Youth, Agripreneurship and the Sustainable Development Goals Joint SIANI and SLU Global Workshop Monday, May 8th 2017, 9.00-16.00 Sida headquarters - Valhallavägen 199, Stockholm

Workshop programme 09:00 Welcome and short introduction. Teun Dekker, SLU and Karolin Andersson, SIANI

09:05 Development cooperation and youth in agriculture - Sida’s engagements and perspectives. Ola Möller, Senior Policy Specialist, Sida.

09:10 Global development perspective on agripreneurs programs. Kostas Karantininis, Professor in Business Administration, SLU.

09:25 The IITA Youth Agripreneur Initiative explained, and what possible global interfaces are there? Ylva Hillbur, Pro Vice-Chancellor for International relations at SLU

09:40 Challenges and opportunities from agripreneurship in Africa – First hand experiences. Micael Edler, Executive Director, Bratt International, Sweden

09:55 Panel discussion

10:25 Coffee break

10:40 ENGAGE – ENGendering AGribusiness Entrepreneurship. Presentation of three new PhD projects. Merezia Wilson, Mohamed Samkunde and Mesia Ilomo, University of Dar-es-Salaam Business School (UDBS) and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU).

10:55 Young Professionals for Agricultural Development – Ypard. Iana Perevoschikova, Ypard Russia

11:10 Swedish - East African Chamber of Commerce -SWEACC. Per Olof Seman, board member at SWEACC

11:25 Agripreneurship Alliance: a youth focused approach to food security. Steven Carr, Independent Consultant, Switzerland

11:40 Panel discussion

12:15 Lunch

13:15 Round Table discussions

14:45 Coffee break

15:15 Wrapping up the day and defining outcomes

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