Dear all,

after the meeting with our campaign partners and the presentation by Christoph about the report today, here is a short update:

- 2 or 3 May: invitation of journalists for press conference

- 9 May: press conference

- 10 May hearing and press release with result

- Christoph will have a first draft of the report in the first week of May. The report will be published in June.

- The petition will at least run until the end of the summer, more likely until the end of 2022. The Admin. Council has to take concrete steps to organise the conference, we can use the meetings on 13 Oct / 13 Dec.

- Our next conference call will be after the hearing on 10 May.

Please find the more detailed minutes of the meeting with the campaign partners attached in case you are interested.

Plus, Verena had an interview on SWR2 radio. Congratulations! I shared it on Facebook and Twitter.

Radio: https://www.swr.de/swr2/wissen/beispiel-gerste-strittige-patente-auf-konventionell-gezuechtete-pflanzen-100.html

Article : https://www.swr.de/wissen/debatte-ueber-patente-auf-saatgut-100.html

Please come back to me if you have any questions or comments.

Best,

Johanna

Mag. Johanna ECKHARDT

Project Coordination

Tel. +43 680 21 26 343

johanna.eckhardt@no-patents-on-seeds.org

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