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Workshop on technical assistance and institutional capacity in the State commitee of fisheries

Kiev, 23 June 2010

28 avril 2015

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FranceAgriMer, the national authority for agriculture and sea products, is a public administrative establishment under State supervision.

FranceAgriMer provides the means for discussion and arbitration between France’s agricultural and fishing industries, brought together in a single establishment which replaces the former agricultural offices.

FranceAgriMer

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1. The missions of FranceAgriMerConsidering the challenges in terms of food, economy, environment and energy, FranceAgriMer was entitled with the following missions :

> IN THE MARKETS• to provide economic monitoring and knowledge of the markets;• to manage EU market regulation measures;• to generate alerts in the event of a crisis.

> WITH PRODUCERS AND OPERATORS IN THE INDUSTRIES• to encourage inter-professional dialogue and cooperation ;• to assist in the organisation of producers;• to contribute to technical cooperation actions, including on an international level.

> FOR OPERATORS PROJECTS• to strengthen the economic efficiency of industries;• to assist in setting up a sustainable development and quality policy;  • to prevent risks that could jeopardise the industries.

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Focus on : Economic monitoring of agricultural markets

FranceAgriMer develops a knowledge of the agricultural markets , expertise and market monitoring at national and international level

In this field, FranceAgriMer has developed numerous tools : observatory, databases, price reporting, balances making, forecasts…

FranceAgriMer is then able to : • provide a public (and neutral) analysis on agricultural markets• communicate on markets (publications, meetings, seminars…)• support French producers (tools for decision support)• provide warning signals to public authorities on crisis risk

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Focus on : international cooperation

FranceAgriMer has developed international cooperation programs, aiming at :

• reinforce its global market knowledge

• share best practices with sister institutions

• train other agencies in its field of knowledge

• for EU provide assistance to candidate States to implement the “acquis communautaire”;

• facilitate promotion and trade with third countries.

Cooperation programmes with New Member States (Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, Poland…), candidates (Serbia, Turkey…), North African countries or others

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Focus on : Support producers organisation and “interprofessions”FranceAgriMer is the place where producers, users, operators and public

authorities exchange and work together, in each sector

FranceAgriMer has set up 11 specialized councils ( for each sector / industry : sugar, wine, fisheries, cereals, fruits,…), with 19 to 42 members, appointed for 3 years, representatives of the State, the industry and the agricultural producers …

FranceAgriMer is providing support to producers to organize themselves into professional associations, federations and interprofessions

The purpose is to define the main stakes and contribute to build a single French position and if possible a common strategy for each sector.

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2. FranceAgriMer in figures (1/2)

1270410 in regions

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