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. The WCO Director for Capacity Building attended the JEG and indicated areas forcollaboration, specifically on the implementation of the Kyoto Convention on tradefacilitation; developing a Code of ethics to address integrity issues and also the use of aframework/assessment for one stop border posts on the subject of co-ordinating bordermanagementc. EC funding (DG DEVCO study facility) is available for a customs workshop andpreparatory/follow-up activities (TOR and contract to be finalised in 2012).4. StatisticsCooperation on statistics will continue in accordance with the agreed joint workplan.I. ParticipantsAGRICULTUREAfrica: Yemi Akinbamijo (AUC), Carlos Bonfim (CEEAC), Abebe Haile Gabriel (AUC cochair),Hossam Ismail (Embassy of Egypt), Tchandeu Laurent (Embassy of Cameroon),Rachel Mashala (South Africa Ministry of Trade and Industry), A. Mondlane (SADC), PaulOkaru (African Business Group), Nesbert Samasuwo (Embassy of Zimbabwe).EU: Bruce Byiers (ECDPM), Vittorio Cagnolati (EC – DG DEVCO), Christine Detaille(Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Didier Carton (EC-DG SANCO), Cyrill Dirscherl (EC– DG ENTR), Marco Di Benedetto (EC – DG DEVCO), Francis Fay (EC – DG AGRI),Moustapha Magumu (EU DEL AU), Wolf Maier (EC – DG SANCO), Florence Morin (EC –DG DEVCO, co-chair).International Organisations: Juan Pablo Davila (UNIDO), Florian Iwinsak (UNIDO), OdettaGema Diloya (UN/ECOSOC).II. Outcomes• Progress achieved in the partnership since last JTF (Oct 2011)CAADP is on course with over 30 countries currently signed up in the compact. Nationalagricultural investment plans have also been elaborated at country and regional levels.The Joint EU-Africa workshop on geographic indications was held in Kampala in November2011 identifying strong potential for GIs and origin branding in Africa. The AU Action Planon organic agriculture was discussed with stakeholders at the Nairobi organic conference inNovember 2011. These achievements should contribute to a strategy for value-addingschemes that fits into the CAADP framework. .14
Presentation by UNIDO on 3ADI was welcome. Three more country programmes werelaunched since October 2011, with four more in the pipeline for 2012. Collaboration betweenUNIDO, AUC and EC was welcomed and should be strengthened further.Substantial improvement was made on the Africa-EU draft working document on SPSframeworks in Africa with referential on food safety being transmitted by AUC to MemberStates.• Priorities for 2012 and way aheadIt is strongly recommended to consider agriculture as a stand-alone partnership focusing ondeveloping a value-adding cluster within CAADP framework covering SPS issues, standards,quality certification building on organic and GI initiatives, processing industries and trade.Furthermore it is suggested that the partnership would also encompass water-related issues,except water sanitation which is proposed to be covered by the environment and climatechange partnership.CAADP will continue the implementation of national and regional investment plans during2012 leading to the elaboration of concrete activities at both levels.Implementation of the second African Organic Conference (AOC2) scheduled for Lusaka inMay 2012 is on track. Africa and EU will present and promote the AU Action Plan onOrganic Agriculture at the conference.Common agreement was reached to pursue the implementation of the food safety referentialincluding training in Member States. It was further agreed to initiate work on plant healthmanagement systems with a view to elaborating similar referentials to those on food safety.Further discussion is proposed between the EU and Africa on other items proposed in thedraft Joint Action Plan, namely with regards to a Food Safety Authority, a Rapid AlertSystem and certification / tracing systems. It was proposed to resolve remaining questions inQ2 2012, and plan another meeting in Addis Ababa, if necessary so that the Plan can beimplemented by November.Concrete initiatives and projectsWe will continue to implement the outcome of the recent review of CAADP for 2012.Preparation of working documents on value-adding initiatives (SPS, Organic Agriculture, Gis,3ADI, etc.) for the Joint AU Ministerial Conference for Agriculture and Trade in November2012.AU SPS experts will engage EC SPS-experts to take the above mentioned issues forward.Actors and timelineActors: AUC, EU, RECs, Member States, UNIDO, civil society, stakeholders.Timeline: 201215
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