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Day One, 4 September
Towards Sustainable Pesticide Use Reduction Across Europe – from Words to Action
9:00 – Workshop introduction
Welcome from PAN Europe and NM Friends of the Earth Bulgaria Welcome from Bulgarian Ministry of Agriculture & Food, by Anton Velichkov, General Director of the National Service for Plant Protection
9:25 - Pesticide use across the EU
- 'Pesticide use in the EU - where are we coming from and where are we heading?' by Hans Muilerman, PAN-E/Natuur & Milieu, Netherlands
9.40 – European pesticide legislation
- 'Crucial elements from the new sustainable use directive - where will a change be needed?' by Dobrinka Pavlova, Head of Operative Plant Protection Department in the National Service for Plant Protection.
10:40 - Press conference
11:25 - The different EU models
- 'The Swedish model and its limitations', by Peter Bergkvist, KEMI
- 'The Dutch model and its limitations', by Hans Muilerman, Natuur & Milieu
- 'The French model and its limitations', by Gabriele Oteri, MDRGF, France
12:10 - Open discussion
The way forward, chaired by Valentina Lukova, PAN-E/NM FoE Bulgaria
14.30 – Open Discussion
How to ensure a serious implementation? chaired by Daniel Lesinsky, PAN-E/CEPTA Slovakia
- 'The importance of creating incentives for farmers', by Frank Wijnands, International Organisation for Biological Control (IOBC), Netherlands
- 'How to make farmers willing to engage' by Isabelle Haynes, National Agricultural Research Institute (INRA), France, and ENDURE Research Network for diversifying crop protection
16.15 – Open discussion
Willingness to engage along the food chain, chaired by Stephanie Williamson, PAN-E/PAN UK, United Kingdom
- 'When retailers are willing to engage', by Dr. Josef Lueneburg-Wolthaus, REWE supermarkets, Germany
- 'When the state is willing to engage', by Tiziano Galessi, Agricultural department of Emilia Romagna regional authority, Italy
17.30 – End of the workshop
