Programme

Social farming as a tool for innovation in agriculture

9:30 – 9:40 | Introduction by Piroska KÁLLAY, president of the Study group

9:40 – 10:45 | Keynote presentations and debate with academics on the topic

• Eliška HUDCOVÁ, Rapporteur's advisor and member of the EU CAP Network Focus Group on Social Farming, Charles University, Czechia, to present the report: 'Social farming and innovations'
• Francesco DI IACOVO, University of Pisa, Italy

Debate with members and invited academics

10:45 – 11:25 | Panel 1: EU current state of play and legislative context

• Maria GAFO GOMEZ-ZAMALLOA, Head of Unit - Social sustainability, Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
• Anastasia COSTANTINI, Planning and Programming Assistant, Social and Inclusive Entrepreneurship, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion
• Antonín NEKVINDA, Chairman of the Committee for Social Farming at the Ministry of Agriculture and Radka WENCLOVÁ, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Czechia

Debate with members

11:25 – 12:05 | Panel 2: Concrete projects as best practises and on how to scale them up

• Brian SMYTH, Social Farming Ireland, National Project Manager, Leitrim Development Company
• Thomas VAN ELSEN, Petrarca - European Academy for the Culture of Landscape, c/o University of Kassel, Dept. of Organic Farming and Cropping and Project Coordinator of the German EIP - project on Added value of social farming for agricultural production
• Tomáš CHOVANEC, Association of Social Farming, Czechia

Debate with members

12:05 – 12:45 | Panel 3: Stakeholders' concrete recommendations for the opinion

• Representative of COPA-COGECA
• Ivan IVANOV, Political Secretary, Agriculture Sector, EFFAT
• Fiona O'LEARY, Member from Ireland, Rural Youth Europe

Debate with members

12:45 – 13:00 | Conclusions by the Rapporteur, Mr Roman HAKEN