Land and Sea grabbing in West Africa

9.00

Opening

9.30 - 12.30

Agricultural policy in West Africa: export or feed the people?
Chair and introduction:Ska Keller, Member of the European Parliament, Green, and Amadou Kanouté, Director CICODEV

-   Large scale land acquisition  : the case of Senegal , Ibra Mar FAYE, Chargé de recherche à  Initiative Prospective Agricole et Rurale (IPAR)

-  Impacts of land grabbing on food security and consumption in rural areas, Amadou Kanouté, Director  CICODEV

-  Testimony of  three representatives of  farmers' associations

-  Debate

-  Assessment by M. Moussa Ndiaye, President of the Federation of  Farmers' Associations in the Louga region (FAPAL)

-  Conclusion of the panel: the way forward at African and international level?

12.30 - 13.30

Press conference

- Africa: Tax evasion and financial outflow - Eva Joly, Chair of  the Development Committee, European Parliament, Green

- Policy coherence at the national level and in international relations: trade, agriculture, fish, energy, climate change -  Ska Keller, Member of European Parliament, Green

13.30 - 14.30 

Lunch

14.30 - 16. 30           

Sea grab

Chair and introduction:Isabella Lövin, Member of the European Parliament, Green

- Joint ventures in the fisheries sector in Senegaland Mauritania: recent developments,Mamadou Lamine Niasse,  Member of   ICSF (International Collective in Support of Fish workers)

-   Consequences of Foreign Direct   Investment in the African fisheries sector and its impact on local fish workers communities,N.N. African Confederation of Artisanal Fishing Organisations - CAOPA

-   Which policy in Africa towards FDI for sustainable fisheries  ? Kouraïchi Thiam, Miniser for Maritime Economy, Fisheries and Maritime Transport of the republic of Senegal (tbc); Simplice Nouala, Chief Animal Production Officer at AU-IBAR, in charge of Fisheries (YBC) (tbc)

-   Debate

-  Conclusion  of the  panel

17.00

Presentation of the conference conclusions, Sven Giegold, Member of the European Parliament, Green, and Amadou Kanouté, Director CICODEV

17.30 

End of the conference