Programme 16 & 17 October 2014 Holiday Inn Hotel, Leiden The Netherlands Empowered by Preface On behalf of the Netherlands-African Business Council and the African Studies Centre, we warmly welcome you to Africa Works 2014! This conference aims to connect the business, knowledge, government and NGO sectors working in and with Africa. Each of these four sectors wants to contribute to dynamic societies in Africa. It is in Dutch/European interests to develop closer ties with Africa. No longer should Africa be considered as a place that needs assistance, but as a partner. This conference is aiming to facilitate this kind of partnership. We have done our very best to attract a lot of participants from Africa: we want to talk with Africa and not just about Africa! The interplay between the private sector and government and knowledge institutions and NGOs has been intensifying over the past decade. NABC has developed sector programmes in which all these stakeholders are included. In addition, within these programmes, companies are more often also working together across value chains and this is an achievement that NABC can be proud of. In the coming years, it is looking forward to establishing more sector programmes and turning them into Africa-wide platforms that can have a strong impact on economic relations and developmental goals. This conference can certainly play an important role as an incubator of such new initiatives. The African Studies Centre is also connecting much more than before with companies, NGOs and the public sector, both in Africa and in the Netherlands/Europe and it wants to contribute to cross-agency and cross-country learning. Empowered by In 2012, NABC and the African Studies Centre co-organized the first Africa Works! conference. Its focus was on ‘21st Century Trends’ and the changing image of Africa: from being a continent in crisis to becoming an ‘emerging’ or ‘rising’ Africa. This second conference, two years later, is trying to learn from the many Africa-Netherlands and cross-agency partnerships that currently exist and hopes to develop foundations for new ones. Comparing the 2012 and 2014 conferences, one can see that the themes are broader this year and that the approach is more open to reflection, innovation and debate. But this also has to do with current developments in Africa and the world more generally. On the one hand, the debates about sustainable development goals and the need for more inclusive development in Africa (and elsewhere) are encouraging, and Africa’s economy is continuing to show relatively high growth. On the other hand, Africa is experiencing challenges that were not yet very visible in 2012: the crises in Mali and South Sudan, the Ebola epidemic in parts of West Africa, and increasingly impatient youth with their demands for better lives. Opportunities are also threats, and companies, government agencies and civil-society organizations require reliable information and knowledge about Africa. Africa Works 2014 is a ‘crowd funding’ conference, where the combined energy of many different partners will hopefully result in crowd learning. Bob van der Bijl Managing Director NABC www.nabc.nl Ton Dietz Director ASC, Leiden www.ascleiden.nl Empowered by Thursday, 16 October 08:00 - 08:45 Room: Entrance hall Holiday Inn Hotel, Leiden Registration 08:45 - 11:00 Room: Plenary room Holiday Inn Hotel, Leiden Official Opening Ton Dietz, ASC Bob van der Bijl, NABC Key-notes Christiaan Rebergen, Deputy Director-General for International Cooperation (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands) Hon. Sabine de Bethune, Chairwoman of the Flemish Senate Hon. Julia Duncan-Cassell, Minister of Gender and Development of the Republic of Liberia Miguel Pestana, Vice-President Global External Affairs and Media Relations, Unilever Hans Ouwendijk, CEO, Vlisco Group & Monique Gieskes, Brand Protection and Corporate Social, Investment Director, Vlisco Group Empowered by Thursday, 16 October 