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A\u00a0World Summit for the Empowerment of Women Farmers in the Congo Basin\u00a0has been officially launched in Brussels.
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The\u00a0high-level\u00a0conference was organised under the auspices of the\u00a0European\u00a0–\u00a0African Alliance\u00a0\u00a0by the\u00a0European Centre for Development Studies and Geostrategic Analysis (ECDA) and the IPOMA Foundation\u00a0at the European Parliament\u00a0for Food Security and Climate Justice.
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To mark the launch of\u00a0the\u00a0major international event\u00a0a\u00a0press conference was held Tuesday, June 9, 2026,at the European Parliament in Brussels, organized by the Socialist Group (Sand D) and\u00a0a\u00a0Member of the European Parliament\u00a0Nikolas Farantouris.
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In what is seen as a\u00a0Major Diplomatic and Strategic Crossroads Between Europe and Africa\u00a0the summit was organised\u00a0under the High Patronage of His Excellency the President of the Republic of Congo and supported by the active sponsorship of Belgian Minister of State Andr\u00e9 Flahaut.
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The press conference brought together an exceptional panel of political leaders, diplomatic delegations, and leading figures from international civil society.
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The objective of\u00a0the\u00a0meeting with the media was to unveil strategic roadmap\u00a0with\u00a0the main areas of focus\u00a0being\u00a0international partnerships that will lead to signing of the future Brussels Declaration.
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Opening remarks were made by\u00a0Host Mr. Nikolaos Farantouris (S&D), Member of the European Parliament and Professor of EU Law at the University of Piraeus (Greece), and moderated by\u00a0Lady Anne Gis\u00e8le Ngo.
The theme of the conference \u00a0was \u201cWomen\u2019s Empowerment at the Heart of Resilient Agriculture: Capacity Building and Empowerment Program for Women Farmers in the Congo Basin\u201d.
Dr. Aicha Bacha, President of ECDA (Belgium) \u2013\u00a0delivered\u00a0Presentation of ECDA and IPOMA Foundation projects.
\u00a0The\u00a0Minister of State,also\u00a0former Minister of Defense and former President of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives (Summit Patron),\u00a0H.E. Andr\u00e9 Flahaut\u00a0also spoke..
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Others present were\u00a0Minister of the Environment, Sustainable Development and Climate Economy of the Republic of Congo,\u00a0H.E. Arlette Soudan-Nonault,\u00a0African Union Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development, the Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment,\u00a0H.E. Josefa Leonel Correia Sacko.
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The conference was addressed by the\u00a0Global Chair of the G100 and former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Central African Republic\u00a0H.E. Marie-No\u00eblle Koyara, \u00a0Sustainability Expert, CEO of Bee Sentinel (Morocco),\u00a0and\u00a0leader of structuring projects in carbon accounting and environmental compliance,\u00a0Mr. Mohamed Boussalla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Women Farmers: Key Players in the Planet’s Second Green Lung
The Congo Basin is the world’s second largest ecological lung. In this crucial region, women farmers are the driving force of the rural economy and the essential pillar of food security and economic sovereignty.
But faced with the urgency of climate change, the Summit aimed to accelerate their transition to resilient agriculture through three major levers,that include Financial empowerment and direct access to markets, Technical training and skills development plus Environmental innovation and climate justice.
The European Centre for Development Studies and Geostrategic Analysis(ECDA) and the IPOMA Foundation work together to build sustainable bridges of international cooperation between the European Union and the African continent. Their work places inclusive development, climate justice, and gender equality at the heart of modern geopolitical strategies.
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\u00a0 BRUSSELS, TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 2026 By Our Correspondent in Brussels, Belgium\u00a0A\u00a0World Summit for the Empowerment of Women Farmers in the Congo Basin\u00a0has been officially launched in Brussels.\u00a0The\u00a0high-level\u00a0conference was organised under the auspices of the\u00a0European\u00a0–\u00a0African Alliance\u00a0\u00a0by the\u00a0European Centre for Development Studies and Geostrategic Analysis (ECDA) and the IPOMA Foundation\u00a0at the European Parliament\u00a0for Food Security and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lijac.ug\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lijac.ug\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lijac.ug\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lijac.ug\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lijac.ug\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lijac.ug\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34,"href":"https:\/\/lijac.ug\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions\/34"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lijac.ug\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lijac.ug\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lijac.ug\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lijac.ug\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}