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Program for 20 October 2009 - Agribusiness

8:30 am

Registration

 

9:00

Welcome Remarks

Dr Volker Steigerwald
Program Manager
Private Sector Promotion Program, GTZ

9:10

Opening Remarks

“The Philippine Industrial Development Strategy”

Hon Merly Cruz
Undersecretary, RODG
Department of Trade and Industry

9:30

Message

”Implementation of the Philippine Industrial Development Strategy: How various agencies work together”

Hon Marriz Agbon
Undersecretary / Chairperson, Convergence Committee / President, Philippine Agribusiness Corporation, Department of Agriculture

9:50

Value Chains:
“An approach for the co-investment of
Government and Enterprises”

Dr Andreas Springer-Heinze,

Senior Planning Officer, Section "Promotion of Agriculture and Food" Division 45, GTZ Eschborn

10:20

Value Chains in regional and cross border applications: Experiences in BIMP-EAGA

Dr Peter Richter
Sector Network Coordinator, Asia, GTZ

10:40

Coffee Break

11:00

Country Case Study: Thailand

Dr James Tomecko
Director of Business and Financial Services
Thai-German Program for Enterprise Competitiveness

11:45

Open Forum

12:30

Lunch

1:30

Case Presentations

 

PPP for the Promotion of Organic Farming and Processing of White Copra in Leyte Island

Ms Maylyn Villamor
Department Head for Cooperative Support Services
Agribusiness Federation of Financial Intermediaries
for Rural Empowerment (AFFIRE)

 

Swisscontact’s Local Economic Development in Indonesia (cashew)

Mr Prashant Rana
Deputy Country Programme Director / Head of Operations, Swisscontact Indonesia

 

Action for Enteprise’s Woven Products Value Chain development

Mr Henry Panlibuton
Action for Enteprise (AFE) / STRIVE Philippines

 

SNV Inclusive Agribusiness Development in Vietnam

Mr Nico Janssen
Portfolio Coordinator / Sector Leader Smallholder Cash Crops, SNV Cambodia

 

GTZ Thailand Shrimp Value Chain Promotion

Dr James Tomecko
GTZ Thailand

 

Capacity Development for the
Small Seaweed Farmers
through a Value-Chain Approach

Mr Jerry Pacturan,

Philippine Development Assistance Programme, Inc.
Organic Certification Center of the Philippines

3:00

Open Forum

 

3:30

Mechanics of Break-out Groups

 

3:45

Coffee Break

 

4:00

Breakout Sessions

Sub-Group 1: Agribusiness (Terrestrial)

Sub-Group 2: Agribusiness (Marine-Based)

Sub-Group 3: Sub-Regional Cooperation

 

4:45

Breakout Groups Synthesis

Reflections and Commitments

Concluding Statement

 

DTI, DA and private sector organization

Dr Volker Steigerwald


End of Agribusiness Conference

Program for 21 October 2009 - Tourism

8:30

Registration

 

9:00

Welcome Remarks

Dr Peter Richter
Principal Adviser / Project manager
GTZ BIMP - EAGA Project

9:15

Opening Remarks

Mr Samie Lim
Chairman Tourism Committee
Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry

9:30

Keynote Address

Hon Oscar Palabyab
Undersecretary
Tourism Services and Regional Offices
Department of Tourism

10:00

Promoting Tourism Value Chains and Destinations

Dr Andreas Springer-Heinze
Senior Planning Officer
Section "Promotion of Agriculture and Food" Division 45, GTZ Head Office, Eschborn

10:30

Trends in Developing Sustainable Tourism Value Chains

Prof Dr Zadok S Lempert
Sustainability, Tourism & Social Development Management Specialist
Srinakharinwirot University, Thailand

11:00

Coffee Break

11:15

SNV Tourism VC’s in Asia

Mr Nico Janssen
Portfolio Coordinator / Sector Leader Smallholder
Cash Crops, SNV Cambodia

Update on Asia Pacific Tourism

Gregory A Duffell
President and CEO, Pacific Asia Travel Association

11:30

Open Forum

12:00

Lunch

1:00

Presentation of Case Studies

 

Promoting Tourism in Laos as a Vehicle Towards Poverty Reduction:
“Lessons for the VC Approach”

Ms Kirsten Focken
CIM Expert and Marketing Advisor, Lao National Tourism Administration (LNTA), Vientiane, Laos

 

SNV’s Tourism VC in Luang Prabang

Mr Nico Janssen, SNV Cambodia

 

Branding a Regional Tourism Destination:
“The Case of BIMP-EAGA”

Ms Cristina Matta
Vice Chairperson, BIMP-EAGA Tourism Council

 

Promoting Health and Wellness Tourism:
“The Cebu Experience”

Dr Clarissa Pe,
Cebu Health and Wellness Council

 

Tourist Destination Development:
“Beyond Bali”

Mr Thomas Ulrich
Project Manager, WiSATA, Swisscontact Indonesia

2:30

Open Forum

3:00

Mechanics of Break-out Groups

3:15

Coffee Break

3:30

Value Chain Cafe

4:30

Reflections and Commitments

Concluding Statement

 

Dr Peter Richter


End of Tourism Conference
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