Activities
CEJA seminars
The future of Rural Development: Fresh opportunities for young farmers
A common approach
for the European territory?
4th - 6th of April, Brno, The Czech Republic
For the detailed program, please click here: [EN] [FR]
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Fruitful and very appreciated!
The seminar was opened by the President of CEJA, Giacomo Ballari and by the President of SMA CR, Pavel Moulis. Among speakers and active attendance were representative of European Commission Michael Pielke (DG Agri) and Wladyslaw Piskorz (DG Regio).
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result of the seminar would not have been excellent without the point of
view of Gérald Peltre, President of European Countryside Movement,
Vaclav Zamecnik from the Czech Birdlife organisation and Eduard Hofer,
from the Federal Office for Agriculture in Switzerland. All those
presentations were nicely accompanied by the vivid discussion with young
farmers who also presented their own examples and experiences regarding
the rural development and agriculture diversification. The topic has
also been lively discussed through 3 different working groups.
Moreover, since the seminar took place in the Czech Republic, the team of organisers used the opportunity to establish one panel reserved for Czech experts. Tomas Doucha, director of Research Institute of Agricultural Economics and Michal Pospisil, the advisor of Minister of Agriculture explained the situation at a national scale. The open perspective to this panel has been added by an agrarian analyst Petr Havel. And last but not least was a Slovak presentation by Balint Pem about the obstacles and challenges of setting up young farmers organisation nowadays.
The conference part of the seminar ended with the successful adoption of a declaration untitled “Rural Development 2007-2013: Fresh opportunities for Young Farmers”: [EN], [FR], [IT], [ES] (DE to come soon).
The cherry on a cake was a presentation of delicious Czech cuisine in a stylish villa of Mitrovsky with a mobile casino accompanied by a wine testing. And once again CEJA 50th anniversary has been celebrated! At the end of the seminar, participants appreciated an unusual visit of the famous Agricultural fair Techagro, Vetex Animal and Regina de Silva, which started on the 6th April 2008 in Brno. More pictures HERE.
PRESENTATIONS: Welcome and the regional approach to young farmers, by Jan Letocha, Member of the Council of South Moravia The situation of young farmers in the Czech Republic, by Pavel Moulis, President of SMA CR Impact assessment of the national application of rural development in the European Union: Which support for young farmers in Old and New Member States? by Michael Pielke, Deputy Head of Unit Consistency of Rural Development, European Commission, Directorate General Agriculture and Rural Development How is the European Rural Development Policy improving the quality of life in rural areas? by Gérard Peltre, President of MER, the European Countryside Movement The New Member States experience – A presentation of CEJA’s partner office for Central and Eastern Europe CERYC, by Lajos Mikula, Director of CERYC Feedback from the Commission’s Advisory Group on Rural Development, by Kati Partanen, CEJA representative for Rural Development and Vice-President of the IFAP Young Farmers Experiences with LEADER, by Hervé Coupeau, member of the European Economic and Social Committee Which role does Rural Development play in regional policies? by Wladyslaw Piskorz, Head of Unit Urban Development and Territorial Cohesion, European Commission, Directorate General Regional Policy Implementation of Rural Development Policy 2007-2013: How can the aim of preserving the environment and the countryside become an opportunity for young farmers? by Vaclav Zamecnik, Czech representative of Birdlife What possibilities for successful Land Management? A presentation of different strategies by Edward Hofer, Federal Office for Agriculture, Switzerland Impact assessment on the interactions between the New Member States and the CAP, by Tomas Doucha, Director of Research Institute of Agricultural Economics View of the Czech Republic on the Health Check, by Michal Pospisil, advisor of the Minister of Agriculture Did Czech agricultural production change after enlargement? by Petr Havel, Agrarian Analyst The setting-up of young farmers organisation in Slovakia, by Balint Pem, President of the Slovak young farmers organisation
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YOUNG FARMER'S PRESENTATIONS Samuel Maréchal, France Balazs Chepe, Hungary Danio Andreini, Italy Michal Arnost, Czech Republic Johannes Scharl, Germany Jane Lindedam, Denmark Ivan Moravcik, Slovakia
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CONCLUSIONS of the WORKING
GROUPS
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This CEJA seminar received funding from the European Community, Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development. The sole responsibility lies with the author of the communication or publication, the Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.