Session 2: Compliance with standards and conformity assessment

Theme 2: Compliance with standards and comformity assessment

Group 2.1

      Chair:

  • Mr. Lalith Goonatilake, Director, Trade Capacity Building Branch, UNIDO, Vienna

      Co-Chair:

  • Ms. Kenza Le Mentec, Economic Affairs Officer, World Trade Organization (WTO) – Secretariat of the Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF)

      Rapporteur: 

  • Dr. Marian Garcia Martinez, Senior Lecturer, University of Kent, UK (UNIDO Expert)

       Panelists:

Name

 Organization/Institution Presentation/PDF Country
Mr. Mahmoud El Bassyouny (Etrace), Mr. Vincenzo Puliatti (IT Synergy), Mr. Samir El-Gammal (GOIEC)

Etrace/IT Synergy/GOIEC

 Traceability of Agro Industrial Products for the European Market Egypt
Mr. Simon Derrick Blue Skies Holdings Ltd. Caretrace UK
Mr. Silas Nghabi Ng’habi VEFDA-Tanzania Quality Assurance, Food Safety and Traceability in the Honey Supply Chain - from Bee-to-Bottle Tanzania
Mr. Apollo Onyango Kenya Horticultural Exporters Ltd. Providing market opportunities to Smallholder Farmers through simple Quality Management Systems Kenya
Mr. David Denton Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) CIEH-UNIDO partnership in food safety qualifications:  The case of Sri Lanka UK

Group 2.2

      Chair:

  • Prof. Hamish Gow, Partnership for Food Industry Development, University of Michigan, USA

      Rapporteur: 

  • Dr. Marian Garcia, Senior Lecturer, University of Kent, UK (UNIDO Expert)

       Panelists:

Name

 Organization/Institution Presentation/PDF Country
Ms. Morag Webb

COLEACP PIP

 Supporting compliance within the ACP Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Sector ACP Countries
Mr. Israel Dela Cruz Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Product Standards Good Agricultural Practices Certification: Increasing Marketability of Philippine Fruits and Vegetables Philippines
Ms. Florence Nagawa Agro Eco Eastern Africa Branch/ EPOPA Export Promotion of Organic Products from Africa: Development through Trade Uganda
Mr. Thierry Alban Revert International consortium of Future Energies (ICOFEH) National Organic Produce Initiative South Africa
Mr. Said Sabri Palestinian Gardens (Palgarden) Rurally Produced, Globally Treated Through Private Partnership Palestine
Mr. Marco Falappa SINT Technologie Improvement of the hygienic/sanitary conditions in the meat chain Italy