{"id":23928,"date":"2025-05-19T16:24:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T13:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/macc.gr\/?p=23928"},"modified":"2025-05-19T16:24:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T13:24:14","slug":"successful-conclusion-of-the-olive-oil-forum-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/macc.gr\/en\/successful-conclusion-of-the-olive-oil-forum-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Successful Conclusion of the OLIVE OIL FORUM 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>OLIVE OIL FORUM 2025<\/strong> was successfully held on <strong>Sunday, May 18<\/strong>, at the <em>\u201cKastellaki\u201d Hall<\/em> of the <strong>Heraklion Chamber of Commerce<\/strong> (Koronaiou 9), with the participation of leading institutions, businesses, and experts from across the Greek olive oil sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was the first nationwide initiative of its kind, bringing together all key stakeholders involved in the <strong>production, processing, standardization, and export of olive oil<\/strong>, with the aim of shaping a shared vision to <strong>enhance the competitiveness of Greek olive oil<\/strong> by 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\ud83d\udccc Topics &amp; Discussions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through thematic panels, interactive conversations, and open Q&amp;As, the Forum highlighted critical issues and opportunities for the sector, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Climate change &amp; extreme weather events<\/strong> and their impact on olive cultivation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sustainability and resilience<\/strong> in olive oil production<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Technological innovations<\/strong> in milling, standardization, and storage<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Quality assurance<\/strong> and promotion of Greek identity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Branding and export strategies<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The role of <strong>olive oil in gastronomy and health<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The need for a <strong>National Strategy<\/strong> for the olive oil sector with a 2030 horizon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\ud83d\udc65 Co-organizers:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>EDOE, ETHEAS, SEVITEL, PASEL, SPEL, PSE, SEK, SYTEK, Cretan Olive Oil Network<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Heraklion Chamber of Commerce<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mediterranean Agrifood Competence Center (MACC)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>FILAIOS \u2013 Olive Oil &amp; Olive Friends Club<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\ud83c\udfdb\ufe0f Under the auspices of:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Ministry of Rural Development &amp; Food<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Region of Crete<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Chamber of Commerce of Crete<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>diaNEOsis<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\ud83d\udcbc Sponsors:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Platinum Sponsor<\/strong>: <em>Kappa Development<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Gold Sponsor<\/strong>: <em>GS1 Association Greece<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sponsors<\/strong>: <em>DIMOU AE, ETHEAS, Savouidakis Olive Oil, UPL, VK PREMIUM<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Supporters<\/strong>: <em>AVEA, Tsakalidis, ForLabels, TUV Austria<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\ud83d\udcf0 Media Partners:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Agrotypos, Eleas Karpos, Naftemporiki, Oikonomikos Tachydromos, Ypaithros Hora, Agronews, Agrenda, Cibum<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a co-organizer of the Forum, the <strong>Mediterranean Agrifood Competence Center (MACC)<\/strong> remains committed to promoting <strong>innovation, sustainability, and international outreach<\/strong> in the agrifood sector, consistently working to strengthen <strong>Greece\u2019s global presence in the premium olive oil market<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udcf8 Additional information and photos from the event are available on the official website:<br>\ud83d\udd17 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oliveoilforum.gr\">www.oliveoilforum.gr<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The OLIVE OIL FORUM 2025 was successfully held on Sunday, May 18, at the \u201cKastellaki\u201d Hall of the Heraklion Chamber of Commerce (Koronaiou 9), with the participation of leading institutions,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23929,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[199],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/macc.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/macc.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/macc.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macc.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macc.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/macc.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macc.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/macc.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macc.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macc.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}