Zoom information for the 8th "4 per 1000" FORUM of Partners (Link for on-line attendees)

"Let's put Soil Health higher on the international agenda & Act together now!"

Agenda

[As of 8:30] Welcoming coffee

[9:00 to 14:00] (UAE time): 8th FORUM Meeting

Chair of the 7th Day of the international "4 per 1000" Initiative: Ms. Gabrielle Bastien, Vice-President of the international "4 per 1000" Initiative, Founder of Regeneration Canada.

Chair of the Forum: Mr. Stéphane Le Foll, President of the international "4 per 1000" Initiative, former French Minister of Agriculture [2012-2017], current Mayor of Le Mans city (France)

[9:00 to 12:30 AM] (UAE time): Opening of the Forum with a High-Level Segment

• Welcome speech by Mr. Stéphane Le Foll (5 minutes), video
• WeIcome address by Ms. Gabrielle Bastien (5 minutes), on site
  
• Inaugural session - Welcome address through speeches from Officials (20 minutes)
  • Mr. Nicolas Niemtchninow, French Ambassador, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the State of the United Arab Emirates, representing the French Minister of Agriculture locally on site
    

  • Mr. Marc Fesneau, Minister of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty of the French Republic, video

  • Mr. Luis Planas Puchades, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of the Kingdom of Spain, video

  • Mr. Cem Özdemir, Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture of Germany, video

• [9:30-10:00 AM] Inspirational presentation by Mr. John D. Liu, Ambassador of the CommonLand Foundation, a global movement to restore degraded ecosystems, based in Amsterdam (NL) (30 minutes), on site
  
• [As of 10:00 AM] VIP speeches (3 minutes per Speaker),
  

[10:00-10:30 AM] (UAE time), approximate timing

1. Ms. Wenche Karen Westberg, State Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Food in Norway, zoom
2. Ms. Mercedita A. Sombilla, Undersecretary (Deputy Minister), DA Undersecretary for Policy, Planning and Regulations, Ministry of Agriculture in Philippines,
3. Ms. Anna Salminen, Chief Specialist, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland, on site
4. Dr Martin Frick, Director, WFP [United Nations World Food Programme], Global Office based in Berlin (Germany), on site
5. Mr. Martien Van Nieuwkoop, Global Director for Agriculture and Food, World Bank (USA), zoom
6. Dr Cargele Nduwamungu Masso, Director, Environment Health & Biodiversity Impact Area, CGIAR System Organization, (International Organisation based in Montpellier, France), on site
7. Dr Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, Director General, the Alliance of Bioversity International & CIAT [International Center for Tropical Agriculture] (International Organization based in Rome, Italy), zoom
8. Mr. Luca Montanarella, Senior Expert Directorate D – Sustainable Resources, Land Resources and Supply Chain Assessments Unit, JRC [Joint Research Centre], European Commission, (based in Italy), EXCUSED
9. Mr. Thierry Dupeuble, Director, CIHEAM [Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes ; International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies] (France), zoom
10. Dr Bjoern Ole Sander, Senior Scientist and Thailand Country Representative, IRRI [International Rice Research Institute] (The Philippines), on site

[10:30-11:00 AM] (UAE time), approximate timing

1. Mr. Gérard Rass, Farmer & Member of the Board, GCAN [Global Conservation Agriculture Network] (France), zoom
2. Mr. Marcelo Torres, President, Aapresid internacional [The Argentine No-Till Farmers Association] (Argentina), on site
3. Dr Shaikh Tanveer Hossain, Asia Director of Policy & Strategy and Director of South Asia Office, IFOAM-Organics [International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements], based in Bangladesh, on site
4. Mr. Simon Kraemer, Policy Steward, EARA [European Alliance for Regenerative Agriculture], (Germany), on site
5. Ms. Valérie Verdier, CEO, IRD [Institut de Recherche pour le Développement ; Research Institute for Development] (France), zoom
6. Mr. Alain Billand, Director of Science Impact & Marketing, CIRAD [French Agricultural Research and Cooperation Organization] (France), on site
7. Dr Jean-Francois Soussana, Vice-President, International Policy, INRAE [Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement ; French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment], on site
8. Dr Muhammad Ibrahim, Director General, CATIE [Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center] (Costa Rica), on site
9. Mr. Jean-Luc Chotte, Senior Scientist, UMR Eco&Sols (Functional Ecology and Biochemistry of Soils and Agroecosystems), IRD [Institut de Recherche pour le Développement ; Research Institute for Development] (France), on site
10. Dr Harry Clark, Special Representative, GRA [Global Research Alliance] (New-Zealand), on site

