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Complete documentation:
“Value Chains for Broad-based Development” (pdf, 394 KB)
Short Summary:
“Summary of Discussions and Results of the Conference”
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Conference – Wednesday, 30 May 2007

09.00

Registration

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10.00

Opening and Welcome

Karin Kortmann, Parliamentary State Secretary
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
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10.30

Session 1 – Introduction

Introduction of key hypotheses and questions in dialogue with representatives of GTZ, Swiss Confederation, CTA

 

Cornelia Richter, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH
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Peter Tschumi, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
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Stefan Denzler, State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)

Hans-Jörg Neun, Technical Center für Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA)
11.30

Coffee Break

12.00

Session 1 continued – Panel discussion

with representatives of

 

  • Government
    Tomas Aquino, Senior Undersecretary, Department of Trade and Industry, Philippines
  • Private sector companies
    Hans Joehr, Nestlé Latin America
  • NGO community and poverty groups
    Kerstin Lanje, Germanwatch e.V.
  • Development research
    Tilman Altenburg, German Development Institute
13.30

Lunch Break

15.00

Session 2 – Development approaches

How does the international development community meet the challenge?

 

Various value chain approaches and perspectives of:

 

Results of an online discussion organised by SDC and AgrIDEA
Andreas Gerrits, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
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17.00

Coffee Break
17.30

Special Topic - Panel Discussion:

“Can Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) promote Value Chains? Learning from Good Experience in Trade Policy”

 

Jacques Wunenburger, European Commission, DG Trade

Evita Schmieg, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
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Mike Matsebula, Swazi Sugar Association
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Paul Brenton, The World Bank
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Peter G. Robleh, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)

 

Moderator:
Adrian Taylor, European School of Governance (eusg)
19.00

Info market and poster session

Special space for organizations to exhibit their current projects and best practices in form of posters, booklets, studies or handout.

 

Download Abstracts Poster Session (pdf, 826 KB)

 
20.30

Reception

Conference – Thursday, 31 May 2007

08.30

Introduction into the day

 

Moderation Working Groups

  • Policy matters: Rainer Engels, GTZ
  • VC Promotion: Helmut Albert, GTZ & Walter Engelberg, German Development Service (DED)
  • Market development: Regine Qualmann & Stefanie Zinsmeyer, GTZ
  • Relevance for the poor: Andreas Springer-Heinze, GTZ & Patrick Rudolph, KfW Development Bank
09.00

Session 3
(4 Parallel Working Groups)

 

  • Group 3-1: Policy Matters
    Value chains and trade promotion
    Stefan Denzler, State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)
  • Group 3-2: VC Promotion
    Challenges on the VC Approach
    Assets Asia Working Group
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  • Group 3-3: Market access
    Demand, competitiveness and impact potential of the bamboo sector
    John Marsh, Oxfam
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  • Group 3-4: Relevance for the poor
    Making VC market work better for the poor: Developing and testing a Value Chain Toolbook
    Dominic Smith, Making Markets Work for the Poor Project, Vietnam (ADB/DfiD)
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    Nico Janssen, SNV Netherlands Development Organisation, Lao PDR
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10.30

Coffee Break
11.00

Session 4
(4 Parallel Working Groups, continued)

 

  • Group 4-1: Policy Matters
    “Decent Work” for Sustainable Value Chains
    Ros Harvey, ILO
  • Group 4-2: VC Promotion
    Cooperation with the private sector – incl. PPP and CSR
    Thomas Finkel & German Müller, GTZ (Co-Moderation: Britta Margraf, GTZ)
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  • Group 4-3: Market access
    Conditions of global market access in the food sector - Participation of small vegetable producers in dynamic commercialization
    Ivan Rodriguez, Agropyme, Honduras
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    Stefan Pletziger, AVRDC - The World Vegetable Center, Tanzania
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  • Group 4-4: Relevance for the poor
    Direct interventions strengthening the ability of the poor to participate in the economy
    Helmut Asche, University of Leipzig & Heike Hoeffler, GTZ
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12.30

Lunch Break

14.00

Session 5
(4 Parallel Working Groups, continued)

 
15.30

Coffee Break

16.00

Session 6

Feed back from working groups / Conclusions

 

  • Working group reports and synopsis
    Jörg Meyer-Stamer, mesopartner & Thomas R. Henschel, eusg
  • Feed back from GTZ and SDC
17.45

Closing Remarks
Gudrun Grosse-Wiesmann, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

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18.00

End of the Conference

Conference language was English.

Follow-Up Meeting – Friday, 1 June 2007

“Putting the conference results into practice” (GTZ-Haus, Berlin)

(More Information about the Follow-Up Meeting)