May 2022 - Npos_2018 - lists.testbiotech.de

Signatures GeN 27.05
by Judith Düesberg 08 Jun '22

08 Jun '22

Dear all, the GeN has collected 1070 signatures to date 27.05.22. Not really outstanding, but at least something. Maybe we'll get a few more in the next few days. Best, Judith -- Judith Düesberg (sie / ihr) Referentin für Landwirtschaft und Lebensmittel Tel: 030 - 685 70 73 | FAX: 030 - 684 11 83 Mail: Judith.dueesberg(a)gen-ethisches-netzwerk.de Web: www.gen-ethisches-netzwerk.de <http://www.gen-ethisches-netzwerk.de> Ort: Stephanstr. 13, 10559 Berlin <https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/6483750603> Twitter: @GeNetzwerk <https://twitter.com/GeNetzwerk> Aktueller GID Nr. 260: Die nächste Eskalationsstufe – Bluttest auf Trisomien wird Kassenleistung <https://www.gen-ethisches-netzwerk.de/publikationen/gid/259> Gen-ethisches Netzwerk e.V. Vereinsregister – Amtsgericht Charlottenburg – VR 8641 B Vorstände: Manuela Kohlhas, Mathias Rösch, Theresa Roy. Spendenkonto: IBAN: DE15 4306 0967 1111 9023 33, BIC: GENODEM1GLS

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! screaming barley
by Christoph Then 01 Jun '22

01 Jun '22

Dear all, for our public activities, starting from end of June we were discussing to have a new visual (in addition and combination with broccoli and tomato). See attached first draft, what do you think? If we want to present it to the Admin council, we have to take quick decisions. costs seem to be around 3000 €, I try to get a detailed calculation. cheers Christoph

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! overview on responses to our invitation for a workshop. Could we agree on 15 June, 12, 30-14, 30?
by Christoph Then 28 May '22

28 May '22

Dear all we have responses with interest in a meeting from Plantum, COPA/COGECA (Thor Gunnar), Ifoam, German Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Agriculture and Maria Noichl (EP) - very good. EPO has interest in the report (and they will get it ...) but will not participate. we proposed 13, 14 or 15. It looks like Plantum, German Ministry of Justice and Maria Noichl are available on all three days. Thor Gunnar could make it late afternoon on Monday, or Tuesday morning (and, I guess also on 15 June) Ifoam only on 13 June (before 5 p.m.), but, in case, may suggest other experts to (such as Bionext) German Ministry of Agriculture could make it on 13 till 12,30 I looks like on 13 June most experts could join, however, there is not sufficient overlap in time. I think most crucial for our meeting are Plantum, Copa and German Ministry of Justice. If Thor Gunnar has time on 15, we could try to meet around noon (as suggested by Maria Noichl) which seems to increase our chances compared to the small time slots we would have (with COPA) on Monday or Tuesday. so I am waiting for further response from Thor Gunnar and try to fix the day and the hour next week on Monday, latest Tuesday. I guess we also could expect some (other) expert from German Ministry of Agriculture if we finally announce the date. after that we also will invite experts / ministries from other contracting states. Finally we have to take a a decision when and to whom we want to send our report beforehand. Cheers Christoph

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IMPORTANT: Physical meeting June
by Johanna Eckhardt 27 May '22

27 May '22

Dear all, thanks for your feedback in regards to the physical meeting. I propose the 2 options below. Please come back to me until the end of the week (Sunday, 29 May) indicating if you would attend and which option you would prefer. Option 1 28 June: 14h-18h: 1st half of physical meeting optional dinner together 29 June: morning: public activity EPO optional lunch together 14h-18h: 2nd half of physical meeting Option 2 29 June: morning: public activity EPO optional lunch together 14h-18h: 1st half of physical meeting optional dinner together 30 June: 9h-13h 2nd half of physical meeting Best, Johanna Mag. Johanna ECKHARDT Project Coordination Tel. +43 680 21 26 343 <mailto:johanna.eckhardt@no-patents-on-seeds.org> johanna.eckhardt(a)no-patents-on-seeds.org NO PATENTS ON SEEDS! <http://www.no-patents-on-seeds.org/> www.no-patents-on-seeds.org <http://www.facebook.com/nopatentsonseeds> www.facebook.com/nopatentsonseeds <http://www.twitter.com/nopatentsonseed> www.twitter.com/nopatentsonseed

