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
- Category: News
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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… +Côte d’Ivoire, Uganda and Guinea: 3 new local programmes entrusted to COLEAD by the European Union and ENABEL
- 30/01/2025
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News
COLEAD manages and implements international and local programmes/projects funded by partners. Since 2015, COLEAD has diversified its financial partnerships by becoming more firmly rooted at local level via national programmes that complement multi-country intra-ACP interventions such as Fit For Market. It is in this context and with this rationale of deepening and increasing COLEAD’s action and impact at ‘country’ level that new programmes have recently been signed with the European Union delegations for the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire and Uganda… +Highlights of the 2024 survey of partners benefiting from COLEAD programmes
- 20/12/2024
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News
Respondents scored 8.21 out of 10 on their likelihood to recommend COLEAD to fellow professionals. At COLEAD, we value the insights and feedback of our partner-beneficiaries (PBs) i.e. partners who have benefited from a programme implemented by the organization, to refine our practices and enhance the impact of our support. Our annual Pulse Survey, conducted each summer, continues to serve as a cornerstone for assessing our performance and aligning our efforts with the evolving needs of our stakeholders. Here are… +Final evaluation of the FFM and FFM SPS programmes
- 10/04/2024
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News
Final evaluation of the FFM and FFM SPS programmes Launched in 2016 and 2019 respectively, the FFM and FFM SPS programmes have built on the valuable lessons learned from COLEAD’s previous initiatives, amongst other the Pesticides Initiative Programme (PIP & PIP2) and the Development of Food Safety Systems (EDES), funded by the European Union (EU), and the Organisations of ACP States (OACPS). With funding from the EU, the OACPS and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) of €25 million… +Gabon, Maurice, Tanzania : FFM+ and AGRINFO presentations
- 13/07/2023
- Posted by: Emmanuel Bourcelet
- Category: Corp EN, Mauritius, Tanzania
Tanzania In March/April 2023, as part of the Fit For Market Plus (FFM+) program, members of COLEAD’s Technical Assistance department visited Tanzania to strengthen dialogue with partner beneficiaries and present the FFM+ programme. The local launch of the FFM+ programme and the informative event sparked in-depth discussions on the partners’ needs, resulting in a growing interest that translates into increased applications for support received. Gabon In April 2023, in collaboration with the Embassy of Gabon in Belgium, the COLEAD team… +COLEAD: a network and a toolbox
- 11/04/2023
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: ACP EN, News
The development of a sustainable global food system is crucial to meet the challenges of reducing poverty and inequality, ensuring food security for all and protecting our planet. COLEAD aims to contribute to the agricultural sector’s transition towards more sustainable agri-food systems adapted to local contexts. COLEAD is a network of companies, professional organisations, experts, private and public partners working in the agricultural and food sector, the world of development and the transmission of knowledge and expertise. In practice, through… +FFM+ : Over 550 applications received from 45 member countries of the OACPS
- 11/04/2023
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: ACP EN, News
As part of the implementation of the Fit For Market Plus (FFM+) programme, the COLEAD team has organized 6 virtual regional events and 20 national workshops since May 2022, bringing together a total of 1,600 participants. The team has also met with numerous potential partner-beneficiaries at trade fairs and conferences. Interested organisations were invited to fill out an application for support form available on the COLEAD website. The form is tailored to each type of organisation: production/processing companies, service providers,… +FFM+ launch reflects the new dynamics of the agricultural sector in Malawi
- 11/04/2023
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Malawi, News
As part of the Fit for Market Plus (FFM+) programme, a COLEAD team visited Malawi in March. To date, 65 FFM+ applications for support have been received from this country. The mission was an opportunity to meet with FFM+ programme candidates and share the COLEAD/FFM+ offer. This is significantly more than in previous programmes. Specifically, FFM+ applications have been received from 47 horticultural MSMEs (producers, processors), 12 support structures for smallholder farmers, 5 service providers and 1 professional association. This… +MALI and BURKINA FASO: COLEAD and the EU in the fields
- 11/04/2023
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Burkina Faso, Mali, News
The Fit For Market Plus (FFM+) programme was launched in Mali and Burkina Faso through the organization of two workshops in March. In total, 100 participants were present, including companies, professional organisations, cooperatives, service providers and competent authorities. At the event, the COLEAD team presented the evolution of EU market access requirements for fruit and vegetables, as well as the support opportunities available through the FFM+ programme, which aims to “mitigate the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic by strengthening the… +Keeping AGRINFO subscribers up-to-date
- 11/04/2023
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: ACP EN, News
AGRINFO is a new information programme on evolving EU policies, regulations and standards with potential impacts on agricultural value chains in low- and middle-income countries. This global programme, funded by the EU and implemented by COLEAD, covers food and commodity crops, livestock and fisheries. A key aspect of the new programme is disseminating clear and accessible information to all interested stakeholders. AGRINFO UPDATE is a regular email alert every 2 weeks. It lists the most recent EU regulatory and policy… +