The objective of the Pan African Cotton Meeting 2011 is to define a Road Map for the cotton sector in Africa for the next 10 years, based on the following priorities:
Increasing productivity
Improving marketing
Increasing value addition
This initiative will build on the existing national and regional strategies for the cotton sectors, as well as the EU-Africa Partnership Action Framework on cotton.
The meeting will bring together representatives of regional economic communities, government officials, producer organizations, national industries, and international buyers, as well as development partners from international and bilateral organizations.
Discussions will be based on:
Presentations by resource persons on the challenges and opportunities in the value-chains of cotton products.
Presentations by ministerial representatives and regional economic communities on relevant thematic components included in their national and regional strategies for the cotton sector.
Proposals for Road Map elements produced by an independent preliminary study.
The organizers will produce a draft Road Map to reflect the consensus established at the meeting, and also highlight areas on which consensus was not found.
The meeting will also provide an exceptional opportunity for different actors from across the cotton value chains (from producers to textile spinners) and from across Africa (and other regions) to meet, share experiences and discuss directly with policy makers.
The organizers expect that the meeting will allow participants to identify synergies to surmount specific obstacles and market-failures, and thereby improve the efficiency and profitability of the cotton sector for all actors across the value-chain.
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