Soon, European and national policy-makers and the organic community will gather in Bucharest, Romania for the European Organic Congress 2019 “Innovation and technology: how organic improves, inspires & delivers”.
Still not sure why you should join? Here are some good reasons to attend the European Organic Congress 2019:
Outstanding high-level speakers on the Common Agricultural Policy
During the congress, participants will have the opportunity to listen to high level speakers from different backgrounds, national ministries, European Commission, farmers and entrepreneurs, representatives from NGOs and civil society. Among these:
- Petre Daea, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Romania. His experience in Romanian politics, especially related to agriculture, stretches back to 1973;
- Pierre Bascou, Director for Sustainability and income support at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development. From 2003 -2009 he headed the Unit in charge of the economic analysis of EU agriculture for the conception, the management and the evaluation of the Common Agricultural Policy;
- Luc Bas, Director of the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s European Regional Office in Brussels;
- Ioana Dragos, Project Manager for the Interreg Europe-funded SME Organics project since 2016. She has more than 15 years of experience in regional development within the North-West Regional Development Agency in Northern Transylvania, Romania and coordinated the elaboration of the first Regional Organic Action Plan in Romania.
Curious to find out who the other speakers are? Check the full programme and follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook to learn about them.
The official launch of the “We Unite” video
IFOAM EU is proud to announce that this year’s European Organic Congress marks the official launch of the film ‘We Unite’. This 12-minute video is produced by IFOAM – Organics International and offers a window into the lives of two organic farmers and the reasons why they join the yearly ‘We are Fed-Up’ demonstration in Germany. Along with hundreds of other farmers, they drive their tractors into the heart of Berlin where they unite with thousands of citizens calling for a better food and farming system for all. The film covers issues like access to land, relinking farmers with consumers, feeding the soil to feed the plant, public money for public goods, a new food system that provides fair prices to farmworkers and nourishing food to people.
Join us in Bucharest, Romania to watch ‘We Unite’ première with us!
What are you waiting for? Go to organic-congress-ifoameu.org, register now and stay tuned for updates on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook using #EUorganic2030. Registration is open until 14 June. Make sure to secure your seat on time!
Find more information about European Organic Congress at organic-congress-ifoameu.org
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