Flashback 2005 : “Training Knowledge without bounds”
- 29/10/2024
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News
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Flashback 2005 : “Training Knowledge without bounds” Source PIP Magazine n°8, November 2005 “Training is one of the main priorities of PIP in its capacity-building actions for companies and for the ACP horticultural network as a whole. To date, more than 700 people have participated in collective and in-company training sessions organised by the PIP Training Unit, and 130 consultants in several countries have received a training of trainers . “Knowledge should know no bounds,” declares Edward Ngenga, casting… +Flashback 2005 “ACP Task Force: promoting dialogue between the public sector and private operators”
- 27/09/2024
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News
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… +FLASHBACK 2005 : HOW DOES THE PIP (PROGRAMME) TACKLE FOOD SAFETY?
- 08/05/2024
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News
FLASHBACK 2005 : HOW DOES THE PIP (PROGRAMME) TACKLE FOOD SAFETY? A member of the European Parliament’s Agriculture Committee, Robert Sturdy (UK, Conservative) has contributed to the development of rules on the food safety of agricultural products placed on the market in the European Union: “We certainly do not want this legislation to be a barrier to trade,” he says. “But I can understand that a farmer in Africa, where regulations and controls are not the same as in… +Flashback 2005: task forces in the fruit and vegetable sector, strengthening public-private dialogue
- 10/04/2024
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
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Flashback 2005: task forces in the fruit and vegetable sector, strengthening public-private dialogue (Source : PIP Magazine, July 2005) “(…)The European Union defines specific food safety and phytosanitary standards for all types of food, whether produced on its territory or imported from third countries. Naturally the ACP fruit and vegetable export sector is obliged to abide by these rules. In that context, ACP private operators and the public sector have to work together to develop strategies enabling them to… +Fit for Market programme – Strengthening business competitiveness through more sustainable practices
- 05/10/2016
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Uncategorized
“Fit For Market” (F4M) is up and running. F4M is part of the 11th intra-ACP indicative programme (2014-2020) between the European Union and the ACP Group of States. It is due to be rolled out over 5 years (2016-2020) with a total budget of € 25 million (of which € 20 million from the European Union). The specific objective is to enable smallholder farmers, producer groups, farmer organisations, and micro, small and medium enterprises, to access international and domestic fruit… +Start of the year message from the General Delegate
- 21/01/2016
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
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The European dream: from “virtual reality” to “real virtuality” At the end of 2014, having supported the “Agenda for change” during the EDD (European Development Days) through the “PPP4PPP” Brussels declaration, we wrote that the poor did not have time to wait any longer. In 2015, they took to the road by foot, by “boat” and on the shoulders of their parents towards the European dream, in fear of their lives. This dream has taken on a different dimension with… +