World Cocoa Foundation Partnership Meeting

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World Cocoa Foundation Partnership Meeting

• October 4-5, 2006
• Washington, DC

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Welcome!

• Ambassadors and Diplomatic Staff
• U.S. and E.U. Government
• Cocoa Producing Country Representatives
• Key Partners and Stakeholders
• World Cocoa Foundation Members Industry
• Guests

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Opening Speaker

• Mr. Luis Alberto Moreno
• President
• Inter-American Development Bank

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Opening Speaker
Ms. Ann Veneman Executive Director UNICEF
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WCF Officers Report

• John Long, WCF Chairman
• Clive Barnes, WCF Co-Vice Chairman

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WCF Meeting Overviewand Announcements

• Bill Guyton, President

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May 2006 Meeting in Brussels

• Achieving and Measuring Sustainable Success at
  the Farm Level
• 150 attendees (60 first time participants)
• Workshops (Economic. Social, Environmental)
• Ratings Farmer support models, consumer trends
• More cocoa producing country representation
• More input from WCF membership base
• More information on market trends
• Suggestions on future workshops

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October 2006 Meeting Objectives

• 1. Announce New Initiatives
• 2. Seek input on workshop themes
• Post Harvest Handling (environmental)
• Value-Added Cocoa (economic)
• Youth Leadership (social)
• 3. Provide program updates and information
• 4. Develop new partnership opportunities

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Todays Agenda (October 4)

• TIME TOPIC
• 830 Opening Speakers
• 930 Officer Reports, Overview, Announcements
• 1030 Break
• 1100 WCF-Sponsored Program Updates
• 1230 Lunch
• 1400 Workshops Themes
• 1 Post Harvest Handling Chairman Rm 2nd
  Floor
• 2 Value-Added Congressional Rm 2nd Floor
• 3 Youth Leadership Terrace Ballroom
• 1400 Workshops Summary Reports
• 1700 Reception, Awards Poster Session (State
  Room)

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Tomorrows Agenda (October 5)

• TIME TOPIC
• 900 Membership Update
• 930 Health Programs in Rural Communities
• 1015 Break
• 1030 Labor Program Update
• 1115 Cocoa Research Update
• 1200 Lunch
• 1330 Chocolate Sampling
• 1400 Insights on Cocoa Production/Marketing
• 1500 Insights on Consumer Trends
• 1400 Closing Remarks

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WCF Staff and Assistance

• Bill Guyton
• Robert Peck
• Tracey Duffey
• Virginia Sopyla
• BK Matlick
• Bob Lumsden
• Mariann Matlick
• Carly Zoerb (CMA)
• Yuka Iwatsuki (Winrock)
• Sarah Vingoe (Winrock)

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WCF Announcement 1

• 2007 WCF Officers
• John Long, Chairman
• Roger Dehnel, Co-Vice Chairman
• Karl Walk, Co-Vice Chairman
• Alain Fredericq, Secretary/Treasurer
• New WCF Executive Committee Members
• Sol Beatriz Arango (SME category)
• David Zimmer (trade associations category)
• New Members Report Tomorrow

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WCF Announcement 2

• Launch of STCP Healthy Communities
• Cote dIvoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Liberia
• Income improvements, responsible labor, education
• Benefiting 150,000 Small Scale African Cocoa
  Farmers
• 5 year program, starting October 1, 2006
• Partners
• WCF/Industry members
• African governments
• Farmers
• USAID
• IITA
• SOCODEVI
• Cabi Biosciences

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WCF Announcement 3

• Debut of New Website!
• www.worldcocoafoundation.org
• WCF Mission
• Members
• Partnership Programs
• Farmer Success Stories
• Challenges
• Cocoa Information Center
• Blogs - Podcasts
• Individuals Organizations Participation

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Next Partnership Meeting May 22-24,
2007 Amsterdam NH Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky