Programme

Opening Issues at Stake Working Groups Conclusions

Wednesday, 02/05/2007

9.00 am
Arrival and registration of participants

Part I: Opening

10.00 am
Welcome and Introduction
Adolf Kloke-Lesch, BMZ, Deputy Director-General
Opening speech: English (PDF, 141 kB), German (PDF, 147 kB)

10.30 am
Food aid, the appropriate tool in responding to hunger?
Experiences and future challenges

Discussion round, moderated by the Conference Moderator Gudrun Henne

John Hoddinott, IFPRI, Food Consumption and Nutrition Division, Deputy Division Director input paper (PDF, 55 kB)
Bakari Seidou, Coordinator of Cellule Crises Allimentaires, Cabinet du Premier Ministre, Niger
Hans-Joachim Preuss, DWHH, Secretary General, input paper (PDF, 69 kB)
John M. Powell, WFP, Deputy Executive Director, input paper (PDF, 103 kB)

12.00 am-1.30pm
Lunch break

Part II: Issues at stake

1.30-3.00 pm
Discussion round, moderated by the Conference Moderator Gudrun Henne

Food aid and markets (local procurement, monetization, trade policies)

Christian Frigaard Rasmussen EC, DG AGRI, International Relations Officer, input paper (PDF, 54 kB)
Edward Clay, ODI, Senior Research Associate, input paper (PDF, 57 kB)
Stuart Clark, Canadian Foodgrains Bank, Senior Policy Advisor, input paper (PDF, 30 kB)
Mbaye Ndiaye, African Group on Agriculture, input paper (PDF, 14 kB)
Henk-Jan Brinkman, WFP, Chief, Economic Analysis, input paper (PDF, 52 kB)

3.00-3.30 pm
Coffee/tea break

3.30-4.30 pm
Discussion round, moderated by the Conference Moderator Gudrun Henne

Future food aid regime

Richard Newberg, US Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome, Humanitarian Affairs Attaché, input paper (PDF, 81 kB)
Terri Raney, FAO, Senior economist and editor of the SOFA, input paper (PDF, 91 kB)
Bob Bell, CARE International, input paper (PDF, 22 kB)
Thomas Hoerz, Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe, Director, input paper (PDF, 86 kB)
Kerstin Faehrmann, BMZ, Division for Developmental Relief and Transitional Aid, World Food Programme, Head of Division

4.30 – 6.30 pm
Participants' views and experiences
Open space session
documentation

7.00 pm
Departure from conference venue for evening programme
Boat Trip on the River Spree

Thursday, 03/05/2007

8.30-9.00 am
Welcome coffee

9.00-10.00 am
Open panel, moderated by the Conference Moderator Gudrun Henne

The role of Food Aid in an overall food-security strategy

Presenters:

Claire Gaudot, EC DG Dev, input paper, (PDF, 42 kB)
Ulrich Mohr, GTZ, Planning and Development Department, Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, input paper (PDF, 61 kB)

Commentator:

Frederic Mousseau, Oxfam GB, Policy Advisor

10.00-11.00 am
Open panel, moderated by the Conference Moderator Gudrun Henne

Rights-based approach to Food Aid
(with respect to the human rights law, the humanitarian law and the Voluntary Guidelines)

Presenters:

Michael Windfuhr, DKH, Human Rights Desk, input paper (PDF, 115 kB)
Margret Vidar, FAO, Right to Food Unit, Human Rights Advisor, input paper (PDF, 40 kB)

Commentator:

Elisa Manukjan, BMELV, input paper (PDF, 17 kB)

11.00-11.30 am
Coffee/tea break

11.30 am-12.30 pm
Open panel, moderated by the Conference Moderator Gudrun Henne

Building strong partnerships to end hunger – the possible future organisational set-up for food aid

Presenters:

William Whelan, Chairman, Food Aid Committee, FAC, USAID input paper(PDF, 200 kB)
Ilse Hahn, BMZ, Division for Developmental Relief and Transitional Aid, World Food Programme, Deputy Head of Division input paper (PDF, 62 kB)

Commentator:

Tom Arnold, Concern, CEO, and Chair of the European Food Security Group (EFSG)

12.30-2.00 pm
Lunch break

2.00–2.30 pm
Interim resumé
by the Conference Rapporteur Marc Cohen, IFPRI, Food Consumption and Nutrition Division, Research Fellow

Interim resumé (PDF, 109 kB)

Part III: Working group session: "World Café"

2.30-3.00 pm
Introduction to working groups

3.00-6.00 pm
Parallel working groups sessions

Participants will indicate their preferences for the working group when registering for the conference.
All working groups will be moderated by facilitators arranged by InWEnt.
Coffee/tea break integrated.

