Program of the Conference on Land Issues in Europe
From Land Grabbing to Land Reform
25th of June 2013, from 9h00 till 12h30
European Parliament ASP 1G2 – Brussels. Organized by GUE/NGL in cooperation with European Coordination Via Campesina
Programme
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9h00 – 9h20: Welcome and Introduction
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Welcome : Gabi Zimmer President GUE/NGL (Germany)
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Introduction : Javier Sanchez, Member of the ECVC Coordination Committee
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9h20-10h30: 1st Panel – Access to Land, land concentration and land grabbing
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Olivier De Schutter, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food
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Jan Douwe van der Ploeg, TNI – Presentation of the Land Grabbing Report
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Willy Schuster, Ecoruralis, Romanian national case study
Moderator: Willy Meyer, GUE/NGL MEP (Spain)
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10h30 – 11h00: Press Conference/ Coffee break.
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11h00 – 12h00: 2nd Panel – Are the EU and national policies favoring equal access to land and the entry into farming by prospective (young and small) farmers ?
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Dacian Cioloş, European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development (tbc)
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Patrick Le Hyaric, MEP GUE/NGL (France)
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Eva García Sempere, Coordinator of theSpatial Planningand Environment Unit ofIU-LV-CA- Preparation of the Land Bankprojectin Andalusia
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Andrea Ferrante, Member of the ECVC Coordination Committee -Proposal for a EU Directive on Lands
Moderator : Geneviève Savigny, Member of the ECVC Coordination Committee
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12h00-12h30: Debate and conclusions by Joao Ferreira, MEP GUE/NGL (Portugal)