EURAF

EURAFEuropean Agroforestry FederationGeneral Assembly 4 June 2014Cottbus, Germany

Activity Report

OCTOBER 2012 May 2014Christian Dupraz, President

European Agroforestry FederationBorn 16 December 2011 in ParisFirst General Assembly 2012 in BrusselsMonthly meetings of the Executive Committee

European Agroforestry Federation

Major events since 2012Major events since 2012Constitution finalized and EURAF declared as a French NGO (15/12/2012)Official headquarters in MontpellierBank account opened (Crdit Agricole du Languedoc)Web-site opened thanks to Gerry Lawson and Joao Palma : www.agroforestry.euLogo designed by Christopher Morhardt and Adolfo RosatiEURAF successful in two European projects : AGFORWARD, AGROFETwo staff contracted : Anja Chalmin and Jabier Ruiz Mirazo

Consolidating EURAFAsociacion Europea de Sistemas AgroforestalesEvropaiki Enosi AgrosadoponiasEuropische Gesellschaft fr AgroforstwirtschaftEuropean Agroforestry AssociationFdration Europenne dAgroforesterieAssociao Europeia de Agroflorestas

Consolidating EURAF2013 : 99 members30 May 2014 : 252 members

Countries with national associations members of EURAFOnly 3 in 2011 (UK, France, Greece)5 more in 2014 (Spain, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Sweden)2 countries in the process (Czech, Portugal)

Countries with individual members of EURAF

Countries with no members of EURAFEURAF Newsletter4 issuesJuly 2012 (Christian Dupraz)March 2014 (Christian Dupraz)May 2014 (Patrick Worms)June 2014 (Rosa Mosquera)

Lobbying for agroforestryIn Brussels : Common Agriculture PolicyParliamentEuropean CommissionForestry and cork advisory groupCivil Dialogue Groups (7 groups)Direct payment and greeningEnvironment and climate changeCAPRural DevelopmentForestry and cork Animal Arable In international events (World Agroforestry Congress)At national and regional levels

Lobbying in BrusselsPositions papersMeetings with DGsMeetings with MEPs

Contract with ALIENOR for 2014 (Mlanie Lamaison)

Lobbying achievementsAF in the first pillar of CAPAF in the second pillar of the CAPAF Project pilot?EURAF in most important committees

National level : all has to be done

TAKING PART IN EUROPEAN PROJECTS on agroforestryEURAF in AGFORWARDMajor European project on Agroforestry : we had to be there. Right choiceProject proposal written by CDEURAF budget : 150483 Two staff contractedEURAF contact : Norbert LamersdorfNoParticipant short name Prefinancing (January 2014)Interim Payment 1 (March 2015)Interim Payment 2 (August 2016)Final Payment (January 2018) Total payments26EURAF72733.0017556.8030096.6030096.60150483.00EURAF in AGROFEEuropean project on training in Agroforestry EURAF budget : 9000 EURAF contact : Sylvie GuillermeEUROPEAN CONFERENCES ON AGROFORESTRYA major EURAF commitment

Every two year : 2012, 2014, 2016 ..

After Brussels, Cottbus and possibly Montpellier in 2016First CONFERENCEBrussels 2012Around 100 participants

FIRST EUROPEAN AGROFORESTRY CONFERENCE"Priorities for European Agroforestry" October 9-10, 2012SECOND CONFERENCECottbus 2014Around 150 participantsEURAF MANAGEMENTThe EURAF Executive Committee6 elected officersPresident : Christian DuprazDeputy-President : Stephen BriggsSecretary : Rosa MosqueraDeputy-Secretary : Jeroen WattTreasurer : Dirk FreeseDeputy-Treasurer : Giustino MezzaliraThe EURAF Executive CommitteeNational Delegates from 13 countriesBelgium : Bernard MausCzech republic : Bohdan Lojda (joined 2014)France: Sylvie Guillerme, Yves GaboryGermany: Norbert Lamersdorf, Heinrich Spiecker Greece: Konstantinos Mantzanas, Anastasia PanteraItaly : Adolfo RosatiKosovo : Sami KriezyuPortugal: Joo HN Palma, Joana Amaral PauloSpain : Gerardo MorenoSweden : Johanna Bjrklund, Jan EksvrdSwitzerland: Felix Herzog, Mareike Jger The Netherlands: Mark Vonk, Emiel Anssems UK : Jo Smith, Mike Strachan

The EURAF Executive CommitteeTotal : 19 membersQuorum at 10 present38 meetings of the EC (first Tuesday of the month at 10:30 am CET by Skype)All meeting reports available on the Web site

Attendance was not satisfactory. 5 countries were never represented during the last yearEURAFs STAFFAnja Chalmin, animation officerContract : April 2014 to March 2016

Jabier Ruiz Mirazo, policy officerContract : June 2014 to September 2015

And now?Euraf is now on good tracks

Time to be more professional

New projects necessary

Lets share the burden

A new step : IUAF

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