Annex II: The Workshop programme

PROVISIONAL AGENDA

Day 1 (09/02/05)	Philippines Room – Building C 277-281
08:30 – 09:30	Registration
09:30 – 10:15	Opening Ceremonies
	• Welcome remarks: M. Solh, Director, AGP • Framing the workshop and adoption of the agenda: E. Kueneman, Service Chief, AGPC
10:15 – 10:30	Coffee/tea break
Session I (part 1)	Country case presentations Chair: Mohan Saxena
10:30 – 11:00	Presentation 1: Assessment of national plant breeding and biotechnology capacity: Philippines Speaker: Desiree Hautea
11:00 – 11:30	Presentation 2: Assessment of national plant breeding and biotechnology capacity: Venezuela Speaker: Orangel Borges
11:30 – 12:00	Presentation 3: Assessment of national plant breeding and biotechnology capacity: Kenya Speaker: Josephine Songa
12:00 – 12:30	Presentation 4: Assessment of national plant breeding and biotechnology capacity: Angola Speaker: Elizabeth Matos
12:30 – 14:00	Lunch break
Session I (part 2)	Country case presentations
14:00 – 14:30	Presentation 5: Analysis of the plant breeding and biotechnology survey: Examples from Venezuela and The Philippines Speaker: Jose Falk-Zepeda
14:30 – 15:00	Presentation 6: Assessment of national plant breeding and biotechnology capacity: aggregated information for Africa Speaker: Elcio P. Guimarães
15:00 – 15:45	General Discussion led by the Chair
15:45 – 16:00	Coffee/tea break
16:00 – 16:15	Orientation for the working group discussions
Session II (part 1)	Working group discussions Group A – Philippines Room (C277-281) Group B – AG meeting room (B750 bis)
16: – 18:00	Proposed issues for discussion • Strategies to strengthen national plant breeding and biotechnology capacity considering: Crop, country and/or regional strategy

Day 2 (10/02/05) Session II (part 2)	Working group discussions Group A – Philippines Room (C277-281) Group B – AG meeting room (B750bis)
009:00 – 10:00	Presentation by Groups and discussions (Philippines Room C277-281) Chair: Ann Marie Thro
10:00 - 10:15	Coffee/tea break
10:15 - 12:30	Proposed issues for discussion • How biotechnology can better support plant breeding in developing countries • How to achieve sustainability in plant breeding programmes
12:30 - 14:00	Lunch break
14:00 - 15:00	Presentation by Groups and discussions (Philippines Room C277-281) Chair: Rolf Folkertsma
15:00 - 15:15	Coffee and tea break
15:15 - 17:00	Proposed issues for discussion • Role of CG Centres • Role of donor agencies • Role of strong NARS (e.g. regional, south/south) • Role of private sector, including plant variety protection
17:00 - 18:00	Presentation by Groups and discussions (Philippines Room C277-281) Chair: Mauricio Lopes

Day 3 (11/02/05) Session II (part 3)	Working group discussions Group A – Philippines Room (C277-281) Group B – AG meeting room (B750bis)
08:30 – 10:15	Proposed issues for discussion • Policies to enhance private sector investments • Enabling policies for public and private actions • Advice on future consultations to shape investments/policies • How to enhance the survey
10:15 - 10:30	Coffee and tea break
10:30 - 11:00	Proposed issues for discussion (continuation) • Policies to enhance private sector investments • Enabling policies for public and private actions • Advice on future consultations to shape investments/policies • How to enhance the survey
11:00 - 12:00	Presentation by Groups and discussions (Philippines Room C277-281) Chair: Robert Evenson
12:00 - 13:00	Recommendations to FAO Chair: Robert Evenson
13:00 - 15:00	Lunch break and Draft Report preparation

Session III	Meeting Report Adoption Chair: M. Solh, Director AGP
15:00 - 16:00	Final review of meeting report summary
16:00 - 16:30	Adoption of Report and Recommendations
16:30 - 17:00	Closing Ceremony

WORKING GROUPS

Group A (Philippines room)	Group B (AG meeting Room)
Elizabeth Matos (Angola	Desiree Hautea (Philippines)
Josephine Songa (Kenya)	Orangel Borges (Venezuela)
Mohan Saxena (ex-ICARDA)	Hernan Ceballos (CIAT)
Kedear Nath Rai (ICRISAT)	Alexei Morgounov (CIMMYT)
Ann Marie Thro (USDA)	B. B. Singh (IITA)
Qingyao Y. Shu (FAO/IAEA)	Jose Falk-Zepeda (IFPRI)
Jonathan Robinson (Consultant)	Mauricio Lopes (EMBRAPA)
Patricia Zambrano (IFPRI)	Robert Evenson (Yale University)
Moussa Sié (WARDA)	Rolf Folkertsma (ILRI)
Kakoli Gosh (FAO/AGPS)	Ehsan Dulloo (IPGRI)
Hoan Le (FAO/AGPC)	Peter Button (UPOV)
Andrea Sonnino (FAO/SDRR)	Jonathan Latham (EcoNexus)