PROGRAMME The climate-trade-food security nexus: after four years Policy impacts, practice changes and increased knowledge September 7-8, 2015, Nairobi, Kenya FOURTH REGIONAL ANNUAL MEETING OF THE PACT EAC PROJECT
ABOUT This Fourth Regional Annual Meeting is brought to you by CUTS International, Geneva, and CUTS Africa Resource Centre Nairobi, in collaboration with other country partners of the PACT EAC project in the East African Community. CUTS International has been implementing this 4-year project titled Promoting Agriculture-Trade- Climate Linkages in the East African Community (PACT EAC) with funding support from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). The overall two project objectives are to build capacity of relevant stakeholders to synergise policies and practices related to trade, climate change and food security, and to assist EAC delegates in the relevant WTO discussions. The two main objectives of this meeting is: Assessing the project implementation to highlight what has been achieved by the project beneficiaries and implementers of this project, in terms of knowledge, capacities and coordination of stakeholders, as well as policy impacts related to the linkages between climate change, food security, and trade in the EAC; Providing a networking opportunity to the relevant national, regional and international stakeholders that will be actively participating to this event. The results of PACT EAC project at national, regional and multilateral level will be demonstrated in different sessions, backed up with statistics and data, as well as testimonies from different project stakeholders. This 4 th Regional Annual Meeting (RAM) will also be the opportunity to highlight the lessons learnt from the project implementation as well as to draw some recommendations. Participants in this Meeting will include all relevant stakeholders from each of the EAC country, including national Ministries of East African Affairs, Trade, Agriculture and Food Security, Climate Change and Environment, the private sector representatives, media, CSOs; key regional actors such as the EAC Secretariat, trapca, EACSOF, EABC, EAGC; and relevant international organisations, such as FAO, UNFCCC, WTO, UNEP, etc. The PACT EAC project is based on the experience gained by CUTS International Geneva since its establishment in July 2008 with the aim to assist developing countries in their better understanding of trade and related issues, and strengthen Geneva-grassroots linkages.
SESSION 1 OPENING MONDAY, 7 SEPTEMBER 0830-0900 REGISTRATION 0900-1030 HIGH LEVEL OPENING Welcome remarks Clement Onyango, CUTS ARC Nairobi Opening Remarks Rashid S Kaukab, CUTS International Geneva Karin Andersson, Head of Regional Development Cooperation Section, Embassy of Sweden, Nairobi Keynote Address H.E. Ms Jesca Eriyo, Deputy Secretary General, EAC Secretariat Presidential Address and Official Opening of the Meeting H.E. Mrs Flavia Nabugere, Minister of State for Water and Environment, Uganda 1030-1100 TEA/COFFEE 1100-1230 SETTING THE SCENE: PACT EAC OBJECTIVES, ACTIVITIES AND IMPACT CUTS International, Geneva, in partnership with CUTS Nairobi and national partners, has been implementing the PACT EAC project for the last 4 years in the EAC region as well as in Geneva. CUTS International, Geneva team has worked on a final impact assessment of the project for the past few months to analyse the achievements, outputs and outcomes, of the PACT EAC project in the region and in Geneva. Through this analysis, the report also draws to some extent the lessons learnt and recommendations coming from the project s implementation. This session will be the opportunity to present the rationale of this project, and how CUTS has managed to reach the project s objectives, in particular the set of activities implemented in the region and in Geneva will be briefly presented to the audience. Based on this presentation and the final impact assessment report of the project, another objective of this session will be to draw lessons and recommendations. Chair: H.E. Mr Christopher Onyanga Aparr, Ambasador of Uganda to the UN, WTO and Other organisations in Geneva Overview of PACT EAC project: rationale, objectives and activities Leslie Debornes, CUTS International, Geneva Results of PACT EAC final impact assessment: lessons learnt & recommendations Julien Grollier, CUTS International, Geneva s
