FAO CONFERENCE 40TH SESSION - Side Event

FAO’s South-South Cooperation Programme (SSC), under the FAO Framework, has been going on for more than 20 years, since the Organization officially launched the Special Programme for Food Security (SPFS) in 1996. Throughout these years, FAO has coordinated the international community to explore effective ways to address food security threats in developing countries, which made important contributions to improving agricultural productivity and food security in the latter.

China, as a significant participant and active supporter of FAO’s SSC Programme, has witnessed the burgeoning development of SSC with FAO and other partners. This side event aims to share achievements and experiences, and to improve the worldwide understanding of FAO’s SSC Programme, to further extend global SSC partnerships, and promote SSC and tripartite cooperation, to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development of the United Nations.

Agenda

Marcela Villarreal, Director, Partnerships, Advocacy and Capacity Developent Division, FAO, will chair this Side Event.

Opening remarks, by José Graziano da Silva, Director-General, FAO.

Opening remarks, by H.E. Niu Dun, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the People’s Republic of China to FAO.

Video projection - "Food for All", produced by the Government of the People’s Republic of China.

South-South Cooperation efforts in Namibia and the Successes, by Sophia Kasheeta, Deputy Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry of Namibia.

Sharing Experience on Uganda-China South-South Cooperation (SSC) Project, by Hon. Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja, Minister for Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries of the Republic of Uganda.

Achievements of the China-FAO South-South Cooperation in Capacity Development, Dongxin Feng, Deputy Director, Partnerships, Advocacy and Capacity Developent Division, FAO.

Free discussion, Questions and Answers.

Video, distribution of flyers and souvenirs