Seminar CAP 2014: Administrative Challenges for Direct Payments, Market Measures and Rural Development Maastricht (NL), 20-21 October 2014 European Institute of Public Administration Institut européen d’administration publique Introduction Target group The seminar will be most useful to officials with a good prior understanding of the CAP and EU decision-making processes. It is addressed to managers, senior officials from all levels of government and local authorities, officials from public enterprises, academics, representatives of business and farmers associations, and other practitioners. Description Although agriculture is considered to be an important area of shared competence between the EU and the Member States, in practice the EU has extensive competence to decide on the implementation of the Common Agricultural Policy, especially on market measures and direct payments. The primary aim of the rules and mechanism of the CAP is to provide a system of market support and protection of agriculture, while securing the proper functioning of the internal market, including the rules on competition. A whole package of new proposals has been launched by the European Commission and been negotiated over the past few years between (for the first time ever) the European Parliament and the Member States. Respective delegated legal acts were concluded in March 2014 as a starting point for administrative implementation. A next relevant step will be the submission of national operational programmes for rural development during summer 2014. CAP reforms have always been complex and difficult political projects. But this time, as a new challenge, the future distinction and coherence occurs across the two pillars: how to apply new risk measures and how to integrate rural development better into the rules of the Structural Funds? Learning methodology A dynamic approach will be followed by the speakers, encouraging discussion among the participants and using a mixture of training tools (PowerPoint, case analysis). A specifically interactive session is dedicated to Rural Development: experiences on auditing of market measures and rural development will be exchanged within small working groups composed of participants from different Member States. Typical challenges in the process will therefore be simulated. The seminar seeks to transfer knowledge which is immediately relevant to the work of officials dealing with the implementation of the CAP at the national level. Objectives The purpose of the seminar is to examine in detail the various implications of single issues of the CAP reform, the changes requested and the consequences for national administrations and other stakeholders. Issues such as direct payments and market measures as part of the first pillar, the relationship to the second pillar (coherence and avoiding double financing), and specific issues of financial management in the first and second pillar will be critically analysed by speakers from the European Commission and various Member States, to give participants a better understanding of the factors that will determine the implementation of the new rules and procedures. Programme MONDAY 20 OCTOBER 2014 TUESDAY 21 OCTOBER 2014 09.00 Registration of the participants 09.15 09.15 Opening: introduction to the objectives of the seminar Bettina Rudloff, Visiting Expert European Institute of Public Administration, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (DE) 09.30 The reform of 2013: aims and major changes to application by Member States Nicolas Clisson, Deputy Head of Unit “Implementation support, monitoring, IACS and LPIS”, DG AGRI, European Commission (BE) 10.30 Coffee break The first pillar 11.00 The new format of direct payments: the perspective of a Member State Sotiris Koutsomitros, Hellenic Ministry of Rural Development and Food, Directorate of Agricultural Policy (GR) 12.30 Lunch 14.00 Market measures: risk management measures and safety nets Bettina Rudloff 15.00 Coffee break 15.30 Exchange of views: direct payments and market measures in the next period – panel with the speakers of the day and questions from the participants The second pillar 16.30 Continuation or change: rural development under the new Structural Funds rules Wolfgang Loehe, Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Bonn (DE) 17.30 End of the first day 18.00 – 20.00 Reception Welcome and introduction Bettina Rudloff Relationship between the first and second pillar 09.30 Financial management of agricultural expenditures: challenges for CAP 2014 Bruno Chauvin, Head of Unit “Coordination of Audit of Agricultural Expenditures”, DG AGRI, European Commission (BE) 10.30 Coffee break 10.45 Interactive workshops on financial management Bruno Chauvin / Bettina Rudloff / Sotiris Koutsomitros 13.15 Lunch 14.15 Exchange of views: discussion of working groups’ results in plenary 15.15 Coffee break 15.30 CAP and relevance for current international trade negotiations Bettina Rudloff 16.00 Final discussion and evaluation Bettina Rudloff and speakers of the day 16.45 End of the seminar General Information Programme The seminar will commence on Monday, 20 October at 09.15 and will finish on Tuesday 21 October at 16.45. Seminar venue The seminar will take place at the European Institute of Public Administration, O.L. Vrouweplein 22, NL-6211 HE Maastricht, tel.: +31 43 32 96 222, fax: +31 43 32 96 296. Working language The seminar will be conducted in English. Fee The participation fee is €950 and includes documentation, two lunches, one reception and refreshments. Accommodation and travel costs are at the expense of the participants or their administration. EIPA offers its members a reduction of 10% off the registration fee. This reduction is available to all civil servants working for one of EIPA’s member countries (i.e. AT, BE, BG, CY, CZ, DK, EE, FI, FR, DE, GR, HU, IE, IT, LT, LU, MT, NL, PL, PT, ES, SE, UK), and civil servants working for an EU institution, body or agency. Officials of the EU institutions, bodies or agencies should enquire about applicable arrangements. If you are eligible for a discount, please tick the box on the registration form. Please note that reductions cannot be accumulated. For more information, please visit EIPA’s website: http://seminars.eipa.eu (FAQ special discounts). Hotel reservations The European Institute of Public Administration has special price arrangements with a number of hotels. All hotels are within 10 minutes walking distance from EIPA. Should you wish to make use of this possibility, please book directly via the links below. Payment is to be made directly and personally to the hotel on checking out. At the time of booking, please mention in the requested field the EIPA project number 1431502. • Bastion Hotel www.bastionhotels.nl/en/eipa.html • Townhouse Hotel www.townhousehotels.nl/eipa • Hotel Derlon www.derlon.com/business/eipa-goes-derlon • Designhotel Maastricht – Hampshire Eden www.hampshire-hotels.com/eipa Meals Lunches and the reception will be served at a restaurant in town. Should you require a special menu (e.g. vegetarian, diabetic), please inform the Programme Organiser so that this can be arranged. Registration Kindly complete the registration form and return it before 1 October 2014 to Ms Nicolette Brouwers, Programme Organiser, European Institute of Public Administration, P.O. Box 1229, NL-6201 BE Maastricht, tel.: +31 43 32 96 245, fax: +31 43 32 96 296, e-mail: [email protected] You can also submit the online registration form which can be found on EIPA’s website http://seminars.eipa.eu Your name and address will be part of EIPA’s database for our mailing purpose only. If you do not want to be included in our mailing database, please tick the box on the registration form. Confirmation Confirmation of registration will be forwarded to participants on receipt of the completed registration form. Payment Prior payment is a condition for participation. Please indicate the method of payment on the registration form. For cancellations received within 15 days before the activity begins, we will have to charge an administration fee of €150 unless a replacement participant is found. Cancellation policy EIPA reserves the right to cancel the seminar up to two weeks before the starting date. EIPA accepts no responsibility for any costs incurred (travel, hotel, etc.). For EIPA’s cancellation policy, please visit our website http://seminars.eipa.eu (FAQ - cancellation policy). Registration Form CAP 2014: Administrative Challenges for Direct Payments, Market Measures and Rural Development Maastricht (NL), 20-21 October 2014 Surname: ............................................................................................................. Title: .................................................................................... 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