International conference

 CAP: PAST AND FUTURE

June 26-27, Sofia

Communication campaign CAP: re:turn to the future

 Under the patronage of
Miroslav Naydenov,
Minister of Agriculture and Food

Special keynote address from:
Maria Nedelcheva
MEP, Committee for Agriculture of EP

 

The two-day International conference "CAP: Past and Future" was held under the patronage of the Bulgarian minister of agriculture and food Miroslav Naydenov. Representatives of ministries and a variety of organizations from Bulgaria, Portugal, Estonia and Malta participated in the conference. The official guests were Mihail DUMITRU, Director, Directorate E “RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES I”, Directorate-General “Agriculture and Rural Development” of the European Commission, Deputy Minister of Agriculture Svetlana Boyanova, Mr. Toomas Cook - Ambassador of Estonia to the Republic Bulgaria and Violeta Stanicic, head of the Information office of the European Parliament in Bulgaria. In a special video address Ms Mariya Nedelcheva, MEP, welcomed the conference participants and organizers.

Thematic panels on:

• the national agricultures under the CAP;
• the expectation of urban citizens to European agriculture;
• how to maintain the production capacity of the communities;
• quality, diversity, health – the European agricultural policy and production;
• the future of rural society (also through the eyes of young agri professionals)
• organic farming and agritourism.

Special events:

• Tasting of traditional agricultural products from Bulgaria, Malta, Estonia and Portugal
• National wine tasting