FM 26 Topics in agricultural and food policy Excursion to Brussels, 3-6 of June 2019, Programme (version May 24th) Prof. Dr. Peter Feindt Thies Popp (+49 151 29112015) Prof. Dr. Harald Grethe Wiebke Nowack (+49 162 4544044) Day Programme Locations Topics Berlin Main station 6:30 Meeting at Berlin Main station, in front of the station’s building (Spree side) Washingtonplatz, 10557 Berlin 6:50 - 13:35 Travel Berlin - Brussels (by train) Meininger Hotel Brussels Central Quai du Hainaut 33, 1080 Molenbeek- ~14:30 Check-In at Meininger Saint-Jean Break for lunch (Self-organized) Monday Permanent Representation of the Federal & public transport tickets & check-in Meininger 3rd of June Republic of Germany to the European Union 16:00 - 17:30 Visit of the German Representation at the EU Jacques de Lalaingstraat 8-14, 1040 Bruxelles Dialogue partner: Charlotte Schulte-Hoffmann (Department Food & Agriculture) Le bistro – Porte de hal Boulevard de Waterloo 138, 1000 18:00 Group dinner at “Le bistro – Porte de hal” Bruxelles 8:45 – 18:00 Visit of the European Commission, DG Agri European Commission 8:45 – 9:00 Registration Berlaymont building, 3rd floor, room S3 Rue de la Loi 200 9:00-9:15 Welcome Ms Isabella Malaise-Weckerle (Visitors’ Centre) 1049 Bruxelles Tuesday 9:15-10:00 Meeting with Dr. Simon Schlüter (head of the German Farmers 4th of June Association’s office in Brussels) Topic 1, 2, 3, 4 10:00-11:00 Meeting with Ms Christiane Canenbley (Member of the Cabinet of President Juncker) 11:00-11:30 Break 11:30-12:30 Meeting with Mr Gunther Wolff (Policy Officer, Environment and Agriculture, DG Environment) and Mr Andreas Gumbert (Policy Officer, DG Climate Action) 12:35-13:45 Lunchbreak (at the restaurant of Berlaymont building) 14:00-15:00 Meeting with Mr Willi Schulz-Greve (Head of Unit, DG Agriculture and Rural Development), ‘Global issues and relations with ACP’ 15:00-15:30 Break 15:30-16:30 Meeting with Mr Tassos Haniotis (Director, DG Agriculture and Rural Development), ‘Common monitoring and evaluation framework for the CAP 2014-2020’ 16:30-17:30 Meeting with Mr Martin Scheele (Head of Unit, DG Agriculture Café Novo and Development) Place de la Vieille Halle aux Blés 37, 1000 Bruxelles 18:30 Group Dinner at “Café Novo” 09:00 - 10:00 Parliamentarium ***Location Parliamentarium Information centre of the European Parliament ***Location EP / Visitor service’s rooms 10:30-13:00 Visit of the European Parliament Topic 5 10:30-11:00 Registration European Parliament 11:00-11:30 General Introduction to the European Parliament by Visitor Service ***11:30-12:15 Meeting with Felix Mittermayer, Directorate-General for Wednesday Internal Policies of the Union, Directorate for Structural and Cohesion Policies 5th of June 12:15-13:00 Insights on the work of MdEP’s offices by Norbert Lins / Sebastian Jehle Free Lunchbreak (optional: “Maison Antoine”) 14:00 – 16:30 Visit of the European Council European Council, Justus Lipsius building Topic 6, 7 14:00 - 14:30 Registration at the European Council Rue de la Loi 175, 1048 Bruxelles 14:30 – 15:45 Talk on ‘The Role of the European Council and the Council of the European Union within the European Institutions’ by Liina Soidla, Political Administrator, LIFE 1.B. Rural Development Unit (SCA- Special Committee on Agriculture) & Social Policy Directorate, General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union 15:45-16:30 Meeting with Mr Petr Blizkovsky, Director, LIFE 1. Agriculture (SCA- Special Committee on Agriculture) & Social Policy Directorate, General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union 17:00 – 18:30 Visit of Copa-Cogeca 17:00-17:30 Welcome address and presentation by Mr Pekka Pesonen, Copa-Cogeca Secretary General Rue de Trèves 61, 17:30-18:30 Joint discussion 1040 Bruxelles Free evening & Self-organized dinner 9:00 - 14:30 Workshop at Berlin’s Representation at the EU Berlin’s Representation at the EU, Avenue 9:00 - 9:30 Introduction at Berlin’s Representation at the EU by Dr. Löwe Michel Ange 71, 1000 Brüssel (Head of the office) 9:30 - 11:00 Workshop session 1 (Lobbying) with Nina Holland (Corporate Europe Obervatory) Raphaél Kergueno (Transparency International EU) Tassilo Galitz (BASF) Welcoming address by Peter Feindt (5 min); Introduction by Igor Olech (5min) Topic 8, 9 11:30 - 13:00 Workshop session 2 (Direct payments) with Ana Rocha (European Landowners Association) Andre Prescher (NABU) Welcoming address by Peter Feindt; Introduction by Genna Tesdall (5min) 13:30 – 14:30 Reflection and Feedback Free Lunchbreak (Self-organized) 16:00 - 23:00 Travel Brussels - Berlin (by train) .