AIPH Spring Meeting 15 March 2016, PanPacific Hotel, Vancouver, Canada
AGENDA
9.00 1.0 Welcome by AIPH President, Mr. Bernard Oosterom 9.10 2.0 Welcome by President of the Canadian Nursery Landscape Association (CNLA) Mr. Rene Thiebaud and President of the Canadian Ornamental Horticulture Alliance (COHA) Mr. Michael Murray 9.30 3.0 Review of AIPH activity by AIPH Secretary General, Mr. Tim Briercliffe including update on progress with the International Vision project 9.45 4.0 Country reports from members During this session members are asked to provide an update on the state of the industry in their country with a particular emphasis on the industry outlook for the next 5-10 years and the biggest threats or opportunities they face (including import/export). This will feed into the International Vision project. Any Powerpoint presentations to be sent to AIPH Secretariat by 28 February 2016.
10.30 Coffee Break 10.45 Country reports from members continued 11.30 5.0 Green City Committee
5.1 Introduction by Ms. Karen Tambayong, Chair 5.2 Minutes of Green City Committee, 20 October 2015 (Annex 1) 5.3 Green City Committee report (Annex 2) 5.4 Update on AIPH Green City project (Annex 3). Presentation by Mr. Tim Briercliffe 5.5 Update on discussions with ELCA 5.6 Any other business 12.00 Lunch 13.00 6.0 Environment & Plant Health Committee
6.1 Introduction by Mr. Gery Heungens (Chairman) 6.2 Minutes of Environment & Plant Health Committee, 20 October 2015 (Annex 4) 6.3 Environment & Plant Health Committee report (Annex 5) 6.4 Discussion topic – How North American Growers tackle sustainability This will include presentations from John Byland of Bylands Nurseries and CNLA Growers Chair (Canada), Craig Reggelbrugge, Senior Vice President - Industry Advocacy & Research at AmericanHort (USA) and Justin Hancock from Costa Farms (USA) The presentations will be followed by a discussion 6.5 Any other business 14.0 7.0 Marketing Committee
7.1 Introduction by Mr. Kevin Chung, Chairman 7.2 Minutes of Marketing Committee, 21 October 2015 (Annex 6) 7.3 Marketing Committee report (Annex 7) 7.4 Progress reports: 7.4.1 Tangshan, China (2016) 7.4.2 Antalya, Turkey (2016) 14.30 Tea break 14.45 – Marketing Committee continued 7.4.3 Taichung, Chinese Taipei (2018/19) 7.4.4 Beijing, China (2019) 7.4.5 Floriade, The Netherlands (2022)
7.5 Updated applications: 7.5.1 Gold Coast, Australia – Request to move the date from 2018 to 2020 and will present a new plan for a new location in Gold Coast. Applicant will be seeking a new approval for this.
7.6 Presentation from Yangzhou City, China, regarding their plans to apply for a B Class Exhibition in 2021. 7.7 Proposed new annexes to AIPH Regulations for International Horticultural Exhibitions (Annex 8 – to follow). 7.8 Any other business
17.0 8.0 AIPH General Meeting
8.1 Minutes of General meeting 21 October 2015, Milan (Annex 9) 8.2 Secretary General report (Annex 10) 8.3 International Grower of the Year – review of 2016 and plans for 2017 8.4 Novelty Protection Committee report (Annex 11) – Mr. Tim Edwards 8.5 Financial Update 8.6 Annual Congress 2016 – Antalya, Turkey 8.7 Any other business
17.30 Meeting closed by Mr. Bernard Oosterom AIPH Green City Committee, Vancouver, 15 March 2016 Annex 1 Minutes of Last meeting
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Committee : Green City Date : Tuesday, October 20, 2015 Time : 10:30 – 12:30 hrs. Place : Stresa, Milan, Italy Reference : 2015_Milan_GreenCity_Minutes_DRAFT.doc Chairman : Ms. Karen Tambayong, Indonesia Secretary : Mr. Tim Briercliffe, AIPH ______
1. Opening by the chairman Ms. K Tambayong. Ms Tambayong opened the meeting.
2. Minutes of the meeting March 18, 2015, Paris (Annex 1). The minutes were approved.
3. Green City 2015-2016 3.1. 2015 Activity Report (Annex 2). Ms Tambayong explained the various activities in relation to Green City and AIPH. She introduced the new cities summit in Jakarta that she had recently attended and explained that she had recently visited the former Expo site in Japan. 3.2. AIPH supported Almere/Milan Green City seminar, Milan, 16 October 2015 (Annex 3). Mr Briercliffe described the event that had been organized by Floriade Almere at the Milan Expo. Representatives from many cities had signed the Milan Urban Food Pact the day before, in the presence of UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon. Many of these cities sent representatives to the Almere event the following day where delegates discussed the implementation of the pact. AIPH had the opportunity to highlight its work with Green City and it raised the question as to the extent to which AIPH should include urban food production within its Green City remit. 3.3. AIPH Green City Conference, Vancouver, Canada 16-18 March 2016. Bill Hardy introduced the conference and showed film about it. 3.4. AIPH Green City Conference, Antalya, Turkey 2016. It was agreed that AIPH and Expo 2016 Antalya would work closely together to agree an appropriate date and programme. AIPH has already submitted a suggested programme to them. 3.5. External Green City related events (Annex 4). Ms Tambayong referred members to the list in Annex 4 for their information.
4. AIPH Green City initiatives 4.1. Minutes of AIPH Green City Working Group meeting on 19 March 2015 (Annex 5). Mr Briercliffe explained to members that a working group had been convened and this met just after the Paris Spring Meeting. This session was beneficial in gaining the views and knowledge of academics and experts from across the world. From this discussion it had become clear that defining a ‘Green City Standard’ would be difficult and the group proposed that AIPH should look at finding a way to assess commitment by city governments to greening as well as publishing clear green city guidance and promoting best practice, maybe with awards. The outcomes from this were being developed further. 4.2. Proposed next steps to develop an AIPH Green City Audit, updated Green City Guidelines and Green City Awards (Annex 6) Mr Briercliffe explained to members the proposed plan of action for progressing AIPH Green City initiatives. These initiatives depend on sourcing external funding. One option for this was the Beijing 2019 Expo and a meeting was to be held with the Beijing delegation on the following day. The plan includes a three- fold approach including a Green City governance standard, new green city guidelines and green city awards. 4.3. Developing the AIPH Green City Audit (Annex 7) Ms. Anne Jaluzot (Green Infrastructure Consultant) has been contracted to begin the process of testing feasibility and developing a new AIPH Green City Audit. Ms Jaluzot presented her work to date and outlined the proposed work for the following months subject to the support of AIPH members. Ms Jaluzot proposed a Green City Award that cities could apply for. They would then be subject to a jury and awards would be given. Ms Jaluzot described the context, i.e. there is both a big demand and need. Currently countries are not adequately addressing ‘real’ green infrastructure. A competition would stimulate peer pressure to be the best. Promotion of brand for a city is really important. Big corporations look very carefully at city reputation before moving to a city. This award could put the city on the map. E.g. the mayor of Chicago has used the green message to get him re-elected! Ms Jaluzot proposed two options. Either an index (survey) approach or a competition (challenge) approach. She felt that a Challenge approach is better. A ‘Challenge’ type competition would have a bigger market reach (could be more than 50 cities), politically safer, less reliant on native speaking auditors. AIPH would need to develop smart partnerships to run effectively. Assessment categories: Delivering value, using evidence, leading by example, key metrics, innovation. 4.4. Developing new AIPH Green City Guidelines (Annex 8) Mr. Niek Roozen (Niek Roozen BV) outlined his proposal for developing a new edition of the Green City Guidelines which will tie in with the Green City Audit project Mr Roozen thanked AIPH for opportunities given that have helped him to develop a career in expos. Mr Roozen described examples of Green Cities from around the world and expos as shown in the Green City Guidelines. This book will now be translated into Chinese. Next edition of guidelines would focus more on plant choices and international case studies. It will be expanded and have more examples and link to the audit.
Mr Kok asked how we would ensure that the two projects interacted correctly and Mr Roozen agreed that this was important. Mr Kok also stressed that the project should look to find ways to include the use of plants inside buildings as well as outside.
5. Green City Updates 5.1. Member reports (Annex 9). 2/3 AIPH members each presented details about the latest Green City initiatives in their countries. Ms Tambayong stressed that AIPH needs to include urban agriculture in our plans. Mr Prince noted that Hort Innovation Australia has 4 mill AUD available for researching green city and AIPH should consider linking with this. Ms Hanim Dur (Expo 2016 Antalya) talked about the involvement of Antalya in the Communities in Bloom ‘International Challenge’. They won a major prize in this competition and liaised with government and many stakeholders to achieve this. See www.antalyainbloom.com. Won the 5 Golden Bloom top award at awards.
5.2. Impact of Expos on stimulating Green Cities (Annex 10) Ms. Tambayong reported on her recent visit to Hamamatsu, Japan where she viewed the park developed as a legacy of the 1990 Expo.
6. Revised Committee Terms of Reference The Committee agreed to the proposed revised Terms of Reference.
7. Any other business. No further business
8. Closure of meeting Ms Tambayong closed the meeting.
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Green City Committee Activity Report October 2015 – March 2016
1) AIPH Green City Project
Following the presentations from Anne Jaluzot and Niek Roozen at the Annual Congress in Stresa we have had extensive discussions to take forward the Green City Project. A final proposal has now been developed for an ‘International Green City Award’. This has been sent to the organising Bureau of Beijing 2019 Expo for their consideration and Bernard Oosterom and Tim Briercliffe will pitch this to them on 1 March 2016 in Beijing. The project is developing a steering group which should include ARUP and Beijing Forestry University as well as consultant Anne Jaluzot and Niek Roozen.
2) AIPH International Green City Conferences
We have actively promoted the Green City Conference taking place in Vancouver on 16- 18 March 2016. Plans are being developed for an AIPH International Green City Conference to take place in Antalya on 27 September 2016. It has been suggested that Beijing could host an AIPH Green City Conference in 2017. This will be discussed with the organisers of the Beijing 2019 Expo.
3) Milan Urban Food Policy Pact, Milan October 16th 2015
Inspired by the Expo 2015 theme “Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life”, the Mayor of Milan, Giuliano Pisapia, proposed the idea of the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact at the summit of the Climate Leadership Group (C40) cities in Johannesburg back in February 2014. Since September 2014, nearly 50 cities from all over the world have exchanged views and ideas to define the contents of the Pact. The Pact and all related documents have been produced in a participatory process from September 2014 to July 2015. On the 15th of October dozens of cities signed the Pact, to build a more sustainable and equitable urban food system. Floriade Almere 2022 organized a seminar at the Milan Expo, during the World Food Day on the October 16th 2015. The City of Milan shared their initiatives in the seminar and were followed by other cities like Gent, New York, etc. City of Almere shared their vision on Floriade 2022 The Almere World Expo. During the sessions Tim Briercliffe also introduce AIPH and our work on Green City.
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Milan Urban Food Policy Pact link: http://www.foodpolicymilano.org/en/the-text-of-the-milan-urban-food-policy-pact/
4) GUSA (Green Urban Scape Asia) Congress: The Science of Greening the City in a Garden, Singapore November 05th – 07th 2015
Green Urban Scape Asia is an international exhibition and conference; a platform for business, government, associations and academics to exchange knowledge on the latest urban design, landscape and greenery methods and technology. The congress themed, “The Science of Greening the City in a Garden”, hosted 24 international speakers who shared their insights and facilitated knowledge exchange. I joined the “Playground and Parks” and the “Urban Biodiversity” streams in which they shared methods and technologies for exchanging and restoring habitat in urban landscape. It was very useful also to learn how Singapore is evolving to become a City in a Garden. As population grew so did the green cover, from 36% in 1986 to 50% in 2015. Green areas are under the management of NParks. This area exceeds 9500 Ha or about 13,6% of the total area in Singapore. 5% is classified as Nature Reserves. Recognizing land, water, and energy constraints conserving Singapore’s Natural Heritage requires strong People, Public, Private Sectors (3P), working in synergy and partnership.
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A City in a Garden
There were awards presented during the conference. The “Skyrise Greenery Awards (SGA)” and the “Landscape Excellence Assessment Framework (LEAF)” certification to 22 developments. The SGA in particular received a total of 123 entries, the highest number ever in its six years of existence.
Skyrise Greenery Awards
Twelve developments were presented with Skyrise Greenery Awards for incorporating vertical greenery and rooftop greenery into high-rise buildings.
Westgate took the Outstanding Development award for its clever merging of lush greenery through rooftop gardens and vertical greenery. Using “urban oasis” as its theme, the development incorporates open civic spaces, flowing streams, and living green walls that connect to the rivers and mangroves of Jurong’s past as well as to the Jurong Lake nearby.
Westgate Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum Outstanding Award Excellence Award
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JEM Excellence Award National Gallery Singapore Excellence Award
Spectra Secondary School Special Award Nanyang Polytechnic Excellence Award
SkyTerrace @ Dawson Excellence Award Liang Seah Place Special Award
LEAF Certification
Launched in 2013, LEAF recognises developments for excellence in greenery provision and management. 11 developments received LEAF certification for demonstrating greenery in urban landscapes. In particular, PARKROYAL on Pickering, Genting Hotel Jurong, Kampung Admiralty, and Punggol Northshore District Landscape Masterplan were singled out as outstanding projects for their excellence in urban greening.
HDB’s iconic SkyTerrace @ Dawson BTO project was the only development to clinch both an SGA award and LEAF certification this year.
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Kampung Admiralty Punggol Northshore
Lush Acres Maple Tree Business City II
PARKROYAL on Pickering Sentosa Cove
Skyline I & II @ Bukit Batok Genting Hotel Jurong
These awards have played an important role in motivating more developments to incorporate greenery into our hardscape, taking us closer to becoming a City in a Garden.
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5) Meeting the new chairman of LIAS (Landscape Industry Association) Mr. Goh Eng Lam and offered him to be member of AIPH and host the next spring meeting and I told him that our Secretary General will follow it up to explain the details
6) Green Shops Make More Money A new study by the World Green Building Council shows retailers how to cash in on the clear link between sustainable store design and higher sales.
A greenery covered mall in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Research has shown that more sustainable shops have higher customer footfall and sales (Source: http://www.eco-business.com/news/green-shops-make-more-money/) Article shared by Robert Prince.
7) News from Australia : Greening Cities with an Urban Forest across Both Public and Private Domains
We must encourage and facilitate the greening of private gardens to extend the greening of Melbourne from the public domain to the private. In the City of Melbourne, the tree canopy cover was assessed at 13 percent in 2014 in a project associated with 202020 Vision. The vision is to increase tree canopy cover in Australian cities by 20 percent by 2020, relative to 13 percent. Of this 13 percent, 69 percent was within public space and 31 percent within private space. The City of Melbourne itself estimates that there is tree canopy over 22 percent of the city’s public streets and parks area. In contrast, only 3 percent of the private realm is covered. These percentages are expected to decrease as the existing trees succumb to old age and to the pressures of drought and water restrictions. In the next 20 years, 39 percent of the city’s tree population will die.