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Conference call 20 June
by Johanna Eckhardt 25 May '22

25 May '22

Dear all, let's fix Monday, 20 June / 14h-15.30h CET for our next conference call. --- Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84158957809?pwd=cHY1WUFaYWE2TXJnQ2Z2L3BycG1EZz09 Meeting ID: 841 5895 7809 Passcode: 212465 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kdhfEQebt --- Best, Johanna Mag. Johanna ECKHARDT Project Coordination Tel. +43 680 21 26 343 <mailto:johanna.eckhardt@no-patents-on-seeds.org> johanna.eckhardt(a)no-patents-on-seeds.org NO PATENTS ON SEEDS! <http://www.no-patents-on-seeds.org/> www.no-patents-on-seeds.org <http://www.facebook.com/nopatentsonseeds> www.facebook.com/nopatentsonseeds <http://www.twitter.com/nopatentsonseed> www.twitter.com/nopatentsonseed From: Npos_2018 [mailto:npos_2018-bounces@testbiotech.de] On Behalf Of Johanna Eckhardt Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2022 12:45 PM To: npos_2018(a)testbiotech.de Subject: [Npos_2018] Poll Conference call June Dear all, here is the poll for the date of our next conference call in June: https://dud-poll.inf.tu-dresden.de/NPOS_conference_call_June/ Please fill it out until Monday, 23 May, evening. The duration of the conference call will as usual be 90min. Best, Johanna Mag. Johanna ECKHARDT Project Coordination Tel. +43 680 21 26 343 <mailto:johanna.eckhardt@no-patents-on-seeds.org> johanna.eckhardt(a)no-patents-on-seeds.org NO PATENTS ON SEEDS! <http://www.no-patents-on-seeds.org/> www.no-patents-on-seeds.org <http://www.facebook.com/nopatentsonseeds> www.facebook.com/nopatentsonseeds <http://www.twitter.com/nopatentsonseed> www.twitter.com/nopatentsonseed

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final draft report
by Christoph Then 24 May '22

24 May '22

Dear all thanks for your comments! please see attached the final draft version (still can be amended) which I will send off to edits and layout. latest changes in yellow. I suggest to focus the issue of biopiracy on violation of international treaties which now is included as proposed by Francois. so now lets get it finished ... if I find the time, I will also will try produce a German version of the whole report - let us see. Christoph

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Update on next events
by Johanna Eckhardt 23 May '22

23 May '22

Dear all, we just had the German conference call and suggest the following adaptations to our plan: Between 26 and 28 June the G7 meeting will take place at Schloss Elmau / Bavaria. Big demonstrations are planned, one big demonstration on 25 June in Munich. See for example this article: https://www.sueddeutsche.de/bayern/g7-elmau-protest-demos-camp-garmisch-part enkirchen-1.5582968 So it will be very difficult for us to get media attention for the Administrative Council on 29 June. We propose to keep the public activity on 29 June very small, only ask the EPO for a meeting to hand over the report and take pictures with our banners and vegetable shields, but not put a lot of effort in it. Instead, we could use the meeting with the German ministry of Justice for a public activity. We aim for 4 July. (On 9 July they start their summer break). Let us know what you think. Best, Johanna Mag. Johanna ECKHARDT Project Coordination Tel. +43 680 21 26 343 <mailto:johanna.eckhardt@no-patents-on-seeds.org> johanna.eckhardt(a)no-patents-on-seeds.org NO PATENTS ON SEEDS! <http://www.no-patents-on-seeds.org/> www.no-patents-on-seeds.org <http://www.facebook.com/nopatentsonseeds> www.facebook.com/nopatentsonseeds <http://www.twitter.com/nopatentsonseed> www.twitter.com/nopatentsonseed

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! new report / deadline/ please comment till end of the week
by Christoph Then 22 May '22

22 May '22

Dear all I attach the latest versions once more (no changes compared to last week) we would like receive your latest comments till end of this week. In addition there will be a short chapter on biopiracy which will be sent in separate. thanks Christoph

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update on planned workshop /presentation of the workshop
by Christoph Then 20 May '22

20 May '22

I invited Plantum, CopaCogeca, the EPO, IFOAM, the green group in EU Parliament, the German Ministry for Justice and the one for agriculture, MEP Maria Noichl. I asked for interest and availability on 13, 14 or 15 of June. Maybe Arche Noah also wants to invite their ministries in similar way. as soon as we have responses, we can invite the other experts and ministries from EPO contracting states ...

