10:00

Opening Ceremony:
Master of Ceremony: Hon. C.N. Keenja, Minister for Agriculture and Food Security, to make introductions and welcome the Prime Minister
Vote of Thanks:
Opening Remarks: By Workshop Chairperson, Rt. Hon. Frederick Tluway Sumaye, the Prime Minister of the United Republic of Tanzania and to welcome the President of the United Republic of Tanzania
Keynote Address: Statement by President of the United Republic of Tanzania, H.E. B. W. Mkapa
Keynote Address: Statement by President of IFAD, Mr Lennart Båge
Strategy Framework: IFAD's Regional Poverty Assessment and Strategy for Eastern and Southern Africa, Mr Gary Howe of IFAD

11:10

Group photograph

11:15

Tea Break

11:45

Regional Perspectives on Growth and Poverty Reduction: Mr. John Monya, Agricultural Adviser, NEPAD Secretariat

13:00

Lunch

14:30

Leading Questions for the Workshop

15:00

Working Groups
Ministerial Working Group: Priorities for Reducing Rural Poverty in the Regional Growth Process
Technical Working Group: Market Linkages and Globalisation for the benefit of the Rural Poor
Technical Working Group: Financial System and Intermediation Process for the Rural Poor
Technical Working Group: Access of the Poor to Natural Resources, including land, water, livestock and fisheries
Technical Working Group: Agricultural Technology and Extension Services
Technical Working Group: HIV-AIDS and social sectors (IFAD/BSF) and Gender Empowerment
Technical Working Group: Tanzania Portfolio Assessment
and future direction for Poverty Alleviation - A Case Study

17:30

Tea Break

18:30

Reception

09:00

Plenary: Putting Pro-poor Rural Growth on the Policy and Institutional Agenda

09:30

Ministerial Working Group. Making the case for rural growth: turning around the declining commitment to investment in support of the rural economy of the poor
Policy and Institutional Issues, and Priorities for Change. Technical Working Group: Market Linkages and Globalisation for the benefit of the Rural Poor
Technical Working Group: Financial System and Intermediation Process for the Rural Poor
Technical Working Group: Access of the Poor to Natural Resources, including land, water, livestock and fisheries
Technical Working Group: Agricultural Technology and
Extension Services
Technical Working Group: HIV-AIDS and social sectors
(IFAD/BSF) and Gender Empowerment
Technical Working Group: Tanzania Portfolio Assessment and future direction for Poverty Alleviation - A Case Study

11:00

Tea Break

11:30

Working Groups: Finalisation of Working Groups
Recommendations

12:30

Lunch

13:30

Plenary: Summary presentation by working groups and discussion

16:00

Tea Break

16:30

Communiqué: Future directions

Closing Statements:
Statement by President of IFAD, Mr Lennart Båge
Statement by Prime Minister of Tanzania, H. E. Frederick
Tluway Sumaye