Programme

  • Day 1: 29 April 2025


  • Day 2: 30 April 2025


  • Moderator: María Carrascosa García, LiveSeeding Project manager, Red de Municipios por la Agroecología.

    Speakers:

    • Alba Barnusell Ortuño – Mayor of Granollers.
    • Enrique Pueyo – Mayor of Aínsa and President of the Red de Municipios por la Agroecología.
    • Mariano Iossa – Coordinator of the LiveSeeding Project, FiBL - EU.
    Where
    Roca Umbert, Sala NAUB1

  • This session will address the scope and contribution of cultivated biodiversity and how municipalities can promote local seed systems through food policies to face its challenges.

    Moderator: Adrián Rodríguez Burruezo, Director of the Preservation and Improvement of Valencian Agro-diversity University Research Institute, Spain.

    Speakers:

    • Mariateresa Lazzaro – Senior Scientist in Plant Breeding for Organic Agriculture at FiBL - Switzerland and Scientific Co-Coordinator of the LiveSeeding Project.
    • Álvaro Toledo – Deputy Secretary of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, FAO.
    • María Carrascosa García – LiveSeeding Project manager, Red de Municipios por la Agroecología.
    Where
    Roca Umbert, Sala NAUB1

  • S1.1. Public policies and triggers for enhancing cultivated diversity in local agri-food systems in Catalonia

    This sub-session will explore policies that are being implemented at the autonomous region, provincial, and local levels and the demands at other levels to strengthen and expand them.

    Moderator: Jordi Puig, Coordinator of Espigall.

    Speakers:

    • Cristina Massot Berna – General Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Food, Government of Catalonia Department of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Food.
    • Xesco Gomar Martín – Delegate President, Department of Natural Spaces and Green Infrastructure, Barcelona Provincial Council.
    • Francesc Arolas – Deputy Mayor and Councillor for Transparency and Good Governance, Human Resources, Citizen Services, Environment and Green Spaces, Public Health, and Consumer Affairs with the Granollers City Council.

    S1.2. Connecting legal, policy, and funding instruments at EU and national level to foster territorial development.

    This sub-session will look into a multilevel discussion on policy and funding initiatives to revitalise territories through innovation and entrepreneurship and the importance of the human right to adequate food as an enabling base for consistency and greater impact.

    Moderator: Mariano Iossa, Coordinator of the LiveSeeding Project, FiBL - EU.

    Speakers:

    • Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food. TBC.
    • European Commission. TBC.
    • Juan Echanove – FAO Right to Food Unit Coordinator.
    • Simone Sasso – Economist and Policy Analyst, Joint Research Centre, European Commission.
    Where
    Roca Umbert, Sala NAUB1

  • This session will address how to develop local seed production as a strategy to strengthen sustainable food production at the city and regional levels, exploring approaches to making local initiatives economically viable and sharing ways to raise awareness among citizens.

    Moderator: Matthias Gudinchet, Project Manager for Plants and Seeds, ProSpecieRara, Switzerland.

    Speakers:

    • Véronique Chable – Senior Scientist at INRAE, France.
    • Grietje Raaphorst-Travaille – Organic breeder and seed producer at Nordic Maize Breeding, Netherlands.
    • María de Santiago – Food Systems area specialist at the Centre for Environmental Studies, Vitoria-Gasteiz City Council, Spain.
    • Giuseppe de Santis – Project Manager of Rete Semi Rurali, Italy.
    Where
    Roca Umbert, Sala NAUB1

  • This session will explore the strategies available to municipalities for integrating diversified production with local consumption, provide practical guidance on navigating administrative and legal requirements, and present awareness-raising actions to achieve the goals.

    Moderator: Francesco Cagnola, Project Officer for Food Policy at the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact Secretariat.

    Speakers:

    • Jérémy Camus – Vice President of the Lyon Metropolitan Authority and Delegate for Agriculture, Food, and Territorial Resilience, France.
    • Iker Santocildes Pérez – Mayor of Orduña, Spain.
    • Carmelo Troccoli – Director General at the World Farmers Market Coalition.
    • Eleonora Olivero – Iberian Peninsula and Nordic Countries Network coordinator in Slow Food.
    Where
    Roca Umbert, Sala NAUB1

  • In this session, speakers will share actions for promoting cultivated biodiversity in the framework of green infrastructure and connectivity and climate and biodiversity programmes.

    Moderator: Marcelo Gerlach, Expert for Nature-based Solutions and Biodiversity at ICLEI-Europe.

    Speakers:

    • Saverio Mecca – Councillor for ecological transition with the municipality of Scandicci, Italy.
    • Lise Lykke – President of the European Genebank Managers Network.
    • Maria Young – Cork Food Policy Council representative, Ireland.
    Where
    Roca Umbert, Sala NAUB1

  • Moderator: Mariano Iossa, Coordinator of the LiveSeeding Project, FiBL - EU, and Mariateresa Lazzaro, Senior Scientist in Plant Breeding for Organic Agriculture at FiBL - Switzerland and Scientific Co-Coordinator of the LiveSeeding Project.

    Speakers:

    • Manuela Refolio – Deputy Councillor for Economic Development and Employment with the Rivas Vaciamadrid City Council and Vice President of the Red de Municipios por la Agroecología.
    • Francesco Cagnola – Project Officer for Food Policy at the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact Secretariat.
    • Judith Fehér – Board member of the European Coordination Let’s Liberate Diversity!.
    • Francesc Arolas – Deputy Mayor and Councillor for Transparency and Good Governance, Human Resources, Citizen Services, Environment and Green Spaces, Public Health, and Consumer Affairs with the Granollers City Council.
    Where
    Roca Umbert, Sala NAUB1

  • This initiative is dedicated, among other activities, to the production of organic seeds for Les Refardes, a cooperative focused on producing and marketing organic vegetable seeds through local distribution channels, most of which are traditional local varieties. Located in Palafolls.

    The organization will provide buses for the visit. The departure and return point (at 5:30 p.m.) will be Granollers.

    Speakers: Ernest Tasias Casanovas, Co-founder of Les Refardes; and Maria Riera Malet, seed producer of Les Refardes.



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