PROGRAMME

9.30 h              Registration & coffee / tea

10.00 h            Welcome by the organisers

10.15 h            Part I – TTIP and public procurement – what are the issues?

Experts:

• Heidrun Maier-De Kruiff, Secretary General of the Association of Austrian Public Companies: “The mechanisms within trade agreements - what is at stake?”
• Johannes Schmid, Chief Policy Officer of the Austrian Associations of Cities and Towns: “Public procurement under free market auspices – what are the effects?”

Statements followed by Q&A

11.15h             coffee / tea break

11.30h             Part II – Public procurement for food – opportunities for sustainable local food and what could be the threats?

Experts:

• Claudio Serafini, Organic Cities Network and Peter Pluschke, Nurnberg, Sustainable food supply for cities through green public procurement, opportunity for local economic development
• Ludovico Monforte, Head of Brussels EU Office Unioncamere Lombardia, Promoting Regional Food Systems
• Anya Hultberg (tbc.), Copenhagen House of Food - Sustainable Procurement in Public Kitchens, Perspectives from the Municipality of Copenhagen

Statements followed by Q&A

12.30h             Final Round of all experts: “TTIP - a threat to local (food) economies?”

13.00h             Informal lunch

REGISTRATION

In order to participate in this event, please register by 1 July at the following link