Open Call for Participants : Participation in IFOAM Organic World Congress 2014

Open Call for Participants - Participation in IFOAM Organic World Congress

Interested applicants are requested to complete the Application Form and send it to the e-mail address of TACSO office in their country by 3 September 2014.

The IFOAM Organic World Congress will bring together CSOs, practitioners, business people and academics from around the world in Istanbul, 13-15 October 2014. The varied levels of the conference will include developing values and principles for concerted action, developing future action points for organic agriculture, sharing of experiences, building of solutions and exploring future collaboration. Please see www.owc2014.org for more details.

Some of the topics that will be covered by the Congress are:

-          Organic visions and trends;

-          Food security;

-          Social and environmental challenges;

-          Organic agriculture for development;

-          Institution building;

-          Innovations;

Who can apply? 
- CSOs (associations, foundations, cooperatives, unions):

-  Working on issues related to organic agriculture/animal husbandry, sustainable development/community supported agriculture, rural development, local food production, participatory guarantee systems, food security and related topics;

-  Based in the IPA countries.

Participants are expected to have experience in the field and act as resource people throughout the conference by sharing and discussing good practices and lessons learned.

Active members of networks of associations working with organic agriculture, farmers associations and unions are encouraged to apply.

Applicants need to be fluent in English to the extent that they can actively participate in the conference.

Additional selection criteria for participants include the connection of the goals and mission of the organisation with the theme of the conference, experience in managing activities in relation to the conference theme and the experience of the proposed CSO representative in relation to the theme of the conference.

Application procedure

Interested applicants are requested to complete the Application Form and send it to the e-mail address of the TACSO office in their country (see list below) by 3rd September 2014 with the subject heading: People to People: IFOAM Organic World Congress. The selection process should be completed by 10 September 2014. Five participants will be selected per country. Please note that only selected applicants will be contacted.

For selected participants, TACSO will cover travel costs (including costs of visas, if applicable), accommodation, meals and refreshments, cost of participation in the conference.  Further information can be obtained from the TACSO web site (www.tacso.org). If you have any additional questions please contactnatalija.gojkovic@tacso.org.

TACSO contacts:

Albania      info.al@tacso.org
Bosnia and Herzegovina    info.ba@tacso.org
Kosovo      info.ko@tacso.org
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia  info.mk@tacso.org
Montenegro     info.me@tacso.org
Serbia       info.rs@tacso.org
Turkey      info.tr@tacso.org

Download: Open Call; Application