Hosted by Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe), SumOfUs, Public Eye, The European Environmental Bureau (EEB), Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL), PAN Germany and Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO).
Where: Residence Palace (Passage room) & Online Webstreaming
When: 1 December 2022, 09:15 - 12:30 CET
Language: English
Programme: The meeting will be chaired by Eva Corral & Martin Dermine
09:15 - 10:45 Session 1 The EU’s exports of banned pesticides and their impacts on importing countries
- Opening by the Chair Session 1, Eva Corral, The European Environmental Bureau, Senior Policy officer for Pesticide and Water pollution (5 mins)
- Introduction by Dr. Marcos A. Orellana, United Nations Special Rapporteur on toxics and human rights (prerecorded video) (5 mins)
“The impact of pesticides on farmworkers in Africa” (10mins)
Mopholosi Morokong, IUF, Occupational Health and Safety Officer for Africa (online)
“The EU’s-banned pesticide exports” (10 mins)
Laurent Gaberell, Public Eye, Agriculture and food expert, Switzerland
“Main findings of a new study on exports of banned pesticides from Belgium” (5 mins)
Jonas Jaccard, SOS Faim/Pesticide coalition, Advocacy Officer, Belgium
“The voices of the impacted communities” (35 mins)
Operação Amazônia Nativa (OPAN) (prerecorded video),
Larissa Mies Bombardi, Researcher at the Department of Geography, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Fobi Miterand Asoh, Founder of NANNY Africa, Member of the One Health Network of Civil Society Organizations of Cameroon (ROOHCAM), Cameroon (prerecorded video)
Ahmed Tiamiyu, Executive Director of Community Action Against Plastic Waste (CAPWs), Nigeria (prerecorded video)
Dr. D. Narasimha Reddy, PAN India, Consultant, India (online)
- “Q&A session with participants” (20 mins)
10:45 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30 Session 2 Why an EU ban on the export of banned pesticides and hazardous chemicals is needed and how to do it
- Opening by Chair Session 2, Martin Dermine, PAN Europe, Executive Director (5 mins)
“Member States and export bans on pesticides and hazardous chemicals” (20 mins)
Adrien Volant, deputy head of cabinet of Zakia Khattabi, Belgian Federal Minister for Climate, Environment, Sustainable Development and Green Deal, Belgium
Crispin Dowler, Acting Co-Editor, Unearthed, The French pesticide export ban, UK (online)
“NGOs Joint-Statement, time to put an end to double standards” (10 mins)
Nina Holland, Corporate Europe Observatory, Researcher and campaigner
“Petition EU: stop spreading banned chemicals!” (5 minutes)
Eoin Dubsky, SumOfUs, Senior Campaign Manager
“An EU-wide export ban, what is the European Commission planning?” (10 minutes)
Patrick Child, Deputy Director General DG ENVI, European Commission
“Closing remarks from Members of the European Parliaments (MEPs)” (10 minutes)
Basile Ghesquiere, MEP Maria Arena's Assistant (S&D)
- “Q&A session with participants” (20 mins)