Women in Agriculture
Study Tour 47807
People 2 People Programme
Venue :
Brussels,
29 May – 1 June 2012
For more information on TAIEX assistance and to download presentations of
this event, please go to : http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/taiex.
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Aim of the meeting :
The People 2 People Programme is one of the three strands of the Civil Society
Facility of the Directorate General Enlargement of the European Commission.
It intends to offer to individuals and organisations from the beneficiary countries and
territories the possibility to visit EU institutions, as well as relevant EU platform
organisations, or whenever relevant for the topic of the study visits, also other
European, international or national organisations in order to familiarise themselves
with EU structures, policy making process, programmes, policies and good practices.
The aim of this study tour is to give participants the opportunity to familiarise
themselves with the EU policies and programmes related to agriculture and the role of
women in rural areas as well as to offer participants exchange and networking
opportunities in a respectful atmosphere among themselves and with European-level as
well as Member State-based civil society organisations active in this field.
The study tour is open for the participation of several representatives (up to five) of
civil society organisations active in the field of rural development and
defending/providing services to women in rural areas, from each of the candidate and
potential candidate countries and territories to EU enlargement.
Around 40 participants from civil society organisations in the Western Balkans,
Turkey and Iceland will attend the study visit.
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Day 1 : Tuesday 29 May 2012
Chair : Mr Sten – Rune Lundin
County Administrative Board of Dalarna, Agriculture, Trade and Industry
Venue: tbd
09:00
Arrival and registration of participants
09:30
Welcome note
Introduction on the purpose of the People 2 People Programme (P2P)
Ms Magdalena Kleim, Directorate-General for Enlargement, European
Commission
09:45
Round of table: brief verbal presentation
Self-introduction by participants
The work of the organisations represented
10:45
Coffee break
11:15
General presentation of the Enlargement process of the EU
Representative of the Directorate – General for Enlargement, European
Commission (tbc)
11:45
Questions and answers
12:15
Lunch break
14:00
European Commission support to civil society in candidate countries
and potential candidates: The Civil Society Facility (CSF)
Mr Henk Visser, Directorate General for Enlargement, European
Commission (tbc)
14:30
Questions and answers
15:00
15:30
Coffee break
The European Common Agricultural Policy
A representative of the Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural
Development, European Commission (tbc)
16:15
Questions and answers
17:00
End of the first day
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Day 2 : Wednesday 30 May 2012
Chair : Mr Sten – Rune Lundin
County Administrative Board of Dalarna, Agriculture, Trade and Industry
09:00
09:30
Arrival and registration of participants
Workshops / exchange of experience (instructions given by the chair)
The situation of women farmers in the Western Balkans, Turkey and
Iceland: evolution and critical issues to be addressed.
Facilitator Mr Sten-Rune Lundin, chair person
11:00
11:30
Coffee break
Visit to the European Parliament:
- An introduction to the European Parliament
- The work of EP related Rural Development
(A member of the European Parliament)(tbc)
13:00
14:30
Lunch Break
Departure to the EESC
Visit to the European Economic and Social Committee
Introduction to the European Economic and Social Committee
Speakers:
Mr Staffan Nilsson, President of the EESC
Presentation from a member of the EESC related to the topic(tbc)
17.15
Meetings with the geographical Units of DG Enlargement, Charlemagne
Buildinc (tbc)
17:45
End of second day
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Day 3 : Thursday 31 May 2012
Chair : Mr Sten – Rune Lundin
County Administrative Board of Dalarna, Agriculture, Trade and Industry
Venue: tbd
09:00
09:30
Arrival of participants
Inequality of gender in agriculture
Speaker: Ms Marcela Villarreal, Ph.D.
Director
Gender, Equity and Rural Employment Division
Economic and Social Development Department, FAO (Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
10:00
Question and answers
10:15
The role of women in rural tourism
Speaker: TBD
10:45
11:00
11:30
Questions and answers
Coffee break
Employment of women in the rural areas
Speaker: Ms Bettina Bock,
Department of social sciences, Wageningen University
12:00
12:30
14:30
Questions and answers
Lunch break
Visit to Copa – Cogeca
(Committee of Professional Agricultural Organisations -General
Committee for Agricultural Cooperation in the European Union) )
Speakers:
General presentation - Mr Paulo Gouveia, Director Copa-Cogeca
Ms Federica Zolla, expert in charge dedicated Working Party on
Women, Copa Cogeca.
LRF – Ms Ingrid Rydberg
17:15
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Day 4 : Friday 1 June 2012
Chair : Mr Sten – Rune Lundin
County Administrative Board of Dalarna, Agriculture, Trade and Industry
Venue: tbd
09:00 Arrival of participants
09:30 Visit to a farm managed by a woman (tbc)
11:30
Final feedback and evaluation session
12:30
End of the Study Tour
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
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