Posted June 1996
Agenda and timetable
Technical Consultation of South Pacific Small Island Developing States on Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Forestry And Fisheries
Apia, Samoa, 6-9 May 1996
Monday, 6 May
09:30 Opening Ceremony
- Opening prayer by Reverend Kerisiano Soti
- Welcome and opening address by the Honorable Misa Telefoni Retzlaff,
Minister of Agriculture, Forests, Fisheries and Meteorology, Samoa
- Opening remarks by FAO (Mr. Vili Fuavao, Sub-regional Representative,
Sub-regional Office for the Pacific)
- Opening remarks by SPREP (Mr. Don Stewart, Acting Director)
- Statement by Australia
- Chairperson brief on the background and objectives of the Consultation
and general guidance on the conduct of the meeting (Mr. Tuisugaletaua Sofara
Aveau, Director of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture, Forests, Fisheries
and Meteorology, Samoa)
- Adoption of the Agenda
12:00 Presentation of Background Papers
- Regional Strategy: Regional Programming Process (Mr. Iosefa Maiava,
South Pacific Forum Secretariat)
- Policies for Sustaining Food and Agriculture (Ms. Nadia Scialabba, FAO)
- Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (Mr. Don Stewart, SPREP)
- Sustainable Primary Production (Mr. P. Sivan, USP)
14.30 Presentation of Agencies Programmes in the South Pacific
- AusAID (Mr. Dereck Rooken-Smith)
- UNDP (Mr. Anthony R. Patten)
- UNESCO (Mr. Trevor Sankey)
- ISNAR (Mr. Euan Fleming)
- FFA (Ms. Ngatia Barbara Hanchard)
- SOPAC (Mr. Russel Howorth)
- SPC (Mr. Malcolm Hazelman)
- SPREP (Mr. Don Stewart)
- IRETA (Mr. Mohammed Umar)
- USP (Mr. W. Pattie)
- Systems Caribbean (Mr. Basil Springer)
18.00 Closing of the first day's work
19:00 Reception hosted by the Government of Samoa
Tuesday, 7 May
09:00 Presentation of the Draft Programme Outline and Working Groups
Arrangements
Programme for the Sustainable Development of South Pacific Small Island
Developing States in Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
10.00 Working Groups for the Elaboration of the Preamble and Basis for
Action of the Programme
- WG 1: Policy adjustments
- WG 2: Building-up production, processing, and marketing efficiency
- WG 3: Conserving natural resources
- WG 4: Increasing resilience
15:00 Reports of the Working Groups on the Preamble and Basis for Action
of the Programme
18:00 Closing of the second day's work
19:00 Reception hosted by FAO
Wednesday, 8 May
09:00 Working Groups for the Elaboration of the Actions and Priority
Areas of Assistance of the Programme
- WG 1: Policy reforms and legislative framework
- WG 2: Human and institutional capacity-building
- WG 3: Research, information, technologies and infrastructure
15:00 Reports of Working Groups and Discussion
18:00 Closure of the third day's work
Thursday, 9 May
08:30 Scenic tour organized by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forests, Fisheries
and Meteorology
14:30 Presentation and adoption of the Programme
17:30 Concluding Session
- Conclusions and follow-up action
- Closing remarks by the host country, Australia, SPREP and FAO
18.30 Closing of the Consultation
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