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Session 1: Policies for transformational change in agriculture (Moderator: Louise Luttikholt, Executive Director, IFOAM -Organics International)
1) Frank Eyhorn, Vice-President, IFOAM-Organics International: “Coherent policies driving sustainability in agriculture” Download: 1 Korea_CoherentPolicies_Eyhorn
2) André Leu, International Director, Regeneration International, Ambassador, IFOAM – Organics International: “Why policy change is urgently needed: The role of organic and like-minded farming systems in providing solutions for global problems” Download: 2 Andre Leu Why policy change is urgently needed Korea 2019
3) Nicanor Perlas, Philippines: “What is needed for transformational change to happen?” 2003 Recipient of the Right Livelihood Award . Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSwtsmkpnOc
Panel discussion: Overcoming barriers to transformational change
Session 2: Government Policies in Support of Organic Agriculture (Moderator: Mathew John, Director, Keystone Foundation)
1) Europe: Paul Holmbeck, Organic Denmark, Future Policy Silver Award 2018 “National and local organic policies driving organic breakthroughs in Denmark” Download: 1 Paul Holmbeck SouthKorea_2019_ph
2) Africa: David Amudavi, Biovision Africa Trust / Ecological Organic Agriculture Initiative of the African Union – to follow
3) Pacific Islands: Karen Mapusua, Operations Manager Land resource Division, Pacific Community, IFOAM – World Board Download: 3 Karen Mapusua PacificOrganicPolicy
Session 3: Best Practices of Local Government Initiatives in Korea (Moderator: Zhou Zejiang, President, IFOAM Asia)
1) ALGOA: Lee Cha Yong, Mayor of Goesan County; Download: 1 Organic Agriculture of Goesan(2019) – Mayor lee
2) Lee Seung Bok, Director of the Environmentally-Friendly Agriculture Division, Hongseong Agriculture Extension Center, Hongseong County Download: 2 Environmentally-Friendly Agriculture in HONGSEONG
3) Nakhyun Choi, Director of Environmentally-friendly Agriculture Dept, Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs “Pregnant Women and New Mothers in South Korea” Download: 3 ALGOA 발표자료_Choi Nakhyun
4) Dong Geun Choi, Korea Check-off Board, “Check-off Funds of Korea” Download: 4 Dong Geun Choi Check Off Funds
Session 4: What governments can do to drive change (Moderator: Shaikh Tanveer Hossain, APO, Japan)
1) Pierre Ferrand, FAO Asia and Pacific: “Policies for Scaling Up Agroecology” Download: Pierre Ferrand Policies for Scaling up AE_Sept19_V2
2) Patricia Flores, IFOAM Latin America Representative; Download: Latin America Organic Agriculture & Public Policies
Session 5: Ways forward in working for better policies (Moderator: Mrs. Miyoshi Satoko, Vice-President, IFOAM Asia)
1) Eduardo Cuoco, Executive Director, IFOAM EU “Advocating for organic policies in the EU” Download: IFOAM EU – Making Europe More Organic
2) Victoriano Ihong Tagupa, Executive Director, LOAMCP-PH, “How local governments influence policy-making” Download: 2 ALGOA LOAMCP
3) Louise Luttikholt, Executive Director, IFOAM – Organics International “Facilitating peer-to-peer exchange among policy makers” Download: Facilitating Peer-to-Peer Exchange among Policy Makers
International Summit on Organic Food Systems
OFSP as a Core Initiative of UN-SFSP: a midterm status: Carola Strassner (University of Munster) describing the leading research; Jostein Hertwig (BERAS) describing OFSP engagement in actual practice. Download: The Organic Food System Programme Intro Strassner and Hertwig
Keynote: André Leu, International Director of Regeneration International “Organic 3.0 to Regenerative Agriculture: The connection between regenerative agriculture and organic/sustainable food system approaches” Download: Leu The connection between regenerative agriculture&organicsustainable food system approaches
OFS as models for food system transformation (Moderator: David Gould, FoodChain ID)
- The Potential Role of Agroecology and Organics in Strengthening Sustainable and Inclusive City Region Food Systems (Henk Renting) Download: Henk Renting City Region Food Systems and Organic Food Systems Converging Communities of Practice
- Implementing organic into dietary recommendations – (Susanne Bugel) Download: Bugel Implementing organic into dietary recommendations
- The role of organic public procurement and gastronomy (Carola Strassner) Download: Dr Strassner The role of organic public procurement and gastronomy
The role of OFS key actors (45 min total)
- Drivers of Change in Organic Food System – (Sebastian Krestchmer)
- Food system’s outcomes: a brief overview and the potential for organic (Lilliana Stefanovic) Download: Liliana Food System Outcomes An Overview and the Potential for Organic
- Social Interaction and Collaboration for Organic Food System: A Systematic (Tooba Jamil) Download: Tooba Social Interaction and Collaboration in Organic Food
Food system transformation (Moderator: Jostein Hertwig (BERAS)
Part I – The role of OFS in practice: network models
- Salvatore Basile for INNER network with focus on Eco-regions in Europe and Northern Africa Download:
- Victoriano Ihong Tagupa for Relevance of ALGOA in the Food Systems Transformation: The New Life of Innovations and Systems Thinking as Foundations to Escape Poverty and Hunger in Asia (To follow)
- Joy Carrey for Milano Urban Food Network (international) – (To follow)
Part II – OFS in practice: individual case models
- Sara Jervfors for OFS in Södertalje, Sweden Download: Södertälje A living lab for sustainable food systems
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