Youth, Agripreneurship and the Sustainable Development Goals
Transcript of Youth, Agripreneurship and the Sustainable Development Goals
Youth, Agripreneurship and the Sustainable Development Goals Joint SIANI and SLU Global Workshop Monday, May 8th 2017, 9.00-16.00 Sida headquarters - Valhallavägen 199, Stockholm
Workshop programme 09:00 Welcome and short introduction. Teun Dekker, SLU and Karolin Andersson, SIANI
09:05 Development cooperation and youth in agriculture - Sida’s engagements and perspectives. Ola Möller, Senior Policy Specialist, Sida.
09:10 Global development perspective on agripreneurs programs. Kostas Karantininis, Professor in Business Administration, SLU.
09:25 The IITA Youth Agripreneur Initiative explained, and what possible global interfaces are there? Ylva Hillbur, Pro Vice-Chancellor for International relations at SLU
09:40 Challenges and opportunities from agripreneurship in Africa – First hand experiences. Micael Edler, Executive Director, Bratt International, Sweden
09:55 Panel discussion
10:25 Coffee break
10:40 ENGAGE – ENGendering AGribusiness Entrepreneurship. Presentation of three new PhD projects. Merezia Wilson, Mohamed Samkunde and Mesia Ilomo, University of Dar-es-Salaam Business School (UDBS) and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU).
10:55 Young Professionals for Agricultural Development – Ypard. Iana Perevoschikova, Ypard Russia
11:10 Swedish - East African Chamber of Commerce -SWEACC. Per Olof Seman, board member at SWEACC
11:25 Agripreneurship Alliance: a youth focused approach to food security. Steven Carr, Independent Consultant, Switzerland
11:40 Panel discussion
12:15 Lunch
13:15 Round Table discussions
14:45 Coffee break
15:15 Wrapping up the day and defining outcomes
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