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

Agenda

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 (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 (15 minutes)

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

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

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

• 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
  
• VIP speeches (3 minutes per Speaker). Due to time constraints, the floor will be only given this year to Speakers on site or speaking on Zoom - Videos received will be added to the final registered version of the Forum of Partners, on the "4 per 1000" YouTube channel. (Names, Organisations, Countries) 
  • Not the final ranking: ALPHABETICAL ORDER for NAMES
    

  • Mr. Thierry Dupeuble, Director, CIHEAM [Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes / International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies] (France), zoom

  • Dr Martin Frick, Director, WFP (World Food Programme) Global Office based in Berlin (Germany), on site

  • Dr Shaikh Tanveer Hossain, Asia Director of Policy & Strategy and Director of South Asia Office, IFOAM-Organics, based in Bangladesh, on site

  • Mr. Seth Itzkan, Co-Director and co-Founder of Soil4Climate (USA), zoom

  • Mr. Bharat Kakade, President and Managing Trustee, BAIF Development Research Foundation (India), zoom

  • Dr Cargele Nduwamungu Masso, Director, Environment Health & Biodiversity Impact Area, CGIAR System Organization, (International Organisation based in Montpellier, France), on site

  • 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), zoom

  • Dr Swati Nayak (she), Scientist and South Asia Lead for Seed System and Product Management, 2023 winner of the Norman E. Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application (given by The World Food Prize), IRRI [International Rice Research Institute] (The Philippines), on site

  • Dr Ananya S Rao (she), Senior Scientist, Forests by Heartfulness, Heartfulness Institute & UNESCO MGIEP (Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development), (India), on site

  • Mr. Gérard Rass, Farmer & former General Secretary of APAD network in France [Association pour la Promotion d'une Agriculture Durable / Association for the Promotion of a Sustainable Agriculture] / ACS network (France), zoom

  • 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

  • Mr. Nkulumo Zinyengere, Agriculture Specialist, the World Bank (USA)

  • to be continued
• Received and Acknowledged Videos 2023:
  • Not the final ranking: ALPHABETICAL ORDER for NAMES
  • 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)
  • Ms. Catherine Migault, Director General, FARM Foundation (France)
  • to be continued
• The floor is open to the various colleges of the Forum to express their views on how to reach the objective of "Let's put Soil Health higher on the international agenda & Act together now" (35 minutes)
  • Session 1: Importance of MRV tools (Monitoring, Reporting and Verification) for implementation in the field at all levels  (30 minutes) on site
  • Session 2: Action at the regional level - Results of the three "4 per 1000" Regional Conferences in 2023: Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire ; Helsinki Finland ; Hyderabad, India (20 minutes) on site
  • Session 3:Science
  • Open discussionthe 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 and the STC 6 year-Activity Report – Dr Beverley Henry, Co-Chair of the «4 per 1000»STC (10 minutes)
• 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 / Mr. Anirudh Keny (15 minutes)

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

Please note that the entire program of the 2023 Edition of the "4 per 1000" Day will be only hold in English and that there will be no simultaneous translation.