Campaign will be adopted in 7 countries gives FILAPI

Check out the summary of the activities of Congress, Produzido by Misael Cuevas, President of the Ibero Latin American, highlighting the support of the FILAPI to the initiative of the Sem Bee campaign, No organization of food Bee or not to be, and the use of Bee Alert application by other 6 countries of the Federation (Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Cuba, Venezuela and Colombia).

BRIEF SUMMARY IGUAZÚ

Dear colleagues, you copy a few lines summarizing what was the XI Latin American Congress of Apiculture FILAPI 2014 and advances in the efforts of FILAPI.

Congress

The congress brought together 1200 attendees, 1929 Argentinos, 271 international, presence of 22 countries; they presented themselves 360 work which 215 Posters and went to 145 oral

Current issues in concern; questions and comments from attendees

• Sustainability and its implications
  • I indiscriminate use of pesticides and uninformed
  • Concern about health issues apícola- Varroa and associated virus-advance beetle
  • Nutrition bees (decreased supply of grass and shrub flora apiculture environments, advancement of agricultural monocultures, fruit and forest, linked disappearance of flora and pesticide use)
  • Effects of genetically modified crops and associated technological packages
  • Climate change and local realities in relation to the behavior of floral cycles, drought, temperatures or excessive rainfall.
• beekeeping economy
  • Aggregation technology in production processes
  • Caring for the quality of our products
  • Residues in honey and risks associated
  • Each time more aggressive circulation of counterfeit Mieles
• Apitherapy, the great interest in discussing verified on the subject

Picking up the concerns of presentations, forums, debates and exchange of corridors tasks required to take stem:

Chores

• Cooperation with Latin American vision
• Technological innovation and work management
• Development from local to international
• Worrying actively Sustainability

managements FILAPI

As part of the Congress delegates four meetings were held with representatives from seven countries, which resulted in the following agreements:

Modification of statutes

• involving more than one partner country opens and establishes different categories of members
• Modifies the composition of the directory, It is established which shall consist of a chairman, two vice presidents, general secretary, three coordinators of commissions (union, scientific and commercial)
• Fixing incorporation fee (US $ 200 hundred dollars) and annual fee (US $ 300 three hundred dollars)
• Obtaining legal personality will be under Chilean law.

Guidelines and activities

• Partner organizations in each country convene national representation other organizations or entities that meet statutory requirements to invite them to join FILAPI
• FILAPI abstains from as sponsor or sponsors activities to companies whose practices or actions threatening the life of bees and pollinators.
• Work on the formation and activation of trade union committees, scientific and commercial to incorporate their representatives in the directory.
• Is incorporated activity coordinated work with BEEALERT and BEE OR NOT TO BE platform, there will be a country coordinator who will contact Lionel Gonçalves for the performance of work.
• moderation remain the TECA platform, under the collaboration of Camilo Ruiz Ruiz de Chile.
• membership application was received to FILAPI Ecuador and 9 Central American countries to which they will send the requirements to become members.

Upcoming conferences

• Next Congress corresponding to the XII Latin American Congress FILAPI 2016, was held between 18 al 22 July 2016 at the Convention Center of Havana, Cuba.
• The headquarters of the Congress 2018 It will be resolved in April 2015 during a board meeting to be held within the framework of the EXPO-MASIAS Entre Rios Argentina.

Directory period 2014-2018

President: Misael Cuevas Bravo, Chile

Vice President Central American and Caribbean: Adolfo Perez P., Cuba

Vice President South America: Medeiros months, Brazil (name will be confirmed from CBA)

General secretary: Roberto Imberti, Argentina

Coordinators confirmed names commission

Account Review Commission

Representatives of: Colombia, Uruguay and Venezuela, by names confirmed

challenges

1. Strengthen Latin American identity
2. Working in cooperation networks and exchange
3. Address common problems with a look of region
4. Share experiences and knowledge between countries
5. Caring for the quality of our products and defend

FILAPI out stronger from this event and major challenges

Defense and our honey bees

Militants feel a guild that manages an item that is strategic for humanity

Misael Cuevas Bravo

President FILAPI