High Level Expert Forum on Food Insecurity in Protracted Crises
13th-14th September, FAO – Rome, Italy 
Provisional Agenda (Subject to Change)

Day One - 13 September - Red Room, FAO

8.30 – 9.00
Participant Registration

9.00 – 10.00
Welcome & Opening Remarks

10.00 – 12.00
Panel 1: Causes and consequences of food insecurity in protracted crises.

Moderator:
Dan Maxwell (Tufts, Feinstein Institute)

Panelists:
Francesca Bomboko (g7+)
Henk-Jan Brinkman (PBSO)
Mahalmoudou Hamadoun (CILSS)
Rami Zurayk (American Univeristy of Beirut, CSM)

12.00 – 13.30
Lunch + Side Event on Somalia (Iran Room - B116 h 12.15)

13.30 – 15.30
Panel 2: Political and governance opportunities and challenges: catalysts to create change

Moderator:
Sue Lautze (FAO)

Panelists:
Nathan Belete (World Bank)
Luka Biong Deng (Kush Institute)
Matthew Arnold (Asia Foundation)
Joseph Schechla (HIC - HLRN, CSM)

15.30 – 16.30
Coffee Break

16.30 – 18.30
Panel 3: Resilience of individuals, households, communities and local institutions in protracted crises.

Moderator:
Francois Grunewald (Group URD)

Panelists:
Patricia Justino (IDS)
Gregory Gottlieb (USAID)
Amadou Allahoury Diallo (L’Initiative 3N)

18.30 - 18.45
Closing Remarks

19.00
Aperitivo for HLEF Participants (FAO Terrace) 

Day Two - 14 September - Red Room, FAO

9.00 – 9.30
Participant Registration

9.30 – 10.00
Reflections on Day One

10.00 – 12.00
Panel 4: Building partnerships to break cycles of recurrent or protracted crises: Lessons from experience.

Moderator:
Alexandra Trzeciak-Duval (OECD)

Panelists:
Martin Bwalya (NEPAD)
Abla Benhammouche (IFAD)
Luca Alinovi (FAO)
Christine Van Nieuwenhuyse (WFP)

12.00 – 14.00
Lunch Break

14.00 – 16.45
Panel 5: The way forward: Elements for an agenda for action.

Moderator:
David Nabarro (UNDP / HLTF)

Panelists:
Amadou Allahoury Diallo (L’Initiative 3N)
Esterine Fotabong (NEPAD)
Francesca Bomboko (g7+)
Razan Zuayter (APN, CSM)
Mahalmoudou Hamadoun (CILSS)
Philippe Thomas (EC)

16.45 – 17.00
Close of High Level Expert Forum