III EU-LAC Agri-Food Dialogue
Timetable
- 05:30 - 08:00 Mexico City / San José
- 06:30 - 09:00 Bogotá / Panama
- 07:30 - 10:00 Santo Domingo
- 08:30 - 11:00 Santiago de Chile / Buenos Aires / Brasilia
- 13:30 - 16:00 Brussels
08:00 – 08:30
REGISTRATION AND CONNECTION OF PARTICIPANTS
08:30 – 08:35
WELCOME
- Davide Bonechi. AL-INVEST Verde Senior Programme Manager / Component 2
08:35 – 08:50
INTRODUCTION AND OPENING REMARKS
- Diana Montero Melis. Deputy Head of Unit
of Regional Programmes for Latin America and the Caribbean, Directorate General for International Partnerships of the European Commission (DG INTPA)
- Hernán Chiriboga. IICA Representative in Chile
- Wilson Ureta. Executive Director of the National Irrigation Commission of the Government of Chile
08:50 – 09:10
WATER CONTEXT AND AGRICULTURE
The EU Water Resilience Strategy
- Dagmar Behrendt Kaljariková. International Relations Officer of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Environment (DG ENV)
09:10 – 10:30
TECHNICAL DIALOGUE: STRENGTHENING MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE FOR WATER SUSTAINABILITY IN THE AGRI-FOOD SECTOR
The role of governments, support agents and the perspective of productive actors in the sustainable water transition
- Giuseppe Serra Vieira. National Secretary for Water Security. Brazil
- María Teresa Baduí. Undersecretary of Infrastructure and Territorial Development in the province of Mendoza. Argentina
- Dafne Serrano. Undersecretary of Technified Parcel Irrigation in Ecuador
- Patrick Kelly. Policy Officer at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI)
- Benjamin Van Doorslaer.Project Officer of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI)
- Antonio Walker. President of the National Society of Agriculture of Chile (SNA)
- Franz Rojas. Director of Water and Sanitation Analysis at the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF).
Moderated by: Monica Rodrigues. ECLAC Economic Affairs Officer.
10:30 – 10:40
REFLECTIONS ON FOSTERING THE TRANSITION TO SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT IN THE AGRI-FOOD SECTOR IN ALC AND THE EU
- Alba Llavona. Regional expert on water resources in EU-LAC. IICA
10:40 – 10:45
CLOSING
- Andrea Damiani. AL-INVEST Verde Programme Manager / Component 2