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6th European Organic Congress
Smart change - towards a
sustainable CAP
Organic and high nature value farming shaping future food systems
17-18 April 2012
Copenhagen, Denmark
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Programme - Draft Agenda
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Time
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Day 1 -17th April
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8.00 - 9.00
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Arrivals and registration
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9.00 - 13.00
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Plenary sessions
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9.00 Opening of conference
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Evald Vestegaard, President Organic Denmark
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9.10
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CAP post 2013- greener, smarter, fairer?
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High level policy makers panel
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Moderator: Marco Schlüter, Director IFOAM EU Group
- Jerzy Bogdan Plewa, Deputy Director General of DG Agriculture, European Commission: CAP towards 2020 - the Commission proposals
- Morten Lautrup-Larsen, EU-advisor Danish Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries: The Danish EU Presidency’s goals for the new CAP
- Arie van den Brand, Agricultural and Rural Convention (ARC 2020): A convention for change – civil society demands for a renewed CAP
- Christopher Stopes, President IFOAM EU Group: Organic farming – an asset for driving sustainability in the CAP
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11.00 -11.30
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Press conference and coffee break
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11.30
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The organic regulation and credibility in sustainable food production
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Expert Panel
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Moderator: Eva Torremocha, IFOAM World Board Member
- Stefan Dabbert, Coordinator of CERTCOST: Demonstrating sustainability - the efficiency and credibility of organic certification systems
- Nat Page, Fundatia Adept: High Nature Value and organic farming systems – Complementary routes for meeting the CAP’s strategic objectives.
- Isidre Martinez, SEAE: The first three years of the new EU organic regulation 834/2007 – opportunities and limitations from a South EU perspective
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13.00
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Award Ceremony for IFOAM EU Group's main sponsors
Organic Lunch
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14.30 - 18.00
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Workshops (including coffee break at 16.00)
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The Organic regulation - state of play 3 years after implementation
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Session 1
14.30 – 16.00
Organic regulation
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Ensuring a credible and sustainable organic regulation
Moderator: Ronald van Marlen, Ariza
- Michel Reynaud, Ecocert International: Credibility of organic sector from a certifier's point of view
- Arjon Kalter, Tradin: Implementing the Import regime in practice
- Andrea Ferrante, AIAB: Preventing fraud, safeguarding consumers’ trust - What can be learnt from the Italian fraud case
Panel:
- Alexander Gerber, BÖLW
- Michela Coli, ICEA
- Jean-François Hulot, European Commission
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Session 2
16.30 -18.00
Organic regulation
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Organic Regulation – new developments, pointers to the future
Moderator: Dorota Metera, BioEkspert
- Jean-François Hulot, European Commission: Organic regulation – stage of implementation, current and future work
- Sybille Kyed, Organic Denmark: New organic regulation - more flexibility and risk based approaches
- Francis Blake, Soil Association: Approaches towards regulation of organic production in Europe
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Workshop 2
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Smart change for the CAP post 2013 – strategic steps ahead
Moderator: Anamarija Slabe, Institute for Sustainable Development Slovenia
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Session 1
14.30 -16.00
CAP
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Greener and fairer – expectations and demands for the new CAP
- Sieta van Keimpema, European Milk Board: Fair market policies within the CAP to build a basis for sustainable production
- Faustine Defossez, European Environmental Bureau: Greening the CAP to meet the urgent environmental challenges
-Thomas Fertl, IFOAM EU Group: Smart change – IFOAM EU demands towards a sustainable CAP
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Session 2
16.30 -18.00
CAP
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Paving the way to sustainable food supply through rural development programmes
- Susanne Padel, co-author of EU Commission study on organic support under Rural Development Programmes: Support schemes to develop the organic sector – examples from the different member states
- Donald Aquilina, European Network for Rural Development (ENRD): Rural development networks – towards sustainable rural communities
- Lizzie Melby Jespersen, ICROFS: Incentives and obstacles for the development of the EU organic market
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Workshop 3
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Promoting sustainable and healthy food consumption - organic label, promotional measures and green public procurement
Moderator: Leen Laenens, BioForum Vlaanderen
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Session 1
14.30 – 16.00
Consumption
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Improving information flow from the food producer to the consumer
- Benjamin Caspar, European Commission: Developing a sustainable food strategy for Europe - how can we promote sustainable consumer behaviour?
- Pete Ritchie, Nourish Scotland: Local, sustainable, healthy – an example for innovative food systems from Scotland
- Robert Pederson, European Public Health and Agriculture Consortium: Information provision and promotional measures – a way forward to healthy nutrition
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Session 2
16.30 -18.00
Consumption
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Green public procurement as a way to healthier life styles and sustainable food supply
- Anya Hultberg, Københavns Madhus: Copenhagen goes organic – the way towards 90% organic in public kitchens
- Karen Eriksen, Danish Veterinary and Food Administration: Danish decision to convert public procurement to organic
- Marijke Van Ranst, BioForum Vlaanderen: Organic public procurement of food in Belgium - good practice and opportunities
- Chris Atkinson, Soil Association: Food for Life – bringing the good food to the people
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18.00
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End of sessions day 1
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19.30
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Gala dinner
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Day 2 – 18th April 2012
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8.30 -9.00
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Arrival and welcome coffee
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9.00 - 9.15
Opening presentation
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OrganicDataNetwork - increasing the transparency of the European organic food market
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9.00 -9.45
Report session
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Reports from workshops
Rapporteurs:
- Keith Ball, IFOAM EU Group: report workshop 1
- Laurent Moinet, FNAB: report workshop 2
- Otto Schmid, FiBL: report workshop 3
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9.45 - 11.45
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Delivering vibrant, sustainable and competitive rural economies: are the new CAP objectives complimentary or contradictory?
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Final Panel
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Key note speech:
Ybele Hoogeveen, European Environment Agency: Economic outlook - will a shift to sustainable farm systems pay back to society?
Discussion
Moderator: Thomas Dosch
Discussants:
- Arnaud Petit, Copa-Cogeca
- Jean-François Hulot, European Commission
- Robert Pederson, European Public Health and Agriculture Consortium
- Sieta van Keimpema, European Milkboard
- Trees Robijns, Birdlife
- Paul Holmbeck, Organic Denmark
- Niels Halberg, ICROFS
- Andrea Ferrante, IFOAM EU Group
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12.00
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Conference conclusions
§ Christopher Stopes, IFOAM EU Group President
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12.30
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End of conference
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13.00
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Organic Lunch and Networking |
