Berehoudougou, World Bank (10 mn) Improving nutrition through informal social protection mechanisms: A case of Resilience in the Sahel-Enhanced (RISE) Initiative MS SHANNON ROGERS, USAID (10 mn) 11:15-11:30 Coffee break and summary by the moderator

5 11:30-13:00 Panel 2: Success stories and innovative experiences Moderator: Mr Enrique Delamonica, UNICEF Panellists MR EL HADJ MOHAMED NAJIM, Permanent Secretary, G5 Sahel MS SIMONE ZOUNDI, FIAB-Interface Ms Kerina Zvogbo, Save The Children MR SIMON NARBETH, DFID Introductory presentations How can the Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) improve the nutrition status of vulnerable farmers and pastoralists? MR STEFAN SCHOLZ, Austrian Aid (10 mn) How can nutritional supplement rations be used to make transfers to the poor more efficient? The case of Mali and Niger Mr YASSINE GABA and MR NICOLAS GOVAERT, ECHO/EU (10 mn) 13:00-14:30 Lunch break Translating nutrition and social protection policies into actions: Lessons from the field Mr RICHEMONT SEKI, FAO (10 mn) and summary by the moderator 14:30-16:00 Panel 3: Sustainable financing of social protection policies Moderator: D r Yamar M Bodj, Executive Director, Hub Rural Panellists h.e. Prof. Patrick Monty Jones, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security, Sierra Leone D r Ouendeba Botorou, High-Commissioner of the 3N Initiative D r Daniel EKLU, Director for Humanitarian Affairs, ECOWAS D R augustin wambo, NEPAD MR Bagna Djibo, ROPPA Introductory presentations Sustainable public financing of social protection: the case of Senegal MR AMADOU KANAR DIOP, General Delegation for Social Protection and National Solidarity (10 mn) Economic development and social protection: A tool to inform the projection of future financing needs and modalities for social protection Mr Alexander Pick, OECD Development Centre (10 mn) and summary by the moderator 16:00-16:15 Coffee break 16:15-17:30 and summary by the chair

6 Wednesday 14 december :30-16:30 Session 4: SENIOR EXPERTS GROUP OF THE GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR RESILIENCE (SEG-AGIR) Co-chairs: Mr Tchambakou Ayassor, Commissioner for Agriculture, Environment and Water Resources (AEWR), ECOWAS and Mr Abdou SEYNI, UEMOA Representative to the EU Three years after the adoption of the regional roadmap in April 2013, the SEG-AGIR meets to review the progress made in formulating "National Resilience Priorities" (NRPs) and strengthening the mobilisation of stakeholders for the implementation of the Alliance. In accordance with the Declaration made in Milan in October 2015, they will also discuss the challenges of strengthening synergies and complementarities for better effectiveness and impact of food and nutrition security and resilience interventions in the region. 08:30-12:30 Sequence 1: Review of the NRP process and mobilisation of stakeholders FOr their implementation 08:30-10:00 Introduction Global overview of the process and main challenges CT-AGIR Co-ordinator (10 mn) MR Issa Martin Bikienga, AGIR Process and ECOWAP 2025 M Issa Martin Bikienga, CT-AGIR Co-ordinator (10 mn) Developing a regional framework for the follow-up and measurement of the results of AGIR Mr Issa Martin Bikienga, CT-AGIR Co-ordinator (5 mn) Commitment of civil society and private sector actors Mr Djibo Bagna, Spokesperson of CSOs and the private sector (5 mn) 10:00-11:40 Main progress made in the implementation of NRPs 10:00-10:40 Introductory presentations (5 mn by country): Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Chad, Côte d Ivoire, Gambia, Mali, Niger and Togo 10:40-10:55 Coffee break 10:55-11:40 11:40-12:30 Appropriate measures for the completion of the NRP process 11:40-12:05 Country round-up Countries which are currently validating their NRPs: Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania and Senegal (15 mn) Countries which have launched the process: Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone (15 mn) 12:05-12:30 and recommendations 12:30-14:00 Lunch break

