16 March 2016 – Plenary Program Working Conference Day 1
(Some speakers to be confirmed)
08.00 | Start Registration; Coffee & Tea |
09.00 – 09.25 | Opening Ceremony |
Conference Moderators: Mr. Giuseppe van der Helm Mr. Joseph Cobbinah Mr. Stanley Anyetei |
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09.25 – 09.35 | ‘Welcome in Ghana’ Mr. Samuel Afari Dartey, Forestry Commission Ghana |
09.35 – 09.50 | ‘AFR100 achievements at COP21 and formulated follow up actions’ Mr. Sean DeWitt, World Resource Institute |
09.50 – 10.05 | ‘Vision towards the AFR100 Initiative and Reforestation’ Mr. Jan Bock, Die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit |
10.05 – 10.20 | ‘The state of forestry plantation investments in Africa- overview’ Mr. Petri Lehtonen, Indufor |
10.30 – 10.40 | Panel with Mr. Sean DeWitt, Mr. Jan Bock & Mr. Petri Lehtonen, Q&A with the audience |
10.40 – 11.10 | Coffee & tea break |
11.10 – 11.25 | ‘The strategy of AfDB towards investing in Climate Change Mitigation and Adaption’ Mrs. Marie-Laure Akin-Olugbade, African Development Bank Ghana |
11.25 – 11.40 | ‘Environmental, Social and Governance Factors as an element of the business case for sustainable forest plantation initiatives’ Mrs. Linda Broekhuizen, FMO |
11.40 – 11.50 | Q&A with the audience |
11.50 – 12.05 | ‘Analysis of successes and challenges – perspective of a sustainable forestry company’ Mr. Mads Asprem, Green Resources |
12.05 – 12.20 | ‘The perspective of a Sustainable Microforestry Company: What are the opportunities for financiers and the forestry sector, what creates synergy?’ Mr. Tevis Howard, Komaza |
12.20 – 12.35 | ‘How to build your investment pipeline – building bridges between financiers and companies’ Mr. Esben Brandi, Quantum Global |
12.35 – 12.45 | Q&A with the audience |
12.50 – 13.50 | Lunch break |
14.00 – 14.20 | On stage discussion: ‘The connection between plantation forestry in Africa and the Dutch government’s policies on development cooperation and climate change mitigation and adaption’ Mrs. Reina Buijs, Deputy Director-General for International Cooperation Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Netherlands |
14.25 – 14.45 | ‘Perspective of Managing a Sustainable Forestry Plantation Company’ Joint Presentation – Mr. Paul Hol, Form International, Mr. Willem Fourie, Form Ghana & Ms. Mariam Awuni, Form Ghana |
14.45 – 14.55 | ‘Community Land’ Nana Dasebere Dr. Amankona Diawuo II, Chief of Berekum |
15.00 – 15.30 | Key Note I: ‘Needs and challenges for forests in Africa’ Honourable Mr. Kofi Annan, Chairman of the Kofi Annan Foundation, 7th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1997 – 2006) and Nobel Peace Laureate (2001) |
15.30 – 16.00 | Coffee & tea break |
16.00 – 16.15 | ‘Triple Bottom Line Model for Forest Landscape Restoration’ Mrs. Camille Rebelo, Founder of Eco Planet Bamboo |
16.20 – 17.10 | Investors Panel: ‘Boosting investment in sustainable plantation forestry, afforestation and reforestation initiatives’ Moderated by: Mr. Stanley Anyetei Participants: |
17.10 – 17.30 | Key Note II: ‘The perspective of Ghana: How to create an enabling environment for sustainable (agro-) forestry initiatives? A discussion on land leases, tax facilities, law enforcement and governmental financial guarantees.’ Mr. Nii Osah Mills, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources of Ghana |
19.00 | Transfer to Labadi Beach Hotel for evening program |
19.30 – 22.30 | Evening program at Labadi Beach Hotel |
17 March 2016 – Plenary Program Working Conference Day 2
(Some speakers to be confirmed)
08.00 | Start Registration: Coffee & Tea |
09.00 – 09.15 | ‘Four returns: restoring landscapes that generates inspirational, social, natural and financial returns’ Mr. Willem Ferwerda, CommonLands |
09.15 – 09.25 | Q&A with the audience |
09.25 – 09.45 | ‘The importance of African forests in combating climate change and climate change adaptation’ His Excellency Dr. John Agyekum Kufuor, UN Special Envoy for Climate Change and former president of the Republic of Ghana |
09.50 – 10.15 | ‘Investing in Sustainable Forestry, financial and ESG due diligence; timing, risks and opportunities’ Joint Presentation: Mrs. Hanna Skelly, Finnfund & Mr. Gerhard Engel, FMO |
10.20 – 11.10 | Parallel Session A. Governments Panel ‘What is the role of African Governments to stimulate commercial plantation initiatives?’ Moderated by: Mr. Sean DeWitt World Resource Institute Participants: Parallel Session B. Fund Pitches Participants: |
11.10 – 11.40 | Coffee & tea break |
11.45 –12.35 | Parallel Session C. On stage discussion ‘Integrating climate finance and forestry for landscape level outcomes’ Moderated by: Mrs. Rebecca Asare NCRC Participants: Participants: |
12.35 – 13.05 | On stage discussion with an investor and a plantation company Moderated by: Mr. Magchiel Groot FMO Participants: |
13.05 –14.00 | Lunch break |
14.05 – 15.05 | Break-out session 1 ‘Bridging the perceived time gap between the investors agenda and the timeframe for financial results of forestry plantation companies’ Moderated by: Mr. Timothy Flemming International Woodland Company Break-out session 2 Break-out session 3 Break-out session 4 Break-out session 5 |
15.05 – 15.30 | Coffee & tea break |
15.40 – 16.10 | Theme of discussion: ‘How can the plantation forestry sector become an appealing asset class for Landscape restoration?’ Moderated by: Mr. Stanley Anyetei Participants: |
16.10 – 16.30 | ‘The perspective from East-Africa’ (incl. a video message of Mr. January Makamba) Mrs. Gladness Mkamba, Ministry of Natural Recources and Tourism in Tanzania |
16.30 – 16.40 | ‘Wrap up of the working conference, conclusions and the road ahead’ Mrs. Tineke Lambooy, Nyenrode Business University |
16.40 – 16.50 | ‘Final words by conference moderators’ Mr. Giuseppe van der Helm Mr. Joseph Cobbinah Mr. Stanley Anyetei |
16.50 – 17.10 | ‘Achieving sustainable development – the role of landscape restoration’ Mr. Mahama Ayariga, Ghana Minister of Environment, Science and Technology |
17.10 | Ceremony of handing gifts to participants |
18 March 2016 – Fieldtrip to Form Ghana Ltd.
08.00 – 09.00 | Flight Accra – Kumasi |
09.00 – 11.00 | Transfer to Akumadan |
11.00 – 15.00 | Field visit with lunch |
15.00 – 17.00 | Transfer Akumadan to Kumasi |
18.00 – 19.00 | Flight Kumasi – Accra |
19.00 | Arrival at Accra Airport |