SID Lecture ‘Regional Perspectives on International Relations’, with Marc Atouga (ECOWAS Commissioner for Agriculture, Environment and Water Resources)
Society for International Development, Netherlands Chapter
9 December 2013, Amsterdam
Jeske van Seters moderated this meeting, which was also attended by Quentin de Roquefeuil.

ECDPM-APRODEV roundtable on Sustainable African Agriculture and the CAADP 2014 review: Putting smallholder farmers at the centre of the CAADP process
The Value chain approach: Concepts, benefits and risks for family farming
Collectif Stratégies Alimentaires (CSA)
27 November 2013, Brussels
Willem Vervaeke actively participated in this meeting.

Partnering for Impact: IFPRI-European Research Collaboration for Improved Food and Nutrition Security
International Food Policy Research Institute
25 November 2013, Brussels
Jeske van Seters and Brecht Lein actively participated in this workshop.

Online dialogue 'How can more coherent policies lead to improvements in global food security?
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
18-22 November 2013
Jeske van Seters and Quentin co-moderated, with the OECD PCD Unit, the second day of discussions on Applying a PCD Lens to Food Security and the 5th day of discussions on Measuring policy coherence for food security.

Brussels Briefing on farmer-led research & innovation
ACP-EU Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA)
14 November, Brussels
Willem Vervaeke attended this meeting.

2013 Annual ReSAKSS Conference themed “Achieving the Maputo Declaration Target and Prioritizing Public Agricultural Expenditures”
Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS)
12-13 November 2013, Dakar
Jeske van Seters attended this event.

ECDPM Informal Knowledge Platform on Sustainable Agricultural Investments: First Workshop
8 November 2013, Brussels 

CAADP partnership platform business meeting
The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme
30-31 October 2013, Abuja
Francesco Rampa attended this meeting.

Debating Development 2013: Donor or competitor? European Agricultural Development Cooperation in Africa
University of Antwerp
29 October 2013, Antwerp
Brecht Lein was one of the speakers at this event.

Looking Beyond 2013: Are EU-Africa Relations Still Fit for Purpose?
European Think Tanks Group
28 October 2013, Brussels
Paul Engel participated in this high-level conference.

The Role of China, India and Brazil in African Agriculture and Food Security
African Studies Centre
28 October 2013, Leiden
Anna Rosengren attended this meeting.

ECDPM - GAIN (Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition) Informal Policy Dialogue on Private investment and regional approach to nutrition security: promoting an enabling environment through public-private-partnerships
25 October 2013, Brussels

NL for NIL Malnutrition. The Lancet Nutrition Series 2013: what's their message - what's our action?
Centre for Development Innovation, Wageningen UR, The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
11 October 2013, The Hague
Lesley-Anne van Wyk attended this meeting.

Brussels Briefing on " Drivers of Agricultural transformation in Africa"
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA)
2 October 2013, Brussels
Jeske van Seters, Fabien Tondel and Bastiaan van Helden attended this meeting.

First round of consultations towards the establishment of a Regional Value Chain Development Public Private Partnership Platform
Ministries of Trade and Agriculture, RECs, Farmer's Organisations and key partners
18-25 September, 2013, Kampala and Nairobi
Francesco Rampa and Willem Vervaeke held meetings with stakeholders to identify key partners in the establishment of a public-private dialogue platform to develop participatory regional value chains in Kenya and Uganda.

Fourth GFRAS Annual Meeting: The Role of Private Sector and Producer Organisations in Rural Advisory Services
Global Forum on Rural Advisory Services
24-26 September 2013, Berlin
Fabien Tondel attended this meeting.

Regional conference 'Ten Years after the Maputo Declaration on Agriculture and Food Security: An Assessment of Progress in West Africa'
Network of Farmers and Agricultural Producers Organisations of West Africa (ROPPA)
11-14 September 2013, Monrovia
Geert Laporte has delivered a keynote speech; Jeske van Seters gave a presentation and Fabien Tondel chaired one of the sessions. ECDPM also contributed to the preparations of this conference.

Roundtable on "Innovation and competitiveness in African agriculture"
Mazungumzo - The African Forum in Brussels
8 September 2013, Brussels
Fabien Tondel and Willem Vervaeke participated in this meeting and presented a summary of recent trends in the performance of the agriculture sector in Africa.

Développement de I'Agriculture en Afrique (PAC/PDDAA)
Communauté Economique des Etats de l'Afrique Centrale
3-5 September, Douala
Quentin de Roquefeuil attended this event.

Peer Review Workshop 'Ten Years after the Maputo Declaration on Agriculture and Food Security: An Assessment of Progress in West Africa'
Network of Farmers and Agricultural Producers Organisations of West Africa (ROPPA), West African Research Network REPAD and ECDPM
12-13 July 2013, Grand-Bassam
Jeske van Seters and Fabien Tondel attended this workshop to peer review country studies on progress in West Africa against the goals of the Maputo Declaration on Agriculture and Food Security.

Land Grabbing: Is Europe part of the Problem or the Solution?
Madariaga - College of Europe Foundation
10 July 2013, Brussels
Brecht Lein attended this event.

Accelerating the implementation of ECOWAP/CAADP in the context of the ECOWAS Zero Hunger Initiative
Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS)
26-30 June 2013, Ouagadougou
Jeske van Seters attended this meeting.

ECDPM - OECD Expert workshop on PCD impact assessment for food security
26 June 2013, Paris
The meeting brought together a small set of experts in order to comment on a draft methodology ECDPM and the OECD are designing in order to assess the impact of OECD non-aid policies on food security in developing countries. 

CAADP Development Partners Task Team meeting
European Commission
21 June 2013, Brussels
Fabien Tondel and Jeske van Seters attended this meeting.