1.
Improving effectiveness: needs assessment, targeting, alternative mechanisms to alleviate hunger (cash transfers, safety nets etc.)

Resource persons:

Wolfgang Herbinger, WFP, ODAN, Head, input paper (PDF, 91 kB)
Susanne Jaspars, consultant, input paper (PDF, 128 kB)

Rapporteur: Rolf Künnemann, FIAN International
Facilitator: Claudia Trentmann

2.
Trends in availability (climate change, biofuels, market trends, Marrakesh decision) and the consequences for net food importing countries

Resource persons:

Bernhard Walter, Bread for the World Germany, Advisor for Agriculture, input paper (PDF, 28 kB)
Verena Stinshoff, Agency for Renewable Resources, input paper (PDF, 72 kB)

Rapporteur: Rafaël Schneider, Deutsche Welthungerhilfe
Facilitator: Angelika Thomas

3.
Food Aid – panacea for hunger? Options for a future organisational framework

Resource persons:

William Whelan, Chairman, Food Aid Committee, FAC, USAID
input paper (PDF, 200 kB)
Leonard Mizzi, EC, Directorate for International Affairs, ACP and South Africa, FAO, Food Aid, Director, input paper (PDF, 73 kB)

Rapporteur: John Hoddinott, IFPRI, Food Consumption and Nutrition Division, Deputy Division Director
Facilitator: Georg Bokeloh

4.
Food Aid – contingency planning, disaster preparedness and early warning systems

Resource persons:

Sálvano Briceño, Director, UN/ISDR, input paper (PDF, 25 kB)
Paulo Zucula, INGC, Mozambique, Director, input paper (PDF, 105 kB)

Rapporteur: Steven Were Omamo, WFP, Chief Social Protection and Livelihoods Service
Facilitator: Norma Lange-Tagaza

5.
Humanitarian Assistance and Food Aid

Resource persons:

Nanna Skau, EC, DG for Humanitarian Aid - ECHO, Food Aid and Disaster Preparedness Unit, Programme Manager, input paper (PDF, 89 kB)
Jean-Michel Grand, Action against Hunger UK, Executive Director, input paper (PDF, 88 kB)

Rapporteur: Thomas Hoerz, Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe, Director
Facilitator: Maria Gerster-Bentaya

6.
Operational problems – appropriate utilization and management (physical security for staff of food aid implementing agencies, sale of food by recipients, prior informed consent etc.)

Resource persons:

Getachew Tesfaye, DPPC Ethiopia, input paper (PDF, 71 kB)
Hanna Mattinen, Action Contre la Faim, Food Aid Advisor, input paper (PDF, 96 kB)

Rapporteur: Gerhard Schmalbruch, Euronaid, Secretary General
Facilitator: Thomas Becker

Evening

Free (time and space for informal meetings)
Steering Group (conference rapporteur, the working group rapporteurs, facilitators and members from the preparation team) compiles conclusions and recommendations

Friday, 04/05/2007

8.30-9.00 am
Welcome coffee

Part IV: Conclusions and Recommendations

9.00-11.00 am
Interview round table
with rapporteurs of the working groups and
questions from the audience

11.00-11.30 am
Coffee/tea break

11.30 am-12.00 pm
Conclusions and recommendations
summarised by the Conference Rapporteur Marc Cohen, IFPRI, Food Consumption and Nutrition Division, Research Fellow

Conclusions and recommendations (PDF, 363 kB)

12.00-12.20 pm
Thilo Hoppe MdB, Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development of the German Bundestag (Parliament), Chairman

12.20 pm
Concluding remarks by the German Presidency of the European Union
Adolf Kloke-Lesch, BMZ, Deputy Director-General

12:45 pm
Lunch

Departure

Optional:
2.00–4.30 pm
Departure from conference venue
Guided tour to the Bundestag (German Parliament) in the Reichstag building
(max. 50 participants, registration required on your registration form)

Abbreviations

ACP - African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States
BMELV - Federal Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection
BMZ - German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
DG - Directorate General
DG AGRI - Directorate General Agriculture and Rural Development
DG Dev - Directorate General Development
DKH - Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe
DPPC - Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Agency
DWHH - Deutsche Welthungerhilfe
EC - European Commission
EFSG - European Food Security Group
FAC - Food Aid Convention
FAO - Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
FIAN - FoodFirst Information and Action Network
GTZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit
IFPRI - International Food Policy Research Institute
INGC - National Disaster Management Institute
InWEnt - Capacity Building International
ISDR - International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
ODAN - Emergency Needs Assessment Branch
ODI - Oversees Development Institute
UN - United Nations
WFP - World Food Programme