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Fwd: ! Important dates for mobilisation and campaign work /short overview / please come back
by Christoph Then 18 May '22

18 May '22

I think these ideas are interesting for all of us. Thanks to Nout for spelling it out. -------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: Re: [Npos_2018] ! Important dates for mobilisation and campaign work /short overview / please come back Datum: Wed, 18 May 2022 14:04:31 +0200 Von: Christoph Then <info(a)no-patents-on-seeds.org> An: Nout van der Vaart <nout.vandervaart(a)oxfamnovib.nl> Kopie (CC): Johanna Eckhardt <johanna.eckhardt(a)no-patents-on-seeds.org>, Bram de Jonge <Bram.de.Jonge(a)oxfamnovib.nl> Thanks for your thoughts! I think this is fully complementary. just one remark: I just got aware of a meeting on 13 June (on NGT) which might be interesting for some of us. So I would like to include the 15th June as possible date for the workshop. Am 18.05.22 um 14:00 schrieb Nout van der Vaart: > Hi Christoph, > > My two cents: > > - I think all NPOS members should consider joining the online workshop > on the 13/14th of June, and we should guarantee participation as well > from private sector actors (like Plantum and Copa Cocega) and EPO > member states reps. This meeting should be planned soon (already in > four weeks), a save the date or final invite should be sent out asap. > > - Soon thereafter, the report should be adjusted/tweaked and finalized > based on inputs received; we should create a media strategy as well. > The media strategy should indeed be focused on showing the negative > impact of patents on food plants in the context of (global) food > security (and not so much on barley alone). > > - At least 5 days before the public launch of the report a final > version of the report (incl a clarifying press message) should be sent > to various journalists under embargo (in several countries) so they > can consider/prepare writing content. > > - On 29th (or whichever date we publicly launch the report) NPOS > members (and others) could indeed gather IRL at the EPO to hand over > the report physically to EPO representatives. On this date, NPOS and > potentially NPOS members should publish news items/press releases on > their websites about the launch of the report. Possibly, NPOS and NPOS > members should be ready to answer questions from the press. (Are we > considering doing a formal (digital) press conference, including > speeches etc. or would that be a bit too much?) > > - If we would combine the action on the 29th with a physical meeting > of the NPOS network of at least half a day (28, 29, or 30) I could > probably consider/justify traveling to Munich. We'd then need to have > a sharp agenda of relevant items to discuss. > > Best, Nout > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Npos_2018 <npos_2018-bounces(a)testbiotech.de> On Behalf Of > Christoph Then > Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2022 9:53 AM > To: npos_2018(a)testbiotech.de; Giulio Carini <giulio(a)wemove.eu> > Subject: [Npos_2018] ! Important dates for mobilisation and campaign > work /short overview / please come back > > dear all > > in follow up to our the meeting on 16 May, I would like to highlight > the following dates and ask if we all agree: > > > (1) we plan to present the outcome of our report (officially called > 'draft') on 13 or 14 of June (maybe 15) in a workshop with breeders > (Plantum), Copa/Cogeca and experts from contracting states. This event > will be online and likely to take place in the morning. This means we > will alert and invite and maybe also allow some experts to read the > report beforehand. We expect that this workshop will give more weight to > our report. It will b a closed workshop, not open for the public. > > (2) we then will develop some media strategy to publish the report by > taking into account the reactions from the workshop > > (3) we then will have a public activity in front of the EPO on 29 of > June. We will hand over the report, highlight our petition and present > some visuals (like 'crying barley plants') > > (4) we then send the final reports to the governments an visit some of > them (starting in Germany). > > in case we agree, who would be willing to participate in the workshop? > > who would join the public activity on 29 of June? > > do you think we should mobilise in public for the activity on 29 of June? > > > thanks for your feedback! > > In addition please also come back to the questions of Johanna on a > physical meeting of our members. > > > Christoph > > > > _______________________________________________ > Npos_2018 mailing list > Npos_2018(a)testbiotech.de > https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.tes…

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