Monday the 8 June 2015

Programme available in English, Dutch and French. A short curricula of some the speakers is also available in English, Dutch and French. Download the questionnaires for the municipality / town in French, Dutch or German.

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Programme

9.00 Welcome by Martin Dermine, PAN Europe

9.10-11.00 Session 1. Some good examples towards pesticide free towns/municipalities

• ‘The French move towards pesticides free town’ by Francois Veillerette, president of PAN Europe and vice president for the region of Picardie, responsible for environment, food and health
• ‘The Dutch move towards pesticide free towns‘ by Rien Klippel, Waterschap Zeeland
• ‘How Namur is moving towards becoming pesticide free’ by Muriel Guyot, écoconseillère de la ville de Namur
• 'How the town of Watermael Boistfort is managing its green spaces without applying pesticides’ by Olivier Deleuze, bourgmestre
• 20 ans of special management for the green spaces in the Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, by M. Kempeneers Director of the Division espaces verts, Bruxelles Environnement

11.00-11.15: coffee break

11.15- 13.00 Session 2: Pesticide Free Towns - frontrunners to inspire others on sustainable urban development

• ‘European good practice on urban biodiversity implementation’ by Peter De Franceschi Head of Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI) Brussels Office
• ‘Pesticide free towns an opportunity to reconnect with nature’ by Joop Spijker, University of Alterra
• ‘How Flandre is moving towards becoming pesticide free’ by Adelheid Vanhille, vlaamse Milieumaatschappij

Round table with speakers and Denis Godeaux (SPW), Dan Slootmakers (VMM), Manuela de Vaulx de Champion (IBGE), Frédéric Jomaux (Pôle wallon de gestion différenciée)

13.00 Breaking for lunch – each participant will receive a voucher for use in the restaurant

14.00-15.00 Session 3. Towns engaging with civil society in reaching its citizens towards pesticide free towns

Round table with Bastien Domken (ADALIA), Greet Tijskens (VELT), Bénédicte Charlier (Natagora) Koen Hertoge (PAN Italy), Marc Fischers (Nature et Progrès), Marc Wollast (Apis Bruoc Sella)

15.00-16.30 Session 4. Invasive species: the importance of collaborating, monitoring and exchange of best practices

• Available instruments to monitor the establishment and the spread of invasive species, by David Cary, Director General of IBMA
• Management of invasive species with emphasis on Japanese knotweed, by Dr Dick Shaw Country Director UK CABI

Round table on how invasive species are managed in public areas across Belgium, with speakers and Philippe Bizoux (SPW), Manuela de Vaulx de Champion (IBGE) and Dan Slootmakers (VMM)

16.30 conclusions by Martin Dermine, PAN Europe

16.45 End of conference

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