Workshop on strengthening accounting management for horticultural enterprises in Casamance
- 27/01/2024
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News
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The FFM+ Programme recently organized an intensive four-day training in Ziguinchor, from November 28th to December 1st, 2023, hosted at the BAZINESS LAND incubator. This session aimed to enhance the skills of managers of horticultural enterprises, specializing in the processing and marketing of local fruits and vegetables. Fourteen enterprise managers benefited from this reinforcement, focusing on administrative and accounting management, planning, and procedure implementation. The training covered basic accounting, including the preparation of balance sheets and income statements, as well… +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,… +STDF Togo project: Application of R-SAT for monitoring activities
- 12/09/2022
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News, Togo
To facilitate the monitoring of the support activities organised in Togo through the STDF/PG/375 project, and to assess its impact and to establish a roadmap for the remaining efforts after the closure of the project, an inventory of the current SPS system in Togo is being carried out using the Rapid SPS Assessment Tool (R-SAT) developed by COLEACP. R-SAT provides practical support for the assessment of a national SPS system to strengthen it in accordance with international standards and regulations.… +STDF Togo: Workshop on the validation of a strategic development plan for APROTELF
- 22/08/2022
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Togo
A workshop on the validation of a strategic development plan and the adoption of internal regulations of the Association of Producers, Processors and Exporters of Fruits and Vegetables of Togo (APROTELF) took place on 5 August 2022 in Lomé, Togo. This workshop, which brought together some 30 participants, resulted from support for APROTELF to draw up its 2022–2026 strategic development plan and revise its statutes and internal regulations. The support, which lasted for 2 months, allowed APROTELF to: review, with… +Suriname: Eggplant R-SAT Validation Workshop
- 13/07/2022
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: News, Suriname
On 24 May the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry & Fisheries of the Republic of Suriname, in collaboration with COLEACP (Fit For Market SPS programme) and the Caribbean Agricultural Health & Food Safety Agency (CAHFSA), held a one-day Eggplant R-SAT Validation Workshop in Paramaribo, bringing together 20 key representatives from the public and private horticulture sectors. Prior to the Suriname workshop, a COLEACP expert team facilitated the dialogue and engagement between key stakeholders, both public and private, in their assessment… +Suriname: Eggplant R-SAT validation workshop
- 01/06/2022
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Caribbean, News
A one-day Eggplant R-SAT Validation Workshop was held on 24 May 2022, in Paramarbio, bringing together 20 key representatives from the public and private horticulture sector to present results of the application of the R-SAT tool to the SPS control system and to identify priority activities. The workshop was delivered by COLEACP and CAHFSA in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries of the Republic of Suriname. Prior to this workshop, the COLEACP expert team-initiated dialogue and… +Togo: Workshop on analysis of survey data and hazards to inform the Good Practice Guide for leafy vegetables
- 21/03/2022
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: ACP EN, News
A workshop on “Analysis of survey data and hazards” took place in February 2022 in Tsévié, in the premises of the Regional Directorate of Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development. The workshop contributed to the development of a Good Practice Guide for leafy vegetables in Togo, and resulted in a draft guide that will be submitted to stakeholders for validation. It brought together the members of the Technical Working Group for the Good Practice Guide, made up of three COLEACP experts,… +Senegal: Workshop on methodology for updating national lists of regulated pests
- 20/03/2022
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: ACP EN
In March a hybrid workshop was held in Dakar. Experts and representatives of National Plant Protection Organisations (NPPOs) from Senegal and Guinea attended in person, while participants from Burkina Faso and Côte d’Ivoire took part remotely. The workshop aimed to: take stock of the situation in participating countries regarding the establishment and updating of their national lists of regulated pests promote the sharing of experiences and good practices between experts and NPPO managers of the different countries agree on a… +Madagascar: Working week for the implementation of COLEACP R-SAT tool
- 11/02/2022
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: ACP EN, News
A workshop was held at the beginning of February in Madagascar, bringing together private and public stakeholders involve in the “dry grain” sector, to discuss the implementation of COLEACP’s Rapid SPS Assessment Tool (R-SAT).… +Reducing pesticide use in tropical agriculture
- 26/10/2021
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Africa, Caribbean, News, Pacific
On 11–12 October COLEACP participated in a workshop on “Reducing the use of pesticides in tropical agriculture: Key challenges and strategies”, organised by the Agropolis Foundation. During these two days, scientists from the European Union, Middle East and Africa exchanged views on topics ranging from epidemiology, toxicology and environmental impact to societal impacts resulting from pesticide use across the globe. Edouard Lehmann, COLEACP’s Research & Innovation Manager, took part in a round table on how to promote multi-stakeholder collaboration in… +