SIDS Solutions Dialogue - Agricultural Trade in SIDS: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities
Hybrid Event, 09/04/2024
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SIDS SOLUTIONS DIALOGUE - Agricultural Trade in SIDS: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities
Tuesday, 9 April 2024
15:00 – 16:30 (CEST) / 9:00 – 10:30 (EDT)
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This event is organized by the FAO Liaison Offices in Brussels, Geneva, and New York, and the FAO Office of SIDS, LDCsand LLDCs, in collaboration with FAO’s Markets and Trade Division. The aim is to contribute to the efforts ahead of the fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States, taking into consideration the specificities of SIDS and the potential role of trade to contribute to agrifood systems transformation. The event will target a variety of audience, including FAO Members, UN Agencies, non-governmental organizations and other relevant stakeholders.
The main objectives of this dialogue are:
- To provide an overview of trends concerning agricultural trade in SIDS, including challenges and opportunities
- To inform and raise awareness about the existing and/or potential initiatives/efforts/opportunities at national, regional and multilateral level to enhance trade capacity of SIDS and to promote regional/intra-regional trade.
Agenda
Time and duration | Description | Speaker |
15h00-15h05 | Welcome remarks and introduction of the speakers | Ms Angélica Jácome, Director of the FAO Office of SIDS, LDCs, and LLDCs |
15h05-15h20 | Setting the scene in terms of agrifood trade in SIDS: overview of trends, challenges and opportunities | Mr Boubaker Ben-Belhassen, Director, Markets and Trade Division, FAO |
15h20-15h30 | Concrete FAO initiatives or projects from subregional office perspective | Mr Juan Cheaz, Economist, FAO Subregional Office for the Caribbean |
15h30-15h38 | SIDS perspective and experience | H.E. Mrs Usha Chandnee DWARKA-CANABADY, Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Mauritius to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva |
15h38-15h46 | SIDS perspective and experience | H.E. Mrs Mere FALEMAKA, Ambassador, Permanent Representative , Permanent Delegation of the Pacific Islands Forum to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva |
15h46-15h54 | SIDS perspective and experience | Ms Tyesha Turner, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Jamaica to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva |
15h54-16h02 | The EU/Caribbean market perspective | Mr Jo Spalburg, Secretary of the Caribbean Chamber of Commerce in Europe |
16h02-16h25 | Q&A session |
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16h25-16h30 | Closing Remarks | Ms Angélica Jácome, Director of the FAO Office of SIDS, LDCs, and LLDCs |
Moderated by Ms Angélica Jácome, Director of the FAO Office of SIDS, LDCs, and LLDCs