Promoting Sustainable Investments in Agriculture: Legal and policy options in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Training for Parliamentarians in West Africa
The Pan African Parliament (PAP) together with West African parliaments – the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS Parliament) and Inter-Parliamentary Committee of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) (IPC-WAEMU), organised a three-day training workshop titled Promoting Sustainable Investments in Agriculture: Legal and policy options in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, from 14 to 16 December 2015. More than 40 participants from the three parliaments and invitees from the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) attended the workshop.
The training is part of Phase 2 of the project “Making Agricultural Investment Work for Africa,” and provided legal and political tools to promote responsible and sustainable investment, including model contracts for both the leasing of farmland and contract farming. The training also focused on the implementation of the CFS Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems (CFS-RAI) and the new Directives on Land Policies.
Event details
December 14-16, 2015
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Event Materials
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Workshop Report English
English report
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Workshop Report French
French report
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Session 1 - Questions Foncières en Afrique: l’agenda foncier de l’UA (French)
Hubert Ouedraogo, Land Policy Initiative (LPI)
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Session 1 - Aperçu des investissements fonciers en Afrique de l'Ouest (French)
Mohamed Coulibaly, IISD
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Session 2 - Les initiatives mondiales et régionales de promotion de l’investissement agricole responsable (French)
Francine Mukazi Picard, IISD
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Session 2 - Promoting Sustainable Agricultural Investment: Legal and Policy Options (English)
Larbi Odamé, Land Policy Initiative (LPI)
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Session 3 - Cadre légal des investissements agricoles (French)
Mohamed Coulibaly, IISD
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Session 5 - Process of Laws Enactment of at EAC/EALA (English)
Hon. Christophe Bazivamo, East African Legislative Assembly
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Session 7 - Towards a model contract: issues to consider (English)
Carin Smaller, IISD
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Session 7 - Eléments de contenu des Contrats d’Investissement Agricole (French)
Mohamed Coulibaly, IISD
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Session 9 - Agriculture contractuelle (French)
Frederique Mestre, UNIDROIT
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Session 10 - L’agriculture contractuelle : encadrement juridique et bonnes pratiques (French)
Frederique Mestre, UNIDROIT
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Session 12 - Lessons from country experiences (English)
Carin Smaller, IISD
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Session 12 - Lutte contre l'accaparement des terres en afrique de l'ouest: cas du benin (French)
El hadj Issa Azizou, former Ministre of Agriculture, Benin
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Session 12 - Land Registration in Rwanda (English)
Christophe Bazivamo, former Ministre of Agriculture, Rwanda
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Session 13 - L'investissement dans l'agriculture en afrique de l'ouest (French)
Cheick Oumar Ba, IPAR Sénégal
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Session 15 - Implementing the AU Agenda on Land in the ECOWAS Region (English)
Larbi Odamé, Land Policy Initiative (LPI)

