6th EU-LAC Agri-Food Dialogue

08:30 - 08:50 WELCOME             

• Emilio Calvo Roldán. AL-INVEST Verde Director / Component
• Elena Panichi. Head of Unit, DG AGRI G2 Las Americas.
• Lloyd Day.  Deputy Director General of IICA 

08:50 - 09:05 RESULTS OF THE 5TH EU-LAC AGRI-FOOD DIALOGUE

Priorities and strategic orientations for organic systems strengthening

• Graciela Lacaze. Executive Secretariat of the Inter-American Commission for Organic Agriculture.

09:05 - 10:25 PRIORITY ELEMENTS FOR BI-REGIONAL DIALOGUE AND ORGANIC SYSTEMS STRENGTHENING 

The EU organic regulatory framework: Roadmap for the coming months and results of the European Organic Farming Action Plan 

• Luis Carazo. Chief of the Organic Production Unit, Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI) of the European Commission.

• Ivonne Díaz. Director of Agri-Food Safety and Organic Control. Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Mexico.
• Lucero Rodríguez Huertas. Coordinator of the Innovation and Technological Development Group. Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Colombia.

 

Current trends in organic trade and consumption: Key requirements and considerations for EU organic market access

• Anselmo Méndez Álvarez. General Manager of the Veritas Organic Supermarket Chain. Spain.

 

Space for questions and comments

Innovative inputs for organic systems: current and emerging technologies that support productivity.

• Alessandra Trinchera. Research Coordinator of the Council for Agricultural Research and Analysis of Agricultural Economics (CREA). Italy.
• Natalia Curcio. Technical Secretary of the Argentinean Chamber of Bioinputs (CABIO). 

10:25 - 10:30 CONCLUSIONS AND CLOSING   

• Davide Bonechi. Senior Programme Manager of AL-INVEST Verde