Programme Second Regional Dialogue on Prevention and Reduction of Food Losses and Waste

1. PROGRAMME
DAY ONE: Thursday, November 17
8:30-9:00 Registration
OPENING SESSION
9:00-10:30
Opening Ceremony – Master of Ceremonies
Welcome remarks
Ministry of Agriculture
Vyjayanthi Lopez, FAO - Officer
Focal Point on Food Losses and
Wate for the Caribbean
Grenada National Marketing
Board
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
SESSION ONE: FOOD LOSSES AND WASTE IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Expected result: National Committees or inter-sectorial working groups in FLW share their experiences and progress in
quantifying the FLWs, legal frameworks and changes in consumer habits.
Moderator: Gilian Smith
11:00-13:00
Towards the transformation of more sustainable food systems, the
importance of the Prevention and Reduction in FLW in LAC
Tania Santivanez, FAO
Regional Office for Latina
America and the
Caribbean
Reducing food losses and waste in the Caribbean
Vyjayanthi Lopez, FAO
Subregional Office for the
Caribbean
Losses in Food Balance Sheets: Current Status, Imputation and SDG12
Katherine Baldwin, FAO
Statistics Division
Legal frameworks to Prevention and Reduction of Food Losses and Waste
Soledad Vela,
Parlimentarian from
Ecuador

2. Methodology and analysis for the identification of FLW critical points and
relevant actors, and management proposals
Catalina Giraldo,
Consultant
13:00-14:00 Lunch
NATIONAL EXPERIENCES IN THE FRAMEWORK OF FLW COMMITTEES
Moderators: Vyjayanthi Lopez and Sara Granados, FAO
14:00-15:30
PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES IN TERMS OF QUANTIFICATION
Majeed Mohammed and Kelvin Craig, Consultants
Grenada Marketing and National Importing Board (MNIB)
Nadia Puerta, DNP - Colombia
Michelly Vega, INIFAT - Cuba
15:30-16:00 Coffee break
16:00–17:00
PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES IN TERMS OF LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS
Murillo Freire, EMBRAPA - Brazil
Gustavo Polenta, INTA - Argentina
17:00–18:00
GOOD PRACTICES AND SOLUTIONS
Arcadio Tavarez, MERCA Santo Domingo – Dominican Republic
Laura Brenes, Tecnológico de Costa Rica
18:00-18:30 Q&A
DAY TWO: Friday, November 18
SESSION TWO: DISCUSSION ON CARIBBEAN PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES IN THE PREVENTION AND REDUCTION OF
FOOD LOSSES AND WASTE
Expected Result: Components identified for a Caribbean Action Plan on FLW
Moderator: Vyjayanthi Lopez
8:30-9:00 Introduction and first day session summary by Vyjayanthi Lopez
9:00 – 10:00 CARIBBEAN EXPERIENCES ON PREVENTION AND REDUCTION

3. Nyasha Oxley, CaFAN
Grace del Prado, SURINAME
Dale D. Nandlal, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Emilio Montero, BELIZE
Baptiste, ST. LUCIA
Peter Michael Thompson, JAMAICA
Prendai Beecham, GUYANA
Kurt Manrique, IICA
10:00-10:30 Open dialogue
10:30 -11:00 Coffee
SESSION THREE: DISCUSSION ON THE PROMOTION OF AN INTERNATIONAL CODE OF CONDUCT FOR MANAGEMENT
OF FOOD LOSSES AND WASTE
Expected result: A Road Map for promoting an international code of conduct for the management of FLW is introduced
11:00-11:30
Introduction by Tania Santivanez “Need to promote and International Code of Conduct for the
Management of Food Losses and Waste”
11:30-12:00 Open dialogue
12:00-13:00 Plenary and Declaration
13:00 Close and Lunch