MACE

Green Week Scientific Conference 2009

Multi-Level Processes of Integration and Disintegration

January, 14^th and 15^th, 2009, Berlin

Organised by

• Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe (IAMO)
• Institute of Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Horticulture, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
• Council for Tropical and Subtropical Agricultural Research (ATSAF)

Location
International Congress Centre Berlin (ICC)

Language
Conference language will be English

MACE project co-ordinator:
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Uwe Jens Nagel
(uj.nagel@agrar.hu-berlin.de)

2009 Conference co-ordinators:
Dr. Franziska Schaft 
Dr. Klaus Reinsberg
(mace2009@iamo.de)

Mail address:
Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development
in Central and Eastern Europe (IAMO)
Theodor-Lieser-Straße 2
06120 Halle (Saale)
Germany

Cost and Financial Support
The European Community provides limited financial support to eligible participants which covers parts of their travel, accommodation and subsistence costs including the fee for the conference participation.

Objectives of the Conference
The conference will provide a special forum for eligible researchers to build contacts with their peers from across Europe and leading researchers. Young scientists are expected to play an active role at the conference. The Third Green Week Scientific Conference will concentrate on the processes of integration and disintegration in the Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs) on different scales and focusing on the overall rural sector with a crosscutting perspective. Drivers and barriers of change, impacts and patterns of transition will be discussed. The conferences are closely linked to the summer schools and training courses which will enable junior researchers to gain access to state-of-the-art knowledge and methods, employing a variety of proven and innovative work forms.
Organised within the EU sponsored MACE Project, the Green Week Scientific Conferences will be held annually until 2010. It is intended to continue the event beyond this date by securing additional finances and sponsors. The series of events offers unique training opportunities for junior researchers who want to join an international network.

Topics
The conference “Multi-Level Processes of Integration and Disintegration” will particularly address:

• Changes in landscape ecologies, cross-border biodiversity conservation efforts
• EU-enlargement and integration of CEE into international markets
• Multifunctionality of agriculture
• Multi-level governance, institutional adaptation and implementation capacities
• Rural development, poverty, migration and cultural diversity

Conference Structure
The conference will combine selected topical lectures from senior scientists with workshops where junior researcher can present and discuss their current work and receive feedback from their peers and the discussants. Proceedings will be published electronically as well as in book form.

Participants
Young scientists engaged in post-graduate or post-doctoral studies from EU, associated, as well as third countries are invited to participate. Young scientists from Central and Eastern European countries are particularly encouraged to apply. Participation of researchers from all agricultural disciplines is envisaged.
Participants who have played an active role at MACE Summer Schools or Training Courses can also apply. Members of the EU 27 and Associated States may apply for funding. For a limited number of participants from other countries as well as Germany  funding is also available.

Invited Speakers
The following Key Note Speakers contribute to the conference:

• Dr. Tommy Dalgaard (Aarhus University, Denmark)
  

  Landscape agroecology: managing interactions between agriculture, nature and economy

• Prof. Dr. ir. Guido van Huylenbroeck (Ghent University, Belgium)
  

  Multifunctionality of agriculture: conceptualization and governance structures

• Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Dieter Kirschke (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany)
  

  EU membership and agricultural transition

• Dr. Tomas Ratinger (IPTS/JRC Sevilla, Spain)
  

  Rural areas: development challenges, indicator and typology, modelling and relationship to urban areas

• Dr. Vladislav Valentinov (IAMO, Germany)
  

  Third sector organizations in rural development: a transaction cost approach

Time Schedule

15th October 2008:
Deadline for submission of abstracts and grant applications

30th October 2008:
Notification of acceptance of the paper abstracts

21th November 2008
Deadline for submission of revised abstracts

31th December 2008:
 Deadline for submission of full papers

14-15th January 2009:
Third Green Week Scientific Conference: “Multi-Level Processes of Integration and Disintegration”