Brtnická 360, 407 78 Velký Šenov, tel.: 0413/391 251 tel.: 0602/235 098, fax.: 0413/391 252, zemspolvs@volny.cz
Administrator: Ing. Bedřich Plíšek
Board of Administrators:Vladimír Jemelík, Květoslav Lemberk and Bedřich Plíšek

Ecological goat-breeding at Libor Buchta's farm in Modlín. Photo: Zdeněk Perlinger, Pro-bio archive.

Member registration was successful, only two members have not managed to register with the Czech Ministry of Agriculture. Results of inspection were quite good as well, despite certain misunderstandings with the KEZ inspection authority. All this confirms well-managed preparation of members. RC members were active in public promotion of ecological farming.
Shortcomings occureded in communication with the PRO-BIO central office in Šumperk and a bad impression rose from an undeservedly bad public evaluation of RC activities for the year 2000 with consequenti negative motivation for further activities, bad impression from organisation and support of RC activities from the central office, including financial support.

Priorities of 2001
To prepare RC members for successful registration and passing KEZ inspection, advice both within and outside the Interest Group, promotion of ecological farming.

The Regional Centre events in 2001
There were regional meetings on 10 January and 19 March. The first meeting in Hořice had, as its main topic, explanations and answers to questions regarding registration and relevant paperwork, other questions about the Act on Ecological Farming and its procedural decree and subsidies for ecological farming. The main topic of the second meeting was the Interest Group.
There were no other joint events of members. Some members were active in promotion, though: participating in the organic trade fair in Prague (Tůmas, Šourek, Plíšek), and foul-christening at the Hucul farm (Mr. Kabursický)
The RC Administrator took part in a visit from Polish ecological farmers and EF inspectors on the Šourek family farm and introduced them to ecological farming in the Czech Republic and PRO-BIO Association.
The RC Administrator also organised and accompanied an excursion of 4 Danish ecological fruit-growers and advisors to a cultivating station in Střížovice, to Mazánek family fruit farm and to his own orchard.

Interest Group:
Originally 4 enterprises were involved in the Interest Group project. The project was refused by the Ministry of Agriculture for formal irregularities. In spite of this the advisory services still operated. In October the Ministry re-evaluated their decision and offered the possibility of project implementation. Three enterprises then stayed with the Interest Group: Mr. Kabursický's Hucul farm, Mr. Kučera 's Rubín farm and Statek Podlesí - the Jemelík family farm.