On the occasion of the launch of their report «Rethinking Asset Management» ECMI-CEPS and the CFA Institute will host a debate in Paris on retail investor...
Agricultural and Rural Policy
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Events
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Thursday, 7 June, 2012 - 12:00 - 14:30
- Mirzha de Manuel, ECMI-CEPS Researcher
- Edouard Vieillefond, Managing Director, Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF)
- Bernadette Vergnaud, Vice-Chair Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, European Parliament [tbc]
- Jean-Baptiste de Franssu, Chairman, Incipit and former President, EFAMA
- Graziella Marras, Director of Capital Markets Policy, CFA Institute
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Wednesday, 6 June, 2012 - 13:15 - 15:00
- Keynote Speech by Steven Maijoor, Chairman, European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
- Wolf Klinz, MEP and Member of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee
- Donato Masciandaro, Chair in Economics of Financial Regulation, Bocconi University
- Fabrice Demarigny, Head of Capital Markets, Mazars, and former Secretary General, Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR)
- Tony Bromell, Head of Integrity &
- Markets, ICAEW
For more information on the event please visit: www.eurocapitalmarkets.org/independence
This event is organised with the support of ICAEW.
Participation in this meeting is a benefit...
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Tuesday, 5 June, 2012 - 12:00 - 14:30
- Diego Canga-Fano, Head of Cabinet of Vice-President Antonio Tajani
- Simon Henry, Chief Financial Officer, Royal Dutch Shell
This debate will explore regulatory pathways to realise the goal of EU competitiveness with specific reference to financial sector stability and the shift to a low carbon, competitive economy. A central policy challenge is to balance short term pressures with long term policy goals. How can...
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Tuesday, 5 June, 2012 - 09:30 - 16:00
- Gabriel Bernardino, European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)
- Francesco Mazzaferro, European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB)
- Sven Giegold, MEP, and Shadow Rapporteur for Omnibus II
- Karel Van Hulle, European Commission
- See programme for full list of speakers
Second in a series of high-level roundtables organised by the CEPS Financial Institutions Unit on the future of financial regulation in Europe. These will gather researchers, industry experts, and key policy-makers to debate the future design and potential consequences of forthcoming financial...
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Monday, 4 June, 2012 - 13:15 - 14:30
- Tigran Sargsyan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia.
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the EU has consistently worked to strengthen its ties with Armenia through various bilateral, regional and multilateral policies, such as the European Neighbourhood Policy, Black Sea Synergy and the Eastern Partnership. The recent launch of negotiations on...
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Wednesday, 30 May, 2012 - 11:00 - 17:30
- Sascha-Dominik Bachmann, University of Portsmouth
- Mary Martin, London School of Economics and Political Science
- Jocelyn Mawdsley, Newcastle University
- Elena Peresso, Cabinet of Karel De Gucht, EU Trade Commissioner
- Patrick Simonnet, DG Development and Cooperation, European Commission
- Giovanni Faleg, London School of Economics and Political Science
- Benedetta Voltolini, London School of Economics and Political Sciences
- See programme for full list of speakers
A stakeholder workshop in cooperation with the School of Politics and International Relations and the “Integrating Global Society” Scheme of the University of Nottingham. Click here to see the programme.
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Thursday, 24 May, 2012 - 18:00 - 19:30
- David Mark, Senior Editor, Politico
David Mark is a senior editor at POLITICO, which he joined in October 2006. David is also author of “Going Dirty: The Art of Negative Campaigning” (Rowman & Littlefield; 3rd edition, 2009), which has been widely adopted in political science courses and was featured on “The...
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Tuesday, 22 May, 2012 - 10:00 - 13:00
- Mike Hough, Institute for Criminal Policy Research, Birkbeck, University of London
- Jonathan Jackson, Methodology Institute, London School of Economics
Participation in this meeting is free of charge. An informal lunch will be served from 13.00 onwards. For catering purposes, please register by sending an email to Mary Keane: m.keane@city.ac.uk
This seminar, the first of the European Social Survey...
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Tuesday, 15 May, 2012 - 13:15 - 14:30
- Anton Brender, Chief Economist, Dexia Asset Management, and Associate Professor, Paris-Dauphine University
- Florence Pisani, Economist, Dexia Asset Management
- Emile Gagna, Economist, Dexia Asset Management
Launch of a new CEPS Paperback.
Participation in CEPS meetings is a benefit of membership. Non-members may be admitted for €50, paid in cash at registration. A sandwich lunch (€6) will be served before the event, from 12.30 onwards.
