POLLINATING EU – Side Event at Apimondia 2025

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From 23rd to 27th September, Copenhagen will host the 49th Apimondia International Apicultural Congress, the world’s most important gathering for the beekeeping community.

On 22 September, the day before the official opening of Apimondia, the initiative Pollinating EU will host a special side event at the Danish Parliament, a high-level conference focused on the future of bees, pollinators, and sustainable agriculture in Europe, within the framework of the Danish Presidency of the Council of the European Union. An event that places pollinators at the centre of Europe’s agricultural and environmental agenda, highlighting their crucial role in biodiversity, food production, and climate resilience.

Organised by BeeLife and the Danish Beekeepers Association, in cooperation with Members of Parliament - Zenia Stampe and Sigrid Friis - Pollinating EU brings together scientists, policymakers, NGOs, and practitioners to debate how to shape a pollinator-friendly Europe. Against the backdrop of global ecological decline, the event is focused on solutions, embedding pollinators and beekeepers within the Common Agricultural Policy, pesticide regulation, and the EU Nature Restoration Law.

Pollinating EU provides a special opportunity for dialogue between institutions, experts, and practitioners to explore practical pathways for sustainable farming, healthier ecosystems, and stronger rural communities.

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Event Details

• Date: 22 September 2025

• Time: 09:00 – 17:00

• Location: Danish Parliament, Christiansborg, 1218,  Copenhagen, Denmark

• Audience: European beekeeping sector, NGOs, national ministries, parliamentarians, and European Commission officials

• Organisers: BeeLife, the Danish Beekeepers Association, in cooperation with Zenia Stampe (MP) and Sigrid Friis (MEP, Social Liberal Party - Radikale Venstre)

• With the support of EU projects: B-THENET, PollinERA, Butterfly

Programme 

09:00 – 09:30: Registration

09:30 – 10:00: Welcome and Introduction

• Zenia Stampe (MP) and Sigrid Friis (MEP), The Social Liberal Party (Radikale Venstre)

• Danish Beekeepers Association

10:00 – 11:00 Session 1: Pollinator-Friendly CAP – Regulatory Tools to Mitigate Climate Change and Support Resilient Agriculture

• Ecological intensification: increasing crop yields with bees and pollinators – Lucas Garibaldi (Universidad Nacional de Río Negro)

• Role and opportunities of beekeeping and pollinators in the CAP – Trine Lise Brander Christensen (Danish Ministry of Agriculture)

• Overview of Proposals for a Pollinator-friendly CAP – Pasquale Di Rubbo (DG Agriculture and Rural Development)

• Discussion

11:00 – 11:30: Coffee Break

11:30 – 13:00 Session 2: Pollinator-Friendly CAP – Meeting Pesticide Reduction Targets (50% by 2030)

• INSIGNIA-Europe results: Honeybees as biomonitoring tools of European policy – Norman Carreck (IBRA)

• Save Bees and Farmers and proposals to incentivise pesticide use reduction – Noa Simon (BeeLife)

• Member States’ measures to reduce pesticide use and exposure – Lea Frimann Hansen (Danish Ministry of Health)

• Commission proposals for the reduction of pesticide risk and use – Klaus Berend (DG Sante)

• Discussion

13:00 – 14:00: Lunch

14:00 – 15:30: Session 3: Nature Restoration Law – Delegated Acts Implementation (TBC)

• Field status of insect pollinators and ways to support the reversal in trends – Yoko Dupont (Aarhus University)

• Measures under the Nature Restoration Law in favour of pollinator biodiversity – Andreas Gumbert (DG Environment)

• Coexistence among pollinators, legislation and legal profiles – Filippo Traviglia (Fabríque Avocats Associés)

• Discussion

15:30 – 16:00: Coffee Break

16:00 – 17:00: Final Discussion and Closing