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IICA Dialogue Series: Manuel Otero and Ambassador Kip Tom

Event Date
2020-11-26
Country

Descripcion

1. What are the major threats and opportunities on the international scene? What do you think about the
European Green Deal?
2. During the upcoming year, important meetings will be held to discuss agricultural systems. IICA will organize
the meeting of the Inter-American Board of Agriculture (IABA) and the United Nations will organize the Agrifood
systems Summit.
Q - What are your expectations for both meetings and how IICA can best contribute to the Summit?
3. We have many multilateral organizations that are both part of the UN System (IFAD, FAO and WFP), and
regional organizations such as IICA.
Q - How do you envision better alliances and synergies among both multilateral systems?
Q - How do you see envision the agricultural and rural development role of IICA in the Western Hemisphere?

Program

Fecha - Hora Actividad Expositores
Thursday, 26 November, 9:00 a.m (EST) Opening and presentation of speaker Manuel Otero, Director General of IICA
The future of food security Ambassador Kip Tom - U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN Agencies in Rome
Question and answer session
1. What are the major threats and opportunities on the international scene? What do you think about the European Green Deal?
2. During the upcoming year, important meetings will be held to discuss agricultural systems. IICA will organize the meeting of the Inter-American Board of Agriculture (IABA) and the United Nations will organize the Agrifood systems Summit. Q - What are your expectations for both meetings and how IICA can best contribute to the Summit?
3. We have many multilateral organizations that are both part of the UN System (IFAD, FAO and WFP), and regional organizations such as IICA. Q - How do you envision better alliances and synergies among both multilateral systems? Q - How do you see envision the agricultural and rural development role of IICA in the Western Hemisphere?
Close of the session: Manuel Otero, Director General of IICA

Speakers

Manuel Otero, Director General of IICA

Ambassador Kip Tom - U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN Agencies in Rome

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