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October 23 and 24, 2006
Annual Biocontrol Industry Meeting in Lucerne, Switzerland
September 28 and 29, 2006
International meeting on the use of organic seeds in vegetable production in teh Netherlands
September 18-20, 2006
What will Organic Farming deliver? COR 2006, in Edinburgh, UK
September 17-21, 2006
A systems approach to organic research - COR 2006 postgraduate course, Edinburgh, UK
June 29 to July 1, 2006
BIOACADEMY 2006 - 6th European Summer Academy on Organic Farming, in
Lednice, Czech Republic
May 30 - 31, 2006
Congress on European Organic Farming Research in Odense, Denmark
May 29, 2006:
European Consortium for Organic Animal Breeding (Eco-AB) to be founded
in Odense, Denmark
May 25 and 26, 2006
International Meeting on Processing and Marketing of Organic Food in
Poland
May 4, 2006
One day seminar on the Commission's draft for a revision of the EU Organic
Food Law in Frankfurt, Germany
May 3-4, 2006
1st IFOAM Conference on Organic Wild Production in Bosnia and Herzegovina
April 5 -7, 2006
Final conference of the European CHANNEL project in Budapest
March 27, 2006
Public Conference on the Revision of the EU regulation on organic farming
February 17, 2006
International Meeting on organic wine vinification and certification
issues
February 16 - 19, 2006
Biofach Trade Fair and BioFach Congress in Nuremburg, Germany
February 15, 2006
General Assembly of IFOAM EU Group in Nuremburg,
Germany
November 15-16, 2006
1st IFOAM Conference on Organic Certification, Rome, Italy
 With the 1st IFOAM Conference on Organic Certification IFOAM starts a series of conferences dedicated to issues relevant to the organic certification sector.
The conference goal is to improve the performance of organic certification in promoting trade, upholding integrity and assuring consumers of organic products. Detailed information, including the programme and a list of speakers is available at the conference homepage.
 Conference Secretariat, IFOAM Head Office, Charles-de-Gaulle-Str.5, D-53113 Bonn, Germany, Tel: +49 228 92650-16
October 23 and 24, 2006: Annual Biocontrol Industry Meeting in Lucerne, Switzerland
 (March 7, 2006) The first Annual Biocontrol Industry Meeting (ABIM-Lucerne 2006) will take place at the KKL Culture and Convention Center Lucerne, Switzerland on Oktober 23-24 2006. With the sponsorship of the European Commission, the meeting is being organised by the International Biocontrol Manufacturers Association (IBMA) and the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL).
ABIM-Lucerne provides an annual meeting place specifically adapted to the needs of the biocontrol industry.
September 28 and 29, 2006
International meeting on the use of organic seeds in vegetable production in the Netherlands
 In the European
countries the experience of many growers shows an inconsistent implementation of the organic seed legislation and possibilities for derogation, especially concerning vegetable varieties. Differences concerning the interpretation of implementation of the European organic farming regulation concerning seeds between countries might lead to unfair competition among growers, for instance on export markets.
At the joint meeting September 28 and 29, 2006 for growers, scientists, advisors and representatives from the official bodies/departments administering the rules in the individual countries compliance with the rules in the individual European countries, will be discussed.
The meeting is jointly organised by the European Consortium for Organic Plant Breeding (ECO-PB), the Advisory Service Denmark and the EU-funded Organic Revision project.
The meeting takes place at Bejo Zaden, Trambaan 1, 1749 CZ Warmenhuizen
in the Netherlands.
Info
September 18 to 20, 2006: What will Organic
Farming deliver? COR 2006, in Edinburgh, UK
This conference is organised by the Association of Applied Biologists
in conjunction with COR - the Colloquium of Organic Researchers.
Organic farming systems are increasingly recognised throughout the
world as a realistic alternative to intensive industrial agriculture.
Consequently there is also an increasing amount of research activity
both formal and informal linked to the study of organic farming systems.
This biennial conference aims to provide a forum where approaches to,
and unresolved issues arising from research in organic farming systems
can be aired and new thinking enabled.
The themes identified for the main platform sessions are consequently
broad; the widest possible interpretation should be made about topics
suitable within each of the following themes: Health, Profit, better
environments.
The deadline for call for papers is 3rd February 2006.
Details
September 17-21, 2006
A systems approach to organic research - COR 2006 postgraduate course, Edinburgh, UK
The aim of the course is to encourage new researchers (especially postgraduate students) in the field of organic food and farming to think about their work in a broader multi-disciplinary, systems framework and to identify
possible links with other research taking place in the UK and internationally.
The course is integrated with the COR 2006 conference: What will organic farming deliver? The course will emphasise three issues:
- Understanding the systems and multi-disciplinary context which makes individual research projects relevant
- Exploring appropriate research methods in the main subject areas
- Learning about current research and networking with other researchers
Details
June 29 to July 1, 2006:
BIOACADEMY 2006
- 6th European Summer Academy on Organic Farming, in Lednice, Czech
Republic
 The
Bioacademy
is an annual event held in Lednice in the Czech Republic, not far from
the Austrian and Slovakian borders. Apart from the specialist programme,
meetings between agriculturalists and other specialists take place.
