Netherlands Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment


PROGRAMME

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 Day 0: Thursday, November 6
CAPacity Building Seminar
Training on the Common Agricultural Policy for NGOs
from Accession Countries and Central and Eastern Europe

9.00 - 10.45


CAP at the EU level
What is the Common Agricultural Policy, how does it work and what’s wrong
with it?
Chair: Martin Rocholl, Director, Friends of the Earth Europe

10.45 - 11.15 Coffee break
11.15 –13.00

CAP at the national level
What can the national governments do under the CAP? Using Pillar II,
Rural Development Plans, Agri-Environmental Programmes, Less Favoured Areas:
limitations and opportunities, positive examples
Chair: Iris Strutzmann, GLOBAL 2000, Austria (FoE Austria)
13. 00 –14.30 Lunch
14.30 - 16.30

NGO Market: skill sharing and networking.
Presentations of NGOs working on agriculture and biodiversity in Accession
Countries. Experience with influencing agricultural policy in the pre-accession
period and with campaigning and lobbying skills and tools.
16.30-17.30

Strategic NGO discussion: what can we achieve and how?

  • Chair: Martin Rocholl, Director, Friends of the Earth Europe
 Day 1: Friday, November 7
Conference “EU Accession and Agriculture”
Making CAP work for People and the Environment

9.00


Welcoming remarks

  • Andrzej Sasula, Vice-president of Malopolska Voivodship
  • Zbigniew Witkowski, President, Polish Ecological Club (FoE Poland)
  • Kees Kodde, Chairman, Friends of the Earth Europe
  • Agnieszka Rochon, Director, Heinrich Böll Foundation, Warsaw Office
9.15 - 11.00

Plenary session 1A: Visions for sustainable agriculture in the enlarged Europe
Chair: Maria Staniszewska, Polish Ecological Club (FoE Poland)

11.00 - 11.30
 Coffee break
11.30 - 13.15

Plenary session 1B: Challenges for sustainable agriculture under the new CAP
Chair: Iris Strutzmann, GLOBAL 2000, Autria (FoE Austria)
13.15 - 13.30

 Presentation of the Krakow NGO Declaration on Agriculture and Accession
13.30 - 14.30 Press conference
13.30 - 15.00 Lunch
 
15. 00 - 15.30 Plenary: Presentation of the topics of the breakout sessions
15.30 - 17.30

Parallel breakout sessions, round 1      !!!read the OUTCOMES here!!!

o Session 1: Future of CAP in Enlarged Europe
What was missed in the last reform of CAP? What should be the next steps?
Chair: Kees Kodde, Milieudefensie, The Netherlands (FoE Netherlands)

o Session 2: CAP and Rural Development
Making the ‘2nd pillar’ of CAP work for nature protection and sustainable rural
economies. Preventing governments shifting funds from the ‘2nd pillar’ to the ‘1st pillar'.
Chair: Iris Strutzmann, GLOBAL 2000, Austria (FoE Austria)

o Session 3: CAP and Pesticides
Will farmers in the Accession Countries use CAP funds to buy more pesticides? Preventing this from happening; what can governments do about it?
Chair: Jan-Erik Petersen, European Environment Agency, Denmark

o Session 4: Biodiversity, Natura 2000 and Habitats Directive
Opportunities and limitations of Natura 2000 and the Habitats Directive for
biodiversity protection in the Accession Countries. Influencing agricultural policy
to benefit nature conservation.
Chair: Andreas Beckmann, WWF Accession Co-ordinator, Austria

 
17.30 - 18.00

Coffee break
18.00 - 19.00

Plenary: Ideas for change
Bringing together the outcomes of the breakout sessions
Chair: Martin Rocholl, Director, Friends of the Earth Europe

19.00 Reception
Day 2: Saturday, November 8
Conference “EU Accession and Agriculture”
Making CAP work for People and the Environment

9.00 – 10.30


Plenary session 2A: Making the CAP work for the environment in Accession countries
 Chair: Zbigniew Witkowski, President, Polish Ecological Club (FoE Poland)

10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 – 12.30

Plenary session 2B: Making the CAP work for farmers and rural communities in Accession countries
Chair: Kees Kodde, Milieudefensie, The Netherlands (FoE Netherlands)

12.30 -13.45 Lunch
13.45 - 14.00 Plenary: Presentation of the topics of the breakout sessions
14.00 - 16.00

Parallel breakout sessions, round 2    !!!read the OUTCOMES here!!!


o Session 1: Lessons from SAPARD
What we learned from the experiences of the pre-accession aid fund SAPARD
for the future of rural development policy and agri-environmental programmes
in the accession countries.
Chair: Catherine Larman, RSPB – BirdLife International

o Session 2: Organic agriculture
Can farmers in accession countries go organic? What does CAP offer in this
respect and how will its implementation affect organic farmers?
Chair: Martien Lankester, Avalon Foundation, Netherlands

o Session 3: Agriculture and environmental standards
Implementation of the aquis communutaire, cross-compliance and good agricultural practice in Accession countries: limitations and opportunities.
Chair: Arjan Berkhuysen, Stichting Natuur en Milieu, Netherlands

o Session 4: Rural abandonment or a living countryside?
Social aspects of agriculture: How can rural economies be sustained after the Accession?
Chair: Kees Kodde, Milieudefensie, The Netherlands (FoE Netherlands)

  • Michal Pospíšil, Association of Private Agriculture, Czech Republic
    "Industrial agriculture versus family farms and their role in rural devolepment"
  • Inga Kolomyjska, WWF, Poland
    “Social aspects of agriculture: how can rural economies be sustainable after the accession"
  • Géza Varga, Gaia Foundation, Hungary
    "Developing an eco-social LOCAL economy"

16.00 - 16.30

 Coffee break
16.30 - 17.30

Plenary: Ideas for change
Bringing together the outcomes of the breakout sessions
Chair: Martin Rocholl, Director, Friends of the Earth Europe

 

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