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Sustainability Focus, Meetings and Trends that are the latest news from COLEACP and its programmes.Available here!Enjoy your reading!
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Call for tenders!
Remember to consult COLEACP’s call for tenders regularly. They are published on the COLEACP e-services website.
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VISIT TO RUNGIS BY THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
We accompanied the Cameroonian Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr. Henri Eyebe Ayissi, and his delegation on a visit to Rungis Market, the largest fresh produce market in the world. Mr Jean-Marie Sop, COLEACP Administrator, and Guy Stinglhamber, COLEACP General Delegate, took the opportunity of this visit to review the many ongoing activities of COLEACP in Cameroon.
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TRAINING ON COMMERCIAL LITIGATION MANAGEMENT
It is in Douala, Cameroon, that several business leaders and commercial executives of Cameroonian horticultural companies met for a collective training organized by COLEACP on the "Management of Commercial Disputes". This training, which was very successful with the participating companies, was designed to enable them to improve their business practices in order to prevent commercial litigation cases and know how to react.
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GROUP TRAINING ON COMMERCIAL QUALITY OF EXPORT AVOCADO
In Arusha in September 2019, COLEACP held a 3-day group training course, “Guarantee the commercial quality of export avocado: quality criteria and good practices for harvest and post-harvest handling”. Participants reinforced their knowledges on best practices in setting up an orchard, growing avocado, and best practices for the farm, packhouse and logistics. Field visits to a large avocado farm, a packhouse and a smallholder avocado farm demonstrated best harvest and post-harvest practices, with a focus on fruit sampling and harvesting, and practical exercises to determine fruit maturity.
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COLEACP mission to follow up on the Fit for Market and Fit For Market - SPS programmes
COLEACP mission to follow up on the Fit for Market and Fit For Market - SPS programmes and to tailor a potential new intervention programme with Kenyan public and private stakeholders.
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COLLECTIVE TRAINING ON FOOD SAFETY MANAGEMENT
Another 4-day collective training was organized in #Lagos on “Food Safety Management”. It was addressed to technical staff of Nigerian exporting companies and cooperatives. Participants have gained knowledge on principles and regulations linked to food safety. EU regulations, as well as quality and private standards were introduced.[FORMATION] À Lagos, une formation collective de 4 jours a été organisée en août sur ‘’la gestion de la sécurité sanitaire des aliments’’. Cette formation à l’attention du personnel technique des entreprises et coopératives exportatrices nigérianes, a permis aux participants d’acquérir des connaissances sur les principes et les règlements liés à la sécurité des aliments. Des règlements de l’Union Européenne, ainsi que des normes de qualité et des normes privées ont été introduits.
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Workshop with the Gambian NPPO to analyse their application for support and follow-up of the evaluation of the fruit and vegetables
Workshop with the Gambian NPPO to analyse their application for support and follow-up of the evaluation of the fruit and vegetables producing/exporting SMEs on GAP and sustainable practices
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COLEACP mission to Ghana under the FFM SPS and FFM programmes
COLEACP mission to Ghana under the FFM SPS and FFM programmesFFM SPS - to organize a “workshop on New EU Plant Health Rules on Mango Exports” with public-private sector representatives;FFM SPS - to discuss the programme and potential action plan with the relevant authorities/partners;FFM - to meet with current and future beneficiaries.
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COLEACP IN GHANA : SWEET POTATO VALUE CHAIN
COLEACP in Ghana: Sweet potato value chain – support to a new professional organisation The orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) value chain is currently growing rapidly in Ghana, due to both the product's high nutritional value and growing interest on the international market. A meeting concerning support for the strategic development of the Sweet Potato Value Chain Association (SPVCA) took place in Accra, Ghana at the end of July 2019. This support, provided by COLEACP's Fit For Market programme,* aims to help this newly created professional association define its objectives and the role it will play for its members (producers and processors).*The Fit For Market programme is financed by the European Union and the French Development Agency at the request of the ACP Group of States.
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THE GENDER DIMENSION AT THE HEART OF MEETING WITH GOLDEN EXOTICS IN GHANA
COLEACP is working to strengthen the gender dimension of our programme activities in recognition of the key position played by women in the ACP fruit and vegetable sector. Golden Exotics kindly hosted a visit by Morag Webb (Special advisor at COLEACP) to their farm and packing facilities. Of particular interest were: • The Sexual Harassment Policy • The BOHESI project, and specific gender-based risk assessments • Adaptations made to working practices and infrastructure to make employment in the banana industry more accessible and attractive to women. The main take-away was the manner in which gender is being rolled out within the company CSR activities not in the context of any particular social audit, but because the company sees genuine evidence of the business case.
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STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATIVE WORKSHOP
The 19th September 2019, COLEACP will held an industry stakeholder workshop in Nairobi.On this occasion, COLEACP will provide an update of support activities conducted in Kenya since the start of its "Fit for Market" programmes in 2016-2017, as well as information on a potential new intervention programme through the EU Delegation to be designed specifically for the Kenyan horticultural industry. It will thus be a strategic moment in time to ensure that any current and future support activities are fully aligned with the challenges as well as the opportunities for the Kenyan horticultural industry. Finally, the meeting will also be the opportunity to present the latest findings from a recent market study conducted by COLEACP with a strong focus on fruit and vegetable intra and inter regional trade in Sub-Saharan Africa.COLEACP’s Regional Programmes Manager, General Delegate as well as Kenyan directors of the Board Karim Dostmohamed (CEO Frigoken) and Apollo Owuor (Chairman of FPEAK) will attend the workshop.