Happy New Year 2025 to everyone! Greetings from the COLEAD General Delegate and Chairman, inspired by the shared responsibility that binds us in pursuit of our 2030 goals
- 30/01/2025
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
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Dear colleagues, partners, and friends of COLEAD, As 2025 begins, we extend our warmest wishes to you, your teams, and your loved ones. May this new year bring health, joy, success, and hope to all. This year is especially important for COLEAD and its global network. We are not just turning a page but embarking on a shared journey to shape a bold collective strategy for 2030—the reference date for the Sustainable Development Goals. In a world of rapid change… +Shaping the future: Driving gender parity on EU company boards. The directive on gender balance on company boards officially came into force at the end of 2024.
- 30/01/2025
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News
The Gender Balance on Corporate Boards Directive will officially come into force at the end of 2024, marking a landmark step towards achieving gender parity in EU-listed companies. The Directive sets ambitious targets to be met by 30 June 2026: 40% of non-executive director positions and 33% of all board positions must be filled by individuals of the under-represented gender in large or listed companies in the EU. EU Member States had until 28 December 2024 to transpose these requirements… +The FFM+ programme is running at full speed on the ground: 17 OACPS member countries were visited this month
- 04/12/2024
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
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The FFM+ programme is running at full speed on the ground: 17 OACPS member countries were visited this month The FFM+ programme is running at full speed on the ground, with 17 OACPS member countries visited this month. In total, COLEAD has received almost 1,100 applications for support and has implemented more than 500 development projects since the launch of the FFM+ programme. In November, COLEAD carried out technical missions in 17 countries as part of the FFM+ programme.… +COLEAD joins Kampani: a strategic partnership to bolster sustainable development goals
- 29/10/2024
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
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COLEAD joins Kampani: a strategic partnership to bolster sustainable development goals We are pleased to announce that COLEAD has become a shareholder in Kampani, an impact-focused investment fund specializing in long term financing of SMEs and cooperatives in the agri-sector. This strategic alignment supports our mission to amplify the agricultural sector’s contribution to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (S DGs). Kampani addresses the investment needs of businesses in the “missing middle”, offering funding between €100,000 and €500,000, with… +COLEAD Annual Report 2023
- 22/07/2024
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
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COLEAD Annual Report 2023 In a global political and economic context that continues to appear threatening, we must count on the continued determination and shared will of the parties involved in COLEAD’s field of action to continue thinking and working together to contribute to the necessary transformation of agri-food systems. The issues at stake and the needs require us to be ambitious and innovative. COLEAD must continue to carry out its mission based on a multiple role, in particular… +18 months after FFM+ launch: over 900 applications received and 300 development projects underway
- 10/04/2024
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
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18 months after FFM+ launch: over 900 applications received and 300 development projects underway Support for the Fit For Market Plus (FFM+) programme has been designed to contribute to the transition of agriculture in the member countries of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) towards a more sustainable agricultural and food system by integrating the priority areas for action set out in the EU Green Pact’s Farm to Fork Strategy. FFM+ has been designed and implemented… +PFO and COLEAD working together to strengthen the pacific islands agro-processing sector
- 10/04/2024
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
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PFO and COLEAD working together to strengthen the pacific islands agro-processing sector The Pacific Farmer Organisations (PFO) and COLEAD are pleased to invite you to the second online meeting in the series of roundtables on “Growing Resilience: Strengthening the agro-processing sector in the Pacific Islands” organised by PFO and COLEAD. The Roundtable will be held in English on Wednesday 24 April 2024, 9:00-10:30am Fiji time (UTC+12). We would like to remind participants from outside the Pacific Islands that due… +COLEAD’s Workshop on Enhancing Plant Protection Skills
- 30/01/2024
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
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COLEAD recently organised a workshop titled “Sampling and Methods for Detecting Harmful Organisms in Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exports to the EU.” This collaborative effort, facilitated by seasoned experts, successfully enhanced the competencies of 96 phytosanitary inspectors from 26 countries across Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific. The workshop included an English session with 50 participants from 15 countries and a French-speaking session with 46 participants from 11 countries. Introducing the nuanced concepts of Risk-Based Sampling (RBS), the workshop equipped… +Africa and the Pacific: concrete, inspiring partnerships
- 29/01/2024
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
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PACIFIC (PIFON-COLEAD): “Strengthening the resilience of the agri-food sector in the Pacific Islands” (a new series) The Pacific Islands Farmers’ Organisations Network (PIFON) and COLEAD are initiating a series of roundtables on “Building Resilience: Strengthening the Agro-processing Sector in the Pacific Islands”. These roundtables aim to highlight inspiring companies in the Pacific region that have excelled in value addition. Join the first webinar on Wednesday 28 February 2024 from 8.00 to 9.30am FJT (UTC+12). To register, please use the… +Celebrating 50 years of COLEAD
- 07/12/2023
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News
On the 1st of December 2023, COLEAD celebrated its 50th anniversary in Brussels with 120 partners, directors, former DGs of the association, team members and friends of COLEAD in attendance. Also in attendance virtually, were more than 200 members of the association from 25 different countries, from Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific. “A perfect illustration of the COLEAD network”, said Jeremy KNOPS, COLEAD’s DG, in his speech. COLEAMA was founded 50 years ago at the 46th Brussels International Fair,… +