Webinar “Trade and Forests. The EU Green Deal and Deforestation”.
The Embassy is pleased to inform that on August 5 (15.00 - 16.45 pm in the Netherlands) will take place the seminar “Trade and Forests. The EU Green Deal and Deforestation”.
The seminar is jointly organized by the Group of Southern Producing Countries (GPS) and the British think tank Paddy Ashdown Forum (PAF) with the collaboration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship, based on an initiative launched by the Undersecretariat for Multilateral and Bilateral Economic Negotiations and the Argentine Mision for the European Union.
This seminar, the fourth in a program of events organized by GPS and PAF related to Sustainable Agriculture, Climate Change and Trade, will address the European Commission's initiative on deforestation and its approach towards third countries that export agricultural products, the challenges for Argentina and possibilities for joint work.
The program is transcribed below:
Welcome and Opening Remarks
- Robert Woodthorpe Browne MBE, Chair, The Paddy Ashdown Forum
- Horacio Sánchez Caballero, General Coordinator, GPS
- Carola Ramón Berjano, Undersecretary of Multilateral and Bilateral Economic Negotiations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Argentina Republic.
Speakers
- Borjan Grlas. Team Leader, International Forestry Policy of the Environmental Directorate General, European Commission.
- Alexander Doring. Secretary-General of European Feed Manufacturer s Federation (FEFAC). Gustavo Idígoras. President of the Chamber of the oil industry of the Argentine Republic (CIARA-CEC) and member of GPS network.
- Tomás Schlichter. Vice President of the National Institute of Agricultural Technology of Argentina Republic (INTA).
Moderator
Irina von Wiese, former MEP & Legal Counsel GSMA
Further details and registration form can be found at the following link
Registration closes on Tuesday August 4, 2020, at 15:00 pm (Netherlands).