Programme
Tuesday 7 November 2017 (Side event - Upon Invitation)
9:00 – 16:00 (UPON INVITATION) Multi-stakeholder meeting on Gender Equity in the Banana Industry
Genève room, Centre de Conférence de Varembé (CCV)
Wednesday 8 November 2017
Conference of the World Banana Forum (WBF)
Room 2, International Conference Centre (CICG)
8:30 Registration of participants
9:10 Inaugural speech by Renwick Rose, Chairperson, Executive Board of the World Banana Forum (WBF)
9:15 Welcome speech by Dominique Kohli, Assistant Director, Federal Department of Economy,
Training and Research, Federal Office of Agriculture of Switzerland (FOAG)
9:20 Opening remarks by Deborah Greenfield, Deputy Director-General for Policy,
International Labour Organization (ILO)
9:25 Opening Address by Carolyn Rodrigues Birkett, Office director,
FAO Liaison Office to the United Nations Office in Geneva
9:30 Conclusions of the multi-stakeholder strategy meeting on Gender Equity in the Banana Industry
SESSION 1
9:45 Panel discussion: People at work
Opening remarks: Alette van Leur, Director, Sectoral Policies Department, International Labour Organization - ILO
Moderator: Sue Longley, Secretary General, International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations – IUF (Switzerland)
Panellists:
· George Kporye, Corporate Affairs & Administration Manager, Golden Exotics LTD (Ghana)
· Minister Raul Clemente Ledesma Huerta, Minister of Labour, Ecuadorian Government (Ecuador)
· Alette van Leur, Director, Sectoral Policies Department, International Labour Organization - ILO
· Magne Svartbekk, CSR Director, Bama Gruppen AS (Norway)
· Adela Torres, General Secretary, National Trade Union of the Agricultural Industry - SINTRAINAGRO (Colombia)
· Guillaume Tossa, Coordinator of the IUF Regional African Banana Workers Network (Benin)
Topics
- Gender issues
- Labour rights and decent work
- Health and safety
11:20 Break
11:30 Open discussion with all participants
12:00 Looking ahead: priorities and key opportunities for People at work
12:15 Lunch break
SESSION 2
13:15 Panel discussion: Sustainability: the global perspective and challenges in a changing climate
Opening remarks: Inge van den Bergh, Scientist and ProMusa Coordinator, Bioversity International
Moderator: Jeroen Kroezen, Head of Sustainable Tea, Coffee, Cocoa & Fruit Department, Solidaridad (Netherlands)
Panellists:
· Inge van den Bergh, Scientist and ProMusa Coordinator, Bioversity International
· Gustavo Gandini, Director of Organic Agriculture, Biodiversity and Environment, Ecological Bananas Association of the Northwest Line- BANELINO (Dominican Republic)
· Jan 't Lam, Markets Transformation Global Fruit lead, The Rainforest Alliance (United States)
· Thierry Lescot, Agronomist Researcher, Agricultural Research Centre for International Development - CIRAD (France)
· Alain Normand, Head of Agronomy, R&D, Compagnie Fruitière (France)
· Luis Pocasangre, Director of Research, Professor of Tropical Crops, Earth University (Costa Rica)
· Manfred Pülm, Quality Manager, Greenyard (Germany)
Topics
- Soil and land management
- Pesticide management and use
- Biodiversity conservation
15:05 Break
15:15 Open discussion with all participants
15:45 Looking ahead: priorities and key opportunities for Sustainability:
the global perspective and challenges in a changing climate
16:00 Panel discussion: Compete and collaborate: Global collaboration in the WBF
Opening remarks: George Jaksch, Chair of the board, Biodiversity Partnership Mesoamerica - BPM (Costa Rica)
Moderator: Katie Knaggs, Head of Sustainability, International Procurement and Logistics – IPL (United Kingdom)
Panellists:
· Michelle Bhattacharyya, Coordinator, Global Living Wage Coalition - GLWC (United States)
· Andrew Biles, CEO, Chiquita Brands International (Switzerland)
· George Jaksch, Chair of the board, Biodiversity Partnership Mesoamerica - BPM (Costa Rica)
· Alexandra Kessler, Project Coordinator, Action Alliance for Sustainable Bananas – ABNB/CSCP (Germany)
