Week for pesticides alternatives in France

Thursday, october 28, 2010PAN Europe General Assembly

www.mdrgf.org

Week for pesticides alternatives tools

• Videos clips : • 3 videos clips were realized with a fun way to get the message

through on the dangers of pesticides and the viables alternatives.

• Post card– We have placed online 4 postcard (In french) that say « No to pesticides  ! » for local

authority, supermarkets and ministry of agriculture,

• Website for children (Norbert the earthworm)• Norbert is a children’s friend who shows them secrets of plants life,

the impacts of pesticides and viable environnementally sound solution that exist. This space also offers a tool for teachers who xant to start workshop with their pupils.

• Conference support• 4 powerpoints are at disposal on the website.

Partners

Medias

Three big events

• National press conference. Wednesday, march 19, 2010

Three big enventsIPM seminary to the European economic & social committee

Three big eventsInauguration of the support committee for the bee and in the beekeepers in the French

Participants210 organisations registered on the website

94 conferences have been organized (79 in2009)

90 movies projections (118 in 2009)

Workshops and presentations have had better success : over 140 workshop were registered in 2010.

61 visits of farms ans of ecological gardens have been

organized and 62 organics meals have been distributed.

PARTICIPANTS

EUROPE : Belgique, Allemagne, Espagne, Arménie,

Hongrie, Macédoine

AFRIQUE : Tunisie, Mali, Togo

Evolution of actionssince the creation of the week

Financial balance

Project of 2011• International level :

• Developping parternership with Africa (PAN Africa, Togo, Mauritanie, Marocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Mali, Burkina Faso).

• Developping partnership with Europe. Italia with Legabiemte and we really want to make a partnership with Spain.

• It’s really important that all of the country members of PAN Europe particpates at the Week for pesticides alternatives because it’s a real opportunity to focus the media on this problematic and the quality of actions can undertaken has an impact on the political agenda.

Project 2011

• Partnership in FranceStudents (We work with a French studient for Sustainable Development network in

order to organized conferences and debates in University), Local authority (Paris’ Town hall, The region of paris…), Farmers, Birdlife..

Project 2011

• Tools – We improve our tools (communication and supports)

• Improvement of our website http://www.semaine-sans-pesticides.com

• New conference support for Student’s association• Improvement of Norbert the earthworm website

(website for childrens – plants life – impacts of pesticides – viable environementally solutions – workshop for teachers)

• Creation of pesticides alternatives’s booklet for the local authority

• Exposure of farmers pictures

Project of 2011

• International parade for pesticides alternatives– We organize some symbolic parade In France and abroad (3

in Togo and Belgium) with the message “Yes for the pesticides alternatives”.

– All the march will be organized in big cities or symbolic places

- Format : 45 or 60 minutes

- Dress code : Rainbow’s color T-shirt refert to the “life”, “biodiversity”, it’s alive.

- MDRGF devolopping a parade kit with big banner, placards and stickers (French and English version) for all parade (in France and abroad).

Thanks for your attention