High-Level Conference on Water for Agriculture and Energy in Africa: The Challenges of Climate Change Sirte, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 15-17 December 2008.

High-Level Conference on

Water for Agriculture and Energy in Africa: The Challenges of Climate Change

Sirte, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 15-17 December 2008

OUTCOMES• Soaring Food Prices

• Slow Agriculture Growth

• Climate Change and Environmental Degradation

• Increasing Energy Prices

Follow up to FAO-HLC on World Food Security – June 2008

Sirte 2004 Actions/Outputs as its entry point

Sirte, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. 15-17 December 2008

Water for Agriculture and Energy in Africa: The Challenges of Climate Change

THE CONFERENCE

The principal aim of the Conference will be to examine the issue of water resources in Africa in the context of higher demand from the agriculture and energy sectors and climate change.

The Conference, which will be held in a context of food crisis driven by soaring food prices, will be an opportunity to discuss water control projects within the framework of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme.

The Conference will examine investment needs and management problems for harnessing of water and irrigation at village level, for the rehabilitation of large-scale hydro-agricultural works and for the development of major river basins.

FOCUS ON:FOCUS ON:

Concrete Programmes and Concrete Programmes and Plans for ActionPlans for Action

Assessment of Assessment of their financial their financial costcostin terms of in terms of

feasibility feasibility studies and studies and implementatiimplementation of workson of works

Sirte, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. 15-17 December 2008

Water for Agriculture and Energy in Africa: The Challenges of Climate Change

THE STRUCTURE

All Days: Water Technology Fair, Poster Sessions and Parallel Events

Working Session 1

Prospects for food and energy demands by 2030-2050

• Plenary Session – Scene Setting• Working Groups - Addressing water energy and the challenges of climate change• Plenary Session – Discussing Results

• Registration• Speeches by

-Host Country, -Director General, -AU, -AMCOW, -AfDB,-ECA

Day 1: Opening Ceremony

Final

Declaration

Drafting

Session

Roundtable 2Partnership for the financing of water and energy investment projects

Roundtable 1Saving Lake Chad

Day 3

Closing Ceremony

High-Level SegmentApproval of Conference Declaration and Action Plan

Working Session 3

Financing Mechanisms and implementation strategies

• Plenary Session – Scene Setting• Working Groups – Addressing the relative merits of finance modalities in relation to national and regional priorities• Plenary Session – Discussing Results

Working Session 2

Defining the investment envelope

• Plenary Session – Scene Setting• Working Groups – Addressing overall investment needs in relation to specific regional contexts• Plenary Session – Discussing Results

Day 2

Throughout the Conference: Finalization of the Declaration and Action Plan

Sirte, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. 15-17 December 2008

Water for Agriculture and Energy in Africa: The Challenges of Climate Change

PRODUCTS

Case Studies

National Investment Briefs

Thematic Papers

Regional View Papers

Final Declaration and Plan for Action

Setting the scene of each working session

Stocktaking of national strategies, national investment projects and donors’ projects in the agriculture and energy sectors

Thematically structured as the Conference themes, they summarize the results of each of the regional workshops and will be the input to the Regional Working Sessions

Pinpointing specific issues in order to stimulate discussion during the working sessions

A stocktaking of the major issues regarding to water for Agriculture and Energy and the impacts of Climate Change.

A declaration by Governments of Africa and development partners to put together an Action Plan and engage into investment programmes for water development in support of agriculture and energy at short, medium and long term.

Partnership Agreements for food and energy security in Africa.

Sirte, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. 15-17 December 2008

Water for Agriculture and Energy in Africa: The Challenges of Climate Change

OUTCOMES

Sirte, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. 15-17 December 2008

Water for Agriculture and Energy in Africa: The Challenges of Climate Change

THE VENUE

The Sirte Congress Place, with a covered surface of about 44,000 m2, comprises a great number of conference halls and services:

• A Press Room with 95 seats.

The Great Congress Hall: with a capacity of 3,660 seats, it is equipped with one of the most advanced audio-visual systems and simultaneous translation.

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The Presidential Conference Hall has a capacity of 24 presidential seats plus 168 seats destined to the members of their delegations.

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• Four Conference Rooms, with 700 seats each.

• Two Conference Rooms, with 48 seats each.

• Two coffee halls and a restaurant.