Technical Workshop on the COMESA Regional Compact: Engagement with Member States, Regional Stakeholders & Development Partners
COMESA Secretariat
20-21 June, 2013, Nairobi
Francesco Rampa facilitated discussions during the session on "Removing barriers to agricultural trade and linking farmers to markets" where he used the results of ECDPM's work, including on the development of corridors

MDTF Retreat on CAADP-process financing and private sector financing
Multi-Donor Trust Fund
17-20 June 2013, Maastricht
Paul Engel, Francesco Rampa, Jeske van Seters, San Bilal and Fabien Tondel attended this meeting.

People-Centred Businesses - Making Supply Chains Work for Small Producers
European Parliament, Fair Trade Advocacy Office and Cooperatives Europe
5 June 2013, Brussels
Bruce Byiers attended this event.

OECD Working Party on Agricultural Policies and Markets
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
23 May 2013, Paris
Quentin de Roquefeuil and Jeske van Seters gave a presentation on the work undertaken to develop a methodology to be used in developing countries for assessing the in-country impact on food security of OECD country policies, including agricultural and trade policies.

Workshop Policy Coherence for Development (PCD) - Focus on Food Security
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
15 May 2013, Berlin
Florian Krätke gave a presentation.

Inter-ministerial Seminar on Policy Coherence for Development
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
10 May, Rome
Francesco Rampa and Greta Galeazzi presented the ECDPM study on policy coherence for development at this seminar.

Launch of the 2012 Global Food Policy Report by IFPRI
Centre for European Policy Studies
30 April, Brussels
Bruce Byiers attended this event.

CAADP Partners Consultation and CTF Implementation Mission
COMESA Secretariat
29 April - 2 May 2013, Lusaka
Francesco Rampa and Anna Rosengren attended this event and provided advice for the preparation of the COMESA Regional CAADP Compact and Investment Plan.

Methodological Workshop on Ten Years After the Maputo Declaration on Agriculture and Food Security: An Assessment of Progress in West Africa
ROPPA, REPAD and ECDPM
26-27 April 2013, Ouagadougou
Jeske van Seters and Fabien Tondel facilitated the methodological workshop for 10 country studies on progress in West Africa against the goals of the Maputo Declaration on Agriculture and Food Security.

SADC Regional Agricultural Policy (RAP) Key Stakeholders Meeting
SADC Secretariat
26 April 2013, Johannesburg
Francesco Rampa attended this meeting and contributed to the review and refinement of the draft text of the SADC RAP which will become the Regional CAADP Compact in Southern Africa.

Expert Meeting Farm-Firm Relations: Successful Business Brokering; How to Shape Good Farm-Firm Relations?
Agri-ProFocus
18 April 2013, Arnhem
Paul Engel spoke at this event; Bruce Byiers and Willem Vervaeke also attended.

Regional Consultation Workshop for Farmers' Organisations on Central Africa's Regional Agricultural Policy and Priority investments of the Regional Investment Programme for Agriculture and Food and Nutrition Security
Economic Community of Central African States - PROPAC
17-18 April 2013, Douala
Jeske van Seters participated in this event and provided technical assistance.

European Agribusiness in Africa: Opportunities and challenges
European Commission
10 April 2013, Brussels
Francesco Rampa was a panellist at this high-level meeting to assess the potential of Africa-EU business cooperation to support the development of agri-food enterprises for food security. His presentation discussed different approaches and challenges for public-private partnerships in agribusiness. Bruce Byiers also attended this meeting.

Réunion restreinte du Réseau de prévention des crises alimentaires au Sahel et en Afrique de l’Ouest (RPCA)
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
8-9 April, Paris
Fabien Tondel attended this meeting.

Gender, Land Rights and Rural Development in Africa: A case on irrigated paddy development scheme in Kilimanjaro region, Tanzania
Japan International Cooperation Agency
27 March 2013, Brussels
Anna Rosengren attended this event.

9th Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Partnership Platform
African Union Commission, NEPAD Agency
25-26 March 2013, Addis Ababa
Jeske van Seters and Francesco Rampa attended this meeting as well as the CAADP Partnership Platform Business Meeting on 27 March.

Brainstorming Meeting on Current WTO Agricultural Issues
ACP Group of States
19 March 2013, Geneva
Fabien Tondel attended this meeting and gave a presentation.

Political Economy of Agricultural Policy in Africa
Future Agricultures
18-20 March 2013, Pretoria
Jan Vanheukelom attended this meeting which considered what motivates African governments to invest in different kinds of agricultural development.

Towards a food secure world
16 January - 15 March 2013
ECDPM was appointed to take the lead in this online discussion that The Broker facilitates for the Dutch Food and Business Knowledge Forum.

Brussels Briefing on "Agricultural Resilience in the Face of Crises and Shocks"
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA)
4 March 2013, Brussels
Jeske van Seters, Fabien Tondel and Bas van Helden attended this meeting.

Food, Farmers and Markets
Global Donor Platform for Rural Development Annual General Assembly
30-31 January 2013, The Hague
Francesco Rampa attended this meeting and facilitated a session on Aid for Trade and Agriculture, where he presented Briefing Note 47 jointly published with the Global Mechanism.

Food Across Borders: Improving Food Security Through Regional Trade in West Africa
Economic Organization for West Africa States (ECOWAS) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
29-31 January 2013, Accra
This conference brought together representatives of the public and private sector to develop an agenda for improving West Africa’s food security through regional trade in staple commodities. Jeske van Seters sat on a panel that discussed how to meet the region's food security needs in the future. Quentin de Roquefeuil also participated in the conference.

The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAAPD) partners meeting
Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)
25-31 January 2013, Libreville
Willem Vervaeke attended this meeting on the progress of the CAADP process in the Central Africa region.

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