8:00 - 9:00 am 

INAUGURAL SESSION

Facilitated by Ms. Maria Helena Semedo, Deputy Director General, FAO

8.00 - 8.05 am  

General announcements

8.05 - 8.10 am  

Introduction to the Opening Session by Facilitator and SIDS Solutions Forum – introductory video 

8.10 - 8.15 am  

Welcome remarks by Dr. QU Dongyu, Director-General of FAO

8.15 - 8.20 am  

Welcome remarks by H. E. Josaia V. Bainimarama, Prime Minister of Fiji 

8.20 - 8.30 am  

Keynote by H. E. Mr. Abdulla Shahid, President, 76th Session of the UN General Assembly      

8.30 - 8.35 am  

Innovation in the SIDS – a video montage

8.35 - 8.40 am  

Remarks by Mr. Achim Steiner, Administrator of UNDP

8.40 - 8.45 am  

Dr. Walton Webson, Chair of AOSIS, HE Ambassador of Antigua and Barbuda

8.45 - 8.50 am  

Mr. Houlin Zhao, Secretary General of ITU 

8.50 - 9.00 am  

Group Photo – Facilitator

 9:00-9:30 am

SESSION 1: THE SIDS SOLUTIONS PLATFORM

Facilitated by Sridhar Dharmapuri, Senior Food Safety and Nutrition Officer, FAO

9:00 - 9.05 am

Launch of the SIDS Solution Platform by QU Dongyu, Director-General of FAO

9.05 - 9.10 am    

Demonstration of the SIDS Solution Platform by Jong-Jin Kim, FAO Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific

9.10 - 9.30 am

Setting the scene: ‘Achieving the SDGs through innovations and digitalization in SIDS’ by Maximo Torero Cullen, Chief Economist, FAO

9.30 – 12.00 noon

SESSION 2. HIGH LEVEL LEADERS SEGMENT -- Statements by the Heads of Government and Ministers and development partners representatives

Facilitated by Sridhar Dharmapuri, Senior Food Safety and Nutrition Officer

Opening statement by H. E. Mr. Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum    Attorney-General and Minister for Economy, Civil Service and Communications, Fiji

PACIFIC SIDS

Facilitated by Ms. Xiangjun Yao, Sub-Regional Coordinator for the Pacific, FAO

H. E. Mr. Taneti Maamau, President of Kiribati

H. E. Mr. David Kabua, President of the Republic of Marshall Islands

H. E. Mr. Surangel S. Whipps Jr., President of the Republic of Palau

H. E. Mr. Mark Brown, Prime Minister of Cook Islands

H. E. Mr. Josaia V. Bainimarama, Prime Minister of Fiji

H. E. Ms. Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa, Prime Minister of Samoa 

H.E. John Simon, Minister for Agriculture and Livestock, delivering remarks on behalf of H.E Mr. James Marape, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea

H. E. Mrs. Adaljiza Albertina Xavier Reis Magno, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Timor-Leste, delivering remarks on behalf of H.E. Mr. Taur Matan Ruak, Prime Minister of Timor-Leste

H. E. Mr. Lord Tuilakepa, Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forests, Tonga delivering remarks on behalf of H. E. Mr. Pōhiva Tuʻiʻonetoa, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Tonga

ATLANTIC AND INDIAN OCEAN SIDS

Facilitated by Mr. Charles Mbuli Boliko, FAO Representative to Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius and Seychelles

H. E. Mr. Fransisco Martins dos Ramos, Ministre de l’agriculture, de la pêche et du développement rural, Sao Tome and Principe

H. E. Mr. Flavien Joubert, Minister for Agriculture, Climate Change and Environment, Seychelles

SIDS SUPPORTING COUNTRIES AND ORGANIZATIONS

Facilitated by Mr. Laurent Thomas, Deputy Director General, FAO

H. E. Mr. Ma Youxiang, Vice Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China

H. E. Mr. Colm Brophy, Minister of State for Overseas Development Aid and Diaspora, Ireland 

Mr. Woochong Um, Managing Director General, Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Mr. Liu Zhenmin, Under-Secretary General, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) 

Mr. Courtenay Rattray, High Representative, Office for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (OHRLLS)

Ms. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Executive Secretary, Economic and Social Commission for the Asia and Pacific (ESCAP) 

Mr. Georges Pinto Chikoti, Secretary General, Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS)

12.00 – 12.30

CLOSING OF THE HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT

Facilitated by Mr. Laurent Thomas, Deputy Director General, FAO 

Remarks by Ms. Preeti Sinha, Executive Secretary, United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)

Closing Remarks by H. E. Mr. Josaia V. Bainimarama, Prime Minister of Fiji

Closing Remarks by Dr. QU Dongyu, Director-General of FAO  

14.00-15.30 pm

SESSION 3.  INNOVATIONS AND DIGITALIZATION AT WORK IN THE AGRICULTURE, FOOD, NUTRITION, ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH SECTORS  IN THE SIDS

Facilitated by Joseph Nyemah, Nutrition and Food Systems Officer, FAO

Honourable Minister Timothy Masiu, Minister for Communications & Information Technology, Independent State of Papua New Guinea

