LET'S BUILD THE FUTURE: Family Farming 5th GLOBAL CONFERENCE

21-22-23 / 09 / 2015 Hotel Seminario Bilbao · Derio · Spain www.ruralforum.net/v-conference (+34) 945 121 324 · [email protected]

LET’S BUILD THE FUTURE: Family Farming 5th GLOBAL CONFERENCE Hotel Seminario Bilbao 1st floor • Reception Desk • Vidrieras Hall • Dining Room 2nd floor • Astintze Room • Txorierri Room • Lezama Room • Technical Secretariat www.hotelseminariobilbao.com c/Larrauri nº 1, 48160 Derio, BIZKAIA +34 944 65 97 00 Permanent Assistance Office: Txaro Mardaratz +34 656 731 795 [email protected] Susana Añarbe +34 618 30 67 71 [email protected] Press Office Goizargi de las Heras +34 945 12 13 91 / +34 637 44 44 07 www.ruralforum.net/v-conference @WorldRuralForum #WRF5Conf #FamilyFarming

DAY 1

21/09 Preliminary Session 09.00 - 09.10 Vidrieras Hall Welcome speech

Mr. Auxtin Ortiz Etxeberria - Director of the World Rural Forum

09.10 - 09.30 Vidrieras Hall Preliminary presentation: Characterization of Family Farming

Mr. Álvaro Ramos - Coordinator of IFAD-MERCOSUR

09.30 - 10.30 Vidrieras Hall Roundtable discussion: Characterization of Family Farming and its importance to build adequate public policies

Mr. Francesco Maria Pierri - Policy Officer of the Office of Partnerships, Advocacy and Capacity Development, FAO (Moderator) Mr. Mario León Frutos - Paraguay’s Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Livestock and Coordinator of the REAF National Section of Paraguay Ms. Fatma Ben Rejeb - Executive Secretary of PAFO (Pan African Farmers Organization) Ms. Ika Krishnayanti - International Relations Officer, API (Indonesian Peasant Alliance) Mr. Ricard Ramon I Sumoy - Socio-Economic Analyst of the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development at the European Commission Mr. Daouda Diarra - Permanent Secretary of Agriculture High Council of Mali

10.30 - 10.50 Coffee break

Official Inauguration 11.00 – 12.00 Vidrieras Hall Opening remarks

Mr. Iñigo Urkullu - President of the Basque Government Mr. Virgilio de los Reyes - Secretary of Agrarian Reform of the Philippines (TBC) Ms. Marcela Villarreal - Director of the Office of Partnerships, Advocacy and Capacity Development, FAO Mr. Djibo Bagna - President of ROPPA (Network of Farmers’ and Agricultural Producers’ Organizations of West Africa) Mr. Flavio Coturni - Head of the Unit of Agricultural Policy Analysis and Perspectives in the DirectorateGeneral for Agriculture and Rural Development of the European Commission Mr. José Maria Zeberio - President of the WRF

12.00 - 12.10 Vidrieras Hall Projection

Video to introduce the IYFF+10 program

12.10 - 12.30 Vidrieras Hall Presentation: Economy, Family Farming and the Right to Food. A Global Perspective

Mr. Guillermo Dorronsoro - Dean of Deusto Business School Ms. Hilal Elver - Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food at United Nations Human Rights Council (Video message)

12.30 - 13.45 Lunch

Block 1 13.45 - 15.15 Vidrieras Hall Roundtable discussion (with Q-A session): Political dialogues as a tool to create public policies at national and regional level

Mr. Jean-Philippe Audinet - Lead Advisor at the Policy and Technical Advisory Division, IFAD (Moderator) Mr. Tito Díaz - Regional Officer for Animal Production and Health in Latin America and Caribe, FAO Ms. Esther Penunia - General Secretary of AFA (Asian Farmers’ Association) Mr. Juan Andrés Gutierrez - President of EUROMONTANA (European Association of Mountain Areas) Mr. Fabrice Dreyfus - Member of General Council of Agriculture, Food and Rural Area of the Ministry of Agriculture, Agri-Food and Forestry of France Mr. Mahamadou Fayinkeh - Representative of the Gambia National Committee

Block 2 15.15 - 16.30 Vidrieras Hall Roundtable discussion (with Q-A session): Global initiatives to promote Family Farming at national level

16.30 - 17.00 Coffee break

Ms. Alberta Guerra - Food Policy Advisor at ActionAid International (Moderator) Mr. Lupino Lazaro Jr. - Agriculture Attaché of the Philippine Embassy in Rome Ms. Sandra Moreno Cadena - Representative of SOC (Land Workers’ Union) - ECVC Ms. Alessandra Lunas - Secretary of Rural Women Workers, CONTAG (National Confederation of Agricultural Workers) Ms. Laura Lorenzo - International Relations and European Desk, WRF Mr. Gabriel Ferrero - Senior Policy Advisor at the Secretariat for Post-2015 Development Planning, UNO (United Nations Organization) (Video conference)

