EU Organic Action Plan (ORGAP)

<br /><br />Development of criteria and procedures for the evaluation of the
EUAction Plan for Organic Agriculture <br /><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">The EC-funded researchproject ORGAP*, which ran from
2005-2008 and is now completed, was developed toprovide scientific support for the implementation of
the European Action Planand the evaluation of its long-term and short-term effects. This
included:<o:p></o:p></span>
<p style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt;">the development of anevaluation toolbox (hyperlink to ORGAPET)
to help evaluate and monitor theimplementation of the European and national organic action plans <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0cm; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt;">the
involvement of stakeholders in identifying key objectives and indicators, as well as potential
problems implementing the EU action plan in member states and other failure risks <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt;">developing a manual for stakeholders as an introduction to action plan development,
implementation and evaluation<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" narrow";"="" arial="" style="font-size: 10pt;"><a style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;" href="http://www.orgap.org/">http://www.orgap.org/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p&gt; <br /><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CBOTARE%7E1%5CIMPOST%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"></link><!–[ifgtemso
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<p style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Schmid O., Dabbet S., Eichert C., Gonzàlvez V.,Lampkin N., Michelsen J.,
Slabe A., Stokkers R., Stolze M., Stopes C.,Wollmuthovà P., Vairo D. and Zanoli R. (2008): Organic
Action Plans –Development, implementation and evaluation. A resource manual for the organicfood and
farming sector, edit by Schmid O., Stoipes C., Lampkin N., GonzàlvezV., Fibl,
IFOAM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">Vairo D., Zanoli R. (2008):<span>&nbsp; </span>Potential implementation problems of the EU OAP:A failure mode and effects analysis.
Proceedings </span><span lang="EN-GB" narrow";"="" arial="" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica;">of the 2nd Scientific Conference of
theInternational Society of Organic Agriculture Research (ISOFAR) “Cultivating thefuture based on
science”, Volume 2 – Livestock, socio-economy and crossdisciplinary research in organic agriculture
– held at the 16th IFOAM OrganicWorld Congress (IFOAM), 18-20 June 2008, Modena, Italy:
242-245</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <br /> <br /><br />