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
Session 2: Further Raising the Relevance of Partnership Initiative on South-South and Triangular Cooperation for Agricultural Development and Enhanced Food Security (SSTC-ADFS)
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
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