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Aerial view of the central business district of Melbourne. The city sits on the Yarra River, which courses through it and flows to Port Phillip Bay. Photo: Michael Blamey for Melbourne Today
Yet, cities need trees and their canopies. As a partner to 202020 Vision, the City of Melbourne is aiming to increase its tree canopy cover to 40 percent by 2040. It has established a strategy with guiding principles and targets. The guiding principles focus on mitigation and adaptation to climate change; reducing the urban heat island effect; becoming a water sensitive city; designing for health, well-being, liveability and cultural integrity; creating healthier ecosystems; and becoming the leader in urban forestry. Six strategies and their targets have been developed: 1. Increase canopy cover to 40 percent by 2040; 2. Increase urban forest diversity, so that there is no more than 5 percent of any one species, 10 percent of any one genus and 20 percent of any one family; 3. Improve vegetation health, so that 90 percent of the city’s tree population will be healthy by 2040; 4. Improve soil moisture and water quality, to support healthy tree growth; 5. Improve urban ecology, to protect and enhance biodiversity; and 6. Inform and consult with the community, so that the community understands the importance of the city’s urban forest, feels connected to it and is engaged with its development.
(Source: http://www.thenatureofcities.com/2016/01/16/greening-cities-with-an-urban-forest- across-both-public-and-private-domains/)
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THE GREEN CITY AWARD
Championing city government leadership in the use of green infrastructure for improving city life.
DETAILED PROPOSAL FOR A WORLDWIDE COMPETITION SETTING EXPO’2019 BEIJING APART
FEBRUARY 2016 CONTENT
OVERVIEW About the International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH) AIPH and China...... 2 International Horticultural Exhibition 2019 Beijing ...... 2 Augmenting the...... International...... Horticultural Exhibition...... 2019...... Beijing with an...... 2 unprecedented international competition ...... 3 DETAILED PROPOSAL Award aims and objectives ...... 3 Who can enter the Award...... 4 Award timescale, categories...... and incentives...... 4 Award criteria and topics ...... 4 Award organisers and partners ...... 4 Entry submission and evaluation...... process...... 5 Award preparation and management...... 7 Award documentation and articulation ...... with Green City...... Guide ...... 8 Budget ...... 10 ...... 11 ...... 12
OVERVIEW
About the International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH) ‘The world’s champion for the power of plants
Since 1948, AIPH has united horticultural producers in an international community that thrives to this day. Much has changed in that time. Technologies advanced, cities rose from the ground, and we have become more connected than ever. As a result, our essential bond with nature has been weakened. AIPH strives to reignite and uphold an appreciation of plants that we believe is a basic human instinct. We support the work of grower associations globally and together we champion a prosperous industry, growing plants that enhance lives, advance societies and sustain our planet, for this generation and the next.
AIPH and China China Flower Association (CFA) is a member of AIPH and participates enthusiastically in AIPH initiatives and activities with the support of CFA President, Madame Jiang Zehui who was awarded the highest honour of AIPH, the AIPH Gold Medal, in 2014 for her support of AIPH and the global horticultural industry. Professor Zhang Qixiang is Vice President of AIPH and Ms. Kong Haiyan from CFA is a member of the AIPH Board. AIPH is well known within China where it has run Green City conferences (Xi’an, 2011) and approved International Horticultural Exhibitions in Kunming (1999), Xi’an (2011), Qingdao (2014), Tangshan (2016) and Beijing (2019). AIPH works closely with the organisers of International Horticultural Exhibitions to provide advice, guidance and support where necessary and to assist in promoting the Exhibitions to maximize participation, visitor numbers and the benefit to the global horticulture industry.
To complement its work with Exhibitions, AIPH established the AIPH Green City Committee in 2008 with the aim of promoting the important role of plants and trees as ‘living green’ in urban areas. AIPH has been active in promoting the environmental, health, social and economic benefits of greening cities and published the Green City Guidelines (www.aiph.org/green-city/) to promote these messages. Every year AIPH members share knowledge of Green City developments within their own countries as AIPH has established itself as the global source of Green City
AIPH Green City Award: Detailed proposal – February 2016. Page 2 of 12 information. Annual AIPH Green City Conferences support the aims, for example the successful conferences in Xi’an in 2011 and London, UK in 2014 and in 2016 there will be two such conferences; Vancouver, Canada on 16-18 March (www.cnla- acpp.ca/greencity) and Antalya, Turkey on 26 September. These include presentations from global experts, including Dean Prof. Li Xiong from Beijing Forestry University.
International Horticultural Exhibition 2019 Beijing The International Horticultural Exhibition 2019 Beijing (A1) has the potential to be the best International Horticultural Exhibition yet, with the opportunity to be the first Exhibition that implements the Green City ideas. Covering a huge and beautiful site in Yanqing the Exhibition has full support from the Central Government of the People’s Republic of China as well as from Beijing and Yanqing Governments and the CFA. It has also set a target to gain participation from 100 countries, which would be a record for such an Exhibition.
With the theme of ‘Live Green, Live Better’ the Exhibition is basing itself on the core principles of the Green City as promoted by AIPH. The World Health Organisation states that the urban population in 2014 accounted for 54% of the total global population, up from 34% in 1960, and this continues to grow with some estimating that it will reach 70% by 2050. City development brings with it many environmental, health, social and economic challenges and, as championed already by the organisers of the Beijing 2019 Exhibition, the greening of cities is able to provide many of the solutions to those challenges.
Augmenting the International Horticultural Exhibition 2019 Beijing with an unprecedented international competition AIPH would like to assist the International Horticultural Exhibition 2019 Beijing in achieving its goals of: Maximising international participation. Positioning itself as the global leader in Green City thinking and implementation. Promoting the Exhibition internationally. Leaving a legacy for the future.
To achieve this AIPH, along with a group of green city experts and academics from around the world, have developed the concept of the ‘Green City Award’.
The Green City Award is essentially an international competition that cities can enter to: Gain recognition for the greening they have done and the benefits of this; Promote their city at an international level; Inspire other cities to become greener; Stimulate economic development; Improve the health of citizens; Increase job opportunities; Stimulate stronger regulation requiring greening
Details of how the initiative would work are presented below and cities would be supported through the development of an updated AIPH Green City Guide which, using case studies and a stronger online presence, would promote the best practices of greening for others to imitate.
If this project is supported by Beijing 2019 then the Exhibition would:
AIPH Green City Award: Detailed proposal – February 2016. Page 3 of 12 Be identified as the primary sponsor of the Green City Award, raising awareness of the Exhibition worldwide. Develop new routes into cities (including direct contact between the cities and AIPH) in many countries to promote participation in the Exhibition that will show greening examples. Have the opportunity to be the place where winners were announced, capturing attention from a 28-month campaign build-up process with local and national government leaders, built environment professionals and national media across America, Asia, Europe and Africa. Have the opportunity for leading cities to participate in the Exhibition to show what they have done and how they gained success in the Award. Gain international status as ‘the place’ and hub to learn about, and make connections for, greening the city.
DETAILED PROPOSAL
Award aims and objectives The aims of the Green City Award are to: Nurture the development of future green cities, thus enhancing quality of life (environmentally, socially and economically), sustainability, resilience and competitiveness for people worldwide; Position the International Horticultural Exhibition 2019 Beijing as the global leader in promoting city greening and the place to be for promoting best practice and for new ideas.
To achieve these aims, the Green City Award is designed to: Identify the best comprehensive approach, individual projects and innovative ideas by cities worldwide for their use of plants, as living green, and nature as one of the fundamental infrastructure for creating liveable, sustainable, resilient and successful cities. Associate announcements and promotion of the Award Winners with the International Horticultural Exhibition 2019 Beijing, and future AIPH-approved international horticultural expositions thereafter.
Who can enter the Award It is proposed that Green City Award be open to all city governments around the world, or local consortiums where city government plays a key role.
Award timescale, categories and incentives The call for entries for the Green City Award will be launched in January 2017.
Shortlisted entries will be announced in 2018 and the regional and overall winners will be announced at the International Horticultural Exhibition 2019 Beijing (see Entry Submission and Evaluation Process section for a more detailed timeline).
The award will recognise winners across three categories in each of the main world regions (Africa, America, Asia/Pacific, Europe) as well as one overarching set of “world winners.” Award category 1: Best comprehensive approach – recognise the best holistic approach to strategic planning and delivery of green infrastructure to meet the local aspirations and needs of city residents and businesses. The approach should offer an inspiring model for growing a Green City, addressing several topics under each of the two main topic areas (‘Green City outcomes’ and
AIPH Green City Award: Detailed proposal – February 2016. Page 4 of 12 ‘Green City best practices’) listed in the Award Criteria and Topics section below. Award category 2: Best project – recognises the most creative, innovative and successful projects that are already being implemented and able to demonstrate meaningful impacts, i.e. that have a demonstrable benefit. The project should illustrate at least one of the main ‘Green City outcomes’ and ‘Green City best practices’ listed in the Award Criteria and Topics section below. A proposal can address more than one topic under each of these two main topic areas, or apply an in-depth approach to a single topic in each area. The best proposals in this category will show a balance of innovative characteristics, proven impact to date, clear proof of continuing feasibility and good potential for replication. Award category 3: Best idea – recognises concepts that are in an early stage of development and that are particularly remarkable for their innovative approach. Unlike for Category 2 (projects), submissions can be proposed solutions only, and do not need to already be in the implementation stage. However, like category 2, the proposal should illustrate at least one of the main ‘Green City outcomes’ and ‘Green City best practices’ listed in the Award Criteria and Topics section below. As in addition to their innovative characteristics, submissions will also be evaluated for projected impact, potential for replication and demonstrated feasibility of implementation.
Proposed rewards for participating cities are outlined below. These rewards are designed to incentivise participation (attending to the needs of both elected officials and city government officers), while contributing to promotion and appeal of the International Horticultural Exhibition 2019 Beijing.
Shortlisted entries (9 to 12 in each world region – i.e.: circa 40 in total) will be recognised through: Promotion of their ‘shortlisted’ status via the Green City Award and International Horticultural Exhibition 2019 Beijing marketing channels and international media partners. A case study in the Green City Guide online case study library.
In addition to the above, each of the regional and world winners will be rewarded with: An invitation to attend the Green City Award Ceremony at the International Horticultural Exhibition 2019 Beijing (complimentary access to the Exhibition as well as flight and accommodation for four nights for the Mayor plus two members of staff of each of the winning cities). An award certificate and trophy. A prize sum TBD, making the total cash prize for the whole Green City Award 100,000 Euros or more depending on sponsorship (see Award Organisers and Partners section for more details). A dedicated exhibition area for enlarged display of their entry at the International Horticultural Exhibition 2019 Beijing. Promotion of ‘Winner’ status via the Green City Award and International Horticultural Exhibition 2019 Beijing marketing channels and media partners.
Award criteria and topics Award entries will be assessed on the basis of four evaluation criteria: Vision The comprehensive approach, project or idea should be bold and creative, and include a fresh new model for addressing a major local problem using plants (living green).
AIPH Green City Award: Detailed proposal – February 2016. Page 5 of 12 Impact In order for the comprehensive approach, project or idea to have a meaningful impact (demonstrable benefits), it should address a significant problem and achieve deep and broad measurable change through the use of plants (living green).
Implementation The feasibility, effectiveness and sustainability of the implementation process associated with the comprehensive approach, project or idea submitted will need to be convincingly demonstrated.
Transferability The comprehensive approach, project or idea should be beneficial not just for the city that entered the award. The award is seeking to recognize ideas that are transferable — ones that cities can import and customize to benefit their own citizens.
Detailed guidelines on how to grade entries on the basis of these four criteria will be made available to ensure consistency in the submission appraisal process.
Entries will also be expected to deal with some of the key topics outlined by the Green City Award organisers as a guide on the types of outcomes and ways-of- working the Green City Award is seeking to promote. Each topic is loosely defined through a non-exhaustive list of keywords and ought to be understood in the context of making effective use of plants and green infrastructure to improve city life.
Submissions will be expected to deal with at least one ‘outcome’ topic and one ‘best practices’ topic from this list.
The list of proposed Key Topics for the first cycle of the award is included below.
Topic areas 2019 Key Topics Associated keywords (all to be understood in relation to the use of plants, living green and green landscape) Health and Public access to green space; Recreation; Air OUTCOMES wellbeing quality; Physical activity; Mental health; Safety; Community cohesion; Inclusion. Food Productive landscape, Urban agriculture, Peri- urban agriculture, Milan Food Policy Pact. Water Water sensitive urban design; Sustainable urban drainage/Stormwater management; Flooding; Water quality; Water scarcity. Climate change Climate resilience; Micro-climate regulation; Species adaptation; Carbon storage and sequestration; Biofuel; Energy savings. Sustainable Active travel; Green street; Public transit; Traffic transport Calming; Road diet; Complete street; Living Street; Connectivity; Green Connections. Economic Inward investment; Image; Green jobs/Green prosperity collar economy; Regeneration; Job creation. Resource Biodiversity; Soil resource management; Waste regeneration management/reduction; Herbicide/pesticide/fertilizer responsible use; Biosecurity.
AIPH Green City Award: Detailed proposal – February 2016. Page 6 of 12 BEST Co-production Partnerships working; Citizen participation; PRACTICES and collaboration Community Engagement; Education; Data- sharing. Using good Recreational green space needs and provision evidence assessment; Tree population structure, function and value assessment; Species inventory and monitoring; Ecological connectivity mapping and monitoring; Green cover and ecosystems services analysis. Strategic Urban greening strategy; Urban forest strategy; planning and Green infrastructure standards for new delivery developments and infrastructure; Responsible supply-chain management; Smart technologies. Sustainable Whole-life costing; Maintenance needs management anticipation and funding; Continuous and resourcing improvement; Learning.
Award organisers and partners It is proposed that the Award is organised as an international collaboration between public, private and non-profit partners. Some of the key benefits and contributions by core anticipated partners are summarised below.
AIPH Benefits: o Promote the use of plants and nature with city governments; o Re-position the horticultural industry as a thought leader in sustainable urban development (give enhanced visibility to Green City Guide). Contributions: o Take legal responsibility; o Permanent member and Chair of the Steering committee; o Office space, management and admin support.
