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2016/ATCWG/006 Agenda Item: 4

ATCWG ToR, Strategic Plan 2015-2019, and 2016 Work Plan - Presentation

Purpose: Information

Submitted by: ATCWG Lead Shepherd

20th Agricultural Technical Cooperation Working Group Meeting

Piura, Peru21-22 September 2016

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ATCWG Lead Shepherd Office

September 21, 2016

Piura, Peru

ATCWG Terms of Reference

ATCWG Establishment

Objectives

Principles of Cooperation

Scope of Activity

Structure of the Group

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ATCWG Establishment

The previous APEC Experts Meeting on ATC was established as an Experts Group on Agricultural Technical Cooperation in November 1996.

The Group was renamed to the Agricultural Technical Cooperation Working Group (ATCWG)in November 2000.

Objectives

ATCWG will serve as a forum for membereconomies to enhance the capacity of agricultureand its related industries to contribute to economicgrowth, food security and social well-being in theregion.

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Principles of Cooperation

ATCWG activities will:― based on the principles of mutual respect and equality, mutual benefit and assistance, constructive and genuine partnership and consensus building― develop an environment favourable to the effective operation of market mechanisms and integrate into the cooperation process the business/private sector and other pertinent institutions where possible― integrate environmental considerations in all relevant activities, and take into account the essential elements of Common Policy Concepts, Joint Activities and Policy Dialogue, while respecting the autonomy of each APEC economy over its policies;

Principles of Cooperation (cont.)

― pay due consideration to the diversity of agricultural sectors in the region;― recognize the rapid changes occurring in the agricultural sectors in the region; and ― avoid duplication with, and add value to, other APEC activities, and activities undertaken by international agencies and regional foras.

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Scope of Activity

1. The Group will carry out its activities consistent with the vision

statement and action plans incorporated in the Osaka Action Agenda

and any subsequent directions, including those identified in the first

Ministerial Meeting on Food Security in Niigata in 2010, Kanzan

Ministerial Meeting in 2012 and Beijing Ministerial Meeting in 2014, and

those to be identified in subsequent Ministerial Meetings.

2. The Group will concentrate in its future work on developing a dialogue

and implementing agreed action programs on economic and technical

cooperation along the chain of agriculture and food production,

processing, marketing and distribution with special emphasis on

opportunities for agricultural technical cooperation.

3. The work of the Group shall proceed in parallel with, and complement

the work of other APEC groups.

Scope of Activity (cont.)

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Scope of Activity (cont.) 4. Agricultural Technical Cooperation will focus on, but not limited to , the

following areas of activities:

• Promote activities and regional cooperation to strengthen food securityin the APEC region, such as through the reduction of food losses.

• Conservation and Utilization of Plant and Animal Genetic Resources.• Research, Development and Extension of Agricultural Biotechnology.• Production, Processing, Marketing, Distribution and Consumption of

Agricultural Products.• Sanitary and phyto-sanitary (SPS), Integrated pest management (IPM),

Biosecurity, Biodiversity, and control of invasive alien species (AIS).• Cooperative Development of Agricultural Finance System.• Sustainable Agriculture and Related Environmental Issues, including

climate change adaptation and mitigation.• Agricultural investments and trade facilitation.

Scope of Activity (cont.)

5. Above mentioned areas of activities will be reviewed annually

against their objectives.

6. Where appropriate, the Group will liaise with the business sector

and relevant regional and international bodies to ensure that its

work is relevant, practical and focused and to avoid duplication.

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Structure of the Group

ATCWG will be composed of officials and experts fromuniversities, public and private sectors. There shall be a rotationof the Lead Shepherd every two years

The group will have a Lead Shepherd and a Deputy LeadShepherd for ATCWG, which is appointed by consensus withinthe Group

ATCWG will meet at least annually, with meetings arranged insuch a way which minimizes resource costs and maximizesmember participation

ATCWG may establish special task forces with strictly definedterms of reference and duration

Structure of the Group (cont.)

ATCWG shall review the scope of its activities and all aspects of itsoperations every three years or as new issues appear. In addition, aspart of the recommendation 12 of the SCE Fora Review, the ATCWGwill be independently assessed every four years according to theIndependent Assessment Schedule endorsed by the SCE.

ATCWG will report annually through the SCE Fora Report or asrequested by SOM

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ATCWG STRATEGIC PLAN 2015-2019


September 21, 2016

Piura, Peru

Background

At the 19th ATCWG Annual Meeting, member economies pointed outthat the Strategic Plan and TOR should be updated as necessary so thatactivities carried out are consistent with directives of previous andsubsequent Ministerial Meetings on Food Security.

