GreenmountCollege of Agriculture, Food & Rural Enterprise
March 27th – 31st, 2011
Sunday 27th March
10.25Flight arrives in CharleroiAirport
10.30 - Travel to Leuven by Coach
13.00Arrive in the Leuven Institute
14.00 – 15.00Students make arrangements for lunch
15.00 – 17.00Walking Tour of Leuven
(Meet guide in front of the town hall)
17.00 – 19.00Free time in Leuven, group to make their own dinner arrangements
19.00 – 21.00Debriefing
Conference Room 3
MONDAY 28THMARCH
07.30 – 09.00Breakfast
09.30 – 10.30Welcome & Introduction
Conference Room 3Malachy Vallely
Former Director General of the Leuven Institute
10.30 – 12.00Decision Making Processes of the EU
Conference Room 3Dr Margaret Malone,
Resident Lecturer,
Leuven Institute for Ireland in Europe
12.00 – 13.30Students make own lunch arrangements
13.30 – 14.30DG in Agriculture
Conference Room 3Michael Hamell
14.35 -Coach Transfer to Mollem
15.30 – 16.30Visit to Hof ter Vrijlegen
Boven Vrijlegem 41
1730 Asse-Mollem
16.30 - Coach Returns to Leuven
18.00 - Students make own dinner arrangements
19.00 – 21.00Debriefing
Conference Room 3
TUESDAY 29th MARCH
07.30 – 09.00Breakfast
09.30 – 10.30EU Agriculture & Environmental Policy:
Conference Room 3a Belgian Perspective
Peter Verhelst,
Policy Officer, Boerenbond Leuven
10.30 – 10.45Coffee Break
10.45 – 12.00Irelands experience of the EU Conference Room 3 Brendan Nevin
12.00 – 13.00Students make own lunch arrangements
13.00 – 14.00Irish dairy co-operative sector – responding to EU reforms
Conference Room 3Mr. Conor Mulvihill
European Affairs Officer
ICOS - Irish Co-Operative Organisation Society Ltd
14.00 – 15.00Coach Transfer to Donkerstraat
15.00 – 16.30Visit to “t Waterhof” farm
Donkerstraat 8
1750 Gaasbeek
16.30 – 17.30Coach transfer to the Leuven Institute
18.00Students make own dinner arrangements
19.00 – 21.00Debriefing
Conference Room 3
WEDNESDAY 30th MARCH
07.30– 08.30Breakfast
08.30 – 09.45Coach transfer to Brussels
10.00 – 11.00Visit to the European Parliament
Meet with Claire Mac Carrick, assistant to MEP Jim Nicholson and Katie Murphy, assistant to MEP Bairbre de Brún
Meet Diane Dodds MEPJim Nicholson MEP
Rue Wiertz
11.00 – 11.30Walk to the Office of the Northern Ireland Executive
180 Chaussée d’Etterbeek, 1040 Brussels
11.30 – 12.30Visit Office of theNorthern Ireland Executive
Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Eileen Kelly
12.30 – 13.30Students make own lunch arrangements
13.30 – 14.00Walk to Copa-Cogeca Offices
14.00 – 15.00Meet with British Agricultural Bureau
Dawn Howard, Assistant Director
61 Rue de Trèves, 1040 Brussels
15.00 – 16.30The Work of the Copa-Cogeca
Ruud Schers, Policy Coordinator, Copa-Cogeca
Ground Floor -61 Rue de Trèves, 1040 Brussels
16.30Coach transfer to the Leuven Institute
18.00Students make own dinner arrangements
19.00 – 21.00Debriefing
Conference Room 3
THURSDAY 31st MARCH
07.30– 09.00Breakfast
09.00 – 10.00Coach transfer to Huldenberg
Wolfgang 5, 3040 Huldenberg
10.00 – 12.00Visit to Hof ter Vaeren Farm
12.00 – 13.00Lunch
13.30 - Coach Transfer to ZaventemAirport
16.25 - Flight Departs