[11:00-11:30 AM] (UAE time), approximate timing

1. Mr. Helmy Abouleish, CEO, SEKEM and Councilor of the WFC World Future Council (Egypt), on site
2. Mr. Sébastien Treyer, Executive Director, IDDRI [Institut du Développement Durable et des Relations Internationales ; Institute for Sustainable Development and International relations] (France), on site
3. Mr. Bharat Kakade, President and Managing Trustee, BAIF Development Research Foundation (India), zoom
4. Ms. Andisheh Jahangir, Representative Coordinator, Youth Path Organisation (Ghana), zoom
5. Ms. Praveena Sridhar, Team Member, Save Soil Movement at Conscious Planet / Isha Foundation (India), zoom
6. Mr. Seth Itzkan, Co-Director and co-Founder of Soil4Climate (USA), on site
7. Dr Jane Gilbert, Representative, International Solid Waste Association, (The Netherlands), zoom
8. Dr Ananya S Rao, Senior Scientist, Forests by Heartfulness, Heartfulness Institute (India), on site
9. Ms. Stefania Avanzini, Head of OP2B [One Planet Business for Biodiversity], hosted by WBCSD [World Business Council for Sustainable Development] (Switzerland), zoom
10. Mr. Franck Boissinot, Director General, Biosphères (France), on site
11. Ms. Adrienne de Malleray, Co-Founder & Director of Public Affairs, Genesis (France), zoom
12. Mr. Anirudh Keny, Director of Business Development, Boomitra (India), on site
    
13. Ms. Goulnara Aguiar, CEO, ORMEX (France), on site
14. Ms. Ana Dubois, Head of SEG and Echo program, Excom member, Amarenco Group (France), zoom

• Received and Acknowledged Videos 2023:

(NB: Due to time constraints, this year the floor will only be given to speakers on site or speaking on Zoom - Videos received will be added to the final recorded version of the Forum of Partners, on the "4 pour 1000" YouTube channel.)

1. Mr. Yin-Yao Shen, Hualien County Organic Agriculture Promotion Office, Hualien County Government (Taïwan)
2. Mr. Lifeng Li, Director of the Land and Water Division, FAO [Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations], based in Rome (Italy)
3. Mr. Oliver Oliveiros, Coordinator,  Coalition on Agroecology, (International Organization based in Rome, Italy)
4. Mr. François Mandin, Farmer & President of APAD network in France [Association pour la Promotion d'une Agriculture Durable / Association for the Promotion of a Sustainable Agriculture] / ACS network (France)
5. Mr. Jan Plagge, President of IFOAM Organics Europe, part of IFOAM-Organics International [International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements], based in Germany
6. Mr. Bram Govaerts, Director General, CIMMYT [Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz Y Trigo ; International Maize and Wheat Breeding Centre] (Mexico)
7. Mr. Bernard Hubert, President, CRAI [Commission pour la Recherche Agronomique Internationale ; French Commission for the International Agronomic Research] (France)
8. Ms. Ercilia Sahores, International Director, Regeneration International, OCA [Organic Consumers Association] and Vía Organica (Mexico)
   
9. Ms. Catherine Migault, Director General, FARM Foundation (France)
10. Honourable Kamlesh D. Patel, affectionately known as Daaji, Global Guide, Heartfulness Meditation and Movement (India)
11. Mr. Richard Zaltzman, Chief Impact Officer, EIT Food [European Institute of Innovation & Technology] (Belgium).
    

