3rd LIFE ELCN Workshop “Cooperation for Private Land Conservation” Sighișoara, 3 - 7 June 2019

Monday, 3 June 2019 15:00 arrival & check in at Dracula Guesthouse (www.dracul.ro) (20 minutes from Sighișoara) 20:30 Informal welcome Dinner at Dracula Danes Guesthouse

Tuesday, 4 June 2019 – “Partnerships” 09:00 Welcome by the hosts

09:15 Cooperation for private land conservation – the EU policy perspective Dr. Frank Vassen – DG ENV, Nature Unit (tbd)

09:45 Landcare Associations – cooperative nature conservation Marie Kaerlein – DVL

10:30 Coffee break

11:00 Food culture and land conservation Dessilava Dimitrova – Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity

11:45 Public-private partnerships for sustainable land management Peter Stein – Lyme Timber Company

12:30 Landowners and farmers as partners for conservation – LIFE Land is Forever Anne-Sophie Mulier – ELO

13:00 Lunch

14:00 In-situ conservation of genetic plant diversity – Farmer’s Pride Kristijan Civic – Eurosite

14:30 Cooperating with volunteers for land conservation Jóni Vieira – Montis

15:00 Coffee break

15:30 Protecting nature on private land in Lars Malmborg – Aage V. Jensen Nature Fund

16:00 Creating regional value chains through cooperation Nat Page/Cristi Gherghiceanu – ADEPT Foundation

17:00 End of workshop day 1

19:00 Sighisoara guided tour

20:30 Dinner at Alte Post Sighisoara (http://www.gasthaus-altepost.ro)

Wednesday, 5 June 2019 – Excursion day 08:30 Transfer to ADEPT office

09:15 Introduction to ADEPT vision and activities related to cooperation and marketing

09:30 Visit of ADEPT projects: SES Fruleco, Food Processing Unit, Tourist Information Centre, Pottery Workshop…

12:30 Lunch in Viscri

14:00 Sheepfold visit

15:30 Viscri association, milk collection point, cheese plant

18:00 Visit of Medieval fortified church in Viscri

19:00 Dinner in Viscri no. 125 guesthouse (http://www.viscri125.ro), traditional music and dances

Thursday, 6 June 2019 – “Networks” 09:00 Networks for private land conservation Jennifer Gooden – University of Oxford

09:30 The emergence of an Italian Network for Privately Protected Areas Stefano Picchi – WWF Oasi consultant

10:00 Coffee Break

10:30 Networking for a wilder Wouter Helmer – Rewilding Europe

11:00 A new Network for Nature Conservation in Catalonia Miquel Rafa – Fundació Catalunya la Pedrera

11:30 A Network for High-nature-value farming in the EU – HNV Link Ionel Mugurel Jitea – Cluj Agricultural University

12:00 Lunch

13:00 AccessToLand – the EU network helping organic farming get a foot on the ground Alice Martin-Prével, A2L

13:30 Global networking for private land conservation Laura Johnson – International Land Conservation Network

14:00 Concluding remarks

14:30 End of workshop