International horticultural exhibition host: 2019 Beijing Benefits: o Be identified as the primary sponsor of the Green City Award, raising awareness of the Exhibition worldwide. o Develop new routes into cities (including direct contact between the cities and AIPH) in many countries to promote participation in the Exhibition. o Have the opportunity to be the place where winners were announced, capturing attention from a 28-month campaign build-up process with local and national government leaders, built environment professionals and national media across America, Asia, Europe and Africa. o Have the opportunity for leading cities to participate in the Exhibition to show what they have done and how they gained success in the Award. o Gain international status as ‘the place and hub’ to learn and make connections about greening the city. o Stronger legacy for the Exhibition; through Beijing Forestry University lasting involvement as a core member of the technical committee – going beyond the Exhibition site itself in demonstrating China’s strength a centre for expertise in innovation for using green investment and management strategies to improve city life Contributions:
AIPH Green City Award: Detailed proposal – February 2016. Page 7 of 12 o Lead sponsor (circa 1million Euros) o Programme time and venue for Awards announcement o Indoors exhibition space for winners o Steering committee member
The global engineering consultancy firm Arup (http://www.arup.com) Benefits: o Direct extension of Cities Alive initiative (www.arup.com/Homepage_Cities_Alive.aspx) o Insight into latest projects/best practice on worldwide scale through participation in technical committee o Marketing opportunity on a worldwide scale – with key Audience Contributions: o Steering committee member o Technical committee members
Beijing Forestry University’s schools of Landscape Architecture and Urban Forestry Benefits: o Insight into latest projects/best practice on worldwide scale through participation in technical committee o Enhance reputation beyond both within and beyond China Contribution: o Technical committee members
International City Government Network, The project would aim to get the support of an internationally recognised organisation with strong city contacts and reputation, such as: o UCLG (United Cities and Local Governments, http://www.uclg.org), o ICLEI (International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives, http://www.iclei.org), o C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (http://www.c40.org) o One Hundred Resilient Cities (http://www.100resilientcities.org), o UN Habitat (united Nations Settlements Program, http://unhabitat.org) Benefits: o Help build capacity and support innovation in urban greening among their members o Demonstrate thought leadership and partnership working Contribution: o Publicity to their members o Guest occasional contribution to steering committee
Other sponsor (to be determined) e.g. foundation (Rockefeller Foundation), corporate (Lafarge Holcim; JC Decaux; Unilever, Aviva, etc.), Benefits: o CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) on high visibility agenda o Strong exposure within local government Contributions: o Prize, trophies and winners exhibit (circa 250K Euros). o Guest occasional contribution to steering committee
Entry submission and evaluation process It is proposed that the award is managed in two stages:
AIPH Green City Award: Detailed proposal – February 2016. Page 8 of 12 Stage 1: Call for entries / electronic application (January-December 2017) Applicant will be provided with detailed ‘Submission Guidelines’ written in English, providing advice on how to apply to the award. Entries will consist of a written statement, made in English, by filling a proforma and may be complemented by supporting evidence such as images, publications (e.g. copy of a report), letters of support (e.g. from partners). Applicants will also be expected to include in their entries a signed copy of the Awards Terms and Conditions. Both, the Submission Proforma and the Terms and Conditions will be both available through the Green City Award website. Application review and grading by technical committee (January-April 2018) The technical committee will be provided with detailed ‘Judging guidelines’. All entries achieving a score greater than a set figure will be considered during the technical committee workshop for final shortlisting. It is proposed that each entry be reviewed independently by two different technical committee members, with the final score being the sum of the grades given by each reviewer. Each reviewer will be expected to document the reasons for their grading. Technical committee workshop for final short-listing (May 2018) Best scoring entries will be discussed collectively to agree a final list of short- listed entries and identify any specific complementary information the applicant should submit for stage 2, in addition to the standard complementary evidence (a video) required.
Stage 2 Shortlisted entries announcement (May 2018) The announcement will be made via the Green City Award website and supported by a press release. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted in confidence a week in advance, to allow for coordinated press releases and PR efforts. Complementary submission (September 2018) Shortlisted applicants will be expected to address in a written statement the requests for complementary information identified by the technical committee. It is also proposed that all shortlisted applicants submit a 15-20 min video documenting their comprehensive approach/project/idea, its impact, implementation process and potential for replication elsewhere. Once the award is over, all written materials submitted as part of stage 1 and sate 2 of the application process will be edited into a case study to be made available on the Green City Award website, alongside the video documenting each entry. Review by Jury (November 2018) The advice offered in the ‘Judging Guidelines’ will also be designed to address the needs of Stage 2 Jury members. It is proposed that one Jury be established by award category. For a given award category, each Juror will be provided with all evidence submitted by shortlisted applicants, as well as with the grades and comments made by the technical committee.
AIPH Green City Award: Detailed proposal – February 2016. Page 9 of 12 Jurors will be expected to score entries, and take part in collegial deliberations to identify first regional winners prior to identifying the overall winner in a given award category. Winners announced at Beijing 2019 Expo (April 2019?)
Award preparation and management To lead up to Stage 1, preparatory work would need to be as follow: Finalize core partnership (May 2016) Appoint Programme manager, designer, PR/marketing consultant and web- developer (June-July 2016) Finalize the Award Terms and Conditions, Judging Guidelines for technical committee and jury, Submission Guidelines designed for prospective applicants and the Submission Proforma to be used to collect the written evidence associated with each application (June 2016) Finalize Green City Guide brief – eg. Online / executive summary brochure (June 2016) Agree PR/Marketing strategy (July 2016) Finalize corporate sponsor (September 2016) Appoint technical committee members (October 2016) Launch first version of website (November 2016) Launch revised website with Green City Guide, and more details on judging (January 2017)
The management of the award will need to be overseen by a steering committee composed of representatives from key partners involved (e.g. selected members of the AIPH Green City Committee; Arup representative; Beijing Exhibition representative; etc.). The steering committee will have responsibility for the organization and implementation of all affairs related to the award – incl. Budgetary
AIPH Green City Award: Detailed proposal – February 2016. Page 10 of 12 decision, appointment of Jury and Technical Committee Members, etc. All operations will abide by the principles of impartiality, equitability and openness, in an effort to ensure operational transparency and independence.
A programme manager will be needed to manage the day-to-day delivery of the award. The programme manager will report to the steering committee. Administrative support is also likely to be needed.
Initial review and short-listing of entries should be conducted by experts – i.e.: a technical committee. These could include expert staff from key partners (e.g. Arup) and representatives from Beijing Forestry University. A diversity of professional profiles, age, ethnicity, and nationality will be desirable. An odd number of members, dividable by 3 (e.g. 9 – so that teams of 3-strong can work on each categories) probably offers the most workable option. Grading of entries should be conducted independently, with final short-listing being the outcome of a face-to-face meeting and discussion. Care will need to be taken to ensure no conflicts of interest.
Final assessment should be conducted by a Jury, with high profile members. The Chair should have the capacity to act as a champion for the award. The Jury will need to be composed of an odd-number of jurors. As with the technical committee, diversity and avoidance of conflict of interest will be key for the reputability of the award.
The successful delivery of the award will also require the following specialist skills: Visual identity and graphic design Website development Marketing and PR Copy-writing (subject-matter expert and copy editor) Legal
Award documentation and articulation with Green City Guide The main source of information on the Award will be its dedicated website, which will also be home to the Green City Guide.
It is proposed that the Green City Guide be turned into primarily a web-based resourced, structured around the key topics covered by the Award. This could include a library of case studies, building upon case studies already found in the publication, Arup’s Cities Alive case studies and, shortlisted as well as winning entries to the award.
A 20-page paper version of the guide providing an executive summary of the best- practice and principles advocated could offer a valuable and cost-effective addition to this online resource
The website would also provide: A video promotion of the award The Terms and Condition of the Award Submission Guidelines Submission Proforma Judging Guidelines Jury and technical committee profile News/press releases on progress with each award cycle
AIPH Green City Award: Detailed proposal – February 2016. Page 11 of 12 Budget Below is an outline of the costs associated with this proposal:
Task Cost in GBP (£) Approximate cost in CNY (based on exchange rate 1 GBP = 9.36 CNY on 18 Feb 2016) Design 12,000 112,325.90 Including visual identity, brochures, banners, certificates and Green City Guide summary Printing 11,000 102,965.40 Award brochure, banners, Green City Guide summary Website 25,000 234,012.28
Written content 158,500 1,483,637.87 Green City Guide, regulations, press releases, case studies Publicity and Marketing 55,000 514,827.02 Advertising, video, PR plan Legal 2,000 18,720.98 Terms & Conditions Management and 131,200 1,228,096.46 Administration Technical Committee 123,300 1,154,148.58
Jury 54,000 505,466.53
Prizes 117,280 1,097,798.42 Cash prizes and travel costs for winners Contingency 137,856 1,290,399.89
GRAND TOTAL 827,136 7,742,399.35
AIPH Green City Award: Detailed proposal – February 2016. Page 12 of 12 AIPH Environment & Plant Health Committee, Vancouver, 15 March 2016 Annex 4 - Minutes of the Last Meeting
MINUTES ______
Committee : Environment & Plant Health Date : 20 October, 2015 Place : Stresa, Italy Reference : 2015_Environment_Minutes_Stresa Chairman : Mr. Vic Krahn Secretary : Mr. George Franke ______
1 Opening and communications Vic Krahn opened the meeting and informed the members of the committee that the chairman of the committee Gery Heungens wasn’t able to attend the meetings during this congress.
2 Minutes of the meeting held on 18 March, 2015 in Paris, France There were no remarks and the minutes have been approved.
3 Activity report Environment & Plant Health The secretary mentioned the discussion in the EU regarding the proposal for a new plant health regime. There are different opinions in Brussels. Some member states want a closed import regime, other member states a more risk based approach. The European Commission, European Parliament and the member states have to come to a compromise. The current chair of the EU (Luxembourg) tries to finish the discussion for the end of the year. If it doesn’t succeed the Netherlands will take it over.
4 Work plan 2016 The chairman gave a short explanation to the work plan. The major financial expenses of the committee are the contribution for the membership of FSI.
5 Information and discussion on relevant environmental topics: Plant Health a. Tackling the challenges of Xylella fastidiosa in Italy by Edoardo Sciutti of ANVE Edoardo Sciutti, secretary of ANVE, gave a presentation on the outbreak of the bacteria Xylella fastidiosa in the south of Italy (see presentation). In October 2013 the first outbreak of Xylella fastidiosa was confirmed in the Apulia region. In February 2014, the European Commission adopted the first EU emergency measures to prevent the spread of Xylella within the Union. A year later the Italian Council of Ministers declared a state of emergency and appointed a deputy commissioner for the emergency. A first plan of the commissioner was adopted in March 2015, a second plan in September. Main objectives were: 1) reduce the presence of the carrier; 2) eradicate the bacteria in the areas outside the infected area and in the containment zone through the extirpation of infected plants and the other potentially infected plants and host plants within 100 meters; 3) the destruction of the host species of Xylella fastidiosa in nurseries. In the second plan the destruction of the host species was not provided. After new outbreaks in the south of Italy the European Commission adopted stringent measures to prevent further introduction and spread within the EU. Import rules have been further strengthened and movement out of demarcated areas is only possible under strict conditions. ENA, the European Nursery Association, made a statement in which it pleads for robust EU measures, no national measures, establish the reverse strategy in Community phytosanitary policy, harmonizing and enhancing import controls, and asks European politicians not to use pests and diseases as a political tool.
b. Managing Biosecurity in Nursery Production by Robert Prince of NGIA Robert Prince presented the program “Managing Biosecurity in Nursery Production in Australia”. Nursery & Garden Industry Australia (NGIA) has developed in cooperation with Plant Health Australia (PHA) the ‘Biosecurity Manual for the Nursery Production Industry’. Plant Health Australia covers the management and funding of responses to emergency plant pest incidents, including the potential for owner reimbursement costs for growers. Deed is a partnership between Federal Government, State Governments and Plant Industry sectors/signatories and is managed by Plant Health Australia. The focus is on protecting Australian industry and rapid response to address incursions. If eradication deemed feasible the response plan costs are shared between parties. The Biosecurity Manual for the Nursery Production Industry has been designed to assist nursery producers and the industry from the introduction of new and invasive pests by offering them six simple routine biosecurity practices. If the industry does not have programs to manage risks external parties will establish controls. External controls can be devastating to the industry, because it can lead to restrictions on plant movement and on production methods. NGIA has chosen HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) because it incorporates a systematic science based approach relying upon the identification of hazards in a food processing chain and changing the production process to prevent those recognised hazards rather than rely on end-point inspections, testing and possible rejection of food products. It can be used in any industry and at any stage in the supply chain by simply changing the scope to include applicable hazards.
The NGIA has undersigned it, what means that they have a responsibility to all growers. It is not mandatory, but to get compensation in case a crop has to be destroyed, the grower has to participate in the program. State government pays 25%, the industry 25% and the province 50%.
c. Improving Biosecurity in The Netherlands by George Franke George Franke presented the project “Phytosanitary prevention in The Netherlands”, started in 2014. Biosecurity or phytosanitary prevention has high attention, not only caused by recent outbreaks like Xylella, but also because of the more stringent EU plant health regulations that have been discussed over the last few years. Major aspects are: • An agreement for a long-term collaboration between agro-industry and government/ authorities • Prevention and eradication measures, emergency plans • Covering remaining phytosanitary risks • Financing of prevention measures and risk covering • Organizational, legal and administrative aspects of the agreement • How to raise awareness of entrepreneurs for phytosanitary prevention, a proactive approach and implementation of hygiene measures • Codes of conduct
6 Terms of reference There were no comments on the terms of reference and these were approved.
7 Any other business No other business.
8 Closure The chairman thanked everybody for his/her attention and participation and closed the meeting.
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Activity report Committee for Environment & Plant Health
December 2015 - February 2016
A. Plant Health
1. EU regulations The Commission proposed a new EU plant health regulation in May 2013. The proposal has been submitted to the European Parliament and Council for co-decision. The Parliament, Council and Commission came to a compromise at the end of the year. The council of ministers has to finalise the decision process in the course of this year. The final proposals contain a much stronger import regime. If there is a presumption, based on a preliminary assessment that a plant or a plant product originating in a third country presents a pest risk of an unacceptable level for the Union territory, it shall not be introduced into the EU and shall be put on a provisional list of prohibited plants and plant products. Only if it is concluded, on the basis of a risk assessment that a plant or plant product does not pose a risk of an unacceptable level the Commission shall adopt an implementing act removing that plant or plant product from the list. This approach leads to a lot of extra bureaucracy and costs, obstruction of trade and arbitrariness. Another point mentioned before is the obligation of plant passports. All plants, also those intended for the final consumer, need a plant passport. A plant passport contains the country of origin, a registration code of the producer, the inspection service, a unique code for traceability and the botanical name. Nurseries have to be inspected at least once a year and have to be free of quarantine organisms.
2. Xylella fastidiosa In the AIPH meeting in Stresa, Italy, Mr. Edoardo Scuitti from ANVE gave a presentation about the outbreak and emergency measures of the bacteria disease Xylella fastiodiosa in olive trees in South Italy. Thousands and thousands of olive trees, many of them several hundred years old, have to be cut down. Whole communities in that area are disrupted. Recently the Italian Supreme Court decided that the cutting down of the trees has to stop and that only the pruning of symptomatic plant parts is allowed. The European Commission has appealed this decision to the Court of Justice of the European Union. On the island of Corsica and in the south of France near Nice the Xylella bacteria has been found on the ornamental plant Polygala myrtifolia. In October there were more than 140 finds in Corsica and in the same month the first spots in Nice were discovered. Trade of this plant plays a major role in spreading the disease. As the plants are growing mainly outside the eradication doesn’t give many problems.
3. IPPC-ISPM The member consultation on draft ISPMs will start on 1st February and will close on 30 June 2016 for diagnostic protocols only. The following drafts have been already approved by the SC for member consultation: •Anguina spp. (2013-003) •Dendroctonus ponderosae (2006-019)
There will also be a second member consultation which will start on the 01 July and end on the 30 November due to the high volume of diagnostic protocols forecasted to be approved for MC this year.
