Location: Palazzo Carandin
Coordinator: Louise W. M. Luttikholt
| 11.15 – 13.00 pm | |
During this session, representatives of the United Nations agencies the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the International Trade Centre (ITC), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) will share their perspective on cooperation with IFOAM and the organic movement. Successes, challenges, needs and upcoming issues will be discussed. Overlapping goals will be identified. IFOAM’s role as driver and pusher will be highlighted. Chair: Gerald A. Herrmann Speakers: UNEP Asad Naqvi - Program Officer, UNEP-Economics and Trade Branch Coordinator, UNEP-UNCTAD Capacity Building Task Force UNCTAD Sophia Twarog - Trade, Environment and Development Branch (DITC) IFAD Mattia Prayer Galletti - Country Program Manager ITC Alexander Kasterine - Senior Market Development Adviser (Trade and Environment) FAO Nadia El-Hage Scialabba - Senior Technical Advisor of the Assistant Director-General of the Natural Resource Management and Environment Department. | |