Event 9 September - Scaling up what works: Making finance flow to forest and farm producer organizations - FAO HQ Iran Room, 12:45
Join the FFF and the FAST Partnership to learn how the FFF has pioneered an innovative, cost-effective and scalable financing model that channels finance directly to forest and farm producer organizations in 14 countries around the world. Join online: https://fao.zoom.us/j/93578833757 - Password: 66713347.
At this interactive event, participants will:
• discover why forest and farm producer organizations are not merely beneficiaries but agents of change in climate-smart food systems;
• find out more about how the FFF supports producers through business incubation, small grants and partnerships with other development programmes;
• take part in an expert-led discussion on how to scale up the FFF’s successful approach.
Programme
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Opening and welcome Master of Ceremony: Sophie Grouwels, Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) |
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Opening remarks: Zhimin Wu, Director, FAO Forestry Division (NFO) |
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Welcomeaddress: Martial Bernoux, Coordinator, Food and Agriculture for Sustainable Transformation (FAST) Partnership |
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Catalysing change: |
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Presentation: Pascale Bonzom, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) |
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Presentation: Jhony Zapata, Forest and Farm Facility (FFF), FAO |
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Panel discussion: Co-creating the future: Scaling up FFPOs’ finance Moderator: Marco Boscolo, FAO Forestry Division (NFO) |
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Lany Rebagay, Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) |
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Juan Carlos Jintiach, Global Alliance of Territorial Communities (GATC) |
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Weselina Angelow, The World Savings and Retail Banking Institute (WSBI) |
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Duncan MacQueen, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) |
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Closing remarks |
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Katia Vuori, Chief Executive Officer, AgriCord |
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