LSO circulated the texts of the Strategic Plan and ToR, and theeconomies provide suggestions and comments on the documents. Then,LSO made the revisions accordingly and circulated the reviseddocuments among all the member economies for endorsement.

The revised ATCWG Strategic Plan and TOR were endorsed by SCE-COW 1 on February 2016

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Main Changes

The time duration as "2015-2019" was added for the Strategic Plan andthe "Objectives and Key Performance Indicators" was modifiedaccordingly based on the APEC related regulation i.e. the StrategicPlan for each group and fora should be re-formulated in every 5 years.

Added "Objective 7" and its related KPI to respond to the demand onenhancing capacity building activities to improve food safety in theAPEC region as declared in the “Beijing Declaration on APEC FoodSecurity”

Added the capacity building activities in "Prioritized Implementation Schedule" for implementing "Objective 7"

Modified and polished several words and sentences to make the texts more smooth and better understanding

Contents

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Vision

Mission

Objectives and Key Performance Indicators

Prioritized Implementation Schedule

Critical Thrusts/Areas to Achieve Success

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Vision


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APEC member economies have effectively addressed

the issues of food security, sustainable development,

climate change, and wealth creation in their food and

agricultural sectors.

Mission

ATCWG’s mission is to enhance agriculture’s contribution to the

region’s economic growth and social well-being by promoting

technical cooperation among APEC members. ATCWG seeks to

strengthen agriculture’s contribution to the region’s economic

growth, sustainable agriculture, food security specially food

safety, sustainable development, and enhanced social well-being

of the rural populations.

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Critical Thrusts/Areas


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① Facilitate dialogue and create opportunities to exchange views,share knowledge, information and experience among APECmember economies.② Enhance capacity building in food security and sustainableagriculture through workshops and projects at individual level andinstitutional level in terms of knowledge, skills, attitudes, anduptake of innovation outputs.③ Improve linkages, networking capability and knowledge sharingamong different groups of private and public stakeholders.④ Facilitate trade in agro-products and promote technology transferto accelerate the development and prosperity of agriculture in theregion

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Critical Thrusts/Areas10 Critical Thrusts/Areas⑤ Adopt new tools of science to address agricultural production and

distribution problems.⑥ Develop strong working relationships with other relevant APEC fora such as the PPFS, TPTWG, SMEWG, OFWG, EPWG, PPSTI, and HWG. Likewise Promote collaboration with other regional and international organizations to jointly address issues on food security.⑦ Commitment to and participation in ATCWG activities andimplementation of its recommendations.

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10 Critical Thrusts/Areas

Critical Thrusts/Areas

⑧ Provide adequate funding for ATCWG proposed activities.⑨ Provide special focus on the agriculture of the poor to address foodsecurity and rural poverty problems.⑩ Give urgent attention to the agriculture in fragile environments tomitigate the effects of climate change, reduce the chemical fertilizerdependency and increase the resilience to natural disaster inaccordance with United Nations Framework Convention on ClimateChange.

Objectives and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)


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Objective 1: To promote collaborative activities and regional cooperation

between the APEC members..

KPI

Directives carried out through projects implemented by

ATCWG, and number of economies participating.

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Objectives and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Objective 2: To improve agricultural production and distribution through

increased use of the new tools of science accompanied by

institutional innovations.

KPIs

i. New tools of science and institutional innovations introduced

by 2015;

ii. Average agricultural production increases from 2015 to 2019

and agricultural trade flows also increases over the same

time period among APEC economies.


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Objectives and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) (cont.)

Objective 3: To strengthen human and institutional resource capacities in

agriculture through education and training.

KPIs

i. 10 workshops with at least 500 participants by 2019; a

follow up survey shows that 90% of the participants in the

workshop use the knowledge gained in their jobs;

ii. 3 major conferences that generate 6 major research

papers that are published by APEC member economies.

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Objective 4: To improve environmental and natural resource management,

infrastructure development aimed at addressing food security

and safety..

KPI

Compendium of best practices on environmental and natural

resource management by end 2019 increase in member

economies investment on food security infrastructure aimed

at addressing efficiency..

Objective 5: Strengthen agricultural information systems including their

analysis and utilization.

KPI

Continue perfecting the APIP developed by Japan by 2015.


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Objective 6: To improve the capacity of member economies on

preparedness for natural disasters including cross border

diseases.

KPI

Together with EPWG, HWG and other fora appropriate and

international organizations, train 50 experts on the use of GIS

technology aimed at tracking and mitigating the effects of

natural disasters and cross border disease problems.


Objective 7: To strengthen capacity of member economies in reducing

damage and loss in agriculture and fisheries from extreme

events.

KPI

Reduction of 10% damage and loss to agriculture and

fishery and strengthening capability of these sectors.

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Prioritized Implementation Schedule


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Objective/Activities Start Date CompletionDate

KPIs

1. Promote activities andregional cooperation in the APEC region.

ATCWG organizes at least 3 projects annually.

Workshop on APECAdaptation with MitigationInitiative in Agriculture

Lead Economy: Philippines

Feb. 1,2013

Ongoing

• create an appropriateframework for cooperation to operationalize therecommendations of the APECClimate Change Symposium;• identify programs and activities to be supported by the initiative; • identify viable and sustainable partnership arrangements forclimate change adaptationfinancing and networking.

Prioritized Implementation Schedule (cont.)


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Objective/Activities Start Date

CompletionDate

KPIs

2. Improve agriculturalproduction and distribution through increased use of the new tools of scienceand institutional innovations.

1)New tools of science andinstitutional innovationsintroduced by 2015;2)APEC average agriculturalproduction increases from 2015 to 2019 and agricultural trade flows among APEC economies also increases over the same time period.

Seminar: StrengtheningPublic-Private Partnership to Reduce Food Losses in the Supply Chain

Lead Economy: Chinese Taipei

Mar. 1,2013

Dec. 30,2017

•convene annual seminar in each year with different themes of post-harvest losses;•revise the drafted methodology of APEC food losses assessment after receiving feedback from APEC economies;•extend its application todifferent types of foods;•hold a high-level policy dialogue meeting for an in-depth discussion on the achievements, follow-up policyrecommendations and strategies.

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CompletionDate

KPIs

3. Strengthen human and institutional resource capacities in agriculture through education and training.

1)10 workshops with 500participants by 2019; a follow up survey shows that 90% of the participants in the workshop use the knowledge gained in their jobs;2)3 major conferences thatgenerate 6 major research papers which are published byAPEC member economics.

Enhanced Capacity Building for Food Safety Risk Assessment in Asia-Pacific

Lead Economy: China

July 1,2012 Completed

•develop human resourcesthrough workshops, trainingprograms and experiencesharing;•develop a workplan to strengthen the cooperation with Human Resources Development Working Group (HRDWG);•hold annual meeting.



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CompletionDate

KPIs

4. Improve environmentaland natural resourcemanagement, infrastructuredevelopment related to food security and safety.

Support economy to develop compendium of best practices onenvironmental and natural resource management by end 2019.

Scientific Workshop onMeasurement and Mitigation of Greenhouse Gases inLivestock Systems for GreenProduction and Environmentof APEC Members

Lead Economy: Thailand

Jan. 1,2014

Completed

1)improve understanding of the diversity of livestock management systems in APEC membereconomies, the greenhouse gas emissions and the special characteristics of those systems;2)identify opportunities for future collaboration and coordinatedcapacity building activities inlivestock mitigation research across member economies.

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Objective/Activities Start Date CompletionDate

KPIs

5. Strengthen agricultural information systems including their analysis and utilization.

Continue perfecting the APIP developed by Japan by 2015.

Seminar for Sharing andDiscussing the InterimOutcome of the PRAI(Principles forResponsibleAgricultural Investment) Pilot Project

Lead Economy: Japan

May 1,2013

Completed

•provide valuable evidences and policy implications forpromoting agriculturalinvestment in a responsiblemanner in the APEC region;•be fed into the on-goingextensive consultation process of the principles for agricultural investment at the Committee on World Food Security (CFS).



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CompletionDate

KPIs

6. Improve the capacity of member economies onpreparedness for natural disasters and cross borderdiseases.

Together with EPWG, HWG andother fora and internationalorganizations as appropriate, train 50experts on the use of GIS technology that can mitigate the effects of natural disasters.

Training Course on theApplication of RemoteSensing and GIS Technology in Crop Production

Lead Economy: China

Jan. 1,2013

Completed

•invite experts and scientists to teach on the topics of remote sensing imageries preparation, the method and model of applying RS and GIS to obtain crop spatial distribution andacreage, to realize crop forecasting, and to monitor natural disaster;•visit an observation for visiting land remote sensing imageries receiving station.

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CompletionDate

KPIs

7. To strengthen capacity of member economies in reducing damage and loss in agriculture and fisheries from extreme events

• Reduction of 10% damage and loss over the next 10 years to agriculture and fishery • Strengthening capability of the sectors

Agriculture Technical Cooperation Working Group (ATCWG)

2016 Workplan


September 21, 2016

Piura, Peru

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Main Outcome of the 19th Annual Meeting

The Strategic Plan 2015-2019 of ATCWG was revisedand the Terms of Reference was updated. The LeadShepherd Office finalized them and later submitted toSCE on February 2016.

The meeting also adopted 2015 Work Plan and had anopen discussion on how to enhance ATCWGcooperation on the APEC projects. All participantsacknowledged that project implementation was one ofthe most important means for ATCWG to fulfil itsresponsibilities and ATCWG should make endeavours toincrease the success ratio of receiving funding for thesubmitted proposals through enhancing collaboration oncross-cutting issues and anchoring proposals to areasunder Rank 1 such as food security

Main progress and achievements of 2016

In Response to Leaders/Ministers/SOM/SCE Priorities and Decisions, and to ABAC recommendations

In 2016, ATCWG continues to implement its activities inresponse to APEC priorities with the aim for promotingagricultural information sharing and cooperation in theregion with regard to agricultural technology, andstrengthen communications and capacity building inagricultural technology, which is implementing the FoodSecurity Ministerial Meeting Declarations.

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ATCWG facilitates capacity building and knowledge, information and experience sharing in food security and sustainable agriculture through the relevant workshops

• Workshop on Strengthening Public-Private Partnership to ReduceFood Loses in the Supply Chain will be held by Chinese Taipei onSeptember 22, 2016 during the Food Security Week in Piura, whichis an implementation of the Phase II of the ATCWG Multi-yearproject.

• Workshop on Intelligent Agriculture Promotion (IAP) in the APECregion will be held by China on November 2016 in YinchuanProvince, China, with the aim to establish a platform for APECeconomies and international organizations to communicate, shareand discuss advanced technology of wisdom agriculture.


ATCWG makes some progresses in the area of food value chain

• Japan plans to create a web-based network for interested people todiscuss any issues regarding cold chains including policy,technology, and new products in order to implement an agreementin “APEC High Level Public-Private Forum on Cold Chains toStrengthen Global Agriculture and Food Value Chains (ATC 012014A)” held at Kagoshima, Japan on October 28-29, 2015

• A project on ‘Developing Smallholder Inclusive Food Value ChainModels for Local and Global Markets’ is carried out by Australia toenhance the inclusiveness of smallholders in global food valuechains. The project is studying the dairy, meat, fish and horticulturesectors and draws on the experience of farmers in five APECmember economies Indonesia, China, Vietnam, the Philippines,Chinese Taipei, and two non-APEC member countries, Cambodiaand Laos.

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ATCWG continues to encourage economics to propose newprojects for APEC funding and undertake measures to improvethe scrutiny of project Concept Notes to better align with 2016APEC priorities and quality of its project proposals.

- 4 project concept notes has been submitted for Session 1

- 9 project concept notes has been submitted for Session 2

Objectives

To review the ATCWG Terms of Reference, Strategic Plan andWork Plan for 2016 in terms of its relevance vis-à-vis emergingpriorities in the light of PPFS Roadmap and APEC 2016 Priorities

To discuss and determine strategic directions, thrusts andpriorities and obtain economy commitments to move the StrategicPlan forward

To enhance the awareness of all member economies on theAPEC funding project application and implementation in order tobetter address food security challenge in the Asia-Pacific region

Determine possible areas of collaboration among APECeconomies and with other APEC bodies and beyond to enhanceproject cooperation

The 20th ATCWG Annual Meeting

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Expected Outputs

Possible revisions to the ATCWG TOR based on agreed prioritiesand thrusts

Approval of proposed revisions/additions to the Strategic andWork plan for 2016

Identification of areas for collaboration to move forward theStrategic Plan and 2016 Work Plan

Contribute to the Ministerial Statements and Leaders’Declarations

Selection of the next ATCWG Lead Shepherd for 2017-2018 andlocation of holdingthe 21st ATCWG annual meeting

The 20th ATCWG Annual Meeting

Anticipated Activities and/or Proposed Work Planwith international organizations in response toLeaders’ and Ministers’ calls

The working group will continually invite representatives from other international organizations, including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Bank (WB), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), other international and regional organizations, and non-governmental organizations in related activities and projects.

ATCWG Workplan for 2016, extends to 2017

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Cross Cutting Issues and Relevant APEC Sub-ForaA) Issues on agricultural biotechnology:- High Level Policy Dialogue on Agricultural Biotechnology (HLPDAB)B) Issues on food security and food safety: - Policy Partnership on Food Security (PPFS)- Subcommittee on Standards and Conformance’s Food Safety Cooperation Forum (FSCF) C) Issues on private-public partnerships:- APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC), PPFS, and FSCF Partnership Training Institute Network (PTIN)


D) Other issues related to broad sense of agriculture (e.g. climate change, food security, natural resources management, trans-boundary disease control, gender issues):- Health Working Group on avian influenza issue - Ocean and Fisheries Working Group - Emergency Preparedness Working Group- Energy Working Group- Committee on Trade and Investment (Market Access Group,

Sub-Committee on Standards and Conformance, and Intellectual Property Right Experts Group)

- Policy Partnership on Women and the Economy


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