The European Union Delegation to Norway and the Norwegian Agricultural Agency invite to a public seminar on the development of environmental measures in the agricultural policies of the European Union and Norway. The seminar will take place Friday 23 November 2018 in Oslo.

Before summer 2018 the European Commission proposed changes to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for 2021-2027. Among the nine CAP objectives at EU level the bar is being raised for environmental and climate action. Norway's environmental measures in agriculture have been reviewed, which among other things have resulted in a new agreement for a National Environmental Programme from 2019.

Time: Friday 23 November at 09:00 – 12:00

Venue: The Norwegian Agricultural Agency (Landbruksdirektoratet), Stortingsgaten 28, 0161 Oslo

The seminar will be held in English.

Programme

08:30 - Registration

09:00 - Welcome by the Norwegian Agricultural Agency

09:10 - The Common Agricultural Policy after 2020: Higher Ambition on Environmental and Climate Action.

Presentation by Ricard Ramon I Sumoy, Deputy Head of Section for Policy analysis and Perspectives, the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI).

Q & A

10:15     Coffee break

10:30 - Norwegian Agri-Environmental Policies

Presentation by Jon Magnar Haugen, Senior Adviser, Section for Industry Development and Ecology, Department of Agricultural Policy, Norwegian Ministry of Agriculture and Food

10:50 - New National Agri-Environmental Programme – Means to Enhance a Sustainable Food Production

Presentation by Kaja Killingland, Head of Section for Climate and the Environment, Norwegian Agricultural Agency

11:20 - Climate risk and food security

Comment by Arne Bardalen, Special Adviser at the Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO)

11:40 - Q & A and summary

12:00 - End

Registration deadline: Wednesday 21 November

Please sign up here: https://www.landbruksdirektoratet.no/no/forms/eu-and-norway-environmental-and-climate-action-2018