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B. Invasive alien plants
1. EU regulation on invasive alien species In the previous meeting it was mentioned that the European Commission will make a list of 50 most important species (plants and animals) for which measures for import, trade and production will apply. In consultation with experts of the member states the Commission has made a list of 37 plants and animals and expects to publish it in March. Twenty days after publication the regulation will come into force. 7 species on the list are terrestrial plants, 7 are aquatic plants, including water hyacinth and fanwort. Those aquatic plants are commercially traded. No consultation with the industry has taken place. The list will be extended. For several new species for the list risk analyses have been sent to the scientific committee. For other species risk analyses are being made. Amongst them several commercial plants like Acer negundo, Lupinus polyphyllus, Cornus sericea and Solidago graminifolia.
2. Workshop on invasive alien species during Expo Antalya 2016 Prior to the EPPO Panel meeting on Invasive Alien Plants (1-3 June 2016) in Antalya the Turkish representative in the Panel, Ahmet Uludag, has arranged with the EXPO organisers a one day event (31 May 2016) on invasive alien species. The proposed name for the one day workshop is ‘Workshop on the role of code of conducts on invasive alien plants and horticulture’. AIPH has been asked to be a co-organiser for this one day event. AIPH can provide a speaker and promote the event through its network. But other organisational aspects we would need to leave to EPPO. EPPO en Council of Europe has cooperated some years ago with the secretary in preparing a Code of conduct on horticulture and invasive alien plants.
C. GLOBALG.A.P. AIPH has become a member of GLOBALG.A.P. and in turn they become an Affiliate member of AIPH. The secretary-general joined the stakeholder meeting on 28 January during IPM Essen. Here you can download the powerpoint slides of that meeting.
GLOBALG.A.P. began in 1997 as EUREPGAP, an initiative by retailers belonging to the Euro- Retailer Produce Working Group. Retailers became aware of consumers’ growing concerns regarding product safety, environmental impact and the health, safety and welfare of workers and animals. Their solution was: Harmonize their own standards and procedures and develop an independent certification system for Good Agricultural Practice (G.A.P.). In 2003 the organisation announced the start of the Flowers & Ornamentals Standard. Driven by the impacts of globalization its goal of becoming the leading international G.A.P. standard, EUREPGAP changed its name to GLOBALG.A.P. in 2007. GLOBALG.A.P. today is the world's leading farm assurance program, translating consumer requirements into Good Agricultural Practice in a rapidly growing list of countries – currently more than 100.
Since November 2015 the cooperation between MPS and GLOBALG.A.P. facilitates a synchronized certification solution for the horticulture sector. It enables GLOBALG.A.P. certified producers to participate in the MPS-ABC system in a one-stop solution: two certificates with a single audit, with the additional benefit of having access to the MPS-GAP brand when these assessments are also combined with GRASP or MPS Socially Qualified. As of 31 December 2015 a total of 1,264 producers have achieved GLOBALG.A.P. certification. Most producers come from the Netherlands (+79 – mainly through MPS GAP), Germany (+42), Denmark (+40) and Italy (+35). An increase of 20% compared to December 2014.
George Franke February 2016
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MINUTES (Draft) ______
Committee : Marketing and Exhibitions Date : Wednesday, October 21, 2015 Time : 08:30 – 12:30 hrs. Place : Stresa, Milan, Italy Reference : 2015_Milan_Marketing_Minutes draft.doc Chairman : Mr. Chung, Chinese Taipei Secretary : Mr. Tim Briercliffe, AIPH ______
1. Opening by the chairman Mr. K. Chung. Mr Chung opened the meeting.
2. Minutes of the meeting March 18, 2015, Paris (Annex 1). Minutes were approved.
3. Incoming items, correspondence and announcements. 3.1. AIPH members are invited to consider participation in all approved exhibitions (see calendar at www.aiph.org/events/exhibitions).
4. Marketing & Exhibitions Committee Report (Annex 2) Mr Briercliffe talked through the report and highlighted the key visits and inspections completed.
5. Exhibitions: final reports. 5.1. No new final reports
6. Exhibitions: progress reports and decisions. 6.1. Tangshan International Horticultural Exposition 2016 (A2/B1), China. (Approved). A progress inspection was made by Mr. Briercliffe during June 2015 (Annex 3). A progress report was presented to members. The organisers informed members that an Organising committee has now met. The Organisational structures are completed. Beijing Institute of Architectural Design have been involved in designing the site. The Expo includes 55 projects. 23 of these are completed. There will be 6 competitions and 21 specialised exhibit gardens. Emblem and mascots have been announced and the Official website launched. The organisers were asked about progress with the competition regulations and they agreed to complete these as soon as possible. Mr Chung thanked the Tangshan delegation for their presentation. 6.2. Antalya 2016 (A1), Turkey. (Approved) A progress inspection was made by Mr. Briercliffe during July 2015 (Annex 4). A progress report was given by Ms Hanim Dur. There are 40 countries participating. The Expo had been successful in the Communities in Bloom competition. There is extensive promotion at airports and Expo Milano. All plants now ordered. A new competition has been developed – a International student competition on garden design. B2B programme is being developed. Can operate through website. B2B activities will be organized on national days. Ms Kong asked how many countries will start construction in November as there is some concern about the security situation in Antalya. Ms Dur said that the security is good and hosting the G20 summit in Antalya will ensure this too as security for this is at a very high level. If world leaders are confident then AIPH should be too. Hongmei Liu said that plants play an important role but quaranteen controls are strict. Is it possible to import bonsai from China? Antalya responded that they are seeking a solution for this. Mr Briercliffe asked what else will be good horticulturally as mosaiculture on the site? Answer – natural species of Turkey, aquatic plants, succulents, cacti, maze. Completion date for rail link? It will be open in April 2016. 6.3. Taichung International Gardening and Horticulture Exposition 2018/2019 (A2/B1), Taichung, Chinese Taipei (Approved) A progress inspection was made by Mr. Briercliffe during May 2015 (Annex 5). A progress report was given. The exact site area has changed again and the proposed new area for the Expo is 60 ha. The theme is – Discover GNP – Green Nature People. 6.4. World Horticultural Exposition 2019 Beijing (A1), China. (Approved) A progress inspection was made by Mr. Briercliffe during June 2015 (Annex 6). A progress report was given by Ms Hongming Peng. The expos site is divided into 9 land parcels. Themes have been deepened and work is ongoing to develop these. 6.5. Floriade 2022, (A1) the Netherlands (Approved) A progress report was given by Mr Henk Meijer. Almere is a City establishing as a green city. Mr Meijer showed a film to highlight this. The city has 250.000 inhabitants and aims to increase to double by 2040. The theme is ‘Growing Green Cities’. From plants to health and wellbeing. The ‘making of’ programme has started and is successful already Also ‘youth floriade’ – need to build up including ‘urban greeners’ movement. Already had 1 hour TV programme promoting Floriade. Will now start discussion with BIE.
7. Final and provisional calendar. (Annex 7) Also see www.aiph.org/events/exhibitions
8. Exhibitions – new applications. 8.1. Gold Coast, Brisbane 2018 (A2/B1), Australia. (Application). A presentation was given for an Expo in Gold Coast in 2018 (Annex 8). Steven Haggart, CEO of RDG, a Chinese owned Australian property company gave the presentation and showed a film as the basis of their application. The Expo will be 80% private sector funded and 20% public sector funded. Gold Coast is Australia’s biggest tourist city. The application is for a 6 month B Category Exhibition. 2/4 12 million visitors per year come to Gold Coast. The expo is targeting 3 million visitors. Diversity Innovation and Celebration are the themes – based on nurturing the environment that nurtures us. Design splits into 4 areas divided by size and world region Mr Chung congratulated Mr Haggart on a good presentation and the work done so far. Mr Krahn asked if there are any barriers for the expo? Answer: Timing – but as much work done already this is possible. Also the expo has a good range of consultants and expertise available. They have already had discussions with Aquis – Quarenteen org. Would be able to set up separate quarateen centre. Planning approvals – site already owned. Discussing with government now. Expect approval in May 2016. Mr Krahn asked whether there are any financial barriers? Answer - Started with 70m AUD budget. Partners have helped reduce costs. Down to 20-22m AUD to hold event. Mr Briercliffe pointed out that 70m AUD is not the total budget and is low because so much already in place. Ms Carol Marks – where is car parking? 400 spaces shown. Would take over neighbouring land for car parks. Mr Wada - what is financial plan for ongoing maintenance? – it would still be a ticketed venue, like Gardens by the Bay, so would generate income to fund this.
9. AIPH Guide on Horticultural Expos Following the launch of the Guide at the Expo Conference in Paris further sections of the Guide have been prepared. These were introduced to members by Mr. Sven Stimac. In addition a new AIPH Guidance Note on ‘Expo Ticketing Systems’ (Annex 9) has been developed by Ms. Manuela Dimuccio and Mr. Sven Stimac. This was also introduced to members.
Mr Stimac said that he planned to develop more specific guides. The next one will be on mobility.
Mr Meijer asked whether there are other smart ticket systems that remove the need for fences? RFID may be an option to avoid the need for a fence but you still need to consider how it will be policed and who will challenge individuals who enter without the appropriate tag?!
10. AIPH Regulations Exhibitions – proposed changes Marketing Committee to consider proposed changes to the following Regulations (Annex 10). Following the discussion at the Spring Meeting and by the AIPH Board new Regulations were proposed for adoption by AIPH. Following discussion in the Board Meeting on 19 October 2015 a new charging structure was proposed and this was presented to members. The proposed changes are:
• Remove link to visitor numbers • Class A1 • License fee €400,000 • Plus gate fee charge equivalent to 1% of all gate income over €40 million 3/4 • Class B • License fee €350,000 • Plus gate fee charge equivalent to 1% of all gate income over €35 million • Class C • Caution €10,000 • Fee €15,000 • No other categories • Require evidence of independent audit of gate fee by professional body. This must be included in contract.
This was agreed by members. Proposed by G Franke and seconded by S Wada.
11. Any other business. There was no further business
12. Closed Session (AIPH Members and Executive only) 12.1 Application – Gold Coast, Brisbane (A2/B1)
Mr Chung said that he was surprised at how much work the Australis team had done in such a short time. Mr Briercliffe explained the process of contact with AIPH and that Mr Chung had visited the site. This application had been developed quickly and 2018 is not far away. However, he had been impressed with the backgroudn work that had been carried out and believed it was achievable. Mr Krahn explained that he had discussed the project with Mr Russ Higginbotham who is a consultant to the project. Mr Briercliffe suggested that AIPH should agree the application subject to: payment of the financial guarantee, completiion of a successful site inspection and evidence of financial underpinning. Mr Krahn suggested that AIPH investigate the possibility of requiring a bond as evidence of financial security. Mr Wada asked whether this expo would be subject to the new financial guarentee requirements. Mr Krahn said that now we have these new regulations we should stick to them, so yes. Based on this Mr Wada recommended that members approve the application subject to compliance with the new Regulations. This would be voted on in the General Meeting.
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Marketing Report: September 2015 – February 2016 Summary Since the last Committee meeting Tim Briercliffe has conducted an inspection visit to Antalya where progress is being made. Since the Annual Congress the newly approved Regulations for Expos have been in operation and work has been underway to complete the annexes. 2016 will be a very busy year for the Committee with exhibitions in Antalya (A1) and Tangshan (A2/B1) and the associated jury work for AIPH. In addition there will be an AIPH International Horticultural Exhibition Forum in Tangshan (April) and an AIPH Expo Conference in Antalya (September). Section 1 – Exhibitions 1.1 Expo Antalya 2016 (A1) Tim Briercliffe visited Antalya on 14-17 December 2015. The former Secretary General, Mr. Hasmet Suicmez, has been replaced by Mr. Kazim Aydin as from December 2015. During this visit it was clear that progress had accelerated substantially with many buildings already completed and the landscaping starting to look good. There was still much catching up to do but this looked much more achievable then previous visits. Bernard Oosterom, Kevin Chung, Qixiang Zhang, Osman Bagdatlioglu and Tim Briercliffe will participate in the international jury and attend the opening ceremony on 22 April 2016. Tim Briercliffe then intends to make further visits to this A1 expo in May, July, September and October. These include the three jury rounds and AIPH Congress. AIPH will have a garden, in association with OAiB, at the Expo. Nilufer Danis (award winning Turkish garden designer, based in the UK) has been commissioned to create the design. The Expo will include an extensive ‘cultural programme’. In many ways the Turkish Government is treating this like a World Expo and the whole event looks set to really be big. The organisers are expecting approximately 8 million visits to the Expo from around 5 million visitors with many repeat visits resulting from the cultural programme and evening activities. Earlier this year the Turkish President visited the site and was very supportive. As a result of this visit his office has taken more direct responsibility for the success of the Expo which gives it a political boost. The Expo is expecting participation from over 40 countries.
The Expo Tower is a major feature of the Expo. It has now reached its full height and is on track for completion. The Indoor Exhibit hall is a very high quality building although at the time of the inspection there was not much planned to go in this. The organisers have
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The Expo is scheduled to open to the public on 23 April and tickets went on sale on 22 February.
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1.2 Tangshan International Horticultural Exposition 2016 (A2/B1) Bernard Oosterom and Tim Briercliffe will visit Tangshan on 29 February 2016 with CFA. The Competition Regulations have been approved and the international jury appointed. Bernard Oosterom, Kevin Chung and I will visit Tangshan on 26-30 April for the international jury, opening ceremony and Expo forum. The Exhibition will host the AIPH International Horticultural Exhibition Forum on 29-30 April.
1.3 Taichung - Taichung World Flora Exposition 2018/19 (A2/B1) Bernard Oosterom and Tim Briercliffe will visit Taichung on 26-27 February 2016 with Kevin Chung. During this visit there will be an official ceremony, with the Mayor of Taichung, for the signing of the contract with AIPH.
1.4 World Horticultural Exposition Beijing China 2019 (A1) Bernard Oosterom and Tim Briercliffe will visit the organisers in Beijing on 1 March 2016 to review progress. Bernard Oosterom will conduct a site visit to Yanqing later in 2016.
1.5 Floriade Amsterdam Almere – Netherlands 2022 (A1) Ms Esther van Garderen has been appointed an Interim Director following the departure of Mr. Henk Meijer. Almere will set up the new Floriade Company which should be completed
3 AIPH Marketing Committee, Vancouver, 15 March 2016 Annex 7 - Marketing Committee Report by late summer. Mrs. Jannewietskde de Vries and Mr. Jan Willem Griep are the intended directors.
1.6 Gold Coast, Australia 2018 (B) - application Since the provisional approval of this expo at the Annual Congress the organiser, Mr. Steven Haggart, has changed the plans and has identified a better site. However, this means a new application for 2020 rather than 2018. The new proposal will be presented at the Marketing Committee meeting. 1.7 Other possible Expos A delegation from the city of Yangzhou in China will attend the AIPH Spring Meeting. They are hoping to make an application for a Category B exhibition for 2021. Tim Briercliffe gave a presentation about Expos to the UK’s Garden Industry Marketing Board. There is potential interest to make an application for an A1 Expo in 2024. The city of Yokohama in Japan is considering an application for an Expo in 2026.
Section 2 – AIPH Regulations for International Horticultural Exhibitions 2.1 Revision of Regulations The new Regulations, approved during the AIPH Annual Congress in Stresa, are now in force. There is further work to do in compiling the annexes which will include a more detailed outline of annual inspections in the four years ahead of an Expo as well as more detail on what should be included within a Final Report.
