Management of environmental public goods : which policies should be implemented ?
Location: Namur, Wallonia (Belgium)
09:30 Welcome - coffee and croissants
10:00 Conferences – Background
- Welcome and introduction by the Minister of Public Works, Agriculture, Rural Affairs, Nature, Forest and Heritage.
- European context : presentation of main findings about public goods identifyed by European Thematic Working Group, by Christiane Canenbley, European Commission, DG AGRI, Unit Evaluation
- Companies and management of environmental public goods, by Michel Trommetter, Director of Research at INRA Grenoble (France)
- Forests and services provided by multifunctional forest ecosystems, by Clunie Keenleyside, IEEP Research Fellow - Agriculture and Land Management Programme (UK)
- Multifunctional Agriculture and Public Goods, by Gijs Kuneman (The Netherlands)
- Questions from a panel of members of the Network and Rural Ambassadors to the morning speakers
13:00 Lunch
14:30 - 16:30 Thematic Forums - Testimonials and presentation of experiences
More background about workshops
Forum 1 - Multifunctional Agriculture (Languages FR, EN, NL)
- The BurrenLIFE Project, Dr. Brendan Dunford : sustainable agriculture and preservation of environmental services for a special European area (Ireland)
- Eemland Hoeven, Jan Huijgen: multifunctionality of agriculture, new rural entrepreneurship, urban-rural relationships (The Netherlands)
- Agroforestry in Wallonia, state of play, Christian Marche, Centre des Technologies Agricoles de Strée (Belgium)
Forum 2 - Business and environmental public goods (Languages FR, EN, NL)
- Integrating the management of environmental assets in corporate strategy, Trommetter Michel (France)
- Environmental management of the Sars-et-Rosière business park (LIFE Project), Pierre Guidez - CCI Valenciennes (France)
Forum 3 - Forest and multifunctionality (Languages FR, EN, ES, NL)
- Alcornocales Regional Park and Nature Reserve of Dehesas de Sierra Morena, Eduardo Crespo de Nogueira Greer (Andalusia - Spain)
- "Naturäventyr I Finnskogen" (Nature and adventure in Finnskogen), LEADER project of opening of a forestry area to public, entrepreneurship in hunting, fishing, horse riding and tourism inside forests, by Eva Forsgren and Emelie Dunger - beneficiaries of LAG "Växtlust Värmland" (Sweden)
- Example of a Foresters Group (Bosgroep), Jan Seynaeve (Belgium - Flanders)
19:00 Dinner offered by the Walloon Rural Development Network (registration required)
Walloon Programme of 19th November
09:00 - 15:30 Field visits and workshops about «Public Goods in Wallonia» (Languages FR, EN)
Visits 1 - Multifunctional Agriculture
- Chaumont-Gistoux - Watershed management (AEM, technical aspects of soils conservation, fight against erosion, cynegetic aspects), in collaboration with the group "GISER", Asbl Greenotech and GIREA;
- Beauvechain - Water management, Contrat River Dyle-Gette
- Nethen (Grez-Doiceau) - Collective initative of growning vegetables+ Agribio cooperative + agroforestry + social farming, by Hermann Pirmez, farmer and president of BIOFORM Wallonia;
- Agroforestry in Wallonia : state of art, by Benoit Noel (LAG Pays des Condruses)
- Suarlée - Farm in diversification : The Farm Beguin
Visits 2 - Business and environmental public goods
- Carmeuse: Integration of production in an environmental management system (ISO 14001)
- Ecosem: Production of seeds and plants of native wildflowers, study and design of plans for natural-looking public and private parks
Visits 3 - Forest and multifunctionality
- Forest Life, private forest in Sart-Bernard (project presentation and guided tour of seven forest sites)
- Lauzelle Forest in Louvain-la-Neuve, teaching forest of the Catholic University of Leuven
- Recreative value of forest in Wallonia, by Vincent Colson (Valbois)
19th November 2010
Supporting regional entrepreneurship
Location: Turnhout, Belgium
Location: Turnhout, Belgium
Translation: English, French
07:30 Transfer of foreign delegations to Turnhout
10:00 Welcome reception
10:30 – 12:00 Plenary session
- Introduction to the theme of the day and reflection on day 1 by the chairman of the day Mr. Gijs Kuneman of the Netherlands Rural Network.
- ‘Needs of entrepreneurs in European member states’ by a representative of the European Network for Rural Development (ENRD)
- ‘Entrepreneurship in rural areas’ by a representative of a knowledge institution.
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch break
13:30 – 15:00 Workshops, 1st. round
The workshops will focus on various concrete ways to support rural entrepreneurship in several countries. More background on the workshops
1. Knowledge and creativity
2. Capital and financial support
3. New markets
4. Strategic networking
5. An enterprising public sector
6. Public services
15:00 – 15:30 Break
The workshops will focus on various concrete ways to support rural entrepreneurship in several countries. More background on the workshops
1. Knowledge and creativity
2. Capital and financial support
3. New markets
4. Strategic networking
5. An enterprising public sector
6. Public services
15:00 – 15:30 Break
15:30 – 17:00 Workshops, 2nd. round
The workshops will focus on various concrete ways to support rural entrepreneurship in several countries. More background on the workshops
1. Knowledge and creativity
2. Capital and financial support
3. New markets
4. Strategic networking
5. An enterprising public sector
6. Public services
The workshops will focus on various concrete ways to support rural entrepreneurship in several countries. More background on the workshops
1. Knowledge and creativity
2. Capital and financial support
3. New markets
4. Strategic networking
5. An enterprising public sector
6. Public services
17:00 – 18:00 Plenary session
- Reflection on the European Rural Days by observers of both days.
- Reflection and perspective by Mrs. Lily Jacobs, minister of the province of Noord Brabant, the Netherlands
- European perspectives by a Netherlands member of the European Parliament
18:00 – 19:00 Time to network
19:00 Dinner and cultural event
20th November
Optional field visit in Kempen
Subsequent to the conference, an excursion is organized to the special landscape ‘de Liereman’ on 20 November. The excursion is free of charge.