· Xavier Roussel, Vice President Marketing and Sustainability, Dole Food Company (United States)
· Adwoa Sakyi, Regional Coordinator for Africa, International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations - IUF (Ghana)
· Luis Suarez, Executive Secretary , Fair trade National Coordination of Peru - CNCJ (Peru)
Topics
- Collaborative research
- National collaboration with international platforms
- Public-private collaboration
17:45 Open discussion with all participants
18:15 Looking ahead: priorities and key opportunities for Compete and collaborate:
Global collaboration in the WBF
18:30 Close
Reception & networking event offered by the Federal Office of Agriculture of Switzerland - FOAG
Thursday 9 November 2017
Conference of the World Banana Forum (WBF)
Room 2, International Conference Centre (CICG)
SESSION 3
9:00 Panel discussion: Future of bananas: Managing the risks of Fusarium wilt TR4
Opening remarks: Stewart Lindsay, Team Leader - Banana Production Systems, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Queensland (Australia)
Moderator: Luud Clercx, Coordinator, WBF Task Force on TR4 (Netherlands/AgroFair)
Panellists:
· Koronado Apuzen, Executive Director, Farmcoop (Philippines)
· Stewart Lindsay, Team Leader - Banana Production Systems, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Queensland (Australia)
· José Madriz, Market and Production Coordinator for bananas, fresh fruits and flowers, Latin American and Caribbean Network of Fair Trade Small Producers and Workers – CLAC (El Salvador)
· Enrique Uribe, Technical Expert, GLOBAL G.A.P. (Germany)
· Jorge Sandoval, Research Director, National Banana Corporation of Costa Rica - CORBANA (Costa Rica)
· Altus Viljoen, Chairperson of Fusarium research, Stellenbosch University (South Africa)
· Morag Webb, Head of Advocacy and Market Access, The Europe-Africa-Caribbean-Pacific Liaison Committee - COLEACP (Belgium)
Topics
- Status and impact of TR4
- Need for integrated management and prevention approaches
- Role of stakeholders and the WBF TR4 Task Force
10:55 Break
11:05 FAO Global Programme on TR4
Fazil Dusunceli, Agricultural Officer, Plant Production and Protection division, FAO
11:15 Open discussion with all participants
11:45 Looking ahead: priorities and key opportunities for Future of bananas: Managing the
risks of Fusarium wilt TR4
12:15 Lunch break
SESSION 4
13:15 Panel discussion: How to achieve a fairer distribution of value?
Opening remarks: Denis Loeillet, Agroeconomist, Market Analyst and Managing editor of the FruiTrop journal, Agricultural Research Centre for International Development, CIRAD/FruiTrop (France)
Moderator: Alistair Smith, International Coordinator, Banana Link (United Kingdom)
Panellists:
· Stephen Antig, Executive Director, Pilipino Banana Growers and Exporters Association - PBGEA (Philippines)
· Patrick Belser, Senior Economist, International Labour Organization (ILO), ILO Global Wage Report
· Gilbert Bermudez, Sub-Coordinator, Coordinating Body of Latin American Banana and Agro-Industrial Unions - COLSIBA (Honduras)
· Fernando Bolaños, CEO, Agroamerica (Guatemala)
· Wilbert Flinterman, Senior Advisor on Workers' Rights and Trade Union Relations, Fairtrade International (Germany)
· Edgar Monge, Responsible Sourcing Manager - Americas, TESCO (United Kingdom)
· Kozel Peters, Coordinator, Windward Islands Farmers' Association - WINFA (Windward Islands)
Topics
- Living wages
- Prices and costs of sustainable production
- Future of small farmers in the banana industry
15:05 Break
15:15 Open discussion with all participants
15:45 Looking ahead: priorities and key opportunities for How to achieve a fairer distribution of value?
16:00 Conclusions and next steps
- WBF priorities, organization, future
- Presentation and adoption of draft Communiqué / Final declaration
18:15 Closing address by Pascal Liu, Senior Economist, Coordinator of the World Banana Forum
Friday 10 November 2017 (side event)
9:30 - 16.30 Engaging stakeholders in combatting Fusarium wilt TR4
Room 2, International Conference Centre (CICG)