Section 3 – Strengthening the value in AIPH exhibition approval 3.1 Guide for expo organisers In addition to the Guide for Expo Organisers, launched in Paris in March 2015, there will be further guides produced on specific topics. A new guide on Ticketing Systems for expos was introduced during the Annual Congress and a new guide on mobility, sponsored by Doppelemayr, will be produced during 2016. AIPH has contracted the services of Expo Consultant, Sven Stimac, to assist AIPH in supporting Expo organisers, developing content for Expo Conferences and securing commercial sponsorship. This contract runs from January – June 2016 and can be extended with Board approval.
3.2 AIPH Expo Conferences In order to provide greater value and support to expo organisers as well as to promote interest in horticultural exhibitions AIPH organised the first AIPH Expo Conference in Paris on 19 March 2015. The event was well received by all those that attended. Two further events will be run during 2016:
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AIPH International Horticultural Exhibition Forum 2016, Tangshan – 29-30 April 2016 – This event will be run in partnership with China Flower Association and Tangshan Expo. The aim is to attract other prospective city hosts from within China and also to invite other Asian expo hosts. It will also be an opportunity to promote expos to other countries who may be considering an expo (e.g. Singapore, Australia, Japan, Brunei, UK etc). The forum will include talks from past expos (Qingdao and Taipei) as well as coming expos (Antalya, Beijing and Almere) and Sven Stimac will also speak about making expos successful. Due to the support of the Tangshan City Government international delegates will be offered free registration, hotel accommodation and airport transfer. AIPH Expo Conference, Antalya – 28-29 September 2016 – This Expo Conference will take place in the congress centre at the expo site and will include a tour of the expo and will be part of the AIPH Annual Congress.
Section 4 – Other organisations and partners 4.1 BIE Tim Briercliffe attended the BIE General Assembly in Paris on 25 November. Updates were given from Antalya and Beijing. BIE Secretary General, Mr. Loscertales, will be a member of the international jury for Expo 2016 Antalya.
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Following the approval of the new Regulations for International Horticultural Exhibitions in 2015 there is a need to develop and approve a number of annexes to the new Regulations. This document includes the draft versions of some of these for discussion by AIPH members in Vancouver.
Included are:
Templates for annual AIPH inspections in the four years in the run up to the opening of the expo. Required content for the Final Report Draft AIPH Annual Inspection – 4 years before opening
Four Years Before Opening
A REQUIRED
Compliance Criteria Major or Score Inspector Comments Minor 0: inadequate 1: adequate 2: good 3: excellent
1 Formal
1.1 For an A1 Exhibition: The BIE application has been submitted 1.2 For an A1 Exhibition: The process of approval of General Regulations in proceeding in line with BIE timescales 1.3 For an A1 Exhibition: Formal recognition by BIE has been secured 1.4 For a B Exhibition: The process of approval of the Exhibition Regulations in proceeding in line with AIPH timescales
2 Organisation
2.1 The organisation and organisational structure in charge of the preparation of the Expo has been established 2.2 The Management Team and Organising Committee has been appointed Draft AIPH Annual Inspection – 4 years before opening
2.3 There is documented evidence of the support of the Host City (Section 4 of the AIPH Regulations) 2.4 There is documented support of the National Government (A1) (Section 4 of the AIPH Regulations) 2.5 The Business plan / Financial Plan has been approved by AIPH
3 Planning
3.1 A milestone planning covering the following subjects has been established: - Construction - Planting - Participants - Cultural Program - Seminars, Workshops, Congresses - Marketing & Communication - Sales & Ticketing
3.2 Formal planning approval has been granted to allow construction to proceed. 4 Masterplan
4.1 The Expo site has been defined
4.2 There are no outstanding issues relating to ownership of the Expo site Draft AIPH Annual Inspection – 4 years before opening
4.3 The Masterplan for the Expo site has been completed 4.4. The Masterplan is in compliance with Section 3, Specific Regulations of the AIPH Regulations A1: min 50ha, max 10% taken up by buildings excluding indoor exhibition, min 5% of exhibition area are reserved for full time international participants. B: min 25ha, min 3% of the exhibition area are reserved for full time international participants 4.4 There has been a full review of accompanying infrastructure requirements for the Expo and a project plan and timeline has been developed by the host city and has the support of the host city
5 Landscape / Planting
5.1 The Planting plan has been completed along with details of trees and plants to be procured and timescales for planting 5.2 A minimum of 80% of the required trees have been sourced and selected 5.3 Soil Analysis has been completed based on a soils risk assessment. Plan has been produced to address any soil quality, mutitional or contamination (i.e. chemical or weed/pest) concerns Draft AIPH Annual Inspection – 4 years before opening
6 Construction
6.1 Accompanying infrastructure projects in the host city have commenced in line with documented timeline 6.2 The construction undertaken is in line with a documented construction plan (min 90%)
7 Participants
7.1 A clear documented and timed plan is in place for the invitation of participants
8 Events
N/A
9 Operations
9.1. Traffic Management Concept has been approved Draft AIPH Annual Inspection – 4 years before opening
10 Marketing & Communications
10.1 Attendance projection and Design Day Analysis has been completed 10.2 A masterplan for the exhibition and events (Experience Concept has been established: - Expo Park (highlights concerning design and planting, - International Participants - National Particpants - Cultural Program - Art - Knowledge Exchange (seminars, workshops, symposia, congresses - B2B (B2B meetings, matchmaking events, etc) - Kids (playgrounds, educational activities) 10.3 The Corporate Identity Process has been completed
11 Sales & Ticketing
N/A Draft AIPH Annual Inspection – 4 years before opening
B RECOMMENDED
Compliance Criteria Major or Score Inspector Comments Minor 0: inadequate 1: adequate 2: good 3: excellent
1 Formal
1.1 For an A1 Exhibition: Special Regulations are under development and the process of approval is in line with BIE timescales 1.2 Competition Regulations under development and the process of approval is in line with AIPH timescales
2 Organisation
N/A
3 Planning
N/A Draft AIPH Annual Inspection – 4 years before opening
4 Masterplan
N/A
5 Landscape / Planting
The landscape development and planting are in line with documented timeline
6 Construction
N/A
7 Participants
7.1 Prepared plan for the invitation of the international participants? 7.2 Prepared plan for the invitation of the national participants?
8 Events
8.1 Plan for cultural activities and art under development Draft AIPH Annual Inspection – 4 years before opening
8.2 Plan for Conferences & Seminars under development 8.3 Plan for B2B and Match Making under development
9 Operations & Security
9.1 Operations and Security Concept under development
10 Marketing & Communications
10.1 Marketing Plan approved
10.2 Preview Concept for the citizens and potential partner of the exhibition has been developed
11 Sales & Ticketing
11.1 Sponsoring plan approved
11.2 Ticketing plan approved Draft AIPH Annual Inspection – 4 years before opening
C OUTSTANDING NONCONFORMITIES FROM PREVIOUS INSPECTIONS Compliance Criteria Major or Score Inspector Comments Minor 0: inadequate 1: adequate 2: good 3: excellent Draft AIPH Annual Inspection – 3 years before opening
Three Years Before Opening
A REQUIRED
Compliance Criteria Major or Score Inspector Comments Minor 0: inadequate 1: adequate 2: good 3: excellent
1 Formal
1.1 For an A1 Exhibition: The General Regulations are approved by AIPH and BIE 1.2 For an A1 Exhibition: The process of approval of Special Regulations is proceeding in line with BIE timescales 1.3 For an A1 Exhibition: The Exhibition is recognized by the BIE 1.4 For a B Exhibition: The process of approval of the Exhibition Regulations in proceeding in line with AIPH timescales
2 Organisation
2.1 The further development of the organisation is in line with the documented timeline Draft AIPH Annual Inspection – 3 years before opening
3 Planning
3.1 The project planning contains no major risks that endanger the opening date. 3.2 The planning for the accompanying projects in the host city contains no major risks that endanger the opening date
4 Masterplan
N/A
5 Landscape / Planting
5.1 The development of a detailed plantings plan (trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals, flower bulbs, potted plants) is in line with the documented timeline 5.2 The landscape development and planting activities are in line with documented timeline 5.3 A landscape maintenance plan taking into account the soil analysis and a watering system has been developed Draft AIPH Annual Inspection – 3 years before opening
6 Construction
6.1 The construction works concerning the infrastructure development are in line with the documented timeline 6.2 The construction works concerning the permanent buildings are in line with the documented timeline. 6.3 Accompanying infrastructure projects in the host city are in line with documented timeline
7 Participants
7.1 The invitation of the official participants / international has been sent out by the national Government 7.2 The invitation of the national participation has been sent out by the organiser
8 Events
8.1 The development of the events project is in line with the documented timeline
- Project Management & Organisation - Plan for cultural activities and art - Plan for conferences and seminars - Plan for B2B & Match Making Draft AIPH Annual Inspection – 3 years before opening
9 Operations
9.1 The development of the Operations & Security Concept is in line with the documented timeline - Project Management & Organisation - Security Concept - Cooperation with Police - Cooperation with the Fire Brigade - Cooperation with the local Hospital - Guest relations & guest services - Crowd management
10 Marketing & Communications
10.1 The marketing and PR measures are in line with the approved marketing plan
11 Sales & Ticketing
11.1 The acquisition of project partners and sponsors is in line with the documented planning Draft AIPH Annual Inspection – 3 years before opening
B RECOMMENDED
Compliance Criteria Major or Score Inspector Comments Minor 0: inadequate 1: adequate 2: good 3: excellent
1 Formal
1.2 The process of approval of Competition Regulations in proceeding in line with AIPH timescales
2 Organisation
1.1 For an A1 Exhibition: The Commissioner General has been appointed by the National Government
3 Planning
N/A
4 Masterplan
The development of a Masterplan for the Indoor Exhibition is in line with the documented timeline Draft AIPH Annual Inspection – 3 years before opening
5 Landscape / Planting
N/A
6 Construction
N/A
7 Participants
N/A
8 Events
N/A
9 Operations & Security
N/A Draft AIPH Annual Inspection – 3 years before opening
10 Marketing & Communications
N/A
11 Sales & Ticketing
11.1 The development of the ticketing and ticket sales concepts are in line with the documented planning Draft AIPH Annual Inspection – 3 years before opening
C OUTSTANDING NONCONFORMITIES FROM PREVIOUS INSPECTIONS Compliance Criteria Major or Score Inspector Comments Minor 0: inadequate 1: adequate 2: good 3: excellent Draft AIPH Annual Inspection – 2 Years Before Opening
Two Years Before Opening
A REQUIRED
Compliance Criteria Major or Score Inspector Comments Minor 0: inadequate 1: adequate 2: good 3: excellent
1 Formal
1.1 For an A1 Exhibition: The Special Regulations are approved by AIPH and BIE 1.2 For a B Exhibition: The Exhibition Regulations are approved by AIPH 1.3 The process of approval of Competition Regulations is proceeding in line with AIPH timescales
2 Organisation
2.1 The further development of the organisation is in line with the documented planning 2.2 A1: The Commissioner General has been appointed by the National Government
3 Planning Draft AIPH Annual Inspection – 2 Years Before Opening
3.1 The project planning contains no major risks that endanger the opening date. 3.2 The planning for the accompanying projects in the host city contains no major risks that endanger the opening date
4 Masterplan
4.1 The development of a Masterplan for the Indoor Exhibition is in line with the project planning 4.2 The design of the temporary buildings and the development of the public design concept are in line with documented timeline
5 Landscape / Planting
5.1 The development of a detailed plantings plan (trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals, flower bulbs, potted plants) is in line with the documented timeline 5.2 The landscape development and planting activities are in line with documented timeline 5.3 The quality of the planting is in line with the objectives of the exhibition
6 Construction Draft AIPH Annual Inspection – 2 Years Before Opening
6.1 The construction works concerning the infrastructure development are in line with the documented timeline 6.2 The construction works concerning the permanent buildings are in line with the documented timeline. 6.3 The construction works concerning the temporary infrastructure and building are in line with the documented planning 6.3 Accompanying infrastructure projects in the host city are in line with documented timeline
7 Participants
7.1 The invitation process of the official/international participants is in line with the documented planning 7.2 The invitation process of the national participants is in line with the documented planning
8 Events
8.1 The development of the events project is in line with the documented timeline
- Project Management & Organisation - Plan for cultural activities and art - Plan for conferences and seminars - Plan for B2B & Match Making Draft AIPH Annual Inspection – 2 Years Before Opening
9 Operations
9.1 The Operations & Security Concept has been approved 9.2 The contracting of the operational services is in line with the documented timeline
10 Marketing & Communications
10.1 The marketing and PR measures are in line with the approved marketing plan
11 Sales & Ticketing
11.1 The acquisition of project partners and sponsors is in line with the documented planning 11.2 The ticketing and ticket sales concept has been approved 11.3 The contract with the ticketing partner / for the ticketing system has been signed Draft AIPH Annual Inspection – 2 Years Before Opening
B RECOMMENDED
Compliance Criteria Major or Score Inspector Comments Minor 1 Formal
2 Organisation
3 Planning
4 Masterplan
5 Landscape / Planting
6 Construction
7 Participants Draft AIPH Annual Inspection – 2 Years Before Opening
8 Events
9 Operations & Security
10 Marketing & Communications
11 Sales & Ticketing Draft AIPH Annual Inspection – 2 Years Before Opening
C OUTSTANDING NONCONFORMITIES FROM PREVIOUS INSPECTIONS Compliance Criteria Major or Score Inspector Comments Minor 0: inadequate 1: adequate 2: good 3: excellent Draft AIPH Annual Inspection – 1 Year Before Opening
One Year Before Opening
A REQUIRED
Compliance Criteria Major or Score Inspector Comments Minor 0: inadequate 1: adequate 2: good 3: excellent
1 Formal
1.1 The Competition Regulations have been approved by AIPH
2 Organisation
2.1 The further development of the organisation is in line with the documented planning
3 Planning
3.1 The project planning contains no major risks that endanger the opening date. 3.2 The planning for the accompanying projects in the host city contains no major risks that endanger the opening date Draft AIPH Annual Inspection – 1 Year Before Opening
4 Masterplan
4.1 The Masterplan for the Indoor Exhibition has been approved 4.2 The design of the temporary buildings and the development of the public design has been approved
5 Landscape / Planting
5.1 The plantings plan has been completed
5.2 The landscape development and planting activities are in line with documented timeline 5.3 The quality of the planting is in line with the objectives of the exhibition 5.4 A minimum of 80 % of the total planting has been sourced and selected 5.5 The development and contracting of the landscape maintenance is in line with the documented timeline
6 Construction
6.1 The construction works concerning the infrastructure development are in line with the documented timeline 6.2 The construction works concerning the permanent buildings are in line with the documented timeline. Draft AIPH Annual Inspection – 1 Year Before Opening
6.3 The construction works concerning the temporary infrastructure and buildings are in line with the documented planning 6.4 Accompanying infrastructure projects in the host city are in line with documented timeline 6.5 The preparation of the participants areas (outdoor and indoor) are in line with the documented timeline
7 Participants
7.1 The invitation process of the official/international participants is in line with the documented planning 7.2 The invitation process of the national participants is in line with the documented planning 7.3 Is the number of participants in line with Section 3, of the AIPH Regulations: A1: Minimum 10 participating countries B: Minimum 10 international participants 7.4 An organisation coordinating the participants services defined in the Exhibition / General / Special Regulations has been established 7.5 The concept for the National Days has been approved Draft AIPH Annual Inspection – 1 Year Before Opening
8 Events
8.1 The development and contracting of the events project are in line with the documented timeline
- cultural activities and art - conferences and seminars - B2B & Match Making
9 Operations
9.1 The contracting of the operational services is in line with the documented timeline 9.2 A concept for a test day / soft opening has been developed
10 Marketing & Communications
10.1 The marketing measures are in line with the approved marketing plan
11 Sales & Ticketing
11.1 The contracting of tour operators is in line with the documented timeline 11.2 The realization and implementation of the ticketing system is in line with the documented timeline Draft AIPH Annual Inspection – 1 Year Before Opening
B RECOMMENDED
Compliance Criteria Major or Score Inspector Comments Minor 0: inadequate 1: adequate 2: good 3: excellent
1 Formal
2 Organisation
3 Planning
4 Masterplan
5 Landscape / Planting
6 Construction Draft AIPH Annual Inspection – 1 Year Before Opening
7 Participants
8 Events
9 Operations & Security
10 Marketing & Communications
11 Sales & Ticketing Draft AIPH Annual Inspection – 1 Year Before Opening
C OUTSTANDING NONCONFORMITIES FROM PREVIOUS INSPECTIONS Compliance Criteria Major or Score Inspector Comments Minor 0: inadequate 1: adequate 2: good 3: excellent Draft Final Report Content Requirements
FINAL REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS APPROVED BY AIPH – CONTENT TO BE INCLUDED
In accordance with Section 6 of the AIPH Regulations for Organizers of International Horticultural Exhibitions organizers are required to write a Final Report and send it to the general secretariat within ninety days of the closure of the event. Furthermore, the Final Report shall be presented at the following AIPH Meeting or Conference. The objective of the Final Report is to provide a summary of the realization and execution of the International Horticultural Exhibition. In addition, the Final Report serves as accountability report for the stakeholder of the Expo. The Final Report must be sent to the AIPH Secretariat as a digital file (i.e. PDF) that can be shared electronically and placed onto the AIPH website. In the following an example table of contents is shown. The text should be supported by relevant, illustrative images. The minimum required information is mandatory for every organizer.
