18th Annual Conference
of the European Environment and Sustainable Development Advisory
Councils EEAC,
Bruges and Tournai (Belgium), 14-16 October 2010
Sustainable Land Use
Hosted by the Strategic Advisory Council "Environment and Nature Council of Flanders" (SAR Minaraad)
and the Walloon Environmental Council for Sustainable Development (CWEDD)
Co-organised by the Belgian Federal Council for Sustainable Development (FRDO-CFFD)
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PROGRAMME
Thursday, 14.10.2010 EEAC Internal Meetings and Special Sessions with external participation (Bruges, St.Janshospitaal)
| 08:30 – 9:00 | Registration |
| 09:00 – 10:30 | Presentation Forward looking paper and priority fields of the EEAC member councils By Miranda Schreurs (SRU, DE), EEAC vice-chair and Ingeborg Niestroy, EEAC Secretary-General |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee/Tea break |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | Three parallel EEAC Working Group sessions: Marine, Agriculture, Sustainable Development I/Governance |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 – 15:00 | Three parallel EEAC Working Group sessions: Sustainable Development II, Energy, Biodiversity |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Coffee/Tea break |
| 15:30 – 17:00 | Selected pieces of advice of EEAC member councils: |
| 15:30 – 15:45 | Judith Petts (RCEP, UK) The environmental impacts of demographic change in the UK
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| 15:45 – 16:00 | Kimmo Tiilikainen (FNCR, FI) Implementation of the Finnish national natural resource strategy
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| 16:00 – 16:15 | Christian Hey (SRU, DE) 100% renewable electricity: from scientific report to public campaign
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| 16:15 – 16:30 | Jan De Smedt (FRDO-CFDD, BE) Recommendations of the Belgian sustainable development policy
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| 16:30 – 17:00 | Discussion |
| 17:00 – 18:00 | Special session (hosted by FRDO-CFDD): |
| 19:00 – 20:00 |
Welcome in Bruges with Ms. Hilde Decleer, Alderman of the city of Bruges (Town Hall) |
| 20:00 - ??? | Dinner (Bruges, brewery De halve Maan) |
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Friday, 15.10.2010 Conference Day with external participation (Bruges, St.-Janshospitaal)
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Welcome and Conference Opening.
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| 09:30 -09:50 | Keynote speech – prof. dr. Jose Lima Santos, CNADS (Portugal):
EEAC and sustainable land use |
| 9:50 - 10:10 | Keynote speech – Karl
Falkenberg (Director General EC, DG Environment) |
| 10:20 - 11:45 | Parallel breakout sessions |
| A - Sustainable land use as a global issue Chair: Reinhart Ceulemans (FRDO-VFDD, BE) |
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| 10:20 – 10:35 | Lea Vatanen (EC Secretariat
General) Sustainable Development Strategy and its relation to sustainable land use within Europe (integration within the different sectoral policies) and outside Europe (relationship with RIO+20) |
| 10:35 – 10:50 | Henk Westhoek (PBL, NL) The increasing global scarcity of land, food and biodiversity and the activities of the PBL in this field |
| 10:50 – 11:05 | Andrea Kohl (WWF
International) The ecological footprint and sustainable land use |
| 11:05 – 11:45 | Discussion |
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B - Instruments for sustainable land use Chair: Anne-Catherine Klinkenberg (CWEDD, BE) |
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| 10:20 – 10:35 | Gorm Dige (EEA) Land pricing and taxes as an instrument for sustainable land use and the link with spatial planning |
| 10:35 – 10:50 | Filiep Loosveldt (SARO, BE) Global challenges in polycentric regions. What role for strategic spatial planning? |
| 10:50 – 11:05 | Frank van Holst (Farland
network) The action field of Farland and investing in sustainable land use in peri-urban areas |
| 11:05 – 11:45 | Discussion |
