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Mr. Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, vice-President of the international  "4 per 1000" Initiative ; African Union Special Envoy on Food Systems ; former CEO of NEPAD (NEw Partnership for Africa's Development); former Prime Minister of Niger (tbd)

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Ms Ercilia Sahores, Vice-President of the international "4 per 1000" Initiative, International Director at Regeneration International, Organic Consumers Association and Vía Organica, Mexico. (tbd)

Inaugural session – Welcome address through speeches from Officials

• Ms Annie Genevard, Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry of the French Republic (tbc)

• Mr. Alois Rainer, Federal Minister for Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity of Germany (tbc)

• Mr. Luis Planas Puchades, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of the Kingdom of Spain (tbc)

Inspirational presentation

Mr. Bruno Brasil, Director, Department of Sustainable Production and Irrigation, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Brazil (tbc)

High-Level segment

Introduction 

High-level speeches

Introduction by tbc Ms Ercilia Sahores, Vice-President of the international "4 per 1000" Initiative.

10 to 15 high-level speakers will "take the floor" online or through a 2 mn-video.

• Ms Valérie Verdier, CEO, IRD (Institut de la Recherche et du Développement / French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development), France (confirmed)
• Mr. Charles Hedouin, Atelier des Sols Vivants, France (confirmed)
• Mr. Bertrand Gorge, Founder, Neayi Triple Performance, France
• Mr. Jean-Pierre Princen, CEO, Gaiago, France (confirmed)
• Ms Louise Baker, Managing Director, The Global Mechanism, UNCCD (United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification)
• Ms Natalia Rodríguez Eugenio, Soil scientist - Land and Water Officer, FAO-GSP (Global Soil Partnership), International Organization (United Nations agency) based in Rome, Italy
• Dr Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, Director General, The Alliance of Bioversity International & CIAT, International Organization based in Rome, Italy (video)
• Mr. John Barker, Director General, OIV (International Organisation of Vine and Wine), International Organization based in Dijon, France
• Mr. Teodoro Miano, Secretary General, CIHEAM (Centre International des Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes / International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies), International Organization based in Paris, France
• Dr Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, Vice-President of the international "4 per 1000" Initiative, African Union Special Envoy on Food Systems
• Ms Diane Masure, President, APAD (Association pour la Promotion d'une Agriculture Durable / Association for the Promotion of a Sustainable agriculture), France
• Ms Elisabeth Claverie de Saint Martin, CEO, Cirad (Centre de coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement / French International Agricultural Research Centre for International Development), France
• Ms Suzanne Reynders, Coordinator, Soil Carbon IRC (International Research Consortium), program ORCaSa, led by INRAE (Institut National de la Recherche pour l'Agriculture et l'Environnement / French National Research Institute for Agriculture and Environment), France.

To be further defined

Dr Deborah Bossio or Dr Budiman Minasny,   the "4 per 1000" STC (tbc)

The 10th anniversary of the international "4 per 1000" Initiative

The 1st Decade of the international "4 per 1000" Initiative (2015-2025):

Facts & Figures (Narrative, Graphs, Quotes) and presentation of the 10th Anniversary document by Mr. Paul Luu, Executive Secretary of the international "4 per 1000" Initiative.

The 10th anniversary event in Paris, France, on 24 April 2025, during the ChangeNOW summit, by Ms. Beatrice Breton-Askar, Strategic Partnerships & Global Outreach Director, the "4 per 1000" Executive Secretariat

The next Decade of the international "4 per 1000" Initiative (2025-2035):

• Quotes and proposals from the 24th April event
• Results from the "4 per 1000" questionnaire 
• Live proposals from the audience.

The "4 per 1000" Regional Conferences in 2025

The UNFCCC COP in 2025

• The LAC Soil Carbon 2025 (the "4 per 1000" Latin American & Caribbean Regional Conference), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 25 to 29 June 2025, by Ms Beata Madari, Research and Development Scientist, Member of the "4 per 1000"-Soil Carbon IRC STC (Scientific & Technical Committee), EMBRAPA (EMpresa BRAsileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária / Brazilian Agricultural Research Organization), Brazil
• The SoilCarbon4Climate conference (the "4 per 1000" Temperate Climates conference), Berlin, Germany, 11 to 13 September 2025, by Ms Claudia Schepp, Scientific Director, the "4 per 1000" Executive Secretariat
  
• UNFCCC COP Climate 30 (Belem, Brazil, 10 to 20 Nov. 2025) by Dr Paul Luu, Executive Secretary of the international "4 per 1000" Initiative.

 by Ms. Beatrice Breton-Askar, Strategic Partnerships & Global Outreach Director, the "4 per 1000" Executive Secretariat

Mr. Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, vice-President of the international  "4 per 1000" Initiative ; African Union Special Envoy on Food Systems ; former CEO of NEPAD (NEw Partnership for Africa's Development); former Prime Minister of Niger (tbd)

or

Ms Ercilia Sahores, Vice-President of the international "4 per 1000" Initiative, International Director at Regeneration International, Organic Consumers Association and Vía Organica, Mexico. (tbd)