EXAMPLE TABLE OF CONTENTS
Congratulatory Statements 1. Executive Summary 2. Brief Information / Facts and Figures / Statistics / Curiosities Minimum required information: Location Dates of opening and closing and operational hours Organization responsible AIPH category Theme Total attendance - number of visitors Total area of exhibition site Use of the site after the closing of the exhibition (i.e. legacy) Area of structure used for short/indoor shows (Categories A1 and B only) Number of short/indoor shows held (A1 and B only) Number of events: cultural programs, conferences, trade missions, etc 3. Organization 4. The Idea and Concept of the Exhibition 5. Post Expo Concept 6. Exhibition Area a. Masterplan b. Landscape & Planting (design concept, planting, maintenance, …) c. Infrastructure (streets, pathways, parking, ….) d. Buildings (permanent, temporary, functions, …) e. Exhibition Areas f. Public Design g. Projects in the Host City (train station, airport, highways, planting, …) 7. Participants Draft Final Report Content Requirements
a. Official Participants Minimum required information: Number of countries which participated: 1. throughout the exhibition 2. in indoor/short shows (for A1 and B only) Total area occupied by exhibits remaining throughout the exhibition: 1. from the host country (outdoor/indoor) 2. from official participants (outdoor/indoor) 3. from international participants (outdoor/indoor) 4. International Participants 5. National Participants 6. Indoor Exhibition Other Aspects 1. Were the transport costs of exhibitors reimbursed in accordance with AIPH Guidelines? 2. Were special arrangements made for the inspection of plant material imported by exhibitors near or at the exhibition site? 3. How many international participants included information stands in or associated with their exhibits? b. International Participants c. National Participants d. Indoor Exhibition 8. College of Commissioners General / Steering Committee 9. Competitions Minimum required information: Were regulations for the organization of competitions and the award of prizes sent to AIPH-members and the General Secretariat? Was an International Honorary Jury appointed in accordance with the AIPH Guidelines? Who were the members of the jury? Were technical juries or panels appointed? What was the total value of money prizes awarded? What total sum was paid to exhibitors in compensation for the depreciation of their plant material? Have these sums been paid to exhibitors entitled to them? 10. Conferences / Workshops / Business to Business 11. Cultural Program & Art a. The Opening Ceremony b. Street Entertainment c. Stage Program d. Highlights e. Specials f. Kids Program g. Art / Exhibitions h. The Closing Ceremony 12. Operations a. Facility Management & Security b. Traffic Management Draft Final Report Content Requirements
c. Transport within and outside the Exposition d. Food & Beverage / Retail e. Visitor Information & Services f. Media Services g. Participant Services 13. Marketing and Communications, PR and Media-Statistics a. Visitor Structure, Design Day b. Theme, Key Visual, Claims, … c. Merchandising d. Marketing / Advertisement e. Media & PR f. Sponsoring / Partner g. Ticket Sales 14. Reactions & Corrections a. Highlights b. Visitor Surveys c. Criticisms d. Complaints e. Media feedback f. Corrections 15. Realization / Making-of 16. Budget / Financial Balance 17. Benefits of Organizing the exhibition / Legacy 18. Conclusion 19. Acknowledgements 20. Appendices Exhibition Regulations / General Regulations Special Regulations Competition Regulations AIPH General Meeting, Vancouver, 15 March 2016 Annex 9 – Minutes of Last Meeting
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Committee : General Meeting Date : Wednesday, October 21, 2015 Time : 13:30 – 16:30 hrs. Place : Milan, Italy Reference : 2015_Milan_GeneralMeeting_Agenda Chairman : Mr. Krahn, AIPH Secretary : Mr. Briercliffe, AIPH ______
Present: Mr Vic Krahn Chairman Mr Shinya Wada JLCA, Representative Region VI Mr Bernard Oosterom VBN/FloraHolland, Vice-Chairman and Chair of Novelty Protection Committee and Representative Region II Mr Tim Edwards NFU, UK, Representative Region I Mr Kuo Cheng Chung TFDA Chinese Taipei and Chair of Marketing Committee Mr Andras Treer DSZTT, Hungary, Chair Statistics Committee Mr Bill Stensson COHA, Canada and Representative Region IV Ms Karen Tambayong ASBINDO, Indonesia and Chair Green City Committee Mr Bill Hardy CNLA, Canada and Chair Science & Education Committee Ms Haiyan Kong CFA, China and Representative Region VI Mr Osman Bagdatlioglu OAIB Turkey and Representative Region V Mr Robert Prince NGIA, Australia Mr Gijs Kok VBN/FloraHolland, The Netherlands Mr George Franke VBN/NTR, The Netherlands Ms Sevgin Utlulig OAIB, Turkey Mr Joon Young An Korea Mr Raoul Curtis-Machin HTA, UK Mr Victor Santacruz CNLA, Canada Mr Takuhiro Yamada JLCA, Japan Mr Tadashi Touchi JLCA, Japan Mr Tetsuro Nomura JLCA, Japan Mr Hwang Jaw Lee TFDA Chinese Taipei Prof Zhang Qixiang CFA, China Ms Peng Hongming CFA, China Mr Josef Poffet JardinSuisse, Switzerland Mr Henk Raaymakers LTO, Netherlands Dr Essmat Diab Bavaria, UAE Mr Theo de Groot MPS
In attendance: Mr Tim Briercliffe Secretary General Ms Maria Wallin AIPH Business & Events Manager Ms Samantha Kern AIPH Ms Carol Marks Bird Bia, Ireland Ms Mia Buma Secretary, Novelty Protection Committee 1/8 AIPH General Meeting, Vancouver, 15 March 2016 Annex 9 – Minutes of Last Meeting
Ms Liu Hongmei China Mr Jaap Kras Netherlands
1. Opening by the chairman, AIPH president Mr. Vic Krahn. V Krahn welcomed members and informed them what the General Meeting is entitled to do from the Charter.
2. Minutes 2.1. Minutes of the General meeting March 19, 2015 (Annex 1). V Krahn informed members that the minutes of the General Meeting 19 March, 2015, Paris had already been approved and were provided for information.
3. Incoming items, announcements, correspondence. 3.1. Open membership fees. T Briercliffe informed members that he was satisfied that members have either paid or will very soon. 3.2. Membership (Active) applications. Applications had been received from ANVE, Italy (annex 2a, 2b, 2c and 2d) and Hellenic Plant Material Exporters Association, Greece (annex 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 3e) Motion to accept ANVE as a member. Proposed: W Stensson, Seconded: K Chung. All in favour. Motion to accept Hellenic Plant Material Exporters Association as a member. Proposed: K Tambayong, Seconded: W Hardy. All in favour. The new members were not present but V Krahn welcomed them as members. 3.3. Membership enquiries have been received from Bord Bia (Ireland), Floriculture Products Producers and Exporters Association (Sri Lanka), Asocolflores (Colombia). T Briercliffe would continue to pursue these for membership. 3.4. New Affiliate Members. Members were informed that the following businesses had been approved as Affiliate Members during the Board meeting: Priva (Netherlands), Philips (Netherlands), HortiAlliance (Netherlands), Doppelmayr (Austria) and Val’hor (France).
4. Annual report of the Secretary General, (Annex 4). T Briercliffe introduced the report which was taken as read. Motion to accept the report. Proposed: T Edwards. Seconded: A Treer. All in favour.
5. Finances. 5.1. Report annual accounts 2014, (Annex 5a and 5b) and Explanatory Notes (Annex 5c). T Briercliffe talked through the 2014 accounts and referred to the explanatory notes. There were no further questions and this was accepted by members. 5.2. Assurance Report on 2014 accounts. As AIPH accounts and bookkeeping are now managed by chartered accountants the Board approved the request for an Assurance Report rather than a Full audit for 2014 accounts. (Annex 6). Motion to accept the report and accounts for 2014. Proposed: B Oosterom, Seconded: T Edwards. All in favour. 5.3. 2016 AIPH Budget (Annex 7). T Briercliffe explained the rationale behind the proposed 2016 budget. There were some amends that had been recommended by the Board including the reinsertion of the presidential stipend, a small increase in Board expenses and an increase in Statistics budget to cover the expenses of A Treer. W Stensson noted that with the changes made the cumulative total had not been amended. This was corrected to 300,000 euro. Motion to accept the revised budget. Proposed: W Stensson, Seconded: K Tambayong. All in favour. 5.4. Long term forecast 2015 – 2020, (Annex 8). 2/8 AIPH General Meeting, Vancouver, 15 March 2016 Annex 9 – Minutes of Last Meeting
T Briercliffe explained why it was not possible to present the Long Term Forecast as a budget as there were so many unknowns for the year ahead. Members were satisfied with what was presented. W Stensson requested to add in expenses for Green City.
6. AIPH Governance 6.1. Regional representation on AIPH Board (annex 9) The Board had discussed regional representation on the AIPH Board and proposed changing the regions as shown in the annex. General Meeting was asked to approve these changes. These changes have also been incorporated within proposed changes to AIPH Regulations. Members agreed changes as proposed.
6.2. Elections (annex 10) According to re-election schedule (annex 10) the following positions were up for election: 6.2.1 Election of AIPH President/Chairman Candidate: Mr. Bernard Oosterom (Netherlands) V Krahn asked three times for nominations from the floor. There were none. B Oosterom was acclaimed new president. B Oosterom gave a short speech in which he thanked members for giving him the honour of this role. He spoke about the significant work that had been done over the last three years and his desire to do his utmost to support AIPH as President. 6.2.2 Election of Vice President/Chairman Candidate: Mr. Tim Edwards (UK) V Krahn asked for nominations from floor three times. There were none. T Edwards was acclaimed as Vice President. 6.2.3 Election of Chair Novelty Protection Committee Candidate: Mr. Tim Edwards (UK) V Krahn asked for nominations from floor three times. There were none. T Edwards was acclaimed as Chair of the Novelty Protection Committee. 6.2.4 Election of Chair Green City Committee Candidate: Ms. Karen Tambayong (Indonesia) – re-election V Krahn asked for nominations from floor three times. There were none. K Tambayong was acclaimed as Chair of the Green City Committee. 6.2.5 Election of Representative Region 2 Candidate: Mr. Gijs Kok (Netherlands) V Krahn asked for nominations from floor three times. There were none. G Kok was acclaimed as representative for Region 2. 6.2.6 Election of Representative of Region VIII Candidate: Ms. Karen Tambayong (Indonesia) V Krahn asked for nominations from floor three times. There were none. K Tambayong was acclaimed as Representative of Region VIII. The question was raised regarding the requirement for a new election in Region VI. H Kong was approved to be the representative of Region VII of the new structure because all the members of this region are members the former Region VI she represented.
6.3. AIPH Elections procedure – Regional Representatives (annex 11) A new procedure for electing regional representatives has been added to the AIPH Regulations (Section V.4). General Meeting was asked to approve. There were no further comments and members approved. 3/8 AIPH General Meeting, Vancouver, 15 March 2016 Annex 9 – Minutes of Last Meeting
6.4. Dissolution of AIPH Committees for Statistics and Science & Education. The Board proposed that the formal status of these Committees is removed and they will no longer have Board representation. However, activities for both science and statistics will continue and ad-hoc working groups will be established as required. Activities will be agreed with the Board and reported to members by the Secretary General. General Meeting was asked to approve the dissolution of these Committees. Proposed: B Oosterom. Seconded: S Wada. All in favour. 6.5. Revision of AIPH Regulations (annex 11) In addition to 6.3 other small changes have been made to the AIPH Regulations. These are highlighted in Annex 9. General Meeting was asked to approve. Proposed: T Edwards. Seconded: B Oosterom. All in favour. 6.6. Membership subscriptions 2016 As agreed in Qingdao 2014 it is proposed to retain the current membership subscription that is €1,500 per member. General Meeting was asked to approve. This was approved.
7. AIPH Strategic Plan 7.1. AIPH Strategic Plan – Action Plan Update. Detail of progress against the plan (Annex 12). T Briercliffe introduced the action plan and explained that this would need to be updated with a new strategy in the coming years. There were no further comments.
8. Statistical Yearbook 8.1. Launch of 2015 Yearbook A Treer said that for this year the yearbook should break even financially. He highlighted the new attractive design. He reminded members that we meet annually with Union Fleurs and Hannover University to discuss developments. New countries and products have been added to the latest edition which will be available electronically as a PDF. This will be sent to members directly. Members should not forward this but refer all orders to AIPH. T Briercliffe told members that the yearbook pricing had changed. The complete yearbook would now cost 190 euro but there was the option to buy just the production or just the trade statistics for the reduced price of 140 euro.
9. International Growers Conference - 2018 9.1. Proposed next steps. T Briercliffe informed members regarding discussions with ISHS regarding co-operating on an international conference for growers alongside the 2018 ISHS International Horticultural Congress in Istanbul. He said that ISHS were interested to work with AIPH like this if an appropriate agreement could be reached. T Briercliffe said that he would like the views of members regarding the key topics that they would like to have presented at such a conference.
