Senior Officials Conference on the European Neighbourhood Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development (ENPARD) DRAFT organised in co-operation with the Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development DG AGRI and the Directorate General for Development and Cooperation EuropeAid DG DEVCO Venue : Centre de Conférence Albert Borschette Room AB 0D Rue Froissart, 36 Brussels, 31 May - 01 June 2012 For more information on TAIEX assistance and to download presentations of this event, please go to : http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/taiex. 1/6
Aim of the meeting : The aim of the conference is to officially present the senior level participants from all of the ENP partner countries with the vision and approach of ENPARD and to allow for an opportunity for a deeper discussion of this new initiative. Through the discussions and presentations provided during the conference, all partners shall reach a common understanding of how ENPARD can respond to the pressing problems of agriculture and rural area and how it can be tailored to national and regional needs. By assuring a high-level representation on the EU side (at Commissioner level), the meeting will demonstrate the EU's political commitment to the initiative and will also provide visibility for agriculture and rural development issues in the Neighbourhood. 2/6
Day 1 : Thursday 31 st May 2012 09:30 Registration of the participants Morning Session: Chaired by Mrs Loretta Dormal-Marino, Deputy Director-General of Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission 10:00 Opening speeches EU Commissioner Dacian Cioloş in charge of Agriculture and Rural Development EU Commissioner Stefan Füle in charge of Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy 10:30 "EU support to agricultural and rural development in partner countries in the European Neighbourhood" Marcus Cornaro Director in charge of cooperation with the Neighbourhood region, DG DEVCO, European Commission 10:50 "Concept and vision of ENPARD" John A. Clarke Director in charge of International Affairs, Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement, DG AGRI, European Commission Opportunity for questions to the speakers 11:25 Coffee Break 11:55 Discussion 13:00 Lunch offered by the European Commission 3/6
Afternoon session: Topic 1: National development strategies for agriculture and rural areas Chaired by Andrew Jacobs, Head of the Unit in charge of Geographical Coordination for the Southern Mediterranean in DG DEVCO, European Commission 14:30 "Experiences with agriculture and rural development strategies shared by EU neighbour countries" two presentations: from a South Mediterranean partner country (Morocco) and from a country of the Eastern ENP (Georgia) Ms. Abir LEMSEFER Director of the Cabinet of the Minister of Agriculture of Morocco (tbc) 15:10 Questions and discussion round 15:40 Coffee break Ms. Eteri KAMARAULI Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Georgia Topic 2: Benefiting from EU assistance for agriculture and rural development Chaired by Bruno Buffaria, Head of the Unit in charge of Neighbourhood Policy in DG AGRI, European Commission 16:00 "Lessons learnt from the EU pre-accession sector assistance programmes: SAPARD and IPARD" Andreja Jerina Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia (in 1998-2002 - period of EU accession negotiations - National Aid Coordinator) Željka Gudelj-Velaga Head of the Agricultural Advisory Service in the Croatian Chamber of Agriculture (in 2008-2009 Head of Managing Authority for SAPARD/IPARD in the Ministry of Agriculture of Croatia) 16:45 Questions and discussion: "Relevance of the presented lessons learnt for the countries of Neighbourhood" Moderator: Kerstin Rosenow Programme manager in charge of pre-accession assistance to agriculture and rural development in DG AGRI 17:30 End of the first day 4/6
Day 2 : Friday 1 st June 2012 Topic: Capacity building and participatory approach in agriculture and rural development Chaired by Mr. John A. Clarke, Director in charge of International Affairs of DG AGRI, European Commission 09:00 Reporting from the 1 st day discussions Andrew Jacobs (DG DEVCO) and Kerstin Rosenow (DG AGRI) 09:15 Introduction to the topic Vincent Dollé, Director of the International Centre of Agronomic Studies, Montpellier (CIHEAM) Panel discussion with the representatives of: - local authority (Moldova) - civil society (Tunisia, Egypt) - farmers' organisations (Ukraine) - Leader LAG (Austria) - European cooperatives 11:00 Coffee break Moderator: Dorothée Duguet Rural development expert (CIHEAM) 11:30 Audience questions and conclusions of the panel 12:00 Tailoring ENPARD to national challenges and needs view of a neighbouring country Vasile Bumacov, Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry of the Republic of Moldova 12:15 Closing of the conference 12:30 End of the conference EU Commissioner Dacian Cioloş in charge of Agriculture and Rural Development; 5/6
This meeting is being organised by the Technical Assistance Information Exchange Instrument of the European Commission CHAR 03/149, B - 1049 Brussels Telephone: +32-2-296 73 07, Fax: +32-2-296 76 94 Web site http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/taiex 6/6