• [As of 11:30 AM] 2023 thematic Sessions

  
  

  • Session 1: Impact Measurement Tools for the agroecological transition: Importance of the MRV tools (Monitoring, Reporting and Verification) for implementation in the field at all levels, and Q&A (30 minutes)
    

    • Deloitte Sustainability (France): Ms. Marine Pochat, Director and Ms. Aliette Lefranc, Consultant, zoom (15 minutes)
      
    • SIF [Soil Information] (USA): Mr. Bradford M. Willis, Advocate & Spoke person, on site (5 minutes)
      
    • Genesis (France): Ms. Adrienne de Malleray, Co-Founder & Director of Public Affairs, zoom (5 minutes)
      
    • Questions & Answers (5 minutes)

  • Session 2: Action at the regional level - Results of the three "4 per 1000" Regional Conferences in 2023, and Q&A (20 minutes)
    

    • Western Africa Regional Meeting co-organized with Cirad, Abidjan, (Côte d'Ivoire), May 2023: Conference summary presented by Mr. Vincent Blanfort, Climate Change Officer, CIRAD [French Agricultural Research and Cooperation Organization] (France), on site (5 minutes)
      
    • Northern Europe Regional Meeting, co-organized with BSAG (Baltic Sea Action Group), Helsinki (Finland), June 2023: Conference summary presented by Ms. Hanna Höijer, Finland's Youth Delegate, Climate 2023-24 (Finland), on site (5 minutes)
      
    • Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting, co-organized with the Heartfulness Institute, Kahna-Hyderabad (India), Sept. 2023: Conference summary presented by Dr Ananya S Rao (she), Senior Scientist, Forests by Heartfulness, Heartfulness Institute (India), on site (5 minutes)
      
    • Questions & Answers (5 minutes)
      

  • Session 3: Updates from Science, and Q&A (20 minutes)

    • The role of Soils in Resilience to climate extremes and climate change for food and water security by Dr Beata Emoke Madari, Scientist at the Embrapa National Research Center for Rice and Beans, Professor in post-graduate training at the School of Agronomy of Federal University of Goiás (Brazil) & Member of the STC (Scientific and Technical Committee) of the international "4 per 1000" Initiative, on site (5 minutes)
      
    • Controversials in Soil Sciences: Highlights from the first three editions of the newly introduced Soil Carbon Sciences Webinars Series by Dr Budiman Minasny, Professor in soil-landscape modelling at the University of Sydney (Australia), a Soil scientist, previously awarded the QEII and the Future Fellowships from the Australian Research Council & Member of the STC (Scientific and Technical Committee) of the international "4 per 1000" Initiative (Australia), on site (5 minutes)
      
    • The Soil Carbon International Research Consortium (IRC) by Dr Jean-Francois Soussana, Vice-President, International Policy, INRAE [Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement ; French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment] & Member of the STC (Scientific and Technical Committee) of the international "4 per 1000" Initiative (France), on site (5 minutes)
      
    • Questions & Answers (5 minutes)
  • Open discussion the floor is open to the various "4 per 1000" Stakeholder Groups (Collèges) of the Forum to express their views (Countries and International Organizations, Farmer Organizations, NGOs, Scientific Institutions, Businesses) (15 minutes)

[12:30 to 14:00] (UAE time): Partners’ Forum Meeting

• Adoption of the Agenda – Ms. Gabrielle Bastien (2 minutes)
• Approval of the Forum Report No. 7 (Sharm El-Sheikh, 16 November 2022) – Ms. Gabrielle Bastien (3 minutes)
• The 2022-2023 "4 per 1000" Annual Activity Report – Dr Paul Luu, "4 per 1000" Executive Secretary (10 minutes) 
• The 2022-2023 "4 per 1000" STC (Scientific and Technical Committee) Activity Report – Dr Farshad Amiraslani, Co-Chair of the "4 per 1000" STC & Assistant Professor (University of Tehran, Iran), former Cheney Fellow (University of Leeds, UK) and Research Fellow at Chinese Academy of Sciences (UNEPIEMP) (10 minutes), on site
• The "4 per 1000" Implementation Plan - Situation in 2023 (45 minutes) – The "4 per 1000" Executive Secretariat
  • Dashboard draft – Dr Paul Luu, "4 per 1000" Executive Secretary (5 minutes)

  • Situation of the Task Forces work to implement the "4 per 1000" Strategic Plan 2050 – Dr Claudia Schepp / Mr. Marc Bernard on F1 (both from the "4 per 1000" Executive Secretariat) / Mr. Anirudh Keny on A5, Director of Business Development, Boomitra (15 minutes), on site

• Comments and discussion (30 minutes)
  
• Conclusion of the Forum – Ms. Gabrielle Bastien (5 minutes).

Please note that the entire program of this 7th "4 per 1000" Day will be held in English and there will be no simultaneous translation.