Start date : month 19 (06/2002)

Completion date : month 28 (03/2003)


 

Team of the WP 6

 

Objectives

  • systematisation of different typologies of public policies at various levels concerning PDO-PGI and other OLPs,
  • systematisation of the knowledge on the effects of public policies at various levels concerning PDO-PGI and other OLPs : effects of legal protection, financial support and public promotional initiatives on production and marketing systems, on competition policy, on rural development, on consumers/citizens concerns and expectations,
  • identification of innovative European policies at local level to strengthen marketing and production systems OLPs products, and their links to rural development and consumer/citizen,
  • systematisation of methodological approaches to OLPs products policy evaluations,
  • provide tools for an assessment of public policies at various levels concerning PDO-PGI and other OLPs,
  • dissemination of first results of the Concerted Action, by providing documents to WP8,
  • assessing the legal protection of OLP with regards to EU and WTO regulations and providing EU with diagnosis of negotiation basis,
  • identifying needs for further research.

Methodology
The responsible of WP6, together with assistant partner and the responsible of each WP of Task1 and/or their assistant partners, will produce a synthetic document on the topic assigned, based on the discussions made during the meetings and work of Task1.
One meeting is planned at month n.26 in order to discuss these documents and to give indications to report on policy effects on OLPs.
Responsibles (and their assistants) of WP6 prepare a final report on policy effects on OLPs, on the basis of work done and meeting discussions (months 27-28).

Deliverables
WP6 report on policy effects on OLPs.

 

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