Organic Standard Forum

Nairobi, Kenya, 13 December 2006

The Public Forum is a larger event that will present the East African Organic Standard to regional stakeholders, international participants and the public and also give participants a better understanding of the international context for organic standards, certification and regulations.

Invited participants include decision makers in the area of agriculture, trade and standardisation, leaders in the organic sector in Africa and regional and international organisations active in East Africa. The Forum will be followed by an organic dinner.

Documents and Presentations

  Title Author File    
  Agenda Secretariat  
  Logistics Note Secretariat  
  IFOAM Organic Guarentee System (OGS) IFOAM  
  Events Overview Secretariat  
  CODEX Guidelines On Organically Produced Foods Selma H. Doyran, Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme  
  East African Organic Standards as an East African Community Standard Kenya Bureau of Standards  
  The East African Organic Standard Secretariat  
  Certification of small holders in India Mariella Sandini  
  Participatory Guarantee Systems IFOAM  
  Revision of EU regulation 2092/91 Target 1 January 2009 Secretariat  
  Organic Agriculture Standards In East Africa Charles Walaga  
  The Organic Agriculture Sector in the East Africa Region, (Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi) Eustace Kiarii, Kenya, KOAN, EAOT  
  International Task Force on Harmonization and Eqivalency in Organic Agriculture (ITF) Secretariat  
  Organic standards, Organic standards, certification, and regulations certification, and regulations in Thailand Organic Agriculture Certification Thailand (ACT)  
  Work of the RSTWG Gama Jam Toam  

Coordinators

  Name Telephone Fax Email    
  Sophia Twarog +41 (0)22 917 5082 +41 (0)22 917 0247 sophia.twarog@unctad.org    
  Asad Naqvi +41 (0)22 917 8620 +41 (0)22 917 8076 asad.naqvi@unep.ch