CONFERENCE ON POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES

Morning - Introduction to the concepts related to positive Externalities and conditions to ensure their provision

- Jose Luis Anda, Vice-Councillor for Food industry and policy of the Basque Government

- Presentation of the Partenalia network of NUTS 3 regions by Rafael Uribarren, Councillor for Rural development of the Province of Gipuzkoa and Renier Zweers: EN, Partenalia, Netherlands

10:30 Plenary session: Introduction to the concepts of positive externalities, public goods and environmental services

- Positive externalities, publics goods and environmental services: presentation of the different concepts and their significance for policy-making – Richard Robinson: EN - Consultant

- Does agriculture provide public goods and which ones? Is this provision changing with time and how might it evolve in the future? Tamsin Cooper: EN - IEEP

12:15 Plenary session: The need for a cross-sectoral and integrated approach to mountain development to underpin the provision of positive externalities

- Practical examples of creating economic activity from positive externalities: lessons from the case studies elaborated in the framework of the SARD-M project 2007-2009 – Richard Robinson: EN, Consultant

Discussion with a panel of national and regional representatives. Following representatives are expected:

- Juan Carlos Zuloaga – Director for agriculture and livestock at the General council of Gipuzkoa

- Ilidio Mezquita, representative of the Portuguese mountain LAG "Duro Superior"

Afternoon – What mechanisms can be implemented to benefit from positive externalities?

3:00 Plenary session: How do the European Policies support provision of public goods? (EN/FR/ES/BA)

Facilitator: Juanan Gutierrez, Director of the Department for Statistics and analysis at IKT

- How does the common agricultural policy support the provision of public goods? Christiane Canenbley: EN - European Commission DG AGRI

4:45 First working group sessions: different initiatives for supporting provision of positive externalities

WS1) Schemes related to public policies for payment of environmental services (ES/FR)

- Implementation of agri-environmental measures in relation with Natura 2000 in Cévennes: the “Territorial agri-environmental measures - Core area of the Park”, Françoise Sarrazin: FR, Florac Sup-Agro/ Cévennes National Park

- Examples from another continent: payment for environmental services related to water in the Andes – Dr Bert de Bievre: ES, CONDESAN

- Livestock farming and prevention of forest fires and avalanches: the example of the ski station of Peyragudes – Didier Buffiere: FR, GIP-CRPGE

WS2) Remunerating positive externalities by adding value to quality food products (EN/ES/FR)

Facilitator: Alazne Uribarri: ES, Director for promotion and dynamic approach at KALITATEA

- Mountain products: a market potential to exploit: the EuroMARC results – Marie Guitton: FR, EuroMARC coordinator, Euromontana

- Valorisation through official quality signs: Miriam Molina – Manager of the Idiazabal PDO

- The experience “Yes to small producers of Massif central” – François Duprey: FR, Marketing Director, Candia

- The project of collective brands of the Barcelona province – Raimond Roda: ES, Council of Barcelona

WS3) Supporting directly positive externalities through private initiatives (EN/FR/ES)

- FACYLE/USSE: Integrated forest management: sustainable management certification, quality branding and related initiatives in the pilot woods of Picos de Urbion – Sonia Martel: ES, Asssociation Monte Modelo Urbion and Pedro Medrano: ES of the Forest association of Soria

- The initiative “Discover Tarnava Mare” for promoting local products and responsible tourism developed by ADEPT Foundation Romania – Cristi Gherghiceanu: EN, director foundation ADEPT-Transylvania

- Develop tourism to favour consumption of local products: Dinopolis – Luis Alcala: ES – Dinopolis foundation

9:00 Second working groups session: Risks and challenges linked to positive externalities

WS4) Challenges linked to impact of and adaptation to climate change for provision of externalities (ES/FR)

Facilitator: José Antonio Larrea - Environmental Commission of the Pyrenees working community

- How mountain entrepreneurs and communities can better participate to mitigation of climate change? Environmental management in relation with public goods : Javier Asin: ES – Director of the Foundation Resource center for environmental resources of Navarra - CRANA

- Climate change mitigation and adaptation in the Alps: what impact on provision of public goods and related schemes? What recommendations for agriculture and land management? Maria Pia Gennaio: FR – ART, Department of socio-economics - Switzerland

- Renewable energies in mountain areas: presentation of case studies from the RES-RUE project. Dominique Jacques: FR, RAEE, France

WS5) Challenges linked to raising awareness of the farmers of their role as providers of public goods (EN/ES/FR)

Facilitator: Virginia Andrés – Director for rural development and coastal area of IMK

- Raising awareness in the Stara Planina mountain of Serbia: Milan Ivankovic: EN, Ministry of agriculture, forestry and water management of the Republic of Serbia

- Supporting farmers in their agri-tourism project: Tiberiu Stef: FR, AGROM-RO, Romania

- Awareness raising and agricultural extension services - Javier Garro: ES, S. COOP Lorra, member of EFAC (European Federation for agricultural Consultancy)

- Problems and challenges for the provision of public goods by farmers - Eduardo Malagon: EN, University College of Business Studies of Donostia-San Sebastian

- Methodology based on experiments related to evaluation of the willingness to pay for protection of natural resources: the case of Jaizkibel (Gipuzkoa) – David Hoyos :EN, Environmental economics unit (Faculty of Economics and administration of companies – University of the Basque country

10.45 The difficult situation of mountain farming in Romania – Radu Rey – Euromontana senator

- Conclusions from the workshops related risks and challenges linked to provision of public goods

11:30 Facilitated round table discussion: The value of public goods to the society and maintaining them: institutions and governance at all levels needed to provide them

Facilitator: Jorge Garbisu, Department for environment, territorial planning, agriculture and fisheries of the Basque Government

- Angel Angelidis – Responsible for agriculture and forestry for the General directorate of internal policies of the European parliament for the European Parliament

- Avram Craciun – Senator of the Romanian Parliament, member of the Agriculture Committee

- German Alonso, Director of biodiversity at the Basque government and former member of the Biodiversity foundation of the Spanish Ministry of agriculture

- Pilar Unzalu: ES, Councillor at the Department of Environment, Territorial Planning, Agriculture and Fisheries of the Basque Government