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Add to Calendar 2021-03-31 13:00:00 2024-04-24 08:31:36 The UN Food Systems Summit 2021: Identifying African Policy Priorities Description Location Policy Center Policy Center Africa/Casablanca public

The Policy Center for the New South, member of the Malabo Montpellier Panel, is pleased to take part in the organization of a workshop on food systems and their transformation. The webinar, titled “The UN Food Systems Summit 2021: Identifying African Policy Priorities”, will take place on Wednesday, March 31st, 2021, from 13:00 to 16:00 (GMT) via Zoom.

 

Participants are encouraged to complete a survey in order to better prepare and contribute actively to the discussions during this workshop.

Link to the survey: http://bit.ly/UNFSS_Africa_foodsystems_survey 

Link to register to the event: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwvf-iurTotHtw2E5LlMqq-xYnaw1t171gN

13:00 – 13:20 

Welcome & introduction of the members of the Coordinating Group

Speaker : Dr Ousmane Badiane, Malabo Montpellier Panel Co-Chair and Executive Chairperson at AKADEMYIA2063

Members of the Coordinating Group: 

- Dr. Assefa Admassie, Associate Professor of economics at the Addis Ababa University

- Professor Sheryl Hendriks, Department Head, Director of the Institute for Food Nutrition and Well-being at University of Pretoria

- Dr. Miltone Ayieko, Executive Director at Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and Development at Egerton University

- Dr. Fadi Abdelradi, Associate Professor at Dept. of Agricultural economics, Faculty of Agriculture at Cairo University

- Professor John Asafu Adjaye, Senior fellow and head of research at African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET)

- Professor Simba Sibanda, Nutrition Thematic Leader at Food Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN)

- Dr. Karim El Aynaoui, Executive President at Policy Center for the New South (PCNS)

13:20 - 13:25 

Statement on the UNFSS

Prof Joachim von Braun, Malabo Montpellier Panel Co-Chair and Director of The Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn

13:25 – 13:30 

Workshop agenda overview 

Ms Rajul Pandya-Lorch (facilitator), Former Chief of Staff at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

13:40 – 14:30 

Roundtable 1 

The drivers of food systems transformation in Africa 

14:30 - 14:45 

Break 

14:45 – 15:45 

Roundtable 2 

The opportunities and policy options for African food systems transformation

15:45 – 16:00 

Summary and key messages from the roundtable discussions

- Dr Debisi Araba, Member of the Malabo Montpellier Panel

 

Next steps & close

- Dr Katrin Glatzel, Director of Policy Innovation, AKADEMIYA2063
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Karim El Aynaoui
Executive President
Karim El Aynaoui is Executive President of the Policy Center for the New South. He is also Executive Vice-President of Mohammed VI Polytechnic University and Dean of its Humanities, Economics and Social Sciences Cluster. Karim El Aynaoui is an economist. From 2005 to 2012, he worked at the Central Bank of Morocco where he held the position of Director of Economics, Statistics, and International Relations. At the Central Bank of Morocco, he was in charge of the Research Department and equally a member of the Governor’s Cabinet. Previously, he worked for eight years at the World Bank as an Economist for its regional units of the Middle East and North Africa and Africa. Karim El Aynaoui has published books and journal articles on macroeconomic issues in developing countries. Hi ...