SESSION 3 SESSION 2 12:00 14:00 LUNCH 1400-1600 CCFST NEXUS: STATE OF PLAY OF STAKEHOLDERS KNOWLEDGE, CAPACITY & COORDINATION IN THE EAC The project sought for four years to enhance the knowledge, capacity and coordination of national, regional and multilateral stakeholders working on climate, food and trade issues. Through research, advocacy, networking and training activities, CUTS and its partners aimed to reach a maximum of project stakeholders to enhance their knowledge and skills on CCFST linkages, and hence allow them to adopt more coherent, coordinated and effective positions/actions. Chair: H.E. Mr Modest Jonathan Mero, Ambassador of Tanzania to the UN, WTO and Other Organisations in Geneva Status of the knowledge and skills related to climate-food-trade linkages of project beneficiaries Peter Kiuluku, Trapca Paul Kere, Kenya Ministry of Environment and Natural Resource Status of the coordination between EAC stakeholders at national, regional and multilateral level involved in climate-food-trade Godefroid Manirankunda, ADIR Burundi Stella Mark-Henry, ESAFF Bridget Mugambe, Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa 16:00 16:30 TEA/COFFEE 1630-1800 ENHANCING PARTICIPATION OF EAC DELEGATES IN WTO NEGOTIATIONS One of the main recognised successes of the PACT EAC project is the EAC Geneva Forum. A forum of EAC WTO delegates that met on a bi-monthly basis for 4 years. CUTS provided the delegates with country update notes and issue notes to enhance the delegates knowledge and skills, so that they can adopt more coherent and enlightened position during the WTO negotiations Chair: Ms Gloriose Ntibarutaye, Director External Trade, Burundi Overview of the EAC Geneva Forum and its main achievements Julian Mukiibi, CUTS International, Geneva Regular participation to the EAC Geneva Forum: how has it benefitted to the EAC WTO delegates? Elia N. Mtweve, Tanzania Mission in Geneva Michael Wamai, Uganda Mission in Geneva Rabson Wanjala, Kenya Mission in Geneva s
SESSION 4 SESSION 4 TUESDAY, 8 SEPTEMBER 0830-0900 REGISTRATION Throughout the project implementation phase, the PACT EAC national partners have led diverse advocacy campaigns activities (including during the extension period of the project). Project research recommendations inspired national policy campaigns that engaged policy makers in achieving more coherence. In this morning sessions, the different impacts and success of the advocacy campaigns will be demonstrated by PACT EAC national partners, such as: integrating trade aspects in the new Kenya environmental policy; allowing the Rwanda environment ministry to sit on the National Trade Forum; and the revised Tanzania Forest Policy to address concerns related to the impact of charcoal trade on deforestation. Chair: Ms Crescence Mukantabana, Poor Women s Development Network, Rwanda 0900-0930 TRADE IN THE KENYA ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY & ENHANCING CLIMATE CHANGE EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS Daniel Asher, CUTS ARC Nairobi Charles Ndung'u, Makueni County Deputy Director Monitoring and Evaluation & Chairperson ASDSP Paul Murage, Murang a County Director of Meteorological Services 0930-1000 CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE RWANDA NATIONAL TRADE POLICY FORUM & CLIMATE CHANGE ELEMENTS INCLUDED IN THE REVISED NATIONAL TRADE POLICY Prudence Sebahizi, EACSOF John Mwesige, Ministry of Trade and Industry (MINICOM) 10:30 11:00 TEA/COFFEE Chair: Ms Prudence Ayebare, Uganda Farmers Federaion 1100-1130 CHARCOAL TRADE IN TANZANIA S FOREST POLICY & MAINSTREAMING OF THE CHARCOAL ISSUE IN THE FORMULATION/IMPLEMENTATION OF SOME DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT PLANS Solomon Baregu, ESRF Peter Nyaronga, Ministry of Natural Resources (MNRT) 1130-1200 IMPLEMENTING AN AGRO-METEOROLOGICAL EARLY WARNING SYSTEM IN BURUNDI Godefroid Manirankunda, ADIR Jean Rémy Ndayishimiye, Chargé de la Communication (Ministre de l'eau, Environnement, Aménagement du territoire et Urbanisme)
CONCLUSION SESSION 5 1200-1230 UGANDA TRADE POLICY ACKNOWLEDGES TRADE LINKAGES WITH CLIMATE CHANGE AND FOOD SECURITY Jane Nalunga, SEATINI Connie Namutebi, Uganda Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives 13:00 14:30 LUNCH 1430-1530 PACT 2: SUSTAINING AND DEEPENING THE IMPACT The PACT EAC project is scheduled to end in September 2015. While the impact on policies and practices through stakeholder capacity building is being felt, continued efforts are needed to deepen and strengthen this impact. Project stakeholders have been demanding for the continuation of the project activities. Moreover, through feedback in the sixth National Reference Group (NRG) meetings in August and September 2014, they have provided inputs on the relevance of including agro-industry as the new framework in which the climate change, food security, and trade linkages will be studied, capacities built and advocated. Chair: Mr Peter Kiuluku, Exective Director, trapca Presentation on proposed PACT EAC2 Rashid S. Kaukab, Director, CUTS International, Geneva Remarks by Sida Kristian Holmberg, Programme Manager, Regional Economic Integration and Energy. Embassy of Sweden, Nairobi 1530-1600 CONCLUSION Closing Statement H.E. Mrs Flavia Nabugere, Minister of State for Environment, Uganda Word of Thanks Clement Onyango, Director, CUTS ARC Nairobi 1600-1630 TEA/COFFEE