11:15 – 11:30 am

Welcoming words from political representatives and opening remarks on the conference topics

11:30 – 16:00 pm

* Session One Governments Support Policies for Organic Agriculture Chairperson: Fabio Maria Santucci, DSEA, Università di Perugia

11.30 – 11.50 am	Overview paper: The European experience on organic farming policy: lessons to be learned, Stephan Dabbert - University of Hohenheim, Germany
11:50 – 12:10 pm	Case study: The support to organic agriculture in Emilia-Romagna (Italy)  Carlo Malavolta - D.G. Agricoltura Regione Emilia-Romagna
12:10 – 12:30 pm	Case study: Policy instruments to strengthen the development of organic farming in CEE countries – the Czech and Polish experience Andrea Hrabalova - Research Institute of Agricultural Economics, Kotlářská, Czech Republic
12:30 – 12:40 pm	Questions
12:40 – 13:00 pm	Overview paper: Best practices for organic policy: what developing country governments can do to promote the organic sector Gunnar Rundgren - Grolink / consultant to the UNEP-UNCTAD Capacity Building Task Force on Trade, Environment and Development
13:00 – 14:30 pm	Lunch
14:30 – 14:50 pm	Case study: Public Policies to promote organic agriculture in Brazil Angela P. Escosteguy - Coordinator of the Pro-Organicos Programme, Ministério da Agricultura Pecuária e Abastecimento, Porto Alegre-RS - Brazil
14:50 – 15:10 pm	Case study: Environment-friendly Agriculture in Korea and the Role of Government  Chin-Chan Lee - Director of Agriculture Production and Marketing Division, Gyeonggi Provincial Government, Korea
15:10 – 15:30 pm	Overview paper: Organic policy in the Mediterranean: a regional outlook Patrizia Pugliese - MOAN (Mediterranean Organic Agriculture Network)/ CIHEAM-IAMB
15:30 – 14:50 pm	Case study: Government support policies for organic agriculture in the Maghreb Lahcen Kenny - MOAN / IAV Hassan II, Agadir, Morocco
15:50 – 16:00 pm	Questions
16:00 – 16:30 pm	Coffee break

11:30 – 16:00 pm

* Session Two Working with Action Plans for Organic Food and Farming Chairperson: Francis Blake, Soil Association, IFOAM EU-Group

16:30 – 16:50 pm	Overview paper: Lessons learnt from ORGAP Project – planning, implementation and evaluation of Action Plans for Organic Food and Farming Otto Schmid - Research Institute of  Organic Agriculture FiBL, Frick, Switzerland
16:50 – 17:10 pm	Case study: Steps leading to the’ National Action Plan’ for organic agriculture in Turkey Uygun Aksoy - MOAN / Ege University and Association of Organic Agriculture Organization (ETO) Izmir, Turkey
17:10 – 17:20 pm	Questions

17:20 – 18:30 pm

* Session Three Expert panel discussion & conclusions Chairperson: Sophie Twarog, UNCTAD

Panel list include: Samia Maamer Belkhiria - Ministère de l’Agriculture et des Ressources Hydrauliques, Tunisia Walter Bianchini - Minister of Agriculture of the State of Paranà, Brazil Renate Künast - Green Party parliamentary group leader and former German Minister of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture Nic Lampkin - Institute of Rural Sciences/Organic Centre Wales, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK

Poster Session

Al Oun, An Action Plan to Promote the Adoption of Organic Farming in Jordan Nikolic, A model to select suitable policy options “best practice” – example of “best practice” selection for organic sector regulatory framework in Bosnia and Herzegovina Koesling, Dropping organic certification - effects on organic farming in Norway Sriskandarajah, Potential and problems of Organic Farming in Conflict Zones: the case from North East of Sri Lanka Wanjiku, East African Organic Products Standard (EAOPS) & the East African Organic Mark (EOAM) Daisuke Sano, Environmental impacts of economic integration on Asian Agriculture: Policy options, challenges and opportunities for organic agriculture Schmid, Stakeholder involvement in action plans and/or policies for organic food and farming – ORGAP project recommendations.