Regional seminar on rural development and agricultural and food quality linked to geographicalorigin in Asia: lessons and perspectives

Public Seminar

11 June 2009, Bangkok - Thailand

 

08.00-09.00  Registration

09.00 -10.00 Opening Remarks

Mr. He Changchui, FAO Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Asia and Pacific

Mr. David Lipman, Head of the Delegation European Commission of to Thailand

10.00-10.30 Coffee break

10.30-12.00 Panel discussion on the role of geographical indications in rural development and in international development

Moderator: Mr. Jo Cadilhon, Marketing officer (Quality improvement) FAO

1) Constantinos Petrides, International Relations Officer, Dir. General Agriculture and Rural Development, EC
2) Ts. Enkh-Amgalan, participant from the technical consultation  
3) Pajchima Tanasanti, Deputy Director-General, Department of Intellectual Property, Thailand
4) Subohd Kumar, Confederation of Indian Industry and member of OriGIn

12.00-13.30 Lunch

13.30-15.00 Experiences from the field of issues to tackle when setting up geographical indications

Moderator: Mr. Stephane Passeri, Technical Coordinator, the Delegation European Commission of to Thailand
  1. Cheerachote Soontararak, Director, Lamphun’s Haripunchai Institute of hand-woven fabric
  2. Sarach Kamolthornthai, Marketing Manager, Sarat Marketing Co., Ltd, Petchaboon Tamarind
  3. Tarit Datta, Researcher, Indian Institute of Management
  4. Sereyvath Prak, Senior Programme Advisor, CEDAC

15.00-15.30 Coffee break

15.30-16.45 Continue panel discussion to feed back on the three case studies

16.45-17.00 Main Conclusion and closing address

 

Organisation committee

1. Mr. Jean-Jacques Bouflet, Minister Counsellor for Trade, Delegation of the European Commission to Thailand Bangkok
2. Mr. Jo Cadilhon, Marketing Officer (Quality Improvement), FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok
3. Mr. Pekka Penttila, Attaché (Trade), Delegation of the European Commission to Thailand Bangkok
4. Ms. Emilie Vandecandelaere, Food Quality Officer, FAO Food Quality and Safety Service, Rome


Acknowledgements

The organizer wish to thank the following for their financial support

1. The Delegation of European Commission to Thailand

2. The FAO pregramme entity 2MA04 on 'Fostering competitive agro-industries' Major Output 7 on 'Ensuring product quality and safety in agro-industries'

3. The French Ministry of Agriculture and fisheries through FAO project GCP/INT/022/FRA on 'support to policies for specific quality linked to origin and traditions' and MTF/RAS/212FRA on Improving quality and safety in agro-food chain in Asia

4. The Agence Francaise de Developpement 'Pilot project for the protection of Geographical Indications in
Cambodia' implemented by GRET and CEDAC for the Government of Cambodia

Technical consultation - 8/10 June 2009