10. AIPH Annual Congress Stresa, Milan, 2015. 10.1. Conclusions of the committee meetings were reported to General Meeting for approval. Novelty Protection – B Oosterom noted that he appreciated the presentation of Thomas Leidereiter. Green City – K Tambayong said that the Committee meeting had gone well as had the meeting where AIPH discussed its Green City Proposal with the organisers of Beijing Expo. However, as this was a big project such an investment is likely to require government approval. K Tambayong said that now a more detailed proposal was required. Marketing – K Chung reiterated the decision to be made regarding the approval of the application from Gold Coast, Australia. Motion to approve the application subject to payment of
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the financial guarantee, a successful site inspection and evidence of financial security. Proposed by the Committee. All in favour. K Chung proposed that the new Regulations for International Horticultural Exhibitions be adopted as discussed in the Marketing Committee. All in favour. The new Regulations can be viewed at http://aiph.org/marketing-and-exhibitions/. Environment Committee – It was noted that it would have been interesting to hear more from ANVE on the impact that Xylella was having on Italian growers.
11. Preparation of future meetings. 11.1. Spring Meeting 2016 – Vancouver. W Hardy informed members about plans for the Meeting and Green City Conference 15-18 March http://www.cnla-acpp.ca/greencity W Hardy said that he was hopeful that they would be able to use the same registration system as has been used by this Congress. 11.2. Invitation for Annual Congress 2016 from Antalya, Turkey. T Briercliffe noted that this would be a joint event along with Union Fleurs. 11.3. Spring 2017 – No invitation – We will try Singapore 11.4. Annual Congress 2017 – Invitation from Brazil 11.5. Spring 2018 – Invitation from Taichung, Chinese Taipei 11.6. Annual Congress 2018 – Invitation from Almere, Netherlands. It was noted at this point that if the Expo in Gold Coast proceeds then they would like to host the Annual Congress in 2018. This would require asking Almere to host on a different occasion. G Franke noted that the 2022 Congress should definitely be in Almere.
12. Other business. V Krahn asked each one present to make comments on the congress: Qixiang Zhang – has lots of suggestions which he will discuss with T Briercliffe and B Oosterom. He thanked V Krahn, T Briercliffe and Maria. Haiyan Kong – thanked M Wallin and T Briercliffe for their preparations Bill Stensson – Noted that we now have 9 directors including 5 directors that don’t have chairmanship of a committee. He proposed that we should still allow A Treer to continue to oversee the statistical yearbook at Board level. He thanked staff and executive. Bill Hardy – thanked M Wallin. He noted that the next meeting would be the last chance to see him. Robert Prince – first attended AIPH meetings in 2012. That was a difficult time but since then he felt everything had been very positive. He suggested that the Committee meetings may be too long and that the programme should be less intense. Karen Tambayong – achieved a lot in recent years. Thanked V Krahn, T Briercliffe, M Wallin and Samantha Kern. Raoul Curtis-Machin – not enough time to discuss all the issues but great event Tim Edwards – moved forwards well in two years. Thanks to V Krahn and the team Andras Treer – has been in AIPH since 2003. Many changes. Went in ditch for a while but now good. Thanks to Maria. Sevgin Utlulig – Thanks to team. Congratulations to new President and Vice President. Victor Santacruz – thanks to all. He is pleased that he can welcome AIPH back to Canada in 2016. Essmat Diab – thanked V Krahn and T Briercliffe. We now have more responsibility to promote AIPH in our own areas. Takuhiro Yamada – now understands AIPH! Tadashi Touchi – see you next time Tetsu Numora – thanks to team. Thanks to M Wallin. 5/8 AIPH General Meeting, Vancouver, 15 March 2016 Annex 9 – Minutes of Last Meeting
Josef Poffet – good presentations and contacts Hongming Peng – thanks. On good track and structured. Thanks to V Krahn. Congratulations to B Oosterom. Joon young An – better than school! It would be good if AIPH could establish a student exchange programme. He would like to help with this. Hongmei Liu – we need to encourage developed countries to encourage developing countries. Thanks to V Krahn. Kevin Chung – thanks to T Briercliffe, M Wallin, V Krahn – made AIPH survive! Prof Li – learnt from mtgs Henk Reijmakers – thanks to organisers and those working in the committees. He enjoyed meeting new people this week Mia Buma – done many AIPH meetings, 1995 was first in France, only George has been involved longer! Comparing meetings, met a lot of people and growers, importance of IP in sector was very good. Lots of very good chairs for IP over time, but past three years with Vic and Bernard has been a lot of progress and the best yet. Thank you for support, looking forward to working with Tim Edwards. Thanks to Vic for good atmosphere he creates, world would be a better place if Vic was President of UN! Theo de Groot – thanks to everyone for the work, hope for many good years for the AIPH in solving problems we have to face. George Franke – 1992 has gone up and down, 2012 was a real turning point when Vic started, difficult as first (no SG, then interim for 1 day per week), managed it together for 8/9 months. AIPH is going up and up, very good future. Best congress yet! Shinya Wada – very good congress, used to say well organized, but was sometimes a lie! Today excellent congress! Spoke about so many issues. Done very well. New development of green city committee, not international – no Asian countries, not many Asian countries and central America, AIPH is not a true international organization. Last congress after 30 years, excellent memories, thank you to all members of the AIPH. Bernard Oosterom – three very good days, thanks. Like the most the group discussions yesterday. Gijs Kok – echo all positive remarks. Good days for the whole international flower business. Confidence in representing region 2 Jaap Kras – Vic very clever to find support in Bernard, thank you for all support. Found Tim – excellent choice, very good SG, then found Maria. Strategy in Canada very good. Vic fantastic president, known many good, but Vic fantastic. Vic Krahn – excellent discussion groups, thanks for contribution and please if you have any ideas for improvement speak to Tim or Maria.
13. Closure. V Krahn thanked members and closed the meeting.
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Final 2016 Budget – Approved at General Meeting 21 October 2015
Profit and loss account (Euro) Budget 2016 Revenues Debit Credit 8000 - Membership fee 40,000 8100 - Publications sold 17,000 8200 - Interest 500 Grower of the Year 147,000 Expo Conference 30,000 Spring Meeting 0 Annual congress 0 Green City Committee 380,000 Marketing Committee 0 International Vision project 60,000 8400 - Receipts (other) 0 Revenues Exhibitions 8300 - Cautions retained 32,000 8320 - Gate fee 550,000 8330 - Support and advice 2,000 Total: Revenues Exhibitions 584,000 Total: Revenues 1,258,500 Expeditures International Vision project 40,000 4010 - Publication expenses 15,000 Costs Exhibitons 4040 - Jury costs 30,000 4050 - Awards 20,000 4060 - AIPH Expo garden 0 Total: Costs Exhibitons 50,000 Depreciation 4800 - Depreciation inventory 400 4810 - Depreciation receivables (fees, book ) 0 4820 - Provision bad debts (adm. 2008-2012) -8,000 Total: Depreciation -7,600 Working expenses committees 4093 - Science and education 0 4094 - Expenses Green City 340,000 4095 - Expenses Environment and Plant Health 6,000 4096 - Expenses Economics and Statistics 4,000 4097 - Expenses Marketing and Exhibitions 12,000 4098 - Expenses Novelty Protection 22,500 4099 - Expenses Executive Committee 1,000
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Total: Working expenses committees 385,500 Working expenses other Travelling expenses President 15,000 Travelling expenses SG 20,000 Travelling expenses Business & Events Mgr 5,000 4106 - Travelling expenses President/Secr.Gen. 4110 - Office expenses (incl. insurance) Employers National Insurance 28,000 Insurance 2,000 Office expenses 8,000 Postage, freight and courier 300 Printing and stationery 400 Staff salaries 235,000 Staff training 200 Telephone and internet 1,000 Fee - Marketing Comm chair 0 4201 - Fee President 20,000 4210 - Expenses board 5,500 4300 - Grower of the Year 120,000 4600 - Bank charges 2,000 4660 - Bookkeeping and audit 8,000 Foreign currency gains and losses 30,000 4700 - Costs for website 2,000 4750 - Communication and PR 15,000 Legal expenses 2,000 4900 - Miscellaneous 5,000 4905 - Donation and subsidy 0 Total: Working expenses other 524,400 Spring meeting and annual congress 4102 - Annual congress 0 Expo Conference 20,000 4103 - Spring Meeting 5,000 Total: Spring meeting and annual congress 25,000 0 Total: Expenditures 992,300 0 Result 266,200
Cumulative balance 299,929
8/8 AIPH Secretary General Report September 2015 to February 2016 Tim Briercliffe Annual Congress – Stresa (Milan) We received good feedback from members regarding the Annual Congress in Stresa. Members enjoyed the sessions and discussions as well as the location, hotel and organisation. It was good to be able to welcome Italy as a member once again too.
Spring Meeting 2016 and Green City Conference – Vancouver Plans are firmly in place for this event which incorporates a Green City conference and Green City tour. The AIPH meetings will run in parallel with meetings held by ELCA and Canadian Landscape associations. The programme will incorporate a
1 meeting between AIPH and ELCA Board members. The event is being organised by CNLA with guidance from Bill Hardy and a steering group including AIPH. Expo Conferences Two AIPH Expo Conferences are planned for 2016. o AIPH International Horticultural Exhibition Forum 2016, Tangshan – 29-30 April 2016 – This event will be run in partnership with China Flower Association and Tangshan Expo. The aim is to attract other prospective city hosts from within China and also to invite other Asian expo hosts. It will also be an opportunity to promote expos to other countries who may be considering an expo (e.g. Singapore, Australia, Japan, Brunei, UK etc). The forum will include talks from past expos (Qingdao and Taipei) as well as coming expos (Antalya, Beijing and Almere) and Sven Stimac will also speak about making expos successful. Due to the support of the Tangshan City Government international delegates will be offered free registration, hotel accommodation and airport transfer. o Antalya – 28-29 September 2016 – This Expo Conference will take place in the congress centre at the expo site and will include a tour of the expo and will be part of the AIPH Annual Congress.
Annual Congress 2016 – Antalya We have agreed to run this event in conjunction with Union Fleurs. We will plan sessions together and separately. The Congress will incorporate a Green City Conference and Expo Conference and the programme is below: o Monday 26 September – AIPH Board Meeting o Tuesday 27 September – AIPH International Green City Conference o Wednesday 28 September – AIPH Expo Conference and Marketing Committee meeting o Thursday 29 September – Tour of Expo and local area o Friday 30 September – Joint meeting with Union Fleurs and Committee meetings o Saturday 1 October – Professional visits Meetings on 26 and 30 September will take place in the hotel and the conferences will be at the Conference Centre on the Expo site. Union Fleurs delegates will arrive on 28 September. Accommodation will be at the Xanadu Resort Hotel in Belek (http://xanaduhotels.com.tr/en) Exhibitions
Antalya 2016 – I visited Antalya on 14-17 December 2015. The former Secretary General, Mr. Hasmet Suicmez, has been replaced by Mr. Kazim Aydin as from December 2015. During this visit it was clear that progress had accelerated substantially with many buildings already completed and the landscaping starting to look good. There was still much catching up to do but this looked much more achievable then previous visits. Bernard Oosterom, Kevin Chung, Qixiang Zhang, Osman Bagdatlioglu and I will participate in the international jury and attend the opening ceremony on 22 April 2016. I intend to make further visits to this A1 expo in May, July, September and October. These include the three jury rounds. AIPH will have a garden, in association with OAiB, at the Expo. Nilufer Danis (award winning Turkish garden designer, based in the UK) has been commissioned to create the
2 design. I attended a reception in the UK Houses of Parliament on 19 January to mark the launch of the new industry action plan. During this reception I spoke with Government Minister George Eustace MP regarding UK participation in Antalya Expo. This has subsequently been confirmed. Tangshan 2016 – Bernard Oosterom and I will visit Tangshan on 29 February 2016 with CFA. We were pleased with progress being made. This is set to be an impressive Expo. The Competition Regulations have been approved and the international jury appointed. Bernard Oosterom, Kevin Chung and I will visit Tangshan on 26-30 April for the international jury, opening ceremony and Expo forum. Taichung 2018 – Bernard Oosterom and I will visit Taichung on 26-27 February 2016 with Kevin Chung. During this visit there will be an official ceremony, with the Mayor of Taichung, for the signing of the contract with AIPH. Beijing 2019 – Bernard Oosterom and I will visit the organisers in Beijing on 1 March 2016 to review progress. Almere 2022 – Ms Esther van Garderen has been appointed an Interim Director following the departure of Mr. Henk Meijer. Almere will set up the new Floriade Company which should be completed by late summer. Mrs. Jannewietskde de Vries and Mr. Jan Willem Griep are the intended directors. Gold Coast 2018 – Since the provisional approval of this expo at the Annual Congress the organiser, Mr. Steven Haggart, has changed the plans and has identified a better site. However, this means a new application for 2020 rather than 2018. UK – I gave a presentation to the UK’s ‘Garden Industry Marketing Board’ about International Horticultural Exhibitions as there is increasing interest from both industry and the UK government to host such an exhibition, potentially in 2024. Yangzhou, China – A delegation from Yangzhou will attend the Spring Meeting in Vancouver as they are interested in applying to host a B Category Expo in 2021. AIPH Expo Guide A new Guide on expo ticketing systems was written by Mr. Sven Stimac and Ms. Manuela Dimuccio and introduced to members in Stresa. This will be available to members soon. AIPH has agreed a contract with Mr. Sven Stimac to act as a consultant supporting AIPH work with expos. This includes further developing the expo guide, developing new annexes for the new Expo Regulations and working on content and sponsorship for the AIPH Expo Conferences.
BIE I attended the BIE General Assembly in Paris on 25 November. Updates were given from Antalya and Beijing. BIE Secretary General, Mr. Loscertales, will be a member of the international jury for Expo 2016 Antalya. Green City I have been involved in extensive discussions to take forward the Green City project ideas that were presented at the Annual Congress. A final proposal has now been developed for an ‘International Green City Award’. This has been sent to the organising Bureau of Beijing 2019 Expo for their consideration and Bernard Oosterom and I will pitch this to them on 1 March 2016 in Beijing. The project is
3 developing a steering group which should include ARUP and Beijing Forestry University as well as consultant Anne Jaluzot and Niek Roozen. We have actively promoted the Green City Conference taking place in Vancouver on 16-18 March 2016 Plans are being developed for an AIPH International Green City Conference to take place in Antalya on 27 September 2016. It has been suggested that Beijing could host an AIPH Green City Conference in 2017. This will be discussed with the organisers of the Beijing 2019 Expo. Novelty Protection The NP Sparring Partner Group (SPG) has been engaged in considerable discussion about a number of activities which are covered in the NP Report. Due to time pressures it was decided not to hold a formal Novelty Protection Committee meeting during the AIPH Spring Meeting in Vancouver. There will be a NP meeting in Antalya for the Annual Congress. Environment We are planning to discuss sustainability issues during this Committee in Vancouver. This will include presentations from John Byland (Bylands Nurseries, Canada), Justin Hancock (Costa Farms, USA) and Craig Reggelburg (AmericanHort, USA). Statistics The 2015 edition of the Statistical Yearbook was launched at the annual congress. This is published as a PDF but only available for purchase and download online from the AIPH website. There is also a new pricing structure and the ability to purchase just part of the publication (the yearbook is available in three sections). The new prices are: 190 euros for the entire yearbook 140 euros for sections of the yearbook. The two sections on offer will be: o Introduction + Production data o Introduction + Trade data A new agreement is in place with Union Fleurs regarding their involvement in the yearbook. Science and Education A number of companies that supply growers have expressed interest in supporting a growers conference alongside the ISHS congress in Istanbul in 2018.
