IEEP newsletter - spring 2010 - events and conferences
In the coming months IEEP is organising and/or participating in a number of meetings and events. To find out more, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Seminar: Environmental Land Management from the CAP – Evidence of Past Success and the Scale of Future Need – Brussels (Belgium), 22 April 2010
David Baldock will chair a seminar organised by the European Heads of European Nature Conservation Agencies on 'Environmental Land Management from the CAP – Evidence of past success and the scale of future need’. The event will be held at the Office of the Northern Ireland Executive in Brussels.
Contact: David Baldock
Policy Lunchbox – London (UK), 27 April 2010
Sirini Withana will speak on ‘European policy-making and how to engage with it’ at a ‘Policy Lunchbox’ session organised by the British Ecological Society and the Biochemical Society. These lunchtime sessions are held once a month and are attended by policy officers and staff in the UK NGO sector. For further details please see:
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Contact: Sirini Withana
Conference: Enriching the Planet – Empowering Europe – The Hague (Netherlands), 27 April 2010
David Baldock will be a discussant on the topic “Sustainable growth within Europe in 2020” at this conference organised by the Netherlands Institute of International Relations ‘Clingendael’, in cooperation with the Dutch Government. The conference is one of the spin-offs of a cross-ministerial project of the Dutch Government on the issue of resource scarcity and the transition to sustainable economic growth. The event is by invitation only.
Contact: David Baldock
Conference: Agri-Environment Schemes - What Have They Achieved and Where Do We Go From Here? – University of Leicester (UK), 27 April 2010
Kaley Hart will give a keynote presentation on the different approaches taken to designing and implementing agri-environment schemes in the EU at the Aspects of Applied Biology (AAB) annual conference.
Contact: Kaley Hart
Meeting: Public Goods and CAP Reform – Brussels (Belgium), 6 May 2010
David Baldock and Kaley Hart will attend a meeting with EU Commissioner for the Environment Janez Potočnik, organised by the Rise Foundation and the European Landowners Organization to discuss Public Goods associated with agriculture and how they might be delivered through a future CAP. IEEP will present the key findings of their recent study for DG Agriculture on the Public Goods associated with Agriculture in the EU.
Contact: David Baldock, Kaley Hart
Conference: Removing Environmentally Harmful Subsidies: Opportunities and Benefits – Andrássy University Budapest (Hungary), 8-9 July 2010
At the Green Budget Europe annual conference on Environmentally Harmful Subsidies (EHS) Samuela Bassi will present the findings of a recent IEEP-led project on the reform of EHS and insights on irrigation water subsidies in Spain.
Contact: Samuela Bassi
Conference: Costs and Benefits Associated with Natura 2000 – Brussels (Belgium), 15-16 July 2010
This international conference, organised by IEEP, will bring together around 200 policy makers, Natura 2000 managers and representatives from academia, NGOs and industry. It will present the results of the project ‘The Economic and Social Benefits associated with the Natura 2000 Network’, coordinated by IEEP, and discuss costs and benefits associated with Natura 2000 as well as how to successfully raise awareness on ecosystem benefits.
Contact: Sonja Gantioler
Conference: Industrial Waste Recycling – Melbourne (Australia), 23-25 August 2010
This international conference, organised by International Business Review (Australia), will bring together current recycling industry pioneers and policy makers. Emma Watkins will speak on significant developments in recycling policy and legislation in Europe. Further details will be available in due course at: http://www.ibrc.com.au/
Contact: Emma Watkins