Assembly/AU/ 7 (X)I Page 17 • • • • • Assist in the formulation of requests for the reprogramming of resources from on-going operations or, where there are no current operations, preparing proposals for new resources; Take concrete steps with key national stakeholders and development partners on the key steps required to formulate specific programmes for short, medium and longer term responses to the food price crisis consistent with Pillar 3 objectives and the wider CAADP round table process, including setting up a local team, arranging for technical support, and agreeing on a timetable for completion of planning and organization of a round table; Facilitate the engagement of RECs to provide political support to the process, and of Pillar lead institutions to provide advisory technical inputs for the design of interventions; Review tentative schedules of joint programming missions in response to the food price crisis; and Assist countries in linking short, medium and long-term programmes. 35. Joint missions of the AU/NEPAD, FAO, WFP, IFAD and the World Bank to implement the workshop recommendations have already been conducted in Mozambique and are planned for the following countries in June and July: Sierra Leone, Senegal, Malawi, Mali Mauritania, Uganda and Zambia with other countries to follow shortly. (b) High-Level Conference on World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate Change and Bio-energy 36. The High-Level Conference on World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate Change and Bio-energy, was held at the Headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome, Italy from 3 to 5 June 2008. Of 180 participating countries, 43 were represented at the level of Heads of State, the rest were represented at the level of Deputy Heads of State, Heads of Government, Deputy Heads of Government, Crown Prince, Ministers and Ambassador or other high level Government official representation. 37. One of the key developments of the Conference was the renewed financial effort and the commitment made by various institutions to fight against hunger and for agricultural development. The money will benefit countries hard hit by the current world food crisis, allowing them to grow enough food for themselves in the coming planting seasons, and helping them to achieve continuing food security through investment in agriculture and research. The institutions below made the following financial commitments (US$): • • • • • • African Development Bank: 1 billion dollars France: 1.5 billion dollars (over five years) Japan: 150 million dollars Islamic Development Bank: 1.5 billion dollars (over 5 years) Kuwait: 100 million dollars Netherlands: 75 million dollars