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AEFJN co-organizes a session of the VENRO Lobby event of the German Presidency of the European Union. The details of the session is found following. AEFJN will facilitate the breakout session of the Social Responsibilities of Faith Communities. Please follow the link to register for the plenary and chose your break out session. Registration link here

EVENT DETAILS

Date: October 16, 2020 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Organiser: AFSA (African Food Sovereignty Alliance) SECAM (Symposium of Episcopal Commission in Africa and Madagascar) AEFJN (Africa Europe Faith and Justice Network) CGLTE-OA (Convergence globale des luttes pour la terre et l’eau-Afrique de l’Ouest) RWA (Rural Womens’ Assembly) CICODEV (Institut pan africain pour la Citoyenneté, les Consommateurs et le Developpement) ACT Alliance-EU, CIDSE

Civil society webinar on rural development in Africa

Registration: Click on the link here to register by 15th October

You will have to indicate which break out room you would like to attend. Without the indication of a preference participants will be allocated randomly to a break out room.

N.B.: The event starts at 13.30, but we are encouraging participants to log in early (at 13h00), especially those who wish to get a quick training on how to use online tools to participate interactively in the breakout session, mainly in the session on the Role of faith-based actors.

Languages: interpretation will be provided in English, French and Portugese

PROGRAMME

Plenary session- 13.h30- 14h 30

Bishop Sithembele Sipuka, SECAM (Symposium of Episcopal Commission for Africa and Madagascar)
Busisiwe Mgangxela, Eastern Cape Agroecology Farmers’ Association
Kone Massa, CGLTE-OA (Global Convergence of Land and Water Struggles in West Africa)
Nina Moeller, Coventry University Center for Agroecology, Water and Resilience

Break out session- 14h30-15h30

Social Responsibility of the Faith Communities
Role of Women in Rural Development: Agroecology, Food and Nutrition Security
Land Grab and Mechanisms for Monitoring and Holding to Account Activities of EU Investments (UNDROP and ETO)
Finance for Agroecology: Under which conditions can finance work for agroecological transitions

This webinar is part of the VENRO Africa-Europe civil society conference, see the programme here and overview of all the workshops here.