Regional Rural Development BriefingsA series of meetings on ACP-EU

development issues

Caribbean Regional Briefing:

Strengthening the Caribbean agri-food sector

Grenada, 18-19th October 2010

http://acpbriefings.net

New initiative in 2010:The Brussels Briefings go also regional!

Linked to the Brussels Rural Development Briefings

organised every two months since 2007 and webstreamed live

http://brusselsbriefings.net

Two-day ACP-EU policy-dialogue meetings in each ACP region

Topical issues raised by the region Targeting regional development

community: policy makers, private sector, civil society groups, researchers and practitioners, international organisations

This initiative is a multiactors partnership: CTA (leading organisation) the EC (DG Development and EuropeAid) the ACP Group of Ambassadors Concord (the platform of civil society

organisations) The regional economic organisations Other development partners

Holistic approach to rural development Food security and food crisis Trade and development Environment and climate change Aid effectiveness and rural governance Migration and development Health and safety in agriculture Cross-cutting issues: gender, ICTs for

development, research, youth

Objectives of the Briefings To raise awareness on key challenges To promote exchange of information and

expertise To feed in the debate by bringing various

perspectives To encourage networking and

partnerships

Chair: Dr. André Gordon, Managing Director,

Technological Solutions Limited, Jamaica

Panel 1: Key challenges for SMEs in the agri-

food sector

This session will discuss the challenges that the

Caribbean private sector faces and the key issues

involved on value chains and clusters.

Chair: Professor Claremont Kirton

Panel 2: Financial and technical instruments to

support the agri-food sector

This panel will discuss the existing and potential

financing mechanisms in support of the private

sector at regional level

Panel 3: Repositioning Caribbean agriculture

This panel will look at a number of options of future

strategic agri-food sectors to develop which

promote integrated approaches and strengthen links

between key sectors in the region such as

agriculture, tourism and environment.

Online resources

Read presentations, consult documents, listen to interviews, view videos, comment before,during and after the meetings at:

http://acpbriefings.net/ (English)http://acpbriefings-fr.net (French)

Next Brussels Briefing:Geopolitics of Food,17th November 2010

Next Regional Briefing: Southern AfricaFinancing Agriculture, 25-26th October