Radisson Blu Hotel, Bucharest (RO)
An event organised in close collaboration with AAC - Alliance for Agriculture and Cooperation
The Congress of European Farmers represents a key moment for Copa-Cogeca and its members, cooperatives and farmers’ organisations from across the EU. Since 2005, the European Farmers’ Congress has been organised every two years in a different country in partnership with Copa-Cogeca's local members.
AboutElli Tsiforou has been the Director General of GAIA EPICHEIREIN since January 2020. Up to December 2019, she headed the Brussels Office being responsible for its initial launch and development from 2015 to 2020, thus substantially contributing to the networking and recognition of GAIA EPICHEIREIN beyond the borders of Greece, while also transferring expertise, knowledge and information from the EU to the members of the partnership.
Lennart Nilsson was elected President of Cogeca in 2024. He has been a Board Member of the Federation of Swedish Farmers (LRF) since 2012 and has a long-standing commitment to the Swedish cooperative movement. He is President of a grain and supply cooperative Harplinge Lantmän and a member of the Lantmännen cereal cooperative. Since 1990, Lennart runs a mixed farm with arable crops and cattle breeding with his wife and two brothers in law. They manage a herd of 250 Charolais breeding cattle, 200 hectares of arable land and 100 hectares of pastures. He has also been heavily involved in Copa-Cogeca's working parties, and previously served as Vice-Chair in the cereals working party and as Chair of the Working party for Oilseeds and Protein Crops.