H. E. Ms. Vainetutai Rose Toki-Brown Minister for Health, Justice, Parliamentary Services and Agriculture, Cook Islands

Mr. Ashish Narayan, Programme Officer, Asia and Pacific, ITU

Meet the SIDS Innovators and know their innovations:

• TraSeable Farms -  Mr. Kenneth Katafono, Fiji
• MyKana App - Ms. Ateca Kama and Ms. Irene Yee Chief, USP, Fiji
• Maua App - Mr. Faasootauloa Sam Saili, Samoa
• AgriTech - Mrs. Temarama Anguna, Cook Islands
• PACfarmer - Mr. Vipin Narendran, Fiji
• JEDOM Organic Fruits Ltd - Mr. Doni Keli, Solomon Islands
• Plant Health - Mr. Mani Mua, Fiji
• Vaoala Vanilla - Ms. Shelley Burich, Samoa
• Tupaia MediTrak  - Mr. Michael Nunan, Vanuatu
• CookSafe+ - Ms. Eve Hayden, Chief Executive Officer, Cook Islands
• PRESS (Plastic Recycling) - Mr. Andrew Pedrana, Samoa

 Q & A please send your questions to [email protected]

15.30 -17.00pm

SESSION 4 : KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE AND SOUTH-SOUTH TRIANGULAR CO-OPERATION

Facilitated by Ms. Ismahane Elouafi, Chief Scientist, FAO

Mr. Joseph Cox, Assistant Secretary-General, Trade and Economic Integration, Caribbean Community (CARICOM)

Dr. Stuart Minchin, Director General, Pacific Community (SPC)

Mr. Anping Ye, Director, South-South Cooperation, FAO

Mr. Kosi Latu, Director General, Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Dr. Manumatavai Tupou - Roosen, Director General, Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA)

Mr. Kyle Stice, Managing Director, Pacific Islands Farmers Organization Network (PIFON)

Ms. Marsha Boldeau, Programme Manager,  Grenada Community Development Agency 

Q & A please submit questions to [email protected]

17.00

SUMMARY AND CLOSING REMARKS

Mr. Jong-Jin Kim, Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific, FAO

9.15 - 9.30 am

General announcements

Recap of Day One and Agenda for Day two - Sridhar Dharmapuri, Senior Food Safety and Nutrition Officer, FAO

9.30 -11.00 am 

SESSION 5: Scaling up SIDS Solutions through partnerships and investments

Facilitated by Ms. Beth Bechdol, Deputy Director General, FAO

H. E. Mr. Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, Attorney-General and Minister for Economy, Civil Service and Communications, Fiji

H. E. Mr. Floyd Green, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Jamaica 

Ms. Dina Umali-Deininger, Agriculture and Food Practice Manager for the East Asia and Pacific Region of the World Bank   

Mr. Donal Brown Associate Vice President, International Fund for Agriculture Development

Mr. Leonard Mizzi, Head, Sustainable Agri-Food Systems and Fisheries Unit, European Union 

Dr. Qingfeng Zhang, Chief of Rural Development, Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Ms. Simona Marinescu, Resident Co-ordinator of the UN multi-country office, Samoa

Q & A -- please send your questions to [email protected]

 11.00 - 12.30 pm

SESSION 6: Strengthening roles of women and youth in agri-food systems through innovation and digitalization

Facilitated by Ms. Tonni Ann Brodber, Representative, UN Women Multi-Country Office - Caribbean

His Excellency Mr La’auli Leuatea Polataivao Fosi, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Samoa

Mr. Ajay Jagannath, Regional Technical Specialist, UNCDF

Ms. Litia  Taukave, Social entrepreneur and youth representative

Ms. Gia Gaspard Taylor, President, Network of Rural Women Producers Trinidad and Tobago (NRWPTT)

Ms. Menka Goundan, Senior Program Manager, Fiji Women’s Fund

Mr. Kalau Moses Nambo, President, PoetCOM

Mr. Phillip Henderson, CEO, Vodafone Cook Islands and Vice President of PITA

Q & A please send your questions to [email protected]

Suva (31^st August)

Apia

(31^st August)

Bangkok

(31^st August)

Rome

(31^st August)

Accra

(31^st August)

New York/Santiago

(30^th August)

13.00

14:00

08:00

03:00

01:00

21:00

14.00- 15.00 pm

SESSION 7: The Way Forward

Facilitated by Ms. Angelica Jacome, Director, Office of SIDS,LDCs, LLDCs, FAO

The Way Forward 

Selection of innovation videos from the Pacific region

Q & A -- send your questions to [email protected]

15.00 - 16.00 pm

CLOSING SESSION

Facilitated by Ms. Angelica Jacome, Director, Office of SIDS,LDCs, LLDCs, FAO

Closing Remarks by H. E. Mr. Mahendra Reddy, Minister of Agriculture, Fiji  

Remarks by Mr. Abebe Haile Gabriel, Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Africa, FAO

Remarks by Mr. Julio Berdegue, Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean

Closing remarks by Mr. Jongjin Kim, Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific