LIFE ENVIRONMENT 2005 DEMONSTRATIVE PROJECT Berlin, 14 th – 15 th January, 2006.

LIFE ENVIRONMENT 2005DEMONSTRATIVE PROJECT

Berlin, 14th – 15th January, 2006

Dr. Gaetano Sinatti

ASSOCIAZIONE TERRE DELL’ADRIATICO

via C. Pisacane, 32 60019 SENIGALLIA (AN) ITALY

tel. 0039-071-7930864 http://www.adrialand.it

SAPIDStrategy for Agricultural Products Identity DefenceWide Area Protection of Agriculture Products Identity

from GMO Pollution

Project typology

LIFE ENVIRONMENT 2005demonstrative project

Specific aim 5.2

“reduction of environmental effects during the utilization stage of products and services”

see:• Regulation (CE) n. 1682/2004 of September the 15th, that changes

the Regulation (CEE) n. 1655/2000 of July the 17th, 2000 concerning the financial tool for the environment (LIFE);

• Request of the European Commission for proposals for LIFE Programme 2004-2005 (2004/C 252/07) C 252/9 of October the 12th, 2004.

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Aim of the project

IDENTIFY METHODS AND TOOLS

1.to Prevent GMO contamination of quality agricultural products;

2.to Preserve their identity;

in a CO-EXISTENCE REGIME

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Promoter:

ASSAMPartners:

ASSOCIAZIONE TERRE DELL’ADRIATICOASTERIA s.r.l.ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO MARCHE-UMBRIACOMUNE DI URBINOREGIONE MARCHETERRABIO s.c.a.r.l.

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Partnership

ASSAM(Agenzia Servizi del Settore Agro-alimentare Marche)Marche Region Agrofood Sector Services Agency

Public bodyExtension Agency

via Alpi, 21 - 60131 - Ancona ITALYtel. 0039-071-8081 Fax: 0039-071-85979 - www.assam.marche.it

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Promoter

ASSOCIAZIONE TERRE DELL’ADRIATICONo profit Organic Farmers Private Associationorganic farming services & vocational training

via C. Pisacane, 32 60019 SENIGALLIA (AN) ITALYtel. +39-071-7930864 fax +39-071-7912529 http://www.adrialand.it

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Partner 1

ASTERIA s.r.l.Agenzia per lo Sviluppo Tecnologico e la RIcerca ApplicataTechnological Development and Applied Research Agency

Public/private BodyResearch Institute

via 81.a Strada, 19 63033 MONTEPRANDONE (AP) tel. + 39 0735 703761 fax + 39 0735 711424 http://www.asteriasrl.it

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Partner 2

ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO MARCHE UMBRIAZooprophylaxis Institute for Marche and Umbria Regions

Public BodyFood Security & Controls Agency

via G. Salvemini, 1 06126 PERUGIA (PG) tel. + 39 075 343261 fax + 39 075 323 297 http://www.pg.izs.it

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Partner 3

COMUNE DI URBINOMuncipality of Urbino

Public BodyLocal Government

via Puccinotti, 3 61029 URBINO (PU) tel. + 39 0722 3091 fax + 39 075 323 297 http://www.comune.urbino.ps.it

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Partner 4

REGIONE MARCHE – Servizio agricolturaMarche Region (Agriculture Sector)

Public BodyRegional Government

via Gentile da Fabriano, 9 60125 ANCONA (AN) tel. + 39 071 8061 fax + 39 0718062410 http://www.regione.marche.it

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Partner 5

TERRABIO s.c.a.r.l.Organic Producers Cooperative

Organic Farming Agrofood Productionvia Battista Sforza, 58/60 61029 URBINO (PU)

tel. + 39 0722 58178 fax + 39 0722 599329

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Partner 6

PROJECT AIMS - 1

Analyse the GMO state-of-the-art in agricultural sector and the problems concerning accidental contamination of productions – through collecting and cataloguing the existing literature;

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Project Aim 1

Map the different aspects of the local situation at a regional level, with informatic (GIS) tools(productions flows, location of critical areas, productions at risk, etc.);

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Project Aim 2

Analyse legal context, paying

particular attention to technical-

juridical and disputes at law

coexistence problems in agriculture;

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Project Aim 3

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Identifying, monitoring, surveying

and controlling tools and methods to

be applied on wide areas by public

institutions in charge of checking and

preventing GMO pollution;

Project Aim 4

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Identify general practices, methods and procedures to be used by production, transformation and trading single or associated firms to prevent GMO pollution;

Project Aim 5

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Develop and certify GMO-free products Identity Preservation methods and standards for farmers and producers’ Associations refusing the use of GMO in their production (e.g. Organic farmers);

Project Aim 6

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Train up public officers in the use of

surveying, monitoring and controlling

techniques already identified and

tested on field;

Project Aim 7

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Train up entrepreneurs in the use of

GMO-free products Identity

Preservation certified standards ;

Project Aim 8

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Constitute an usable on-line permanent database and technical forum to exchange knowledge and experience about coexistence.Disseminate at EU level the obtained technical/operative results.

Project Aim 9

TASK 1 – MANAGEMENT AND REPORTING TO THE EC

1.1 – Establishment of a working-group1.2 – Assignment of roles, duties and tasks 1.3 – Internal training1.4 – GO/NO GO analysis1.5 – Reporting systems1.6 – Feasibility study1.7 – Planning of the managerial, administrative and accounting control, risks analysis, alternative technical plans.

