SCHEDULE
08:00 - 16:30 Mexico City / San José
09:00 - 17:30 Bogotá / Ecuador / Panama
10:00 - 18:30 Santo Domingo
11:00 - 19:30 Brasilia / Buenos Aires
15:00 - 23:30 Brussels
AGENDA
Simultaneous interpreting in English and Spanish.
*Ecuador time
08:55 - 09:00 WELCOME
- Emilio Calvo Roldán. Director of AL-INVEST Verde / Component 2.
09:00 - 09:10 OPENING
- Jekaterina Dorodnova. Ambassador of the European Union in Ecuador.
- Juan Carlos Vega Malo. Representative of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries.
09:10 - 10:00 OPENING
- Olivier Luyckx. Head of the Country Programmes Unit for Latin America and the Caribbean in the Directorate General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA) of the European Commission.
- Francisco Tierraseca Galdón. Director of the Foundation for the Internationalisation of Public Administrations (FIAP).
- Lloyd Day. Deputy Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA).
- Luis Carazo Jimenez. Chief of the Organic Production Unit, Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI) of the European Commission – online.
10:00 - 10:30 CONTEXT PANEL: ORGANIC AGRICULTURE IN THE EU AND ALC: CENTRAL OPPORTUNITIES AND PERSPECTIVES
Introduction. Chiara Cristaldi, Grant Manager of AL-INVEST Verde/Component 2
- Gabriela Soto. International Federation of Agriculture Movements Ecological (IFOAM).
- Organic production in the EU: goals, market-level standards and innovations in production systems with potential for adoption and implementation in LAC.
- Laura Viganó. Centre for Policy and Bioeconomy of the Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l'Analisi dell'Economia Agraria (CREA), Italy.
- Organic farming trends in the EU: innovations with potential for adoption in LAC
- Segundo Vaca. President of the Board of Directors of the Inter-American Commission for Organic Agriculture (ICOA).
- Organic agriculture in LAC: Opportunities and strategic axes for its strengthening in the short, medium and long term.
10:30 - 11:15 BREAK
11:15 - 12:45 PANEL I: IMPACT OF THE PROPOSALS AND PROCESSES TO UPDATE THE EUROPEAN ORGANIC PRODUCTION REGULATIONS FOR ALC COUNTRIES
Moderator: TBC
Presentation “The new proposals for changes in the European organic legislation”.”
- Javier Ruiz-Santaella Moreno. Policy Officer of the Organic Production Unit of the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development of the European Commission (DG AGRI) – online.
Round table. Managing European regulatory changes from organic systems: implications for trade and technical dialogue.
Moderator: Claudio Antonio Cárdenas, JD/CIAO.
- Gabriel Vizcarra. Director of the Sub-Directorate of Organic Production of the National Agricultural Health Service of Peru.
- Yatnna Rosario. Director of the Department of Organic Agriculture of the Dominican Republic.
- Karen Andrea Velasquez. Support to the Directorate of Innovation, Technological Development and Health Protection, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Colombia.
- Juan Carlos Pérez Montero. Vice President of the European Organic Certifiers Council (EOCC) and Technical Director of the CAAE certification service.
12:45 - 14:00 BREAK
14:00 - 15:30 PANEL II: BASIC ELEMENTS FOR STRENGTHENING EU-LAC ORGANIC MARKETS AND SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION
Presentation. Current dynamics of the EU organic market, future trends and opportunities for LAC countries
- Diego Granado. Secretary General of ECOVALIA, Spain. Representative of Organic Trade Association Europe.
Round Table “Strategic Approaches to Access and positioning of organic products: experiences, challenges and key competitiveness factors”.”
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- Moderator: Bryan Serrano, specialist in sustainable certifications at IICA.
- Moderator: Bryan Serrano, specialist in sustainable certifications at IICA.
- Renato Duarte. Coordination of Organic Production, Ministério da Agricultura e Pecuária (Map), Brazil.
- Daniela Solís. Manager of Asociación Paraguay Orgánico.
- Aurora Abad. Secretary General of OPTA Europe (Organic Processing and Trade Association).
- Freddy Cabello. General Manager of UNOCACE, Ecuador.
15:30 - 17:00 PANEL III: SOLUTIONS FOR COMPETITIVE ORGANIC PRODUCTION; KEYS TO BOOSTING GROWTH THROUGH INNOVATION AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN ALC AND THE EU
Moderator: Juan Gámez, specialist in Agrifood Systems Management and Organic Agriculture at the ICOA Executive Secretariat.
Discussion on innovations and experiences in knowledge management and the promotion of innovation in organic agriculture in the EU and LAC.
- Facundo Soria. Coordinator of the Organic Agriculture Area. Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries. Argentina.
- Aina Calafat. Head of Advocacy and International Projects, Spanish Society of Organic Agriculture and Agroecology (SEAE).
- Alejandro Solís. Director of External Outreach and Strategic Alliances of the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Centre (CATIE).
- Sofía Cornejo. Director of Organics of the Agency for Phytosanitary and Zoosanitary Regulation and Control (AGROCALIDAD). Ecuador.
17:00 - 17:15 PRIORITIES FOR ACTION FOR THE PROMOTION AND CONTROL OF ORGANIC PRODUCTION SYSTEMS IN THE EU AND ALC
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Graciela Lacaze. Executive Secretary of CCIAO.
17:15 - 17:20 CLOSURE
- Horst Pilger. Team Leader of Global Gateway, Investment and Private Sector in the INTPA.B1 Unit of the European Commission's Regional Programmes for Latin America and the Caribbean.