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Thursday, 10 May, 2012 - 13:30 - 14:45
- Christine Reh, University College London
- Una O'Dwyerm Senior Fellow, European Institute of Public Administration
- Lukas Obholzer, London School of Economics &
- Political Science
- Andrew Duff, MEP
Since their introduction in 1999, first-reading agreements under the EU’s codecision procedure have increased dramatically, from 28% in the 5th EP to 77% in the on-going legislative period. Early agreements have been praised for their efficiency and inter-institutional compromise; at the...
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Monday, 7 May, 2012 - 13:15 - 14:30
- Katja Yafimava, Research Fellow, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (OIES)
Launch of a book published by Oxford University Press. The first study to provide an in-depth analysis of market, legal/regulatory, and energy security aspects of the transit of Russian gas to Europe across western CIS countries – Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova – to Europe. The book analyses how...
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Friday, 4 May, 2012 - 13:15 - 14:30
- Andreas Barner, Chairman, Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH
- Reinhold Achatz, Head of Corporate Center, Innovation and Quality, ThyssenKrupp
- Jürgen Leohold, Executive Director, Volkswagen AG
- Andrea Renda, Senior Research Fellow, CEPS
- Dominique Ristori, Director General, Joint Research Centre, European Commission
- Hugues-Arnaud Mayer, President of the Innovation Committee and Executive Committee, Mouvement des Entreprises de France (MEDEF)
Lunchtime meeting organised by CEPS in cooperation with the Federation of German Industries (BDI)
Presentation of the study ”Germany 2030 – Future perspectives for value creation”.
Click here to download the programme...
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Thursday, 3 May, 2012 - 13:15 - 14:30
- Mauro Petriccione, Director, DG TRADE, European Commission
- Catherine Dickson, Head of the Trade and Economic Policy Section, Mission of Canada to the EU
- Jason Langrish, Executive Director, Canada Europe Roundtable for Business
Participation in CEPS meetings is a benefit of membership. Non-members may be admitted for €50, paid in cash at registration. A sandwich lunch (€6) will be served before the meeting, from 12.30 onwards.
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Friday, 27 April, 2012 - 09:00 - 17:00
- Keynote Speech by Algirdas Šemeta, European Commissioner responsible for taxation and customs union, audit and anti-fraud
- Emrah Arbak, Researcher, CEPS
- John Vella, Senior Research Fellow, Oxford University
- Jing Xing, Research Fellow, Oxford University
- Alfons Weichenrieder, Professor, Goethe University Frankfurt
- Shafik Hebous, Chair of Public Finance, Goethe University Frankfurt
- Giorgia Maffini, Research Fellow, Oxford University
- Simon Loretz, Professor, Oxford University
With steps towards an ever-closer union and emerging proposals to address budgetary concerns, tax policy is perhaps more than ever at the forefront of policy debate in the EU. The impact of fiscal policies on economic growth and stability,...
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Thursday, 26 April, 2012 - 13:15 - 14:30
- Robert W. Crandall, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
- Andrea Renda, Senior Fellow, CEPS
- Eduardo Martínez Rivero, Head of Unit Antitrust Telecoms, DG COMP, European Commission
Participation in CEPS meetings is a benefit of membership. Non-members may be admitted for €50, paid in cash at registration. A sandwich lunch (€6) will be served before the event, from 12.30 onwards.
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Wednesday, 25 April, 2012 - 16:30 - 17:45
- Ambassador Miriam Sapiro, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
Due to unforeseen circumstances independent of our will, this event is canceled.
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Tuesday, 24 April, 2012 - 11:00 - 13:00
- Poul Skytte Christoffersen, Ambassador of Denmark to Belgium
- Derk-Jan Eppink, MEP, Vice-chairman of the European Conservatives and Reformists Group
- Luuk Van Middelaar, Member of the Cabinet of President Van Rompuy
CEPS-EPIN Seminar. Current areas of differentiated integration include economic and monetary union (EMU) and the Schengen Area. But how will differentiated integration look like in the future? To what policy areas can or should it expand? What does future differentiated integration hold for the...
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Thursday, 19 April, 2012 - 13:00 - 14:30
- Jean Baptiste de Franssu, CEO, INCIPIT, and Chair of the task force Rethinking Asset Management
- Karel Lannoo, Senior Fellow and CEO, CEPS and ECMI
- Mirzha de Manuel, Researcher, CEPS and ECMI
- Tilman Lueder, Head of Unit, Asset Management, DG Internal Market and Services, European Commission
- Prof. Marco Lamandini, University of Bologna, Academic Member of the Board of ECMI
- Nitin Mehta, Managing Director for Europe, Middle East, and Africa, CFA Institute
After several months of intense work, CEPS will present on April 19 the final report of its task force 'Rethinking Asset Management'. With the participation of Tilman Lueder, Head of Unit at the European Commission, this event will present the policy recommendations put forward by task...
