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Provisional program for the
11th General Conference
of AARINENA
12-14
October 2008
Damascus-Syria
Sunday 12, October 2008 Day 1
08:30-10:00 – Registration
10:00-11:00 Opening Session
• Statement by the President of AARINENA
• Statement by FAO/RNE ADG
• Statement by ICARDA Director General Representing CGIAR
• Statement by GFAR Chair
• Statement by H.E. the Minister of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Syria
11:00 -11:30 Coffee Break ,Group picture
11:30 -11:40 Adoption of the Agenda and Timetable, Election of Reporter and
Nomination Officer
AARINENA President
Global & Inter-Regional Collaboration Session
Chair : Dr. A. El-beltagy
Co-Chair: Dr. S. Barghouti
11:40-12:00 Global Cooperation in ARD, Dr. Mark Holderness
12:00-12:20 Inter-Regional Cooperation, APAARI/AARINENA, Dr. R. Paroda
12:20-12:35 Inter-Regional Cooperation, FARA/AARINENA, Dr. A. Agumya
12:35-12:50 Inter-Regional Cooperation, FORAGRO, Dr. M. Allegri
12:50 -13:10 Coffee Break
13:10-13:25 Inter-regional Cooperation, ERA-ARD , Dr. C. Hoste
13:25-13:40 ARIMNet, a Cooperative Network for Agricultural Research in the
Mediterranean, Dr. M Dodet
13:40-13:55 Collaboration between AARINENA and ISHS, Dr. N. Looney
13:55 -14:50 Lunch Break
AARINENA Activities Session
Chair: Dr. A. Al-Bakri
Co-Chair: Dr. M. Albraithen
14:50 -15:20 AARINENA Activity Report, Dr. I. Hamdan
I- Regional
Agricultural Information System(RAIS)
15:20-15:45 Enhancing Information & Knowledge in WANA, Dr. Ajit Maru
15:45- 16:10 AARINENA.RAIS Progress
Report, Mrs. T. Ebrahimi
16:10-16:35 Launching of NERAKIN & Development Status of thematic Netmorks, Mr. M. Latif
16:35-16:50 Discussion
16:05-16:35 Coffee Break
Election Announcement
16:50 -17:10 Election Announcement by the Nomination Officer
17:10 -17:45 Review Posters & Publications
19:30 Dinner hosted by H.E. Minster of Agriculture &
Agrarian Reform in Syria
Monday 13 October 2008 Day 2
II.Network Activities Session
Chair: Dr. M. Solh
Co-Chair: Dr. M. Roozitalab
09:00 - 09:15 Cotton Inter-Regional Network, Mrs. A. Gharedaghli
09:15 - 09:30 Olive Network, Dr. B. Karray
09:30 - 09:45 Medicinal & Aromatic Plants Network, Dr. M. Fayyad
09:45 -10:00 Water Use Efficiency Network, Dr. A. Bahri
10:00- 10:15 Agricultural
Biotechnology Network, Dr. M. Madkour
10:15-10:45 Coffee Break
Regional Plant Genetic Resources
Network(PGRN)
10:45 -11:15 Establishment of Regional PGRN at WANA,
Dr. George Ayad, BI
11:15- 11:35 Global Crop Diversity Trust
collaboration with PGRN, Dr. L. Guarino
11:35- 11:50 Discussion
III.Research Priority Setting Session
Chair: Dr. W. Tawil
Co-Chair: Dr. C. Hoste
11:50-12:10 Global Priorities and Needs, Dr. Ajit Maru,
GFAR
12:10-12:30 Revisiting CWANA Research Priorities & Needs Assessment,
Dr. K. Shideed, ICARDA
12:30-12:50 ICARDA Small Ruminants workshop Summary, Dr. S. Galal
12:50- 13:00 Discussion
13:00-14:00 Lunch Break
IV.Linking Farmers to Market (LFM)Global Partnership Program (GPP)
Chair: Dr. I. Muharram
Co-Chair: Eng. M. El-Kholy
14:00-14:25 Project Development to support LFM-GPP , Dr. M. Garcia
14:25-14:50 LFM AARINENA Case Studies, Dr. Samir Habbab
14:50-15:00 Discussion
15:00-15:30 Coffee Break
IAASTD Sub-Global Assessment for CWANA
Session
Chair: Dr. S. Christiansen
15:30-17:00 IAASTD Findings, Dr. M.
Guellouz & Dr. H. Herren
Presentation of IAASTD
Discussion
Presentation of the Results of IAASTD
Discussion
Brainstorming Session: How Research can
contribute to the implementation of IAASTD Results.
19:30 Dinner
hosted by the "French Initiative for International Agricultural
Research"(FI4IAR)
Tuesday 14 October 2008 Day3
AARINENA Administrative Issues Session(AARINENA
Members)
Chair: Dr. A. Abou-Hadid
Co-Chair: Dr. M. Holderness
8:30-9:00 Constitutional Amendments; Dr. M. Roozitalab
9:00-9:20 Financial Report. Mrs. Hala Hamati
9:20- 9:50 Launching of NASRO, Eng. A. Gibriel
9:50 -10:20 Coffee Break
Election Session
Chair: Nomination Officer
Co-Chair: Dr. I. Hamdan
10:20 -11:00 Election of the President, Vice President and 5 Sub-regional
Representatives
11:00 -11:10 Date & Venue of the 12th General Conference
11:10 -11:20 Closure
11:20 -12:00 Newly Elected Executive Committee Members (Closed Meeting)
12:00
: Field Trip to Surghaya Research Station for fruit trees followed by
Lunch hosted by Director General of GCSAR in Bloudan
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