The conference also involves a practical part including excursions
to organic farms and organic processing enterprises in the Czech Republic
and the neighbouring countries.
At the Bioacademy 2006 the following topics were dealt with
- Quality of organic food
- Organic grassland management
- Organic vegetable production and processing
The papers related to organic food quality are available at the Organic Eprints Archive.
Contact : Pro-Bio - Association of Organic Farmers, Czech Republic, Phone / Fax:
+420 583 216 609, Internet www.pro-bio.cz
May 30 - 31, 2006: Congress on European Organic
Farming Research in Odense, Denmark
 In May 2006 researchers representing all aspects of European
research in organic food and farming presented their work at a
joint congress "Organic Farming and Rural Development".
The congress combined public meetings as part of EU
supported projects in collaboration with the biannual
Danish congress, which usually attracts more than 600 participants. The papers presented at the Congress are available at the Organic Eprints archive.
Contact: Claus
Bo Andreasen, DARCOF
May 29, 2006: European Consortium for Organic
Animal Breeding (Eco-AB) to be founded in Odense, Denmark
 In
order to develop organic animal breeding a European association with
the name: 'European Consortium for Organic Animal Breeding' (Eco-AB)
will be set up, parallel to the already existing European
Consortium for Organic Plant Breeding (Eco-PB).
The goal of Eco-AB is to stimulate organic agriculture through animal
breeding directed at the needs of organic farming systems.Eco-AB will
work on:
- Initiation of organic animal breeding programmes
- Support of organizations and individuals, which will make breeding
information and material available to European farmers according to
the principles of organic agriculture
- Development and investigation of concepts and scientific basis of
organic animal breeding
- Development and promotion of appropriate standards and practices
as well as an appropriate legal framework for organic animal breeding.
A start-up workshop will be held the day before the Joint
Organic Congress in Odense, Denmark.
Further Info:
May 25 and 26, 2006: International Meeting
on Processing and Marketing of Organic Food in Poland
 The Organic Marketing Forum, held
May 25/26 in Warzaw Poland was organised by Ekoconnect.
The aim of the meeting was to provide hints and information for successful
organic marketing and processing. Business people and decision makers
from Poland, the Czech Republic, Germany and neighbouring countries
are invited to meet in Warsaw, in order to benefit from good examples
of other entrepreneurs, to exchange experiences and to make new business
contacts in their region and in new areas.
Almost 150 participants from 11 countries came to this first international conference on organic marketing with special focus on Central and Eastern Europe.
>>Press release Ekoconnect (conference organiser) of May 30, 2006
May 4, 2006 - One day seminar on the Commission's draft for a revision of the EU Organic Food Law in Frankfurt, Germany
(March 7, 2006) On Thursday, 04.05.2006, 10.30 to 16.00 hours, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, a seminar will be held by attorney at law Hanspeter Schmidt on the December 2005 draft for a completely revised regulation on organic farming.
May, 3 to 4, 2006: 1st IFOAM Conference on
Organic Wild Production in Bosnia and Herzegovina
 “Wild
harvested production” as a concept is very broad, and also encompasses
commodities used for fibrous or industrial production.
There is significant trade in “organic” wild products, including
products for direct consumption, such as berries, mushrooms and a wide
variety of herbs. There is also a growing interest in organic wild products
by the body care medicinal herb sectors. Statistics for this type of
production are vague, and parallel to the “organic” market,
other concepts such as the Non-Timber Forest Product scheme of the Forest
Stewardship Council (FSC) and other company-specific schemes have been
developed.
This conference will focus on the harvesting of wild vegetable products
from forest, “natural” lands, pastures and uncultivated land
in the agriculture landscape. It will concentrate on current production
that enters the organic market stream, but will also extend to other
concepts, such as Fair Trade, sustainable forest management certification
and Good Manufacturing Practices.
Target groups:
- Producers of wild plants
- Communities involved in collection of wild harvested products
- Processors of wild plants
- Buyers and users of wild plants
- Developers of standards and certification systems for wild plants
and their collection
- Governmental or intergovernmental organizations involved in the
sector
- Service providers to any of these groups (consultants, researchers
etc.)
Info
- Conference
Homepage
- Organizer and secretariat: The Agriculture Institute in Banja
Luka, Republica Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina; E-mail
April 5 -7, 2006: Final conference of the European
CHANNEL project in Budapest
 (February
13, 2006) The European funded CHANNEL project aims at opening channels
of communication between the associated candidate countries and the
EU in ecological farming. The programme
can be downloaded at the project
homepage. Registration
is possible on-line.
April 4-6, Coexistence conference in Vienna
 The European Commission organised together with the Austrian Presidency of the Council the conference "Co-existence of genetically modified, conventional and organic crops – freedom of choice" which took place April 4-6, 2006 in Vienna, Austria.