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C - Agriculture and sustainable land use Chair: Jos Gysels (Natuurpunt Educatie, BE) |
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| 10:20 – 10:35 | David Baldock (IEEP) The recent publications of IEEP on the relationship between agriculture and environmental policy and the provision of public goods through agriculture |
| 10:35 – 10:50 | Martin Scheele (EC DG
Agriculture) Sustainable land use in relation to the current state of the debate on the future CAP |
| 10:50 – 11:05 | Karin Robinet (ENCA) The ‘sustainable land use and agriculture’-response of ENCA to the European Commission’s debate on the CAP after 2013 |
| 11:05 – 11:45 | Discussion |
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D - Governance for sustainable land use within Europe Chair: Walter Roggeman (Minaraad, BE) |
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| 10:20 – 10:35 | Marco Fritz (EC DG
Environment) The vision of DG Environment on green infrastructure and its significance for sustainable land use and for spatial policies within Member States |
| 10:35 – 10:50 | Jean Peyrony (EC DG Region) How can the objectives and principles of territorial cohesion contribute to sustainable land use? |
| 10:50 – 11:05 | Bas Pedroli (Landscape
Europe) Landscape as an important unit in the perception and decision making of landowners and land users |
| 11:05 – 11:15 | Tim O’Riordan (SDC, UK) Sustainable landscape |
| 11:15 – 11:45 | Discussion |
| 11:45 – 13:15 | Lunch |
| 13:15 – 14:15 | Continuation breakout sessions |
| A - Sustainable land use as a global issue Chair: Reinhart Ceulemans (FRDO, BE) |
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| 13:15 – 13:25 | Günther Bachmann (RNE, DE) Land use policies: the German perspective |
| 13:25 – 13:35 | Inge Paulini (WBGU, DE) Future bio-energy and sustainable land use |
| 13:35 – 14:15 | Discussion |
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B - Instruments for sustainable land use Chair: Anne-Catherine Klinkenberg (CWEDD, BE) |
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| 13:15 – 13:25 | Shirley Rodrigues (SDC, UK) Equal value compensation in compliance with the Habitats Directive |
| 13:25 – 13:35 | Xavier Cazorla Clariso (CADS,
ES) Payment for environmental services: new tools for nature conservation in Catalonia |
| 13:35 – 13:45 | Pernilla Knutsson (MVB, SE) Criteria for financial support to urban projects which combine reducing greenhouse gas emissions with overall environmental, social and economic sustainable urban development. |
| 13:45 – 14:15 | Discussion |
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C - Agriculture and sustainable land use Chair: Jos Gysels (Natuurpunt Educatie, BE) |
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| 13:15 – 13:25 | Huib Silvis (NL) Common Agricultural Policy: safeguarding public interests |
| 13:25 – 13:35 | Christian Hey (SRU, DE) SRU-statement on the reform of the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) |
| 13:35 – 13:45 | Tomasz Winnicki (PROS, PL) Sustainable agricultural land use in Poland |
| 13:45 – 14:15 | Discussion |
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D - Governance for sustainable land use within Europe Chair: Walter Roggeman (Minaraad, BE) |
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| 13:15 – 13:25 | Noel Casserly (COMHAR, IE) Creating green infrastructure for Ireland |
| 13:25 – 14:15 | Discussion |
| 14:15 – 14:30 | Coffee/Tea break |
| 14:30 – 15:30 | Outcome of breakout sessions:
discussion in plenary |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee/Tea break |
| 16:00 - 17:55 | Debate - Perspectives on sustainable land use
Moderator: Willy De Backer, Independent Energy, Environment & Ecological Economics journalist |
| 17:55 - 18:10 | Wrap-up – Jan Verheeke, Minaraad (Flanders, Belgium) |
| 19:00 - 20:00 | Welcome in Bruges with Ms. Hilde Decleer (Alderman of the
city of Bruges - Town Hall) Drink offered by the city of Bruges. |
| 20:00 - ... | Dinner (Bruges, Provinciaal Hof). Speech: Joke Schauvliege (Flemish Minister of Environment and Nature, BE) |
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