7 14:00-14:45 Major changes and impacts induced by the AGIR process at country-level Introductory presentation Preliminary findings from the study Assessing the effects of the AGIR process on political commitments, and food and nutrition security governance in the Sahel and West Africa Mr Dahouda DJELE, Agro-economist, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Water, Togo (15 mn) 14:45-16:00 Sequence 2: Strengthening of synergies and complementarities of food and nutrition security and resilience interventions in the region 14:45-15:15 Introductory presentation Preliminary findings from the study Strengthening synergies and complementarities for greater efficiency and impact: Mapping resilience and food and nutrition security interventions in the Sahel and West Africa Mr Kalifa Traoré, ICON-Institute (30 mn) 15:15-15:45 and recommendations Strategic ways and means for the regular update of the database The place for multi-sectorial and multi-actor platforms in leading political dialogue to strengthen synergy and complementarities of resilience interventions 15:45-16:15 Special Event: INDORAMA leme Fertilizer This event is dedicated to the promotion of the regional effort of producing fertilisers. The relevant participants (Ministers, experts and other guests) will receive their invitations in a timely manner. This event will be followed by a cocktail. 16:15-16:30 Coffee break 16:30-17:30 Closing ceremony Chair: Mr François-Xavier de Donnea, SWAC President RPCA Summary of Conclusions Mr Gilbert Zongo, Principal Programme Officer, Agriculture, UEMOA Closing remarks Ms Honourable Khady FaLL TALL, Spokeperson Civil Society and Private Sector Mr Alexandre Deprez, Co-ordinator of the ECOWAP Donor Group, USAID Representative Mr Stéphane Devaux, EU Representative H.E.D r Souleymane OUÉDRAOGO, Acting Administrator, Executive Secretariat, CILSS Mr Ibrahima Dieme, Commissioner, Department of Food Security, Agriculture, Mining and Environment (DFSAM), UEMOA Mr Tchambakou Ayassor, Commissioner for Agriculture, Environment and Water Resources (AEWR), ECOWAS H.E. ENGR. Akeju Olagbaju Mudasiru, Federal Department of Rural Development, Nigeria

8 Thursday 15 december 2016 Following the 32 nd annual meeting and in line with the core business of the RPCA, the SWAC/OECD Secretariat invites all RPCA Members to participate in a thematic session on the transformations of the food economy in the region. Chair: Mr Laurent Bossard, Director, SWAC/OECD Secretariat 09:00-11:00 Thematic session Transformations of the food economy and implications for policy making The West African food economy represents USD 178 billion, making it the region s largest economic sector. It is rapidly transforming, driven by demographic pressure, urbanisation and income growth. Non-agricultural activities, which include processing, packaging, transport and distribution, already account for 40% of the sector s value added and are an important source of employment in both rural and urban areas. Changes in lifestyle and consumption patterns translate into an increasing demand for new foods. The consumption of processed foods is growing rapidly, as is that of fruit, vegetables, meat and fish. Consumers are also increasingly demanding products that are convenient to prepare and consume. This implies that post-harvest activities should grow rapidly in the coming years. The development of these sectors at the regional level requires new skills and techniques in packaging, processing, retailing and transport. Drawing on the SWAC Secretariat s work, this session will look at the scope of transformations in the West African food economy and the implications for future food demand and the agri-food system. An open discussion will address the impact of these transformations on the design of food and nutrition security policies, as well as the emerging challenges in regional integration and co-operation. 09:00-09:30 Presentations 09:30-11:00 The main transformations of the West African food economy: Current situation and implications for the future Mr Philipp Heinrigs, SWAC/OECD Secretariat (20 mn) Insight: Dala Food ltd.: The business of food processing in Nigeria Mr Alhaji Ali Madugu, Executive Director, Dala Foods Ltd. (15 mn) Implications for food policy design; the importance of consumers MR Ousman Tall, SWAC/OECD Secretariat (15 mn) By attending the RPCA annual meeting, I agree to receive the NewsAlerts of the Food Crisis Prevention Network (RPCA) and other updates on work conducted by the Sahel and West Africa Club Secretariat (SWAC/OECD). If you do not wish to receive this information, you can easily unsubscribe via the link in the footer of the NewsAlert messages. UEMOA SAHEL AND Club WEST AFRICA Secretariat