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Europe's rural areas in action: Facing the challenges of tomorrow
16 -17 October 2008, Limassol, Cyprus
15 October, evening
18.00 - 21.00 Registration
19.00 - 21.00 Welcome reception
16 October, morning: Plenary session
Chair: Mrs Loretta Dormal-Marino - Deputy Director-General, Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
08:30-09:00 |
Registration |
09:00-10:15 |
Opening session: Perspectives on Rural Development |
09:00-09:15
09:15-09:30
09:30-09:45
09:45-10:00
10:00-10:15
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Welcome by the host country; Cyprus' perspective on Rural Development:
Michalis Polynikis - Charalambides, Minister of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment
Presidency's view on the way ahead
Important aspects as seen by the European Parliament
Neil Parish, MEP, Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
Challenges and opportunities for Europe's Regions:
Jerzy Zajakala, Committee of the Regions
The European Economic and Social Committee's perspective on Rural Development:
Hans-Joachim Wilms, EESC |
10:15-10:45 |
Coffee Break |
10:45-13:00 |
Plenary session: Facing the challenges of tomorrow |
10:45-11:10
11:10-11:25
11:25-12:00
12:00-12:15
12:15-13.00 |
Mariann Fischer Boel, European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development:
Rural development policy: achievements and prospects
Androulla Vassiliou, European Commissioner for Health:
From farm to fork: consumer demands for food safety and quality as a driver for development
Keynote Speech:
Rural areas: current situation and future challenges: Hervé Guyomard, National Agricultural Research Institute, (INRA, France)
Europe's rural areas seen from the outside: Charles Fluharty, Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI, USA)
Floor debate |
13:00-14:30 |
Lunch offered by the European Commission |
16 October, afternoon: Workshops
Parallel Sessions |
1st Workshop: Making EU agriculture fit for global competition |
2nd Workshop:
Adapting agriculture and forestry to climate change |
3rd Workshop:
Land management and public goods: scope for common ground |
4th Workshop:
The diversity of rural areas: harnessing the development potential |
5th Workshop: Improving delivery, successful governance and networking |
15:00
16:15
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Subject: Innovation and business creation. Training and building of human capital. Search for new market outlets and income sources including renewable energy.
Background document |
Subject: Identification of regional impact of climate change: water management, erosion, pests and diseases, etc. Potential responses to climate change.
Background document |
Subject: Delivery of environmental goods and services as an essential element for sustainable rural development.
Background document
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Subject: Advances in the typology of rural areas, local/national/global factors affecting socio-economic development, drivers of change, policy response, urban-rural links, link with the cohesion policy.
Background document |
Subject: Identifying measures corresponding to needs, balance top-down / bottom up approaches, networking concepts in business and public administration
Background document
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16:15
16:45 |
Coffee Break |
16:45
18:00 |
Panel discussion |
Panel discussion
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Panel discussion
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Panel discussion
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Panel discussion |
16 October, evening programme:
Dinner hosted by the Minister of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment of Cyprus - Michalis Polynikis-Charalambides
17 October: Plenary session and field trips
Plenary session, chair: Mr Antonis Constantinou - Director, Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
09:00-10:15 |
Reporting on main outcomes of the workshop (5 rapporteurs) |
10:15-11:00 |
Questions and Answers |
11:00-11:30 |
Coffee break |
11:30-11:45 |
Facing tomorrow's challenges of compliance:
A view from the Court of Auditors
Riemer Haagsma, Head of Division dealing with rural development, Court of Auditors |
11:45-12:10 |
Presentation of the European Network of Rural Development and the Contact Point:
Josè Manuel Sousa Uva,
Director, Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission |
12:10-12:35 |
Closing speech by Mrs Loretta Dormal-Marino |
12:35-14:00 |
Lunch offered by the European Commission |
14:00-19:00 |
Field trips organised by the host country - Download programme - |
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