 Further info /links
March 27, 2006 Public Conference on the Revision of the EU regulation on organic farming
Further Info
February 17, 2006: International Meeting on
Organic Wine vinification and certification issues
 (February
13, 2006) The organic wine project ORWINE will be presented at BioFach,
Nürnberg, Germany, during an international meeting open to all
interested in the subject. The meeting will take place February 17 from
4 to 5 pm in room Helsinki.
This EU funded project has recently started and aims at drafting recommendations
for the EU regulation on wine. This first presentation intends to gather
international producers and buyers needs and to establish a workable
base for future communication and interaction with stakeholders.
Programme
- Cristina Micheloni, AIAB, Italy: Description of the project and
how stakeholders can get involved
- Marie Christine Monnier, ITAB, France: Organic wine in France
- Uwe Hofmann, Ecovin, Germany: Organic wine in Germany
- A. Triantafillidys, Italy; Organic wine in Italy
- Chair: Otto Schmid, FIBL, Switzerland
February 16 - 19, 2006: Biofach Trade Fair
and BioFach Congress in Nuremburg, Germany
 The
next BioFach
World Organic Trade Fair takes place February 16 - 19, 2006 in Nuremburg,
Germany.
The BioFach
Congress held in conjunction with the
BioFach Fair builds a unique platform to present trends and research
results, to communicate up-to-date in-branch topics, and to discuss
them. The congress is held during the BioFach fair. Every year about
4800 visitors attend the approximately 100 presentations, almost all
offered without attendance fee.
This year’s BioFach
Congress excels with 108 events, and the variety of presentations
and discussions will give visitors an overview of the organic sector.
The latest figures
on organic farming world-wide will presented by FiBL,
SOEL and IFOAM
(the study is co-funded by the BioFach fair organisers Nuernberg
Messe). There will be a detailed presentation of Poland
as Country
of the Year, and the BioFach
Wine Award will take place on the opening day. The congress attracts
some 4'800 visitors a year and admission is free for BioFach visitors.
Meetings of relevance to organic farming in Europe and world-wide at
BioFach 2006:
- Wednesday, February 15th
- 09:00-12:00, IFOAM Accredited Certification Body Meeting, CCN
Ost, Level 3, Singapur
- 09:00-18:00, IFOAM Certification Body Forum, CCN Ost, Level
2, Prag
- 09:00-18:00, IFOAM EU Group General Assembly, CCN Ost, Level
2, Kopenhagen
- 15.00-18.00, IFOAM, BMVEL International Symposium -Organic Trade:
Reaching the Consumer with innovative Concepts, St Petersburg
- 19:00-21:00, The Organic World Café
- Thursday, February 16th
- 13:00-16:00 GMO Coexistence – A EU wide Framework for Europe?,
Room Kiew
- 14:00-17:00 ENOFO Meetings (by invitation), Service 9, 1.15
- 15:00-17:00 Principles of Organic Agriculture and the revision
of the EU regulation, Room Oslo
- Friday, February 17th
- 9:00-12:00, Hivos - Green house gas and organic agriculture
issues (Invited guests only), Service 9, 1.18
- 10:00-11:00, The World of Organic Agriculture: Statistics and
Emerging Trends, Room St. Petersburg
- 10:00-11:00, Actions towards Harmonization, Room Helsinki
- 11:00-12:00, IFOAM EU group – Working for organic farming
in Europe, Room Helsinki
- 12:00-13:00, Organic multiplied seed requirement in the EU regulation
– challenges for trade, Room Helsinki
- 13:00-14:00, Revision of the EU Regulation 2092/91 – Impact
for the future of organic food and farming, Room Kiew
- 14:30-17:30, Hivos - Quality and Multiple certification issues
(Invited guests only), CCN Ost, Level 3, Shanghai
- 14:00-16:00, Organic Agriculture in Mediterranean countries,
Room Helsinki
- 15:00-17:00, Development of an International Standard for Organic
Personal Care Products, Room Hongkong
16:00-17:00, Social Justice Benefits Trade, Room Kiev
- Saturday February 18th
- 10:00-11:00, The IFOAM Training Platform: Increasing accessibility
of knowledge around the world, Room Helsinki
- 11:00-12:00, Organic Agriculture in Africa, Room Helsinki
- 12:00-14:00, Pre-export finance for organic producers, Room
Helsinki
BioFach 2006
Homepage
February 15, 2006: General Assembly of IFOAM
EU Group
The third General Assembly of the IFOAM
EU Regional Group is being held on Wednesday 15th February 2006
in Nuremberg, Germany (one day before BioFach).
The IFOAM EU Group Board invites all IFOAM
members to participate.
At the homepage
of the IFOAM EU group all relevant documents
for the General Assemby are provided. Registration is possible until
February 3, 2006.
According to the IFOAM EU group since the second General Assembly in
February 2003, the group has made great strides forward. An office in
Brussels was established which has given its work a necessary platform
for coordination, research, information exchange and advocacy work.
The IFOAM EU group now has the the presidency of the Commission’s
Advisory Group on Organic Farming.
Contact: Marco Schlüter,
IFOAM EU Group
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