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The third week of the Africa Dialogue Series focuses on the sub-theme "Social protection's role in enhancing food security and nutrition for greater resilience in Africa, both as a Human Right and economic necessity." This week¡¯s activities are led by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the World Food Programme (WFP).

Comprehensively designed, universal, and carefully implemented social protection systems represent investments in human capital development and are an important part of the solution to reaching multiple development objectives simultaneously, in alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular goal 1 on ending poverty and goal 2 on zero hunger, and the African Union Agenda 2063 with a goal 1 on ensuring ¡°African people have a high standard of living, quality of life, sound health and well- being¡± and goal 3 on ensuring ¡°citizens are healthy and well-nourished and enjoying a life expectancy of above 75 years.¡±

Activities this week will demonstrate how initiatives by ILO and WFP are enhancing social protection across Africa, in line with this week¡¯s sub-theme.

When Linda Sarmento fell ill as a small child, it impaired her ability to walk. Undeterred, Linda was determined to go to school and as an adult, she found work where she could. The COVID-19 pandemic however has made a difficult situation much harder. The social protection benefit she receives from the Mozambique government has ensured that she can meet her basic needs and help her daughters attend school.

When Saida¡¯s father died, she decided to run the family farm in the Tunisian village she¡¯d grown up in, at a time when the countryside was becoming deserted and three quarters of farmers had left to work in the city. Undaunted by drought, lack of resources or her responsibilities as the head of the household, she honoured the legacy passed down by her father, who dreamed of building a dam for the village using traditional Berber techniques. Saida has always trusted in fate and ¡°the miracle¡± she¡¯d always hoped for came to pass ¨C the dam received the resources it needed and was built. The COVID-19 pandemic also helped bring back the villagers, who found new vocations thanks to the return of water.

In December 2021, ILO PROPSPECTS through its implementing partner Somali Lifeline Organization (SOLO) held a one-week training of trainers (ToT) for four beekeepers from Garissa Township, Fafi and Dadaab Sub-counties in partnership with World Food Programme and ACDI/VOCA.

The ToT was aimed to increase the number of farmers skilled in apiculture who will offer accessible and relevant technical support to their peers in the groups. The major outcome of the training was to formalize a county beekeepers association that will be the voice of the value chain actors.

Rukia Mohammed Afey, leader of Ikip Farm, a women¡¯s group formed in 1999 for divorced and single mothers in Garissa Township, was one of the trainees. She narrates her experience here.

Stigma and discrimination remain a major concern amongst people living with HIV. To support people living with HIV during COVID-19, WFP and UNAIDS piloted a cash-transfer project in Abidjan, Cote D¡¯Ivoire.

SP4SDG is a UN Joint Programme that aims to adapt the Malawi social protection system to meet emergency food needs and reduce the vulnerability of those most at risk of food insecurity by 2022, while strengthening the social protection system for all vulnerable households across the lifecycle.

WEEK 1 (May 3 - 6)

• Webinar Programme
• Speaker Biographies for webinar on Sub-theme 1: Building Resilient Socio-Agricultural Food Systems: The Key to Nutrition
• Opening Statement by Amb. Fatima Kyari Mohammed, Permanent Observer of the African Union to the Â鶹APP
• Opening Statement by H.E. Dr. Monique Nsanzabaganwa is the Deputy Chairperson (DCP) for the African Union Commission
• Remarks by Ambassador Collen Vixen Kelapile, Permanent Representative of Botswana to the Â鶹APP and President of the Economic and Social Council

WEEK 2 (May 9 - 13)

• Webinar Programme
• Speaker Biographies for webinar on Sub-theme 2: Strengthening the Resilience of Farming Systems: Land, Digital transformation and Access to Finance ¨C Making Small Holder Farmers the Backbones

WEEK 3 (May 16 - 20)

• Webinar Programme
• Webinar Programme (French)
• Speaker Biographies for webinar on Sub-theme 3: Social Protection¡¯s Role in Enhancing Food Security and Nutrition for Greater Resilience in Africa
• Speaker Biographies for Twitter space on Social Protection, Resilience and Nutrition

WEEK 4 (May 23 - 27)

• Concept Note
• Webinar Programme
• Speaker Biographies for Webinar on Sub-theme 4: Human Capital Development, Climate, Energy and Food Systems

High-Level Policy Dialogue (May 26 - 27)

• Concept Note
• Webinar Programme
• Speaker Biographies for Day One of the High-Level Policy Dialogue

Additional Documents

• How to build a resilient agriculture in Africa in the wake of the War In Ukraine and the lasting Impact Of Covid-19?
• What broke the camel¡¯s back? The debt burden
• Remarks by Ms. Cristina Duarte
• Remarks by H.E. Dr. Monique Nsanzabaganwa
• Remarks by Ambassador Collen Vixen Kelapile
• Remarks by Mr. Harold Adlai Agyeman
• Remarks by Mr. Omar Hilale
• Remarks by Ms. Maria-Helena Semedo
• Remarks by Mr. Kennedy Godfrey Gastorn
• Remarks by Osama Mahmoud Abdelkhalek Mahmoud
• Remarks by Ms. Cynthia Samuel-Olonjuwon
• Remarks by Ms. Valerie Guarnieri
• Remarks by Ms. Mathu Joyini
• Remarks by Mr. Claver Gatete
• Summary of Remarks by Dr. Godfrey Bahiigwa
• Summary of Remarks by Dr. Lawrence Haddad
• Summary of Remarks by Dr. Robert Bertram
• Remarks by Mr. David Beasley
• Remarks by Mr. Guy Ryder
• Remarks by Ms. Nivine El-Qabbage
• Remarks by Mr. Ali Bety
• Remarks by Mrs. Nardos Bekele-Thomas
• Summary Remarks by Mrs. Veda Simpson
• Summary Remarks by Dr. Jimi Adesina
• Summary Remarks by Dr. Bekele Shiferaw
• Remarks by Mr. QU Dongyu
• Remarks by Akhator Joel Odigie
• Remarks by Mr. Moussa Oumarou
• Remarks by Mrs. Julie Tshilombo
• Remarks by Mr. Nana Osei-Bonsu
• Summary Remarks by Mr. Richard Towle