Pan African Cotton Meeting 2011

Palais des Congrès in Cotonou (Benin)

Financially supported by the Common Fund for Commodities and the European Union

The objective of the Pan African Cotton Meeting 2011 is to define a Road Map for the cotton sector in Africa for the next 10 years, based on the following priorities:

Increasing productivity
Improving marketing
Increasing value addition

This initiative will build on the existing national and regional strategies for the cotton sectors, as well as the EU-Africa Partnership Action Framework on cotton.

The meeting will bring together representatives of regional economic communities, government officials, producer organizations, national industries, and international buyers, as well as development partners from international and bilateral organizations.

Participation and registration

Due to the restricted number of places, it is advised to register before the 1st June.

Download:

Report of the Meeting [PDF, 9 pages]

Provisional Program [PDF, 6 pages]

Concept Note [PDF, 11 pages]

Commodities at a Glance

Given the recent record rises in cotton prices and wider commodity price volatility, this edition of Commodities at a glance (n°2), will focus on the world cotton industry, with a special emphasis on African cotton producing countries.

English version [pdf., 34 pages]

Who Should Attend?

High-level government officials in charge of commerce, industry and agriculture, corporate leaders involved in the production, trading, financing and distributing of cotton and textiles, representatives of international organisations, authoritative experts, academics and NGOs specializing in cotton issues.

All are requested to inform the UNCTAD secretariat of the names of their representatives by 1st June 2011. Costs associated with participation must be covered by the participants themselves.

The organizers remain open to any offers of sponsorship of the meeting.

Organizers

The meeting is held in collaboration with the Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) of the NEPAD Agency and the Government of Benin.


NEPAD	CFC	Benin

African Union	EU	ACP	CDE

The meeting was initiated by the UNCTAD in partnership with the Common Fund for Commodities (CFC), the Secretariat of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP), the Steering Committee of the European Union - Africa Partnership (COS-Coton) and the Government of Benin. The organizers acknowledge the generous funding from the European Union and the CFC.

Venue

Palais des Congrès in Cotonou, Benin