AREPO seminar at Expo Milano 2015

INNOVATING AND ORGANISING RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR SUSTAINABLE GIs

On September 11th, in the framework of the DG AGRI Week of Stakeholders at Expo Milano 2015, AREPO hold with numerous partners a seminar on GI : “Innovating and Organising Research, Education and Training for Sustainable GIs”, that took place in the EU pavilion at EXPO Milano. 

This seminar aimed to bring together stakeholders from the research, education and training sectors in order to exchange experiences and practices and to define future priorities for the sustainable development of Geographical Indications (GIs).

INTRODUCTION:

Welcome address by Vincent Labarthe, President of AREPO, Vice-president of Midi-Pyrénées Region in charge of Agriculture

Key-note speech: Developing sustainable geographical indications: the role of research, teaching and training by François Casabianca, researcher at INRA Corte and coordinator of SYAL network

I PANEL: Research on GIs inside the EU and in non-EU countries, Chairman Filippo Arfini, University of Parme, Italy

• The valorization of origin products through GIs : research issues, Giovanni Belletti, University of Florence, Italy
• Local Agro-Food Systems approaches for the socio-economic analysis of Geographical Indications, Javier Sanz Cañada, Spanish National Research Council, Spain
• Research Status of Geographical Indications in the US, Elizabeth Barham, American Origin Products Research Foundation, US
• Issues of Japan GIs: Case of Tokachi Fresh Cheese, Junko Kimura, University of Hosei, Japan
• The research on GIs : perspectives from the producers side, Leo Bertozzi, Consultant and Former Director of the Consorzio del Formaggio Parmigiano-Reggiano, Italy

II PANEL: Education on GIs inside the EU and in non-EU countries, Chairman Olivier Beucherie, Consultant, France

• Training of future professionals in charge of GI products, Philippe Mongondry, Master Food Identity, France
• Master on Territories’ Development, Quality and Origin of products, Audrey Aubard, University Bordeaux Montaigne, France
• Rural Territorial Development with Cutural Identity Program (RDT-IC), Marta Arosio, RIMISP, Latin America
• Needs for further legal research on Geographical Indications, Erik Thevenod-Mottet, Laboratory of rural studies, University of Lyon, France
• Testimonies from former students of Masters
  • Anne Clermontelle, Policy officer for R&I, AREPO, France
  • Ukas Tonci, Assistant on GIs, Biotechnicon, Croatia
  • Laura Natalia Fernandez-Cedi, International Consultant, UNIDO, Austria

III PANEL: Training on GIs inside the EU and in non-EU countries, Chairman Laurent Gomez, Secretary General of AREPO, France

• Geographical Indications : an approach for local development, Didier Chabrol, Formation InterGI CIRAD-REDD, CIRAD, France
• Forum Origin, Diversity and Territories, Dominique Barjolle, Association Origin for Sustainability – Forum ODT, Switzerland
• Les IG… un outil (choisi ?) au service de producteurs (prêts à s’en servir ?), Charles Perraud, IGP Sel de Guérande/Certipaq, France
• The school at the centre of Consortium communication, Christian Sbardella, Consorzio per la Tutela dell’Olio Toscano IGP, Italie

CONCLUSIONS

• Barna Kovacs, European Commission
• Florence Tartanac, FAO
• Laurent Gomez, Secretary General of AREPO

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