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INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR

EU-AFRICA CHALLENGES FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ANIMAL HEALTH CONTROL

LISBOA, 5TH JUNE, 2008

Organised by: Veterinários Sem Fronteiras Portugal
Location: Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Pólo Universitário do Alto da Ajuda, Lisboa, Portugal (see map)

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PROGRAMME

• 9:00 – OPENING SESSION

• 9:30 – AFRICA TODAY
  Overview of the present situation of rural development in some areas of Sub-Saharan Africa. Menaces due to climatic changes and social instability.
  MARINA TEMUDO, JOÃO MILANDO, CENTRO DE ESTUDOS AFRICANOS, CENTRE OF AFRICAN STUDIES, PORTUGAL

• 10:30 – 10:45 – Coffee break and poster exhibition of Portuguese NGOs in Africa

• 10:45 – SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS IN AFRICA
  
  • Presentation rural development projects of members of VSF Europe. (speakers and subjects to be confirmed)
  • Presentation of Livestock in Emergency Guidelines Development (Robert Allport, VSF Belgium)

• 12:30 – Lunch break

• 14:30 – SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS IN AFRICA - Presentation of projects on rural development of the responsibility of the Endogenous Livestock Development (ELD) Network.
  • Endogenous Livestock Development: facing the climate-change challenge.
    ELD representatives – Katrien van 't Hoof (Netherlands), Evelyn Mathias (Germany), Getachew Gebru (Ethiopia)

• 16:00 – ROUND TABLE - INTERNATIONAL CONTROL OF WIDESPREAD ANIMAL DISEASES – PROGRAMMES FOR SOUTHERN COUNTRIES
  The round table debate will be set up amongst invited speakers, with the participation of the audience. Subjects to debate will focus on the following issues:
  
  1. International policy control of EU and UN agencies about animal diseases that represent threats to livestock production in southern countries
     Contributions by ANA POLYVIOU (European Food Safety Authority), FAO, to be confirmed
  2. The role of southern organizations of the civil society in the success of partnerships with European NGOs in animal health control
     MANUEL CORREIA - INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DE APOIO AO DESENVOLVIMENTO, PORTUGUESE INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT
     LUÍS ALFARO CARDOSO - ASSOCIAÇÃO TROPICAL AGRÁRIA (ATA), TROPICAL AGRICULTURE ASSOCIATION
  3. Overcoming mistrust of rural societies in development projects achievement
     FERNANDO PACHECO, ACÇÃO PARA O DESENVOLVIMENTO RURAL EM ANGOLA, RURAL DEVELOPMENT ACTION IN ANGOLA
     FÁTIMA PROENÇA, PLATAFORMA PORTUGUESA DAS ONGD'S, PLATFORM OF PORTUGUESE DEVELOPMENT NGOs

• 18:00 – CLOSING SESSION

• 19:30 – DINNER IN A LOCAL ORGANISATION OF AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS

• seminar-background.pdf: Seminar backdrop slide

• alessandro_broglia_vsfe.pdf: Slides from the VSF-E presentation by Alessandro Broglia

• avsf-vohipeno.pdf: Slides from the AVSF France presentation

• sivtro_mali.pdf: Slides from the SIVtro presentation by Daniele De Meneghi

• robert_allport_legs.pdf: Slides from the LEGS pres

• katrien_vant_hooft_eld_climate_change.pdf: Slides from the ELDev presentation by Katrien van 't Hooft

• evelyn_mathias_eld_biofuel.pdf: Slides from the ELDev presentation by Evelyn Mathias

• getachew_gebru_eld_risk_management.pdf: Slides from the ELDev presentation by Getachew Gebru

• mariana_abrantes_de_sousa_funding.pdf: Slides from the presentation by Mariana Abrantes de Sousa

• fernando_pacheco_adra_mistrust_rural_societies.pdf: Slides from the ADRA presentation by Fernando Pacheco