Project purpose
To strengthen the national infrastructure and enhance input from the producing country to well attune the standard and to strengthen the capacity of Côte d’Ivoire to fulfil a leading role in international standardization of cocoa.
Project results
- Improved composition and functioning of the national mirror committee in Côte d'Ivoire;
- Strengthened relationship between CCC, CODINORM and other national cocoa stakeholders;
- Improved communication with national cocoa stakeholders on the standardization activities of CODINORM;
- Signed ISO twinning agreement for the Chair and Vice-Chair;
- Participation of Chair and Vice-Chair in the ISO training and implementation of the knowledge gained in the working processes of the twinned chairmanship;
- Discussions with (Vice-)Chair on meeting preparation, allocation of tasks and responsibilities;
- Outreach of Côte d'Ivoire to other cocoa-producing countries
Location
Yamoussoukro
Executor
Stichting Nederlands Normalisatie-Instituut
Theme/Sector
Agriculture, law
Budget
€ 94,946
Project status
Implementation phase
Project activities
Support both CCC and CODINORM in the national follow up on the start of the national mirror committee on the following aspects:
- Composition of the mirror committee, actions to establish a well-balanced committee
- Indicate national relations between stakeholders, allowing stakeholders to have, in the context of the standards development, a constructive relationship with each other, CCC and CODINORM;
- Provide explanation and active support in helping the members understand the process and the structure, focussing first on CCC;
- Assist CODINORM to facilitate the establishment of a weighted national position;
- Support CODINORM and CCC to ensure that the (future) criteria of a national standard are clear and already indicated in the coming years at the international level;
- Visit Côte d'Ivoire to attend several mirror committee meetings, address national issues and international aspects and roles.
Support CCC in the role of vice-chair in ISO/TC 34/SC 18 ‘Cocoa’, in cooperation with CODINORM on the following aspects:
- Representation towards other (cocoa producing) countries;
- Allocate responsibilities and tasks between chair and vice-chair and to advise/train how to fulfil these tasks/responsibilities;
- Address the language barrier as much as possible;
- Visit Côte d'Ivoire, for preparation of (one of the) meetings of ISO/TC 34/SC 18;
- Attend the ISO training for Chairs and Vice-chairs together and guide practical implementation of lessons learned.
For this purpose an ISO twinning arrangement will be developed between chair and vice-chair, including agreement and collaboration plan.
Support co-project leaders of two working groups of CEN/TC 415, for the subjects: ‘Management’ and ‘Profit’; this will be done in close cooperation with the CEN/TC 415 Secretariat and the project leaders.