Groupe de Bruges and Forum Synergies start Agricultural and Rural Convention (ARC2020). Draft position paper now available. Join ARC to build a strong common message
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International conference on the Future of the CAP, April 16 2010 in Ancona , Italy
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Participation of the Groupe de Bruges at the 3rd China Europa Forum
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Agricultural and Rural Convention
Despite the Commissioners good intentions to involve civil society as much as possible in the debate on the CAP, a number of NGO's felt that something was missing: a debate between the different stakeholders themselves. Also, they felt that is is necessary to develop and present a common message to the Commission and the other European institutions. Without it the Commissioner's consultation runs the risk of ending up in a multitude of different opinions, only showing the diversity in opinions. For this reason the Groupe de Bruges has joined up with Forum Synergies to create a platform for debate between stakeholders that aims at creating this common message under the title Agricultural and Rural Convention. Meanwhile a website has been established, arc2020.eu where people and organisations can express their support to the process, express their positions, take part in the debate, create or participate in regional and thematic discussions groups. Recently a first dragt position paper has been written. Everybody is welcome to give their reactions to the ARC's core team
Download the Call for Action
Download the draft position paper
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International conference on the future of the CAP
On April 16 the Groupe de Bruges, in collaboration with the Associazione 'Alessandro Bartola', the Economic Faculty of the Polytecnic University of the Marche and INEA, organised an international meeting on the future of the CAP. The conference was made possible through financial support of the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality.
Among the key note speakers were Allan Buckwell, policy director of the Country Land and Business Association, Luigi Boccaccio of Birdlife International and Donato Fanelli, vice president of CEJA. The conference was attented by over 100 participants, representing a wide representation of stakeholders, who engaged in a lively debate on the future of the CAP.
Download presentations: Allan Buckwell, Luigi Boccaccio, Franco Sotte, Samuel Féret, Hannes Lorenzen, Valentin Zahrnt, Tassios Haniotis and Donato Fanelli
Download the summary of the debate
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Participation of the Groupe de Bruges at the 3rd China Europa Forum
Since 2005 the French Fondation Leopold Mayer pour le Progrès de l'Homme (FPH) is organising with its Chinese partners the China Europa Forum, a platform for NGO's, universities and citizens aimed at improving the mutual understanding between these two major players in the world. For this the Fondation China Europa Forum was set up.
The FPH has asked the Groupe de Bruges to be the European partner to organise one of the workshops, entitled 'What agricultural policies? What contribution of China and Europe in a global agricultural policy?' (workshop number T43C). The 3rd Forum will be held in China from 4 - 14 July 2010.
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Groupe de Bruges
Independent think tank on European agriculture and rural development
Arie van den Brand
President of Groupe de Bruges
"European agriculture is questioned because it is no longer in sync with the current stakes: the consolidation of the European Union; the new expectations of society concerning environment, land management, quality of food or animal welfare; the construction of a multipolar world in which food security for all would be asserted as a fundamental value".
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