European Environmental Advisory Councils

10th Annual Conference, Kilkenny, 16-19 October 2002
of the European Environmental Advisory Councils EEAC

Agriculture and nature in an expanding Europe - can a greener CAP fit it all?

Hosted by the Heritage Council of Ireland

Programme

Wednesday 16th October

15.00 Meeting of the EEAC Working Groups

Agriculture
Energy
Coastal Zones and Fisheries
Governance

20:00 Dinner for Working Groups - The Ormond Hotel, Kilkenny

Thursday 17th October

09.00 Annual Plenary Meeting of the EEAC

Report about the WSSD in Johannesburg (Viriato Soromenho-Marques, Portugese CNADS). Download here.

12.30 LUNCH

14.00 Presentation by Advisory Councils on their recent activities and future challenges (5 minutes maximum each - around 20 presentations in total)

17:30 CLOSE

19:00 Drinks reception at Kilkenny Castle

20:00 CONFERENCE DINNER at the Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel

Internal EEAC Day

Friday 18th October

08:30 Registration & Coffee

Session 1 Opening and setting the context

09.30 Opening address

09:45 Direction for policy reform
EU Commission, DG Agriculture
(speaker to be confirmed)

10:15 Discussion

10.45 COFFEE BREAK

Session 2 Agriculture and nature links

11:00 Ireland
Dr. Liam Lysaght,
The Heritage Council

11:15 France
Prof. Jacques Berthelot
ENSA Toulouse (Ecole nationale supérieure d'agronomie)

11:30 Hungary
Prof. György Várallya
Hungarian Academy of Sciences

11:45 Poland
Prof. Tomasz Winnicki
Chair Environment Council PROS

12:00 Spain
Vicente Forteza del Rey
Director Rural Development, Ministry of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Food

12:15 Discussion

12.45-14:00 LUNCH

Session 3 Reform of CAP and expanded rural development measures

14.00 Recommendations of the EEAC for policy reform
Mark Felton,
Chair of the Working Group, English Nature

14:30 Farming perspective:
Freiherr von dem Bussche,
President of the German Agriculture Society

14:45 Rural Development perspective
Else Redzepoviv Christensen, (DK)
Interregional Waddensea Corporation

15:00 Panel discussion

16:00 COFFEE BREAK

Session 4 Conclusions and the way forward

16:15 Summary of discussions
David Baldock, IEEP

16:30 Future directions - Plenary discussion

17.30 Close

Bus transfer from Kilkenny to Dublin

20:00 DINNER in Jury's Tara Hotel, Dublin

Conference Day (EEAC and selected invitees)

Saturday 19th October

9:30am Excursion - Bull Island, Dublin

13:00 Close

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Wednesday 16th October 15.00 Meeting of the EEAC Working Groups Agriculture Energy Coastal Zones and Fisheries Governance 20:00 Dinner for Working Groups - The Ormond Hotel, Kilkenny
Thursday 17th October 09.00 Annual Plenary Meeting of the EEAC Report about the WSSD in Johannesburg (Viriato Soromenho-Marques, Portugese CNADS). Download here. 12.30 LUNCH 14.00 Presentation by Advisory Councils on their recent activities and future challenges (5 minutes maximum each - around 20 presentations in total) 17:30 CLOSE 19:00 Drinks reception at Kilkenny Castle 20:00 CONFERENCE DINNER at the Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel	Internal EEAC Day
Friday 18th October 08:30 Registration & Coffee Session 1 Opening and setting the context 09.30 Opening address 09:45 Direction for policy reform EU Commission, DG Agriculture (speaker to be confirmed) 10:15 Discussion 10.45 COFFEE BREAK Session 2 Agriculture and nature links 11:00 Ireland Dr. Liam Lysaght, The Heritage Council 11:15 France Prof. Jacques Berthelot ENSA Toulouse (Ecole nationale supérieure d'agronomie) 11:30 Hungary Prof. György Várallya Hungarian Academy of Sciences 11:45 Poland Prof. Tomasz Winnicki Chair Environment Council PROS 12:00 Spain Vicente Forteza del Rey Director Rural Development, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 12:15 Discussion 12.45-14:00 LUNCH Session 3 Reform of CAP and expanded rural development measures 14.00 Recommendations of the EEAC for policy reform Mark Felton, Chair of the Working Group, English Nature 14:30 Farming perspective: Freiherr von dem Bussche, President of the German Agriculture Society 14:45 Rural Development perspective Else Redzepoviv Christensen, (DK) Interregional Waddensea Corporation 15:00 Panel discussion 16:00 COFFEE BREAK Session 4 Conclusions and the way forward 16:15 Summary of discussions David Baldock, IEEP 16:30 Future directions - Plenary discussion 17.30 Close *Bus transfer from Kilkenny to Dublin* 20:00 DINNER in Jury's Tara Hotel, Dublin	Conference Day (EEAC and selected invitees)
Saturday 19th October 9:30am Excursion - Bull Island, Dublin 13:00 Close

10th Annual Conference, Kilkenny, 16-19 October 2002 of the European Environmental Advisory Councils EEAC

Agriculture and nature in an expanding Europe - can a greener CAP fit it all?

Programme

10th Annual Conference, Kilkenny, 16-19 October 2002
of the European Environmental Advisory Councils EEAC