Flashback 2005 “ACP Task Force: promoting dialogue between the public sector and private operators”

Flashback 2005 “ACP Task Force: promoting dialogue between the public sector and private operators”

“To promote dialogue between the public sector and private operators in the fruit and vegetable export sector, PIP provides assistance for the creation of task forces in ACP countries. The task forces are permanent working groups that bring together all those directly concerned by the compliance of fresh fruit and vegetables destined for export, especially public services such as the Ministries of Agriculture and control agencies and producers.

To date, nine task forces have been created, namely in Senegal, Burkina Faso, Mali, Cameroon, Guinea, Uganda, Ghana, Kenya and Jamaica. The working groups are growing in importance. Wanting to make the most of its actions, PIP has been conducting over the past few months an assessment of the task forces’ experiences and the problems they encounter. This work culminated in a series of guidelines for the creation and management of a task force which covers a number of topics such as the composition of a task force, the issues it should address as well as operational and intervention issues. The guidelines are not binding and should be adapted to the specific context of each ACP country. The ACP Task Force guidelines are available in French and English on the PIP website”

Source : PIP Magazine April 2005

The Pesticides Initiative Programme (PIP) was financed by the European Development Fund. The ACP Group of States and the European Commission entrusted responsibility for its implementation to COLEACP (today COLEAD).