Cristina Massot Berna

    General Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Food, Government of Catalonia Department of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Food

    She serves as Secretary General of the Agriculture Department of the Generalitat of Catalonia since August 2024.
    Before this, from November 2021 to August 2024, she was the Deputy Director General of Food Industries and Food Quality within the same department. Her main responsibilities included planning and organizing actions in the food sector, fostering collaboration among various stakeholders in the agri-food chain, and ensuring the quality of agri-food products. She coordinated grants for the transformation and commercialization of these products and promoted local Catalan agri-food products through several initiatives.
    From September 2017 to November 2021, she worked as a Seconded National Expert and Policy Coordinator at the DG SANTE of the European Commission in Brussels. In this capacity, she contributed significantly to developing and implementing the new European legal framework for animal health. Her work involved managing regulations that govern the entry of animals and animal products into the EU, as well as implementing disease prevention and control measures, among others.
    She has extensive experience in various veterinary roles. From January 2014 to September 2017, she served as the Head of the Animal Health Prevention Service at the Agriculture Department of the Generalitat of Catalonia, overseeing animal health programs aimed at preventing and controlling diseases, managing a regional laboratory, and implementing biosecurity programs across swine farms in Catalonia.
    She coordinated the Catalan Livestock Traceability System from 2012 to 2014, focusing on updating system requirements and training veterinarians and farmers on livestock software.

    All Sessions by Cristina Massot Berna

    • Day 1: 29 April 2025


    • 11:30  - 13:00
      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



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