CASA SCAR National Meeting Bulgaria 28 February, 2018 - Sofia VENUE: Opal Hall of Ramada Hotel
	Participant List Speakers

To increase the visibility of and national engagement in the Standing Committee of Agricultural Research, CASA and the AgroBioInstitute and Agricultural Academy of the Bulgarian Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry jointly organised the national SCAR meeting on 28 February, 2018. More specifically, the meeting aimed to:

• To inform agricultural research policy makers and researchers about SCAR, its bodies and activities
• To increase insight into opportunities and advantages of being actively involved in SCAR
• To exchange views on the Common Agricultural Policy and bioeconomy research 

More than 100 participants of universities, ministries and other public and private organisations came together to discuss research and innovation priorities during the Bulgarian EU presidency, and to learn about SCAR activities and working groups.

The conference room was relatively well filled up with younger participants. They showed interest in participating as Bulgarian delegate in one of SCAR’s Strategic Working Groups as they realise that being involved in such European think-tank allows them to get informed about latest knowledge and (EU) news, and to influence the European bioeconomy strategy and research agendas.

CASA Contact:

• Annemarie Groot, CASA lead contact for meeting in Bulgaria (annemarie.groot@wur.nl)
  
• Christine Bunthof, CASA WP1 Inclusiveness & task leader T1.4 CASA SCAR National Meetings (christine.bunthof@wur.nl).

AgroBioInstitute contact:

• Ivan Atanassov, Co-organizer meeting in Bulgaria (ivan_atanassov@abv.bg)

PROGRAMME and PRESENTATIONS

• Day 28 February, 2018 Wednesday

• 9:00 - 9:30

  Registration

Prof. Ivan Atanassov [Moderator]
Bulgarian representative in SCAR

• 9:30 - 9:40

  

  Prof. Vasil Nikolov
  President of Agricultural Academy, Bulgaria

  Official opening

•  9:40 - 10:10

  

  Mr. Enrico Prezio
  Policy officer EU, SCAR Secretary

  SCAR activities and impacts

• 10:10 - 10:25

  

  Ivan Atanasov
  AgroBioInstitute, Bulgaria, Bulgarian representative in SCAR

  SCAR priorities during Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU

• 10:25 - 11:10

  The CAP (Common agricultural policy 2020‐ 2025)

  

  Dr. Krijn Poppe
  Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands

  The EU and Dutch perspective

   

  

  Prof. Bozhidar Ivanovo
  Institute of Agricultural Economics, Bulgaria

  The Bulgarian perspective

• 11:10 – 11:40

  Coffee break

Dr. Annemarie Groot [Moderator]
Coordination and Support Action CASA

• 11:40 - 12:40

  Presentation on SCAR Working Groups

  

  Mr. Jan van Esch
  Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, The Netherlands

  Strategic Working Group: Bioeconomy

   

  

  Ms. Svetlana Boyanova
  Institute for Agrostrategies and Innovations, Bulgaria

  Strategic Working Group: Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems

   

  

  Prof. Kalliopi Radoglou
  Forest Research Institute, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece

  Strategic Working Group: Forest

   

  

  Dr. Krijn Poppe
  Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands

  SCAR 4th Foresight exercise

   

• 12:40 - 13:10

  

  Dr. Rolf Stratmann
  Coordinator CASA

  Presentation on Coordination Support Action CASA

• 13:10 – 14:10

  Lunch

       14:10 – 14:30

Prof. Ivan Atanassov [Moderator]
AgroBioInstitute, Bulgaria, Bulgarian representative in SCAR

Highlights of bioeconomy related research in Bulgaria

• 14:30 – 14:50

  

  Mr. Vladislav Tsvetanov
  state expert from Bulgarian Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry, responsible for the Programme

  Innovation through cooperation in agriculture, Action 16 of Rural Development Programme

• 14:50 – 15:20

  Q&A