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SADC Seed Technical Meeting

13-17 November 2017

Southern Sun Hotel

O. R. Tambo International Airport
Johannesburg, South Africa

Monday, 13 November 2017 Plenary Day One

Time (hrs) Topic/Activity Speaker/Presenter
08:30 Registration SADC/FTF Southern Africa Seed Trade
Project
09:00 Chairperson Welcome South Africa
09:15 SADC Secretariat Remarks SADC/FANR - Esaiah Tjelele
09:30 USAID Remarks USAID/Southern Africa Mission
Director - John Groarke
10:00 Host Country Remarks South Africa
10:15 Tea Break
10:45 Quorum Roll Call Chairperson South Africa
11:15 SADC RAP Presentation SADC Policy Advisor Martin Muchero
12:00 FTF Southern Africa Seed Trade Project FTF Seed Trade Project
Progress Report in Member States Representative
12:45 Lunch Break
13:45 Member State Reports (alphabetically Angola, Botswana, DRC, Lesotho
order) Madagascar, Malawi, and Mauritius
15:15 Tea Break
15:45 Member State Reports (cont.) Mozambique Namibia, Seychelles,
South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania,
Zambia, and Zimbabwe
17:15 End of Days Session Chairperson (SA)
19:00 Cocktail Reception Main ballroom
Tuesday, 14 November 2017 Plenary Day Two
Time (hrs) Topic/Activity
08:30 Recap Day One SADC/FANR - Esaiah Tjelele
09:00 Role of the SADC Seed Centre and Former SADC Seed Centre
Harmonized Seed Regulations (HSR) Coordinator - Kalipochi Kawonga
System
10:00 Tea Break
10:30 Variety Release and Registration of CIMMYT - Peter Setimela
Publicly Bred Varieties and Land Races

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11:30 Regional Trans boundary Pests and Facilitators: Chiluba Mwape and Isabel
Diseases Update Bezhuidenhout
12:30 Lunch Break
13:30 Member State Reports - Pests and Angola, Botswana, DRC, Lesotho
Diseases Madagascar, Malawi, and Mauritius
15:00 Tea Break
15:30 Member State Reports - Pests and Mozambique Namibia, Seychelles,
Diseases (Cont). South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania,
Zambia, and Zimbabwe
17:00 End of Days Sessions Chairperson (SA)
Wednesday, 15 November 2017 Plenary Day Three
Time (hrs) Topic/Activity
08:30 Recap Day Two Chiluba Mwape
9:00 Break-out session Pests and Disease Facilitators: Chiluba Mwape and Isabel
Bezhuidenhout
10:30 Tea Break

11:00 Report back to plenary Chiluba Mwape and Isabel

Bezhuidenhout
12:00 Lunch Break
13:00 The PBR Protocol and SADC Seed SADC/FANR Esaiah Tjelele and
Centre Charter Kalipochi Kawonga
13:45 Presentation on UPOV Convention FTF Southern African Seed Trade
Project Dr. Bellah Mpofu
15:00 Tea Break
15:30 Regional Position on GMOs in the HSR SADC/FANR Esaiah Tjelele
System
16:15 Break-out session GMO positions Group work
17:00 Report Back to plenary SADC/FANR Esaiah Tjelele
17:30 End of Days Sessions SADC/FANR Esaiah Tjelele
Thursday, 16 November 2017 Plenary Day Four
Time (hrs) Topic/Activity
08:30 Recap Day Three SADC/FANR Esaiah Tjelele
09:00 SADC Seed Centre Sustainability Models FTF Southern Africa Seed Trade
Project Gerrit Struyf
10:30 Tea Break
11:00 Break-out session SADC Seed Centre Chair SADC Seed Committee - Bruce
Sustainability positions Chulu
12:00 Presentation on the Updated SADC Seed FTF Southern Africa Seed Trade
Centre Website Project Eric Sommeling
13:00 Lunch Break
14:00 Next Meeting Date and Closure SADC/FANR Esaiah Tjelele
15:00 End of Meeting
Friday, 17 November 2017 - SADC Seed Committee Committee Members Only
Time (hrs) Topic/Activity
08:30 Welcome SADC/FANR Esaiah Tjelele
09:00 Review of SADC Seed Committee Committee Chairperson Bruce
Implementation November 2016 Chulu/Zambia
10:30 Tea Break

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11:00 Priority Items for Review and Discussion Committee Chairperson Bruce
Chulu/Zambia
12:30 Lunch Break
13:30 Decisions to be taken: 1) SADC Seed Committee Chairperson Bruce
Centre website; SADC Sustainability Chulu/Zambia
Plan; 3) TBD
15:00 Close of SADC Seed Committee Meeting SADC/FANR Esaiah Tjelele
Friday, 17 November 2017 Field Visit Non-committee Members
Time (hrs) Topic/Activity
08:30 Depart Southern Sun Hotel FTF Southern Africa Seed Trade
Project
09:00 Arrive DAFF/Seed Testing Lab DAFF Seed Testing Station -Pamela
Strauss
11:30 Depart Seed Testing Lab FTF Southern Africa Seed Trade
Project
12:00 Arrive Southern Sun Hotel End of organized program

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