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Monday, 16 April, 2012 - 13:15 - 14:30
- Viviane Reding, Vice-President of the European Commission, responsible for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship
Presentation of the European Commission's Annual Report on the Application of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.
Participation in CEPS meetings is a benefit of membership. Non-member may be admitted for €50, paid in cash at registration. A sandwich lunch (€6) will be...
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Thursday, 12 April, 2012 - 09:00 - 13:00
- Thomas Broeng Jørgensen, Director, Danish FSA and Co-chairing the CRD/CRR working group
- Adam Farkas, Executive Director, European Banking Authority (EBA)
- Francesco Mazzaferro, Head of Secretariat, European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB)
- Sven Giegold, MEP (Greens/EFA)
- Thierry Philipponnat, Secretary General, Finance Watch
- Stefano Micossi, Director General, Assonime, and Member of the CEPS Board of Directors
- See programme for full list of speakers
This is the first of a series of high-level roundtables organised by the CEPS Financial Institutions Unit on the future of financial regulation in Europe. These will gather researchers, industry experts, and key policy-makers to debate the future design and potential consequences of forthcoming...
Projects
Agricultural and Rural Policy, Economic Policy
April 2010 - March 2015
Agricultural and Rural Policy
September 2010 - August 2013
Agricultural and Rural Policy
September 2009 - August 2010
Agricultural and Rural Policy
Senior Associate Research Fellow: Prof. Johan F.M. Swinnen
Associate Research Fellow: Dr. Eleni Kaditi
Research Assistant: Louise Knops
DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES
Nowadays, new economic, social and environmental challenges need to be addressed in Europe, which should be tackled with the Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. Agriculture is undoubtedly in the front line for these challenges, as the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has been the centre-piece of European integration and remains the strongest common policy of the European Union (EU). Due to the CAP’s long history, it is a dynamic policy that has been reformed on many occasions resulting in a multi-functional policy that has been though strongly criticized for its effectiveness and efficiency in achieving its objectives. The initial socio-economic and environmental objectives of the CAP have remained unchanged over the years, but the weight given to the different objectives and the instruments used for their achievement have changed drastically. The CAP has moved away from supporting commodity prices to supporting producers’ income and rural development, aiming at ensuring that sustainable production takes place in the Union. Intervention prices are set at low levels so that they are used in times of real crisis, whereas direct payments in combination with cross-compliance contribute to providing basic public goods delivered through sustainable farming.
In this framework, the CAP is due to be reformed by 2013, so that the current hot topic in the agricultural policy world is whether its objectives and instruments need to be further changed in the future. In broad terms, the future CAP should continue to promote greater competitiveness, efficient use of taxpayer resources and effective public policy returns European citizens expect, with regard to food security, the environment, climate change and social and territorial balance. All this needs also to happen within the constraints of limited budgetary resources and taking into account the severe impact of the economic crisis on agriculture. As the focal point of most crisis or periods of stagnation in the history of European integration, this policy draws though dividing lines in the reform debates.
The 'Agricultural and Rural Policy' Section at CEPS examines these issues related to the future CAP, the challenges ahead for the agricultural sector in the EU and the impact of CAP reforms on European farmers.
The Section has a well-consolidated experience in the initiation, coordination and management of large-scale European research projects related to the 'Agricultural and Rural Policy'. It participated, as coordinator, in ENARPRI - European Network of Agricultural and Rural Policy Research Institutes, a research project funded by the Fifth Framework Research Programme of DG Research of the European Commission (see: www.enarpri.org), and prepared studies for tenders related to the Agricultural Land Markets for DG Internal Market and Services. It is currently engaged in the following activities:
1. FACTOR MARKETS – Comparative Analysis of Factor Markets for Agriculture across the Member States. This project aims to analyze the functioning of factor markets for agriculture in the EU-27, including the candidate countries. The research compares the different markets, their institutional framework and their impact on agricultural development and structural change, as well as their impact on rural economies, for the member states and the EU as a whole. The research focuses on land sale/lease, labor and capital markets and includes the impact of national and EU programs on these markets. The project is funded by the Seventh Research Framework Programme of DG Research of the European Commission.
See: www.factormarkets.eu
2. TRANSFOP – Transparency of Food Pricing. This project aims to provide considerable insights into food pricing across the EU, how competition, regulation and the overall functioning of markets determines price adjustment across different member states. In doing so, the project leads to considerable expansion of the research base in terms of both the research methodology that is applied with considerable new insights that arises from this approach. Given the policy focus of this research and the range of issues it addresses, the results will have the potential stakeholders’ perspectives (covering consumers, producers and industry representatives including SMEs) about how the food chain functions in the EU and the insights that arise regarding price adjustment issues across the EU.
See: www.transfop.eu