BRAINSTORMING MEETING ON SECTORAL AFRICAN GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT INDEXES ON AGRICULTURE AND TRADE

DRAFT PROGRAMME OF WORK

Session 1: Introductory remarks

Chair: Ms Thokozile Ruzvidzo, Officer In Charge, African Center for Gender and Social Development (ACGS)

09.00 Welcoming address and introduction of the objective of the meeting, by Ms Thokozile Ruzvidzo, Officer In Charge, ACGS

09.10 Introduction of participants

09.20 Brief introduction of the development account project on ‘Strengthening African Statistical Systems to generate gender disaggregated Data', by Tacko Ndiaye, Economic Affairs Officer, ACGS

09.30 Brief presentation of APRODEV and its work on gender and trade, by Ms Karin Ulmer, Policy Officer on Trade and Gender, APRODEV, Brussels, Belgium

09.40 Brief presentation of the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) and its work on equity and trade, by Mr. Werner Corrales-Leal, Senior research fellow, ICTSD, Geneva, Switzerland

Discussion

10.00 Coffee break

Session 2: Introducing the work on the sectoral African Gender and Development Indexes

Chair: Mr Stephen Karingi, Chief, Trade and International Negotiations Section, Trade, Finance and Economic Development Division (TFED)

10.10 Brief presentation of the African Gender and Development Index (AGDI), by Ms Emelang Leteane, Economic Affairs Officer, and Mr Souleymane Abdallah, Associate Economic Affairs Officer, ACGS

10.25 Scope of the sectoral AGDIs on trade and agriculture, by Tacko Ndiaye, Economic Affairs Officer, ACGS

•  Discussion

Session 3: Brainstorming on the sectoral AGDI on trade

11.00 Brainstorming and review of gender indicators and statistics on trade

•  National level indicators

•  Indicators on intra-African trade

•  Indicators on international trade

•  Other indicators

13.00 Lunch break

Session 4: Brainstorming on the sectoral AGDI on agriculture

Chair: Mr. Werner Corrales-Leal, Senior research fellow, ICTSD

•  Brainstorming and review of gender indicators and statistics on agriculture

15.30 Coffee break

Session 5: Brainstorming on how to address the interlinkages between agriculture and trade in the sectoral AGDIs

Chair: Ms. Karin Ulmer, Policy Officer on Trade and Gender, APRODEV

15.40 Review of indicators to capture the linkages between trade and agriculture from a gender perspective

16.15 Closure of the meeting