Block 3 17.00 - 18.15 Vidrieras Hall Roundtable discussion (with Q-A session): Linking family farmers’ organizations with research centers

18.15 - 18.30 Break 18.30 - 20.00 Guided visits to entities in the Basque farming sector

Mr. Robin Bourgeois - Senior Foresight and Development Policies Expert, GFAR (Global Forum on Agricultural Research) (Moderador) Mr. Rogelio Pozo - General Director of AZTI-Tecnalia Mr. Jean-Michel Sourisseau - Socio-economist at CIRAD (Centre of Agricultural Research for Development) Ms. Gabriela Quiroga - International Secretary of PROLINNOVA (Promoting Local Innovation in Ecologically Oriented Agriculture and Natural Resource Management) Mr. Fernando López - General Secretary of COPROFAM (Confederation of Family Farm Organizations of MERCOSUR) Mr. André Tioro - Program Officer for Capacity-Building and Action-Research Project, ROPPA

Guided visits to the surroundings of the Hotel Seminary: Derio Agricultural School / Azti-Tecnalia / Aberekin / Neiker-Tecnalia

DAY 2

22/09 09.00 - 10.30 2nd floor Working Groups 10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break

Working topics*: 1. Political dialogue in favour of Family Farming for the creation of public policies. Relator: Mr. Vincent Touzot - National Administrator of Jeunes Agriculteurs. 2. Global guidelines for the governance of agrarian systems based on Family Farming: Content and methods to encourage it. Relator: Mr. André Leu - President of IFOAM (International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements). 3. Linking family farmers’ organizations with research centers: Specific proposals. Relator: Ms. Marcela Dumani - Costa Rica National Committee representative.

11.00 - 13.30 2nd floor Working Groups

* All the topics will be worked by each language group: • ENGLISH (Lezama Room) Facilitator: Ms. Joana Dias Rocha - REDSAN Coordinator and Farmers Platform Secretary, CPLP (Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries) • SPANISH (Txorierri Room) Facilitator: Ms. Olga Gomez - Member of Katilu and Projects Manager for Basque Innovation System Stimulus at Innobasque • FRENCH (Astintze Room) Facilitator: Ms. Gabriela Quiroga - International Secretary of PROLINNOVA

13.30 - 15.00 Lunch

Time to prepare presentations of group conclusions

15.00 - 15.45 Vidrieras Hall Working groups conclusions

Presentation of conclusions from the Working Groups

15.45 - 17.00 Vidrieras Hall Closing Remarks

Ms. Eva Verona Teixeira Ortet - Minister for Rural Development of Cape Verde Mr. Uttam Kumar Bhattarai - Secretary of Ministry of Agriculture Development of Nepal y Chairperson of Nepal National Committee Mr. Bittor Oroz - Basque Government Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Policy Representative of Agriculture Department of Bizkaia Provincial Government Ms. Elena Unzueta Torre - Provincial Minister of Sustainability and Natural Resources Department of Bizkaia Regional Council Mr. Unai Aranguren - European representative in the International Coordination Committee of La Via Campesina Ms. Evelyn Nguleka - President of WFO (World Farmers’ Organization) Mr. Michael Taylor - Director of the ILC (International Land Coalition) Ms. Begoña Nieto - General Director of Rural Development and Forest Policy of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment of Spain Mr. Auxtin Ortiz - Director of WRF

17.00 - 18.00 Break 18.00 - 21.00 Social agenda

Guided visit into the city of Bilbao

18.00 - 20.00 Txorierri Room Board of Directors of the WRF

Only WRF Board of Directors members

21.00 Dinner

DAY 3 23/09 08.30 - 10.30 Lezama Room

General Assembly of the Wrf. Open meeting With associates from the 5 continents present, the WRF will take this opportunity to carry out its General Assembly meeting.

09.30 - 10.30 Vidrieras Hall

Communication efforts to enhance Family Farming. Open meeting. This encounter aims to foster debate on how farmer led communication and community media can contribute to enhance Family Farming.

10.30 - 11.00

Coffee break

11.00 - 13.30 Vidrieras Hall

Youth and employment in rural areas. Open meeting. Representatives of Young Farmers organizations from the five continents will debate about the future of Family Farming.

11.00 - 13.30 Lezama Room

Meeting of the Family Farming National Committees from the 5 Continents. Only National Committees members. These committees have achieved enormous results during 2014 and now make up one of the key structures for giving continuity to the IYFF process.

13.30 - 14.30

Lunch

14.30 - 16.30 Lezama Room

Meeting of the Family Farming National Committees from the 5 Continents. Only NNCC members.

16.30 - 16.45

Coffee break

16.45 - 19.15

Meeting on gender equality in family women in Family Farming: achievements and challenges towards equity. Open meeting. This seminar will focus on the role that women play in FF and the importance of taking into their voices in the designing and implementation of policies and significant changes for FF.

17.00 - 20.00 Lezama Room

Meeting of the Iyff+10 World Consultative Committee. Only WCC members. After agreements reached in Brasilia (November 2014), this meeting will be focused in the promotion of actions in favour of Family Farming at international level.