4 International Grower of the Year The promotion of this event has been a major focus of AIPH activity over recent months. The gala dinner took place on 28 January 2016 at IPM Essen with over 220 people in attendance. The event was hailed an overwhelming success by all those present and significant media coverage was achieved, especially from FloraCulture International and Floral Daily. Costa Farms from Florida, USA was the overall Gold Rose winner and the category winners were: o Young Plants – Florensis (Germany/Netherlands) o Cut Flowers – Arcadia (Netherlands) o Finished Plants – Costa Farms (USA). We greatly appreciated sponsorship support from Royal FloraHolland, Expo 2016 Antalya, Rabobank, Landgard, GlobalGAP, Royal Brinkman and FloraCulture International. Plans are underway to launch the 2017 event and we hope to get entries from even more countries View all results and photos at www.aiph.org/groweroftheyear.
International Vision Project Following the session at the Annual Congress further research has been carried out and an additional session was run at IPM Essen where the breakout sessions were repeated. This included grower association representatives from Guatemala, Kenya, Morocco, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Canary Islands, Netherlands, Hungary, UK, China, Bulgaria, Poland, Greece and Uganda. These will all become part of the project network.
5 The steering group met at the same time and heard a presentation from Project Manager, Paula Edgington outlining the countries selected for further investigation and the rationale for this. Ms. Haiyan Kong also gave a presentation about China Paula Edgington is stepping down as Project Manager so we need to find a replacement for her to progress this work. The Year 1 report has been prepared for the funders.
Membership ANVE (Italy) and HEPMEA (Greece) were welcomed into membership at the Annual Congress in Stresa. It is not yet clear whether HEPMEA is in a position to meet the subscription requirement. Philips (Netherlands), Priva (Netherlands), HortiAlliance (Netherlands), Doppelmayr (Austria) and Val’hor (France) were welcomed as Affiliate Members during the Annual Congress. Affiliate membership is also being pursued with HPP International Exhibitions (Netherlands), INDEGA (Germany), GlobalGAP (Germany) and Wageningen University (Netherlands) A database of prospective members has been developed. Each prospective member is added to the newsletter circulation list and invited to AIPH meetings. Associations from the following countries are on the database: Ireland, Colombia, Kenya, South Africa, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Sri Lanka, India, Bulgaria, Poland, Serbia, New Zealand, Spain, Russia, Singapore, Guatemala, Chile and Ukraine. Website We continue to receive positive feedback regarding the new AIPH brand and website. We welcome suggestions from members as we continue to develop this site.
Office Maria Wallin (AIPH Business & Events Manager) has now successfully completed a year at AIPH. She has worked hard to make AIPH events successful. She successfully organised the Paris Spring Meeting, Stresa Annual Congress and International Grower of the Year Awards. This is a considerable workload for her first year. Her focus for 2016 is on working with the organisers in Vancouver and Antalya and on developing the Grower of the Year 2017 and meetings and conferences in 2017. Amanda Wallace (AIPH Communications Manager) is continuing to provide PR support for AIPH on a one day/week basis.
Misc The legal case against Auxon is now scheduled to reach a conclusion in April 2016. I attended the International Floriculture Trade Fair (IFTF) and FloraHolland Trade Fair (FHTF) with Bernard Oosterom from 4-6 November. This included meetings with FSI, Antalya, Union Fleurs as well as work to identify IGOTY sponsors and partners for the International Vision Project. Bernard Oosterom represented AIPH at the Union Fleurs Gala Dinner on 7 November 2015. Bernard Oosterom, Paula Edgington and I attended the MPS/Union Fleurs/VGB seminar on the future of the industry on 9 November 2015 in Rotterdam.
6 I visited Wayanad in Kerala, India on 22-25 January 2016 where I presented a paper on ‘Growing the Global Market for Ornamentals’ at the ISHS Symposium for Succulents and Other Ornamentals. During this I also met with key Government contacts who can assist us in gaining AIPH membership from India and contributing to the International Vision Project. During the Congress there was also a 14 day horticultural flower show taking place at the same venue. This attracted around 2.5 million visitors while it was open. Former AIPH President, Dr. Doeke Faber, passed away on 4 January. Many members sent messages of condolences to his family. Flowers and a letter were sent from AIPH and Bernard Oosterom represented AIPH at the funeral service. A tribute was included in the last AIPH newsletter.
Other Organisations ISHS – Rob Bogers has discussed with the ISHS Board the potential for running a AIPH growers conference alongside the 2018 ISHS Congress in Istanbul. They were open to the idea but further discussion on how this would work is required. I met with Dr. Sisir Mitra and Prof Gert Groening during my visit to India. iVerde – No update. ELCA – AIPH and ELCA Boards will hold a joint strategy session on 14 March in Vancouver. IFLA – no update. BIE – see above. Union Fleurs – Bernard Oosterom and I met with Union Fleurs President, Herman de Boon as well as Richard Fox and Sylvie Mamias on 29 January at IPM Essen. We agreed to co-operate together on the International Vision Project and to identify a joint agenda for the Antalya congress. Sylvie Mamias will join the AIPH Spring Meeting in Vancouver.
7 ENA – ENA is supporting a bid to the EU for funding a Green City promotional project. IPM – They are keen to continue to host the IGOTY gala dinner in future years. CIOPORA – AIPH is working closely with CIOPORA as part of a European lobby group. We have also been invited to their AGM. Fleuroselect – We have promoted the Fleuroselect winning varieties in the AIPH newsletter.
Media Activity AIPH has issued 17 press releases since the Annual Congress. These have been widely covered by AIPH members and the international trade media. They can be viewed in full at http://aiph.org/latest-news/.
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Report of Committee for Novelty Protection (NP) August 2015- February 2016
Author: M. Buma
Actions The actions are listed by the date on which the action took place and by subject. For further details and information the actions are worked out per subject here below.
- 20 august 2015: AIPH sent a letter to the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) concerning consultation between CPVO and AIPH/possible observership, referring to AIPH’s earlier contacts with CPVO to settle observership request.
- 10 September 2015: update sent to the Sparring Partner Group (SPG), especially on the subject of the interface between the PBR and patent-system.
- September 2015: preparations for the NP meeting and informal SPG meeting in Stresa, which included updating and publishing the NP Terms of Reference and publishing a NP speakers invitation policy memorandum, inviting Mr. Thomas Leidereiter as a speaker and preparing with him the PBR/IP presentation.
- 1 October 2015: the secretary attended on behalf of AIPH the seminar organized by The Community Plant Variety Office to celebrate its 20th anniversary.
- 16 October 2015: Update, sent to the SPG, about the coming informal meeting of the SPG 19/10/2015 (Stresa) and a resume of important remarks and speeches given at the CPVO seminar on occasion of its 20th anniversary.
- 19 and 20 October 2015: the informal SPG meeting in Stresa took place at 19:10. Jaap Kras gave a presentation in this meeting with the title: ‘The importance of breeder’s right’. At 20:10 Thomas Leidereiter gave a presentation about how the horticultural sector could make (much) better use of other IP tools besides PBR.
- 27 October 2015: the secretary attended UPOV meetings on behalf of AIPH and sent, following consultation with T. Edwards and T. Briercliffe, a joint statement from AIPH, CropLife, ESA and ISF to UPOV meetings about UPOVs Explanatory Notes on Propagating material. In the same week SPG is informed about this joint statement.
- 11 November 2015: SPG is informed about the CIOPORA Venlo II Conference titled “The future of Patents and PBR in Horticulture” (3 December 2015). AIPH and Union Fleurs gave a joint presentation at this Conference, realised by Herman de Boon and Mia Buma. Their subject was: “The future of IP Protection for plants: consequences of PBR and Patents for Producers and Trade”.
- 4 December 2015: in close cooperation with ESA and CIOPORA, AIPH applied for membership at the Nagoya EU Consultation Forum.
- 14 December 2015: answer received from the Administrative Council (AC) of CPVO (Chairman: Andy Mitchell) about AIPH’s possible observership. The AC invites AIPH to formally present its request to become an observer at the AC meetings. AIPH General Meeting, Vancouver, 15 March 2016 Annex 11 – Novelty Protection Committee Report
- 17 December 2015: The SPG is informed about the content of the presentation and of the outcome of the CIOPORA Venlo II Conference by email.
- 21 December 2015: EU Commission offers AIPH membership at the Nagoya EU Consultation Forum under the condition that AIPH and CIOPORA form one group, given that the respective organisations represent interests which are closely related.
- January and February 2016: on going exchanges of information (in dialogue with Tim Edwards, Tim Briercliffe, Bernard Oosterom and Jaap Kras) with CIOPORA and Phillipe de Jong about input and lobby to the Nagoya Consultation forum. Results: 1. The comments filed by the CIOPORA/AIPH Group on 18 January 2016 are shared with all the EU Member States, as the EU commission found them very helpful in understanding the relationships between Nagoya and the horticultural industry, especially concerning PBR/IP.
2. the CIOPORA/AIPH Group on 12 February 2016 wrote a short note on the nature of patents, PBR and the breeders exemption in particular to be sent to the EU Commission, in order to clarify that exempting breeding activities with commercial varieties from the Nagoya Regulation would not create a hierarchy of any sort between IP rights and the Nagoya rules. 3. the CIOPORA/AIPH Group on 15-2-2016 was approached by the CGN in Wageningen, who has been appointed as the lead consultant on the vertical guidance with the question if AIPH wants to add a representative (with a technical background in plant breeding/R&D) to the experts that will be put forward by CIOPORA. - 12 February 2016: AIPH/CIOPORA decided to accept (with reference to their joint letter in 2015) UPOV’s invitation to give a presentation about minimum distances in the meeting of the Technical Committee, March 2016, in Geneva. AIPH/CIOPORA will send Mrs. Dominique Thevenon to represent our joint group, as she is a specialist and very qualified speaker on this subject.
Details and further information on the actions:
AIPH’s possible observership to CPVO AIPH and CPVO have had several contact moments to discuss the possible observership of AIPH to the CPVO Administrative Council (AC). At the AIPH spring meeting in Paris Martin Ekvad expressed his doubts that AIPH would be able to achieve this status, as AIPH is not a breeder’s organisation. He suggested that CPVO and AIPH meet annually instead to discuss issues of joint concern. Hence AIPH wrote a letter in August to ask for clarification about the admission rules for observership of CPVO to the Administrative Council. An answer from the AC was received on 14-12-2015 and suggested that AIPH has no chance of becoming an observer member. Realising that a formal status as observer will be of bigger value than only having/building up a working relationship in the future which could include continued participation by AIPH in CPVO seminars etc., AIPH will formulate a formal request for observership. If AIPH is refused, it will obtain for CPVO’s offer having/building up a working relationship in the future which could include continued participation by AIPH in CPVO seminars, opportunities to meet and discuss issues of mutual interest etc.
Interface PBR/patent The Dutch EU delegation brought in an information note at EU Council (Agriculture and Fisheries) with the purpose to get the PBR/patent subject on the EU agenda. With this the Dutch delegation also aims to create support from the other EU members to finally change the patent legislation in favour of PBR, especially to safeguard the free use of the sources of propagating material, even if there is a patent involved (the so called full or comprehensive breeding exemption). AIPH General Meeting, Vancouver, 15 March 2016 Annex 11 – Novelty Protection Committee Report Speakers invitation policy. Chair and secretary felt the need for guidelines for inviting speakers for the NP Committee. A clause relating to this was added to the Terms of Reference.
Nagoya EU Consultation Forum. 2015 AIPH succeeded in gaining a seat in the Nagoya EU Consultation Forum. This forum consults the members (member states and stakeholders) before the EU Commission will adopt its ‘Nagoya horizontal document’. Through this forum seat AIPH is able to influence the EU Commission’s realisation of the horizontal guidance document (wide scope, guidance to everyone about the Nagoya EU regulation). In autumn 2016 a vertical guidance document (small scope, guidance to specific sectors, like plant breeding) will be published by the Commission as well.
AIPH shares its forum seat with CIOPORA, as the Commission made that a condition of participation. AIPH and CIOPORA discussed this together and appointed the lawyer Phillipe de Jong (Altius, Brussels) to do this specialised job and to share the costs on a 50/50 basis. Phillipe represents both organisations in the forum meetings, but consults beforehand with AIPH (M. Buma) and CIOPORA (E. Krieger) to fine-tune the positions and input in the forum. The aim of these activities and cooperation is to reduce the negative effects of the Nagoya regulation on our industry in the EU. Non-EU AIPH members could benefit from this as well, as the EU implements the Nagoya protocol first. For example COHA/CNLA made use of the AIPH experiences within the EU-level to influence their own government.
General info: The horizontal guidance document regarding Regulation 511/2014 intends to provide guidance on the provisions and implementation of Regulation (EU) No 511/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on compliance measures for users from the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization in the Union ("the EU ABS Regulation" or "the Regulation"). So the final version will have impact on the accessibility to propagating material. The Commission has now set up the Consultation Forum (foreseen in Article 15 of Regulation 511/2014). http://ec.europa.eu/environment/pubs/pdf/calls/ABS%20Consultation%20Forum.pdf
As the Commission decided to take as many stakeholders into the Forum as Member States, meaning 28, it is good to have as many industry organizations among those 28 as possible in order to avoid the situation that too many NGO and civil society organizations (not being agricultural and horticultural industry) acquire membership and then steer the Forum. The agricultural and horticultural industry has to be well represented with all the segments impacted by the Regulation.
The vertical horizontal guidance document: the vertical guidance would be prepared by the EU commission based on the specific comments made in respect of the horizontal guidance. It appears that the CGN (Centre for Plant Genetic Resources) in Wageningen has been appointed as the lead consultant on this and there will be 6 or 7 separate sector-specific guidance documents (including one on plant breeding, i.e. separate from the general one on “biotechnology”).
Minimum distance between varieties: AIPH and CIOPORA have requested UPOV to circulate amongst the members and observers a joint letter by AIPH and CIOPORA (dated February 27, 2015) on “Minimum distance between varieties” with attached the document “CIOPORA position on minimum distance/distinctness”. The letter presents a proposal to consider to include the subject “Minimum distance between varieties” in the program for the autumn meeting in 2016 of the Technical Committee of UPOV. UPOV responded positively that it will put the point on the AIPH General Meeting, Vancouver, 15 March 2016 Annex 11 – Novelty Protection Committee Report UPOV agenda in 2016. CIOPORA is invited to give a presentation in 2016 about the item. Edgar Krieger and the secretary stay in contact in case CIOPORA and AIPH make that a joint action too.
Better use of other IP tools besides PBR. Mr. Thomas Leidereiter (Germany) was the NP speaker at the Congress 2016 in Milan, as a specialist in IP and PBR law. After a clear introduction about the use of IP in general, Thomas gave an excellent presentation about how the horticultural sector could make (much) better use of other IP tools besides PBR. In AIPH’s attempts to create better understanding of the usefulness and necessity of PBR and other IP tools (it is an asset!) , this presentation was helpful and inspiring.