ANNEX 2. AGENDA

Day 1: 20 September 1999

Session 1

09.00 hours

Statement by FAO Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Africa

Official opening by Ghana Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture

10.00

Refreshments

Session 2

10.30 hours	Introduction of Chairman and other participants [Moehl]
10.35	Workshop rationale and objectives [Coche]
10.45	Review of IIA research and development in participating countries
		· Burkina Faso [Kabre] · Côte d'Ivoire [Gnepo/Ziehi] · Mali [Bamba/Kienta] · Zambia [Simwanza/Maguswi] · Ghana [Ofori]
12.00	FAO Special Programme for Food Security and IIA [Sagua]
12.25	Questions and answers
13.00	Lunch

Session 3

14.30 hours	Definition of expectations of participants for IIA [Beernaerts/participants]
		· Research · Development
15.20	Networks and networking [Coche]
15.30	Examples of some existing African networks
		- Regional Association for Irrigation and Drainage [Sonou]
16.10	Coffee break

Session 4

16.30 hours	Examples of existing networks (continued)
		- West African Rice Developt. Assoc./Inland Valley Consortium [Simpson] - International Institute of Tropical Agriculture/Ecoregional Progr. for Humid and Subhumid Tropics of Subsaharan Africa [Atayi]
17.00	Questions and answers on related networks
17.30	Demonstration of ALCOM Water Resource Database [Beernaerts]

Day 2: 21 September 1999

Session 5

08.30 hours	Recap of Day 1 and discussion [Coche/participants]
09.00	Elaboration of IIA network proposal [Coche/participants]
		· Objectives · Orientation · Context of operation
10.30	Coffee break

Session 6

10.45 hours	Network structure and linkages [Coche/participants]
11.15	IIA Network activities
		· Possible network activities [Coche/participants] · Prioritize IIA Network activities [Participants] ·Develop chronology for initiating activities [Participants]
12.30	Lunch

Session 7

14.00 hours	IIA Network structure and operations: final definition [Coche/participants]
14.15	Plan for IIA Network establishment [Coche/participants]
15.30	Coffee break
16.30	Review of participants' expectations for IIA [Beernaerts/participants]
16.45	Conclusions and recommendations [Coche/participants]
17.30	Closure of the workshop
18.30	Reception at Shangri-La Hotel for all participants