European Social Forum

Food Sovereignty Area

Programme

6 November	7 November	8 November	9 November	10 November
10.00 – 12.00 Plublic assembly Meeting with the city, the operators, the farmers organisations and consumers about the programme and the proposal of the food soverignty platform Inside the ESF	09.00 – 12.00 Fortezza da Basso Europe and Food Sovereignty For a joint Agriculture Policy: social and labour based, agro-ecological opposing WTO’s policies. No to a society serving science: patents, GMO and research in the hands of multinational power. Against the marketing of life. Short food chain cycle, consumerism and North-South trade: for fair patterns Speakers: José Bové (Confederation paysanne/CPE, France), Sergio Marelli (Pres. Ong Italy), Hector Mondragon (Colombia, economist), Lidia Senra (Sindicato Labrego Galego/CPE, Galizia, Spain), Mamadou Cissoko (CNCR/ROPPA, Senegal) Coordinators: Gianni Fabbris (Altragricoltura Italy), Hege Nerland (NBS/CPE/Via Campesina- Norway)	9.00-12.00 Fortezza da Basso Workshops A) Food sovereignty in Eastern Europe B) Seeds: local varieties for a new agricultural revolution C) workers D) short food chain Colombia Seminar	9.00-12:00 Fortezza da Basso Workshop E) Organic agriculture F) Food Sovereignty in Mediterranean G) GMOs and food irradiation will not feed the world H) breeding systems	9.00-12.00 Fortezza da Basso Plenary meeting
13.30 Lunch	12.30 Lunch	12.30 Lunch	12.30 Lunch	12.30 Lunch
15.00 Fortezza Welcome and Meeting on aim and purposes of the agricultural area in ESF	14-17.30 Fortezza da Basso PAC seminar (I) To save sustainable family farming, let’s change the agriculture policy in whole Europe 17.30-19.00 Debate on Johannesburg	14-17.30 Fortezza da Basso PAC seminar (II) To change the agriculture policy, which alternative to the current WTO rules ? Which alliances/actions ? 17.30-19 Campaign for Palestina	15:00 International March	14.00 – 18.00 Plenary meeting
19.30 Dinner	19.30 S. Casciano (FI) – Dinner	19.30 S. Casciano (FI) - Dinner	19.30 Dinner	19.30 Dinner
21.30 S. Casciano “Cantata per Melissa” Played by ARPA and Phaleg	21:00 S. Casciano Workshop GMOs & science	21:00 S. Casciano Workshop International trade & Local economy: the role of agriculture	21:00 Debate on the results of the ESF