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SESAME : Seminar on Water and Food Security in the Mediterranean
21 & 22 February 2013, Agropolis International, Montpellier (France)
UPON INVITATION ONLY
This seminar will gather an assembly of 150 experts and decision-makers from all over the Mediterranean rim. A policy brief will be published as an output of this seminar. In addition, plenary speakers and organisers will be invited to form a think-tank about the links between water and food security in the Mediterranean.
This seminar held in the framework of "2013, International Year of Water Cooperation"
Global changes – globalisation of economies, socio-demographic trends, degradation of natural resources, climate change – give cause for concern about the world’s food security.
The situation is particularly worrying in the Mediterranean region, where water scarcity, over-exploitation and degradation of natural resources and ecosystems, and vulnerability to climate change are combined.
The 2007-2008 food crisis must be taken for an early warning and urge decision-makers to find out solutions at the local, national and regional levels, in particular to secure water resources and ensure food security.
The Mediterranean countries from the North, South and East rims not only share some common problems and strengths, but their destinies are also closely inter-related. In this context, the objective of the seminar is to share points of views and experiences about water and food security in the region, in order to initiate a think-tank on the subject and to produce useful analyses and a policy brief for decision-makers.
CGAAER : Conseil général de l’alimentation, de l’agriculture et des espaces ruraux
CGDA : Conseil général du développement agricole (Maroc)
AFD : Agence française de développement
Plan Bleu : centre d’activités régionales financé par l’ensemble des pays riverains et par la communauté européenne dans le cadre des Nations Unies (PNUE/PAM)
CIHEAM : Centre international de hautes études agronomiques méditerranéennes
Echanges Méditerranéens : ONG internationale, rassemble 250 ingénieurs et universitaires des deux rives.
IME : Institut méditerranéen de l’eau
PFE : Partenariat Français pour l’Eau
CGEDD : Conseil général de l’environnement et du développement durable
Animation seminar: Jean-Yves Ollivier, CGAAER/Echanges Méditerranéens
Thursday, February 21th |
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9:00 - 9:45 | Opening ceremony Introductive speach : Mohamed Aït Kadi, president of the general council for agricultural development (CGDA) – ministry of agriculture and fisheries of Morocco and chairman of the Global Water Partnership technical committee |
9:45 - 10:45 | Session 1. The Mediterranean situation put into perspective with the global issues
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10:45 - 11:15 : Coffee break | |
11:15 - 12:45 | Session 2. Field approaches for sustainable management of water resourcesChairperson: Derradji Zouini, professor at University Badji Mokhtar, Annaba, Algeria Which territorial governance for both water and food security in the long term?
How to organize at the local level to better manage agricultural water: the contribution of research to participatory approaches
Approaches developed by private stakeholders
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13:00 - 14:30 : Lunch | |
14:30 - 16:30 | Session 3. The water and food security issue in various Mediterranean countries: which priority actions at the national and international levels?Chairperson: Sophie Villers, president of the department "prospective, society, international", CGAAER
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16:30 - 17:00 : Coffee break |
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17:00 - 18:30 | Session 3. Continued
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Friday, February 22nd |
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9:00 - 10:30 | Session 4. Water and food security in the Mediterranean: which views for the future?Chairperson: Jean-Louis Rastoin, emeritus professorat Montpellier SupAgro, director of the UNESCO Chair "Alimentations du monde" / Associate Expert IPEMED
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10:30-11:00 : Coffee break | |
11:00 - 12:00 | Session 4. Continued
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12:00 - 12:30 | Conclusion
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12:30 - 13:30 : Closing ceremony and cocktail |
During the seminar, the IRD exhibition « les territoires de l’eau : irrigation et partage de l’eau en Méditerranée » will be presented at Agropolis International.
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