Date/Time
Date(s) - 01/02/2024
10:00 - 13:30
Location
Press Club Brussels Europe
Categories
Event upon invitation only
Agenda
10am Introduction by Franziska Rau, Advisor deforestation-free supply chains, GIZ
10:10 – Tyala Ifwanga, Forest governance campaigner, Fern
Presentation of Fern’s paper ‘Assessment of the EU Sustainable Cocoa Initiative: Looking Back on the Journey and to the Road Ahead’
10:25 – Bakary Traore, Director, IDEF
10:30 – Francesco Tramontin, Vice President EU Institutional Relations and Group Public Policy Center, Ferrero
10:35- Michael Ekow Amoah, Deputy director in charge of research and development, COCOBOD
10:45 – Regis Meritan, Senior expert – agricultural growth, DG INTPA, European Commission
10:50 – Urszula Stepkowska, Deputy head of unit, ACP countries, DG Trade, European Commission
10:55 – 11:50 – Discussion moderated by Heidi Hautala MEP
- Part 1: Q&A and views from stakeholders on what should be next steps for Sustainable Cocoa Initiative (10:55-11:25)
- Part 2: Discussions on lessons learned for other commodity partnerships (with introductory reflections from Heidi Hautala MEP) (11:25 -11:50)
11:50 – Closing remarks by Heidi Hautala MEP
12:00 END / Lunch