SCHEDULE
05:30 - 14:00 Mexico City / San José
06:30 - 15:00 Panama / Bogotá
07:30 - 16:00 Santo Domingo
08:30 - 17:00 Brasilia / Buenos Aires
12:30 - 21:00 Brussels
AGENDA
Simultaneous interpreting in English, Portuguese and Spanish.
08:30 - 08:35 WELCOME
- Emilio Calvo Roldán. Director of AL-INVEST Verde / Component 2.
08:35 - 09:15 OPENING
- Diana Montero Melis. Deputy Head of the Regional Programmes Unit for Latin America and the Caribbean, Directorate-General for International Partnerships of the European Commission (DG INTPA) - Deputy Head of the Regional Programmes Unit for Latin America and the Caribbean, Directorate-General for International Partnerships, European Commission (DG INTPA) Online.
- Cristina Costa. Technical Coordinator of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) in Brazil.
- Robert Steinlechner. Head of Cooperation, European Union Delegation to Brazil.
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Rose Ponde. General Coordinator of Instruments for the National Irrigation Policy of the Ministry of Integration and Regional Development (MIDR) of Brazil.
09:15 - 09:55 WATER AND AGRICULTURE CONTEXT: CHALLENGES AND OUTLOOK FOR THE EU AND ALC
- Stephanos Kirkagaslis. Policy Officer for Soil Nutrients and Water Resilience, Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development of the European Commission (DG AGRI) Online.
- The EU Water Resilience Strategy.
- Benedito Braga. President of the Latin American Water Council (CLA) - President of the Latin American Water Council (CLA) - President of the Latin American Water Council (LWC) Online.
- Water and agriculture: challenges and outlook for LAC.
09:55 - 11:00 PANEL I: DISCUSSION ON INVESTMENT INSTRUMENTS AND EXPERIENCES TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT IN THE AGRI-FOOD SECTOR
Moderator: Fernanda Abreu. Advisor of the National Water and Sanitation Agency of Brazil (ANA)
- Eli Weiss. Lead Agricultural Economist for Brazil at the World Bank.
- Carlos Orellana. Project Support Coordinator at the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean.
- Fallon Casper. Regional Leader of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).
11:00 - 11:25 BREAK
11:25 - 12:50 PANEL II: DRIVING TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT IN AGRICULTURE
Moderator: Laura Benegas. Director of Research and Development at the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Centre (CATIE)
- Helena Gómez Macpherson. Researcher at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC).
- Jorge Werneck Lima. Researcher of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA).
- Irene Blanco. Researcher at the Centre for Studies and Research on Agricultural and Environmental Risk Management and professor at the Polytechnic University of Madrid.
- David Rivas. Executive Director of the company DIMITRA.
12:50 - 14:20 BREAK
14:20 - 16:00 PANEL III: STRENGTHENING GOVERNANCE FOR WATER MANAGEMENT IN AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMS
Moderator: Alejandro Calvache. Leader of the Resilient Watersheds strategy for Latin America, The Nature Conservancy (TNC).
- Virginia Barbancho. Representative of the Permanent Technical Secretariat of the Conference of Ibero-American Water Directors and Authorities (CODIA).
- Ángela Penagos. Director of the ECLAC Office in Colombia.
- Victor Manuz. Head of Support Services Confederación Hidrográfica del Guadalquivir, Spain.
- Marina Dockweiler. Senior Socio-environmental Management Specialist at the Financial Fund for the Development of the La Plata Basin (FONPLATA).
- Filiberto Altobelli. Senior Researcher at the Research Council for Agricultural Economics (CREA) - ORonline.
16:00 - 16:50 PRIORITIES FOR THE FUTURE IN AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT
- Alba Llavona. Water Management Specialist at IICA.
16:50 - 17:00 CLOSURE
- Chiara Cristaldi. Programme Manager of AL-INVEST Verde / Component 2.
FIELD VISIT
07:45 - 08:20 TRANSFER TO EMBRAPA'S CLOSED UNIT (EMPRESA BRASILEIRA DE PESQUISA AGROPECUÁRIA), BRAZIL'S PUBLIC AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGENCY
08:20 – 08:45 RECEPTION OF PARTICIPANTS
08:45 – 09:30 INTRODUCTION TO THE EMBRAPA CERRADO EXPERIENCE AND TECHNICAL GUIDELINES FOR THE FIELD VISIT
- EMBRAPA team
09:30 – 12:30 FIELD VISIT. EXPERIENCE IN THE EFFICIENT USE OF WATER FOR AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMS
- Group visit organised into three technical modules (40 minutes per module)
12:30 - 13:30 LUNCH
13:30 - 15:00 THEMATIC ROUNDTABLES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT IN AGRICULTURE
- Table 1: Sustainable investment for water and agriculture.
- Table 2: Technological solutions for water efficiency.
- Table 3: Public-private mechanisms to strengthen governance.
15:00 - 16:00 STRATEGIC ORIENTATIONS AND PRIORITY BUILDING TO STRENGTHEN PUBLIC MANAGEMENT IN WATER MANAGEMENT FOR THE AGRI-FOOD SECTOR
- Conclusions and feedback from the round tables
16:00 - 16:30 CONCLUSIONS
- Cristina Costa. Technical Coordinator for IICA in Brazil.
- Sebastiãor Pedro da Silva. General Manager of EMBRAPA Cerrado (TBC).
- Emilio Calvo. AL-INVEST Verde Director / Component 2
16:30 - 17:15 TRANSFER TO BRASILIA
19:00 - 21:30 CLOSING DINNER