XIV General Assembly of COAG

The Coordinator of Organizations of Farmers and Ranchers (COAG) will hold its XIV General Assembly at the Marriot Hotel Auditorium Madrid on 20 and 21 May. Two days to take advantage of the more than 200 delegates from the different regional unions integrated into COAG to discuss the present and the future of agriculture, and elect the Secretary General and members of the State Executive Committee that during the next four years, they represent the interests of social and professional model of agriculture that defends this organization.

The opening day will be devoted in full to issues of internal debate, while Saturday 21, at 8 members who will be part of the new National Executive Committee, elected from among the candidates presented by the various regional unions will vote. Then, among the members of the Executive will be elected the candidate for the General Secretariat, which then must be ratified by the plenary of the Assembly. At 12.00, will be held the closing ceremony, which will put an end to this event, and which is confirmed the presence of more than 600 professional farmers and ranchers across Spain and prominent personalities from the agricultural world, political, economic and social.
The Coordinator of Organizations of Farmers and Ranchers (COAG) is the first professional agricultural organization that constitutes state level in Spain (1977). It is a representative plural, independent and vindictive organization in all the Autonomous Communities. Defends the interests of the majority in Spain social and professional model of agriculture, and serves more than 150,000 farmers through its 220 offices throughout the national territory and a permanent delegation in Brussels. It is recognized by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment as the most representative agricultural organization and as such is part of the Agricultural Advisory Committee, a body of official dialogue with the government. In addition, he is a member of the Economic and Social Council (CES), COPA-COGECA and the European Coordination Via Campesina.
Source: COAG