Green Biotechnology Europe (GBE)

GBE’s vocations are to fulfill the information need of all stakeholders, increase the overall confidence in agricultural biotech products and be a trusted interlocutor for agricultural biotechnology policy-makers.
Our vocations are based on the values of integrity, respect, comprehensiveness and equality.
 

Agri-Food Council

The Agri-Food Council is made up of representatives of companies and national associations with an interest in plant biotechnology applications. Like the other sectoral councils, it sets priorities for EuropaBio’s working groups within the Green Biotechnology Europe unit of EuropaBio. The Green Biotechnology Europe unit, also known as GBE, is composed of a Management Committee and 3 Operating Committees (Communications and Acceptance; Political Outreach and Regulatory Systems). A number of cross-cutting temporary Task Forces and fixed Working Groups are also set up in order to deal with individual priority issues bringing in expertise from the three Operating Committees where necessary. The GBE unit is active in policy development and advocacy in the political arena at Brussels and Member State level.

Chairman:     Dr. Bernward Garthoff (Bayer CropScience)
Secretariat:  Mrs. Nathalie Moll (GBE/EuropaBio)
 

Green Biotechnology Europe (GBE) structure

GBE Management Committee, overseeing the work of:

Communication and Acceptance Operating Committee

 Political Outreach Operating Committee

Regulatory Systems Operating Committee
 

GBE Management Committee

The GBE Management Committee is an independent unit set up within EuropaBio to focus on plant biotechnologies. The Management Committee includes one representative per company who has the role to help setting up appropriate and achievable strategies together with the three operating committees (Communications and Acceptance OC; Political Outreach OC and Regulatory Systems OC).

Chairman:     Mr. Daniel Rahier (DuPont/Pioneer)
Secretariat:  Mrs. Nathalie Moll (GBE/EuropaBio)

Communication and Acceptance Operating Committee

The main role of this committee is to strengthen relationships with different stakeholders (media, farmers, feed/food chain, scientific community, NGOs), to develop pro-active and re-active communication messages supporting better regulatory and political environments to develop effective messages, and to ensure dissemination of information and scientific data about the application of biotechnology in agriculture.

Chairman:     Mr. Jonatha Ramsay (Monsanto)
Secretariat:  Mrs. Nathalie Moll (GBE/EuropaBio)
                      Ms. Alina Cornea (GBE/Europabio)

Political Outreach Operating Committee 

The Political Outreach OC develops and implements advocacy campaigns on priority areas by working closely with EU institutions’ representatives and Member State permanent representations. This committee is also responsible for building synergies with Member States’ own political outreach as well as maintaining close contacts and interacting with other trade organizations.

Chairman:     Mr. Macy Merriman (Pioneer/DuPont)
Secretariat:  Ms. Raffaella Colombo (GBE/EuropaBio)

 

Regulatory Systems Operating Committee

The main task of the Regulatory Systems OC is to monitor and influence legislative changes and the implement of regulations at European and Members State levels, to prepare plant biotech industry technical positions and recommendations, to work with feed and food chain to develop industry positions and to make known the European Industry positions at an international level.

Chairman:     Ms. Hilde Willekens (Syngenta)
Secretariat:  Mr. Filip Cnudde (GBE/EuropaBio)