11:00 - 13:00 - First workshop round The Investment Balancing Act: Increasing Trust and Reducing Risk Inclusive Value Chains - Fact or Fiction? Room: Leiden Room: Gouda Invest in Africa’s Infrastructure Power of Sustainable Finance in Africa by: KPMG & PharmAccess by: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands by: BoPinc, IFDC, AACE Foods by: ERM & FMO Room: Wassenaar Room: Utrecht Africa Works! For whom? - Companies and communities whose realities count? Farming as a Business Room: Amsterdam Live stream workshop Room: Rotterdam Live stream workshop Local Sourcing in Africa: definitely a powerful driver, but how can hurdles be lowered? After the ICT Revolution: African Youth Shaping Their Futures by: Vlisco Group, Steward Redqueen, DEG by: ASC, IICD, Leiden University, VU University Amsterdam Room: Haarlem Room: Den Haag Partnerships for Business and Development in Complex/High-Risk Environments It’s the economy, stupid! Room: Delft Room: Alkmaar by: EKN Nairobi by: Oxfam Novib, ZELA, VU University Amsterdam by: Woord en Daad & Incluvest by: Clingendael, SPARK online, KPSRL Empowered by 14:00 - 16:00 - Second workshop round Thursday, 16 October Colloquium - Women’s Leadership in Peace-Building: Zimbabwe, South Sudan, Liberia Inspiring Experiences: Agri-Business Partnerships in Africa by: NABC, Aerea Group, BeJo Zaden, Netherlands Embassy in Ethiopia Room: Rotterdam Live stream workshop Room: Gouda Business Model Innovation for Improved Healthcare in Africa Ever Worked in a PPPLab? by: Partnership Resource Centre, Aqua for All, the Centre for Development Innovation of the WUR, SNV by: Philips, Amref Flying Doctors Room: Den Haag Room: Wassenaar Ugandan Women Entrepreneurs at Africa Works! Creating Business Partnerships Exploring African (Tax) Trends Room: Amsterdam Live stream workshop Room: Alkmaar Linking Knowledge From Business to Business - Innovative Business Cases by: Nuffic Water Challenges of the Maghreb Region - Meet & Greet Algerian Delegation Room: Utrecht Room: Leiden Decent Finance for Africa New Business Models and Work at the Bottom of the Pyramid by: Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC) by: ASC by: ASC Room: Delft Room: Haarlem 16:00 - 18:00 Reception & networking activities, hosted by PPPLab 18:30 Partnership Dinner, hosted by Rabobank Empowered by Friday, 17 October 08:00 - 08:45 Room: Entrance hall Holiday Inn Hotel, Leiden Registration 08:45 - 11:00 Room: Plenary room Holiday Inn Hotel, Leiden Opening Ton Dietz, ASC Bob van der Bijl, NABC Key-notes Mr Berry Marttin, Member of the Executive Board, Rabobank the Netherlands Stephen Ellis, Historian Hon Betty Ogwaro, former Minister of Gender South Sudan & Akinyi Walender, Director Women’s Leadership programme, Cordaid Chaired by: Prof. Joris Voorhoeve, Former Minister of Defence of the Netherlands Ambassadors’ Panel Empowered by 11:00 - 13:00 - First workshop round Friday, 17 October Colloquium - Peace-Building in the Joint ACP Local Content – How to play the win-win game Room: Haarlem Room: Utrecht PPPs for Universal Health Coverage in Africa: Dream or Reality? Inclusive Development: partnering for inclusion of marginalised groups in businesses by: Shell & PharmAccess Room: Delft by: Heerema by: Light for the World, Liliane Foundation Room: Alkmaar Business Unusual - Doing Business in Conflict Affected States Africa on the move! - Logistics Room: Wassenaar Room: Gouda Do’s, Don’ts and Matchmaking: Dutch Good Growth Fund Value Chain Development: Fruit & Vegetable Market Room: Rotterdam Live Steam workshop Room: Amsterdam Live Stream workshop by: RVO, Atradius, PWC by: SDV by: ICCO & Blue Skies Ghana Empowered by 14:00 - 16:00 - Second workshop round Get Included, Get Inclusive by: NABC, ESAMI, RSM Friday, 17 October Doing Business in Africa: Economic Diplomacy Ready at Hand! Room: Utrecht by: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands Room: Wassenaar Europe-Africa Trade and Business Relations Cultural