High-level Ministerial Meeting of the SSTC-ADFS partnership initiative, Dubai, U.A.E.

A high-level Ministerial Meeting was organized in the framework of the partnership initiative on South-South and Triangular Cooperation for Agricultural Development and Enhanced Food Security (SSTC-ADFS) jointly supported by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), and the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC).

Session 1: South-South Cooperation in Response to National Development Priorities

High-level Statements by the Participating Member States

• H.E. Mr. Zhanybek Kerimaliev, First Deputy Minister, Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Kyrgyzstan
• H.E. Mr. Róbert Zsigó, State Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Hungary
• Mr. Ali Recep Nazlı, Director General, General Directorate of the European Union and Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock, Turkey
• Mr. Muhammadjon Kosimov, Head of Department of Economic Analysis and Forecasting of Development of Agricultural Production, Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources, Uzbekistan

Technical Presentations by the Supporting Multilateral Institutions

• Master of Ceremony Speech: Mr. Ahmed Faruk Diken, Senior Technical Cooperation Specialist, Capacity Development Department, Islamic Development Bank
• Role of South-South and Triangular Cooperation in the IFAD Business Model
  Mr. Abdelkarim Sma, Regional Economist, Division of Near East,
 North Africa, Europe and Central Asia, IFAD
• Role of ISDB Reverse Linkages Approach in further advancing the SSTC-ADFS Initiative
  Mr. Abdelhakim Yessouf, Senior Technical Cooperation Specialist, Reverse Linkages Division, Capacity Development Department, IsDB
• Cross Regional Exchange Corridors
  Mr. Edem Bakhshish, Chief of UNOSSC Division for Arab States, Europe and the CIS

More information:

• Final Report
• Media Advisory
• Press Release
• Photos from the event