Event How partnerships complement the EU Deforestation Regulation – A discussion on the EU Strategic Framework for Partnerships

How partnerships complement the EU Deforestation Regulation – A discussion on the EU Strategic Framework for Partnerships

Date/Time
Date(s) - 09/03/2023
15:00 - 17:00

Location
Press Club Brussels Europe

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Thursday 9 March, 15-17H CET (Brussels time) 
Followed by a cocktail reception from 17H. 

Where:

Press Club Brussels Europe
Rue Froissart 95, 1000 Brussels

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A political agreement on the EU Regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR) was reached in December, meaning that soon this legislation will regulate products linked to deforestation entering or exiting the EU market. It aims to reduce the footprint of EU consumption on land and encourage European citizens to consume deforestation-free products.

The EUDR is only one element of the EU’s comprehensive plan to address deforestation worldwide. Priority two of the 2019 European Commission (EC)’s Communication on Forests is to “work in partnership with producing countries” to support them to improve relevant national law and enforcement.

Fern, the European Parliament’s Responsible Business Conduct Working Group (RBC WG) and the Greens/EFA are hosting the event with the aim of bringing together European Commission officials, Members of the European Parliament (MEP), Member State representatives and civil society to discuss how to develop the strategic framework could look like, who should be involved and what its content may be. Panellists will also explore lessons from existing initiatives such as the EU-Ghana-Côte d’Ivoire Cocoa Talks. A delegation of representatives from Civil Society Organisations from Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay will attend this event and contribute to the discussions.

Programme:

  • Welcome and introduction
    – Heidi HAUTALA, Vice President of the European Parliament, Chair of the RBC WG, MEP Greens/EFA
  • Panel: Working in partnership to tackle deforestation in supply chains – Southern and European perspectives

    A panel composed of Representatives from Tropical forested countries, EU officials, EU Member states and civil society actors discuss: 
    – What should an EU Strategic Framework look like 
    – What are possible partnership options 

    Presenting key point of the discussion paper “An EU strategic framework for working with countries to achieve deforestation-free production” by Indra VAN GISBERGEN, Fern

    Speakers: 

    – Pedro Miguel DA COSTA E SILVA, Head of the Brazilian Mission to the European Union
    – Camila POLO FLÓREZ, Chargée d’affaires, Embassy of the Government of Colombia in Brussels
    – Adriana RAMOS, Instituto Socioambiental, Brazil
    – Bakary TRAORÉ, Executive Director, IDEF, Côte d’Ivoire
    – Sebastian LESCH, Head of Unit on sustainable agricultural value chains, international agricultural policy, agriculture, rural development, innovation, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

  • Commission’s vision on a comprehensive strategic framework for partnerships
    – Marjeta JAGER, Deputy Diretor-General, DG International Partnership (INTPA.DGA2), European Commission
  • Questions and Answers
  • Conclusions and wrap up
  • 17h: Cocktail reception
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