The official congress language is English. However, a simultaneous translation from English into Italian and viceversa is foreseen.
E' prevista la traduzione simultanea dall'inglese all'italiano e viceversa.
The future for regulating organic food and farming in Europe
Programme:
Monday, June 21, 2010
8.30 to 9.30 Registration
9.30 Opening Session
Moderator: Marco Schlüter, Director IFOAM EU Group
Welcome address by Cosimo Lacirignola, Director L'Istituto Agronomico Mediterraneo di Bari
Giancarlo Galan, Italian Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forestry
Jean Francois Hulot, Head of Unit, European Commission,"The new regulation 1.5 years after implementation"(presentation)
Christopher Stopes, IFOAM EU President
10.30 Coffee break and pressconference
11.00 Plenary session: The new regulation 1.5 year after the implementation
Moderator: Francis Blake, PolicyAdvisor, Soil Association
Paolo Steccanella, President Brio, "implementing the new organic regulation - a stakeholder input"(presentation)
Stephan Dabbert, Professor of Agricultural Economics University of Hohenheim, “Preliminary findings of the Certcost Project”
Gunnar Rundgren, editor Organic Standard "Global trends in the regulation of organic farming"(presentation)
Giuseppe Lembo, COISPA Tecnologia & Ricerca, ICEA “Organic Aquaculture as a recent example of regulating new organic production areas”(presentation)+ Launch of Italian Aquaculture dossier(presentation)
PANEL DISCUSSION
13.30 Lunch and press conference
15.00 Workshops - session I(parallel sessions)
Ia The new EU Import regime and implications for third countries and the Mediterranean Area
Moderator: Ricardo Cozzo, Bioagricoop
Rapporteur: Sabine von Wirén-Lehr, EOCC
Paul Axmann, European Commission, organic unit, "State of play and development of the new import regime"(presentation)
Beate Huber, Head Development and Cooperation, FiBL: “First experiences with the application of certifiers under the new EU import rules and further potentials”(presentation)
Jochen Neuendorff, GfRS "How can the new import rules contribute to prevent fraud and what are the weak spots?”(presentation)
Jim Pierce, Global Organic Program Manager, Oregon Tilth Certified Organic/Organic Trade Association EU/US Equivalency Task Force(presentation)
Guiseppe Paesano, Italian Ministry of Agriculture, MOAN national representative for Italy: “The new EU import rules: opportunities and challenges for Mediterranean Organic Agriculture” (report of the conclusions of 5th MOAN meeting, Tunisia, June 2010)”(presentation)
Ib Obstacles for small operators and emerging markets
The state of play and obstacles for the new regulation in developing markets with a large number of small holding farmers in Baltic, Eastern European and Mediterranean countries.
Moderator: Alessandro Triantafyllidis, International area coordinator AIAB
Rapporteur: Lizzie Melby-Jespersen, ICROFS and CERTCOST project
Jean-François Hulot, EU Commission, Head of Organic Unit (panelist)
Margi Lennartsson, Director of Programmes Garden Organic(presentation)
Ic Technical requirements and further development for organic processing
A revision of the technical details mentionedhas to be done in respect to the aims and principles establish in EC reg. 834/2007. Further on the debate in the organic sector is developing fast. It seams to be very clear that new topics relevant for organic are on the desk
Moderator: Bavo van den Idsert
Rapporteur: Sybille Kyed, Organic Denmark
Alexander Beck, Chair IFOAM EU SGOP - "IFOAM EU Group view on challenges towards European rules for organic processing"(presentation)
Maria Fladl, EU Commission, organic unit - Food processing in organic regulation - state of play and future(presentation)
Paolo Pedon, marketing manager, Pedon Ltd. - "Organic regulation in practice - challenges for organic processors(presentation)
Followed by open discussions
16.30 Coffee break
17.00 Workshops Session II (parallel sessions)
IIa New approaches and complementary tools for organic regulation
Discussion on future practices and philosophies for developing common rules for the organic sector -How to regulate organic food and farming in EU? is there a better way forward in terms of more self-regulation, group certification, etc.
Moderator: Christopher Stopes
Rapporteur: Lizzie Melby-Jespersen
Otto Schmid, Senior researcher, FiBL: “New ways of regulating organic food and farming in Europe”(presentation)
Gunnar Rundgren, Editor Organic Standard
Bavo van den Idsert, “From EU regulation to self responsibility of the sector”(presentation)
Jean Francois Hulot, EU Commission, Head of Organic Unit, panelist
Followed by open discussions
IIb New areas and new challenges of the organic EU regulation
The review of the regulation on 2011, the possible inclusion of new areas and the role of the private standards existing within Europe.
Moderator: Marian Blom
Rapporteur: Sybille Kyed, Organic Denmark
Maria Fladl,European Commission, organic unit, "Intro to the review of the scope in 2011"(presentation)
Francis Blake, Policy Advisor Soil Association, "New areas in the scope of the organic regulation"(catering, textiles, cosmetics, wild animals)(presentation)
Johan Cejie, KRAV, "Climate standards in organic regulation"(presentation)
Followed by open discussions
IIc Risk based inspections - from theory to practice
Short presentations onrisk based inspections followed by opendiscussion and exchange of experiences on implementation and the possible ways towards a system which renders the sector support.
Jim Pierce, Global Organic Program Manager, Oregon Tilth Certified Organic / Organic Trade Association EU / US Equivilency Task Force, "Long- term stable solutions to facilitate trade and protect local markets")
9.40 Report from workshops by the rapporteurs and discussion