Entrepreneurship; Hypes, Identity and New Markets in Africa Room: Rotterdam Live Stream Workshop Room: Leiden Roundtable: Frugal Innovation in Africa Fragile states in the International Financial Architecture by: ECDPM by: Centre for Frugal Innovation Africa by: ASC by: The Dutch Advisory Council Room: Delft Room: Gouda Finance Your Business by Rabobank Decent Work Makes Business Grow by: Rabobank by: CNV Room: Amsterdam Live Stream Workshop Room: Haarlem 16:00 - 18:30 Closing reception hosted by Leiden City Council Africa Thesis Award Opening by: Ms. Roos van Gelderen, alderman in Leiden of Youth, Health and Well-Being Official Closing Minister Lilianne Ploumen, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Empowered by “Business in Africa” Exhibition 1. Vice Versa 8. Pharmaccess 15. Sarost Group 22. MinBuZa 29. Agriculture Department 2. Cordaid 9. Food & Business Platform 16. Rabobank 23. Kenya Country Stand 30. Port Development Programme 3. Castor Network 10. Debate Tree 17. ASC 24. Uganda Country Stand 31. Nigeria Country Stand 4. Financial Access 11. SDV 18. Steder Group 25. Algeria Country Stand 32. Melanie 5. Star Café Uganda 12. Agri ProFocus 19. NABC 26. Ethiopia Country Stand 33. PWC 6. PUM 13. MDF Training & Consultancy 20. SGS 27. Rwanda Country Stand 34. Atradius 7. Light of the World 14. VIA Water 21. Cameroon Country Stand 28. Ghana Country Stand 35. RVO 36. Elephas Businesses The 2014 edition of Africa Works! also hosts the International Colloquium on Women’s Leadership for Peace – Building This is a follow up of the First Colloquium on Women’s Leadership in Peace-Building in Monrovia, Liberia five years ago and a preparatory meeting in Zimbabwe just before this conference. The Colloquium brings together influential women (and some men) from Africa and Europe, including Hon Julia Duncan – Cassell (Minister of Gender and Development, Liberia, also representing the President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf), Hon. Betty Ogwaro (former Minister of Gender, South Sudan), Hon. Alhaji Muhammed Mumuni, Secretary General of the ACP and former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ghana), Hon Sabine de Bethune (Chairwoman of the Flemish Senate), Akinyi Walender (Director, Women’s leadership Programme, Cordaid), Joris Voorhoeve (former Minister of Defence, the Netherlands), Simone Filipini (CEO, Cordaid), Koos Richelle (former DG Europe Aid and Social Protection and Employment, European Commission, Member of the Dutch Advisory Council on International Affairs) and Mirjam van Reisen (Tilburg University and Chair of the Advisory Committee for Development Co-operation of the Dutch ACIA). Next to Cordaid as main facilitator of the Colloquium, also the European Commission, EEPA and Tilburg University are part of this partnership. The International Colloquium contributes to Africa Works! by the keynote speech of Hon. Julia Duncan-Cassell on the first day, and with two workshops: a first panel (on the afternoon of the first day) about the Role of Women in Conflict Situations, and a second panel (in the morning of the second day) about Peace-Building as a Central Element of the Post 2015 Development Agenda. The participants will, together with many others at the Africa Works! conference, also contribute to the development of a Petition about the ebola epidemic, that currently threatens the lives of so many in West Africa, and threatens the economies of countries, which were successfully rebuilding after the devastating civil wars of a decade earlier. NOTES NOTES Badge colors: - NGO NABC Prinses Margrietplantsoen 37 (WTC) 2595 AM Den Haag T: +31 (0)70 304 3618 E-mail: [email protected] www.nabc.nl - Company - Government - Research Institute - Other ASC Pieter de la Courtgebouw / Faculty of Social Sciences Wassenaarseweg 52 2333 AK Leiden T: +31 (0)71 527 3372 E-mail: [email protected] www.ascleiden.nl countryportal.ascleiden.nl Empowered by
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