Water and agriculture in transition: towards sustainable and resilient management in the EU and LAC

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