From April 10 to 12, 2008 the 'International conference on the organic sector development in Central/Eastern European and Central Asian countries' took place in in Kyiv, Ukraine.
More than 200 participants from 25 countries attended the first international organic conference. The event in the 3-million-inhabitant metropolis of Kiev is intended to encourage all the surrounding countries to become intensively involved with the issue of organic farming and marketing.
The aim of the conference with top speakers was to present status quo reports from the Ukraine and neighbouring countries, to profit from experiences in the EU and to establish a network of players. The conference proceedings are available at the conference website.
Further information
Organic Federation of Ukraine: Conference Homepage
Organic Federation of Ukraine: Proceedings
Information at Organic-World.Net on the '2nd conference on the organic sector development in Central/Eastern European and Central Asian countries' in September 2009
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