Collaboration in Landscapes for Sustainable Development – Hybrid dialogue with Tony Simons CIFOR-ICRAF

Collaboration in Landscapes for Sustainable Development
– Hybrid dialogue with Tony Simons CIFOR-ICRAF who visit Sweden

Hybrid dialogue 27^th of April, 13.15-15.30.

KSLA, SIANI, Focali, and SLU invite you to a seminar with Tony Simons, Executive Director, CIFOR-ICRAF, who is visiting Sweden. Tony Simons will share what role Swedish institutions and CIFOR-ICRAF can play to meet the urgent and intertwined challenges the world faces today: the climate, ecosystem, food, and poverty crisis. Swedish actors representing different sectors will share how they strive to tackle the challenges. A discussion will be facilitated on how we can collaborate and invest in landscapes for sustainable development in broad partnerships.

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Draft Agenda:

• Welcome and introduction by KLSA (Speaker TBA)
• Tony Simons, Executive Director, CIFOR-ICRAF, Director-General ICRAF, and Fellow of Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry KSLA.
• Q&A with Tony Simons 
• Capacity development programs in landscapes: The LoCoFoRest (Locally Controlled Forest Restoration) training programme. A Governance and Market Oriented Approach for Resilient Landscapes. Anders Malmer International coordinator, Swedish Forest Agency and Adj Professor, SLU and Lotta Samuelson Program Manager SIWI Team Lead Resilient Landscapes. 
• Civil society and development actors in landscapes: Bo Lager, Senior Policy Advisor Agriculture, The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation.
• Q&A with LoCoFoRest and SSNC 
• Private sector actors in landscapes: Mikhail Tarasov, Global Forestry Manager, IKEA of Sweden AB
• Financing of sustainable landscapes: Duncan Macqueen – Principal researcher and leader (forests), Natural Resources at The International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
• Q&A with private and financial representatives 
• Panel discussion with speakers and participants 
• In concluding reflection, Elisabeth Simelton, Senior Policy Specialist Agriculture Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), Climate Change Scientist previously at ICRAF Vietnam and member of the Focali research network.
• Coffee and mingle for participants at KLSA

Main moderator: Ng’endo Machua-Muniu, Communications Officer AgriFoSe2030 and Stockholm Environment Institute, SEI
Co-moderator: Maria Ölund Project Manager Focali – SIANI at Gothenburg Centre for Sustainable Development, GMV

Organisers: KSLA, SIANI, Focali and SLU