This public lecture is now available as: MP3 (please listen to the file below) and PDF (as a courtesy to the presenter, please contact him for permission to refer to his PowerPoint notes for the purpose of further research).

Mr Chmiel will discuss the current issues in the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy since the Treaty of Lisbon that entered into force in December 2009. The main change for agriculture was that the European Parliament came to share in the power of the European Council to amend, reject or accept proposals of the European Commission in all legislative policy decisions in the area of agriculture, such as for the next reforms of the CAP. What have been the changes in the CAP during the last two years? What are the proposals from the European Commission for further CAP reform after 2013? And what have been the reactions from the EU member states? Mr Chmiel will outline the challenges for reform in CAP’s two main pillars: direct payments to agricultural producers and rural development. He will also discuss how the CAP reforms after 2013 will impact on third countries, such as Australia.   

Dr Juraj Chmiel was Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Australia during 2008-2009, and Czech Minister for European Affairs in 2009-2010. He has worked in the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 1992, amongst others in the Middle East and Africa Department and the Czech embassy in Nigeria. Dr Chmiel holds a PhD from the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava, where he specialised in history and oriental studies, and also an MA from Charles University in Prague. Amongst others, he has been an academic visitor to Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia and the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. He has published widely on the history and political development of sub-Saharan Africa and other developing regions. 

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To view the flyer for this event please see: Common Agricultural Policy in the EU after 2013