To improve information sharing and promote networking, CTA, the DG DEVCO from the European Commission, the ACP Secretariat, Concord organise bimonthly briefings on key issues and challenges for rural development in the context of EU/ACP cooperation. The Briefing on 18th February 2015 will focus on the potential the data revolution can bring to the agri-food sector of ACP countries. The objectives of the briefing are to: (a) document and review the key initiatives in data-driven development and agriculture; (b) present some achievements and successes of ACP countries on new tools for data and statistical management; (c) promote multi-stakeholder dialogue and transformative partnerships for data revolution of benefit to the ACP agri-food sector.
Brussels Briefing 40: Data, the next revolution for agriculture in ACP countries
Brussels Briefing 40: Data, the next revolution for agriculture in ACP countries
Event Overview
Panellists
Chris Addison
Senior Programme Coordinator Data4Ag, CTA
Maximo Torero
Division Director of the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division
Pietro Gennari
Director of the Statistics Division at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization
Dr Theo De Jager
President of the World Farmers' Organisation (WFO), Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions (SACAU)
Herman uit de Bosch
Executive Director, FairMatch Support
Ulrich Adam
EU Secretary General at CEMA
Stéphane Boyera
Founder and CEO of SBC4D
Abdoulaye Adam
Expert, Statistical Capacity Building Division, African Development Bank
Morten Jerven
Associate Professor, Simon Fraser University & Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Isolina Boto
Manager, Brussels Office, CTA
Speakers
Panellists
Chris Addison
Senior Programme Coordinator Data4Ag, CTA
Maximo Torero
Division Director of the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division
Pietro Gennari
Director of the Statistics Division at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization
Dr Theo De Jager
President of the World Farmers' Organisation (WFO), Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions (SACAU)
Herman uit de Bosch
Executive Director, FairMatch Support
Ulrich Adam
EU Secretary General at CEMA
Stéphane Boyera
Founder and CEO of SBC4D
Abdoulaye Adam
Expert, Statistical Capacity Building Division, African Development Bank
Morten Jerven
Associate Professor, Simon Fraser University & Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Isolina Boto
Manager, Brussels Office, CTA
Organisers
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CTA
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DG DEVCO
The Commission's Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO) is responsible for designing European international cooperation and development policy and delivering aid throughout the world. DG DEVCO is in charge of development cooperation policy in a wider framework of international cooperation, adapting to the evolving needs of partner countries. This encompasses cooperation with developing countries at different stages of development, including with countries graduated from bilateral development assistance to cover the specific needs of these countries during the transition period between low-income countries and upper middle-income countries. DG DEVCO works closely with other Commission services responsible for thematic policies, as well as with the European External Action Service and Commission services on external action, so as to facilitate and help ensure a consistent approach.
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ACP
The African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) is an organisation created by the Georgetown Agreement in 1975. It is composed of 79 African, Caribbean and Pacific states, with all of them, save Cuba, signatories to the Cotonou Agreement, also known as the "ACP-EC Partnership Agreement" which binds them to the European Union. There are 48 countries from Sub-Saharan Africa, 16 from the Caribbean and 15 from the Pacific. The Secretariat is responsible for the administrative management of the ACP Group. It assists the Group's decision-making and advisory organs in carrying out their work. The ACP Secretariat's headquarters is located in Brussels (Belgium). It is headed by an Executive Secretary-General who is responsible for implementing the Group's international policy, as well as directing and coordinating its cooperation policy.
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CONCORD
CONCORD is the European confederation of Relief and Development NGOs. We are made up of member organisations: 28 national associations, 20 international networks and 3 associate members that represent over 2,600 NGOs, supported by millions of citizens across Europe. CONCORD is the main interlocutor with the EU institutions on development policy.
