Third National Networking Workshops
SWG FAO project:
”Streamlining of agriculture and rural development policies of SEE countries for EU accession”
April 24th 2014 – Ohrid, Macedonia
PROPOSED PROGRAMME
April 24th 2014 ( Thursday)
Session 1- Update on project progress
09:00 – 09:10 Opening of the workshop and introduction to the workshop Agenda
Ms. Valentina Stojanovic-Tufa, Delegate of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy of Macedonia in the SWG Assembly, National Project Coordinator for Macedonia
Mr. Richard Eberlin, FAO Land Tenure and Rural Development Officer, Project Backstopper
09:10 – 09:20 Up-dates on the project progress
Ms. Irena Dzimrevska, SWG Secretariat, Head of Operations, Regional Project Coordinator
Prof. Emil Erjavec, University of Ljubljana, International Expert, Coordinator of the scientific activities
Session 2- Agriculture and rural development - state of art
09: 20- 09:50 Presentation of the agriculture and rural development - state of art in Macedonia
Situation and trend analysis, comparison with the EU and within the region, gap analysis
Prof. Dragi Dimitrievski, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food, University St. Cyril and Methodius, National Academic Expert, Macedonia
09: 50- 10:15 Discussions
Session 3- Policy framework and agriculture and rural development budgetary transfers
10:15- 11:000 Presentation of the policy frame and budgetary transfers (APM results: situation and trends, comparison with the EU (quantitative and qualitative and gap analysis)
Prof. Dragi Dimitrievski, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food, University St. Cyril and Methodius, National Academic Expert, Macedonia
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break
10: 45- 11:00 Discussions
Session 4- Discussion and country specific recommendations
11:30 – 13:00 Discussion and agreement about the country specific recommendations for Action Plans for streamlining of agriculture and rural development policies
Prof. Dragi Dimitrievski, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food, University St. Cyril and Methodius, National Academic Expert, Macedonia
Ms. Valentina Stojanovic-Tufa, Delegate of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy of Macedonia in the SWG Assembly, National Project Coordinator for Macedonia
13:00 – 14:15 Lunch break
Session 5 – CAP 2020 reform – changes and impact on integration process of acceding countries (potentially)
14:15- 15:00 Presented and moderated by: Prof. Emil Erjavec, University of Ljubljana, International Expert, and Coordinator of the scientific activities
15:00 – 15:30 Discussion
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break
Session 6 - Cooperation between policy makers and academic institution to support the policy evaluation and programming
16:00- 16:20 Progress related to enhancement of cooperation between academia and policy makers
Presented by FAO/SWG national coordinator
16:20- 16:40 Presentation on the progress on networking and cooperation campaign and the formulation of the Communication Strategy
Irena Andreevska - SWG Secretariat, SWG PR Officer
Session 7- Definition of next steps
16:40 – 17:00 Discussions, agreement on the next steps, conclusions and closing
Expected contributions by participants:
1. Presentation of the Presentation of the agriculture and rural development state of art in Macedonia (situation and trend analysis, comparison with the EU (primary) and within the region, gap analysis) by national academic experts or member of the research team
2. Presentation of the policy frame and budgetary transfers (APM results: situation and trends, comparison with the EU (quantitative and qualitative and gap analysis) by national academic experts or member of the research team
3. Presentation of the country specific recommendations for Action Plans for streamlining of agriculture and rural development policies by national project coordinators