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TASK 2 – STATE-OF-THE-ART ANALISYSABOUT GMO/NON GMO COEXISTENCE

2.1 – Collecting the existing bibliography (researches, studies, pubblication, comunications, ecc.) about GMO diffusion in agriculture and about problems connected with their coexistence;2.3 – Analisys of the statistical and distributive data of the agriculture production system and identification of critical areas for coexistence;2.3 – Data processing on GIS.

Results:

1. DATABASE containing the state-of-the-art about GMO/non GMO coexistence;2. GIS CARTOGRAPHY of the TERRITORY ASSESSMENT

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TASK 3 – ANALYSIS OF LEGAL CONTEXT

3.1 – Collecting both the set of rules at EC, national, regional level, and the technical regulation (proceedings and technical analysis, sampling methods);3.2 – Conflictual aspects analysis: different regulation levels (EC, national, regional and local); disputes at law; possible solutions;3.3 – Evaluation standards and methods for damages due to Gmo accidental.

Results:

1. IDENTIFICATION of juridical tools for technical-administrative control and for disputes at law resolution;2. IDENTIFICATION of technics and methods to evaluate economical and environmental damages.

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TASK 4 – WIDE AREA OPERATIVE GMO POLLUTION CHECKING MODELS

4.1 – Map possible sources of Gmo spreading and contaminating material in agrofood chain;4.2 – Evaluate GMO presence analysis technics and methodologies in agrofood chain and related costs;4.3 – Evaluate coexistence monitoring technics and methodologies in risk areas and related costs;

Results:

1. OPERATIONAL MODELS FOR GMO CONTAMINATION CHECK;2. OPERATIONAL MONITORING MODELS FOR COEXISTENCE CRITICAL AREAS;3. ELABORATION OF REGIONAL COEXISTENCE PLAN

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TASK 5 – PROTECTION AGAINSTGMO CONTAMINATION

AND IDENTITY PRESERVATION METHODS

5.1 – Set up methods for prevention and protection from GMO pollution in farms and no GMO agrifood firms;5.2 – Set up precautionary methods to be adopted in farms belonging to the GMO supply chains;5.3 – Costs and cost/effective relation analysis;5.4 – Certify and recognize Identity Preservation Management Systems.

Results:

1. SETTLEMENT OF AN IDENTITY PRESERVATION DISCIPLINARY FOR AGRIFOOD PRODUCTS2. IDENTIFICATION OF STRUCTURAL NEEDS AT LOCAL LEVEL (logistics, platforms, laboratories, etc.)

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6.1 – Identify coexistence critical homogeneous areas;6.2 – Inform agrofood system operators in such identified areas;6.3 – Test identity preservation certification standards and checking methods, with particular attention to cereal and zootechnical supply chains;6.3 – Systemic (economical, logistical, legal) interaction analisys.

Results:

1. METHODS AND STANDARDS FIELD-TEST RESULTS 2. METHODOLOGY CORRECTION AND IMPLEMENTATION3. INTERACTIONS TESTING (public/private, producer-consumer, economical-environmental)

4. SET UP OF THE REGIONAL INTEGRATED COEXISTENCE PLAN

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TASK 6 – TESTING ON REPRESENTATIVESUPPLY CHAINS

PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS (7)

7.1 – Plan vocational training courses for producers, processing, trading and distribution operators, professional organizations’ and consumers’ representatives;7.2 – Prepare appropriate didactic material;7.3 – Carry out training courses for target-groups, enabling the operators to apply Identity Preservation and GMO pollution prevention methodologies and certification standards; 7.4 – Training results testing.

Results:

1.BEST PRACTICES INTRODUCTION AND SPREADING ALL OVER THE TERRITORY2.TRAINING ACTIONS RESULTS EVALUATION

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TASK 7 – SUPPLY-CHAINS OPERATOR TRAINING

PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS (8)

8.1 – Plan vocational training courses for officers, techniciansand managers from controlling and monitoring centres; 8.2 – Prepare appropriate didactic material;8.3 – Carry out training courses to target-groups, enabling the public control operators to adopt checking and monitoring best practices and to apply correctly the Regional Coexistence Plan;8.4 – Test the training results.

Results:

1. BEST PRACTICE INTRODUCTION AND SPREADING ALL OVER THE TERRITORY2. TRAINING ACTIONS RESULTS EVALUATION

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TASK 8 – CONTROL OFFICER TRAINING

PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS (9)

9.1 – Certification standards formalization;9.2 – Knowledge instruments preparation: booklets, brochures, web-pages, videocassettes, cd-roms;9.3 – Translations in English, French, German, Spanish, Polish;9.4 – Results spreading towards OGM Free Regions Working Group, Professional Organizations, Local Government bodies, etc.;9.5 – Create an Internet Web-site (www.sapidelife.net), containing all project technical and operational information.

Results:

1. KNOWLEDGE DISSEMINATION AMONG OPERATORS2.TRANSNATIONAL SAPID TECHNICAL INFORMATION PERMANENT EXCHANGE THROUGHOUT OPERATORS

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TASK 9 – DISSEMINATION OF RESULTS

PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS (9)

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SAPID ACTIVITY LOCALIZATION

PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS (9)

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SAPID OGANIZATION CHART

PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS (9)

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www.sapidlife.net – www.sapidlife.org

PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS (9)

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Project Timeline

PROJECT DURATION: 42 MONTHS1st NOVEMBER 2005 30th APRIL 2009