On Thursday October 12 at 5:00 pm, invited by PACODEL (ULIEGE), the Rector of IFA-YANGAMBI and Director of ERAIFT led a conference entitled "History of Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech's cooperation with Congo", as part of the " A month for Congo " program. In the same context, the Rector of IFA-YANGAMBI and Director of ERAIFT took part in a round-table discussion on cooperation prospects.
IFA-YANGAMBI and ERAIFT warmly thank PACODEL for this invitation, and congratulate the organizers of the event for their excellent organization of the conferences and debates.
On the occasion of the 44th edition of the world tourism day under the theme "Tourism for green investments", ERAIFT has shared its expertise in economic analysis of ecosystem services and conservation alternatives for economic investment models in ecotourism development areas; at the conference organized by the Congolese Society of Tourism Engineering Eco-environmental and Cultural (SOCITEC), from 5th to 6th October 2023 in Kinshasa, on the theme "Areas of development and expansion of tourism and ecotourism incentives in the DRC: issues and challenges for 2030". This event experienced the presence of the Minister’s Tourism Office, the National Tourism Administration, the National Tourism Office, ICCN, the DRC Green Fund, NGOs and several independent experts.
We thank SOCITEC for involving us to this event and the European Union through AGRINATURA for the means made available for us.
This forum was held from October 4 to 5 in Kinshasa under the distinguished patronage of the Head of State, H.E. Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, represented by the Prime Minister, H.E. Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde Kyenge. This multi-stakeholder meeting saw the participation of an impressive delegation from Brazil, from the Kingdom of Morocco and numerous diplomatic missions. This strategic event for the primary sector in the DRC was also animated by various panelists: political-administrative authorities (Minister of Finance, Minister of Agriculture, President of the Senate, President of the National Assembly); donors and international technical and financial partners (World Bank, UNIDO, ADB, FAO, Equity BCDC, Rawbank, Proparco, Arise, etc.); institutional partners (FONARED, SENASEM, SNEL, ANAPI); universities and research institutions (University of Naples, INERA, IITA); private sector and economic operators (Forest International Group, Terra, OCP Africa, Fédération des Entreprises Congolaises, Plantations Huileries du Congo, CDI Bwamanda, etc.). This unprecedented meeting at the national level launches an episode bringing hope for the Agribusiness sector in the DRC.
ERAIFT thanks the Head of State for his strategic vision in relation to the agricultural sector. ERAIFT is also grateful to the Ministries of Finance and Agriculture for being associated with this major event; as well as to the EU and AGRINATURA for the resources made available.
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