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Public debates on the agenda (times are indicative)

10:10-11:30 | Debate on Climate Governance

  • Presentation of the opinion by the rapporteur Corina Murafa Benga
  • Paul Watkinson, Visiting professor, European Interdisciplinary Studies Department and former chief climate negotiator for France
  • Lien Vandamme, Senior Campaigner for Climate & Energy Program Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)

Debate with NAT members

Vote on opinion:
  • NAT/987 Climate governance (Own initiative opinion | Rapporteur: Corina MURAFA BENGA)

11:30-12:50 | Debate on the EU Organic Awards

  • Presentations by the 2026 EU Organic Awards winners for best organic food processor, retailer and restaurant/ food service
    • Best organic restaurant: Zotter Schokolade (Austria) - Julia ZOTTER
    • Best organic food processing SME: Bio Bulgaria (Bulgaria) - Lubomir NOKOV
    • Best organic retailer: Boßhammersch Hof (Germany) - Karl-Heinz FIRSCHING
       
  • Debate with NAT members and project partners
    • Kirstine Bille, Member of the Committee of the Regions (CoR)
    • Eric Gall, Deputy Director, IFOAM
    • Pedro PENA, Policy Advisor for Organic Farming, COPA-COGECA
    • Johan VAN GRUIJTHUIJSEN, Deputy HoU “Unit B.4 – Organics”, DG Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission

16:00-17:30 | Debate on The Right to Food: from concept to practice for fairer and more sustainable food systems in the EU

  • Juan Echanove, Right to Food Lead, Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division (ESP), Economic and Social Development Stream (ESD), FAO
  • Olga Kikou, ECI representative, Presentation of the ECI "Food is a Human Right for All! Guaranteeing healthy, just and sustainable food systems"
  • Tomaso Ferrando, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law and Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp
  • Stakeholders' views
    • Mathieu Courgeau, European Coordination Via Campesina (ECVC)
    • Ivan Ivanov, Political Secretary Agriculture Sector, European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Unions (EFFAT)
    • Clara Bourgin, Friends of the Earth, for the link with environmental aspects
    • Esteban Arriaga Miranda, Chief Executive Officer, European Food Banks Federation (FEBA)
    • Representative from CSIPM, for the link with Civil Society and CFS (The Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples’ Mechanism (tbc)

Debate with NAT Section members, speakers and representatives of the European Commission (DG AGRI and DG SANTE)