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In this self-paced course, you will learn to understand and utilize the potential of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the EU. The course will focus on Organic Certification.
In June 2016, the six SADC states Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Eswatini signed an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union. The EPAs are a set of trade agreements that aim to extend beyond the scope of traditional agreements by creating partnerships that implement trade to foster sustainable development and regional integration. This course has been created to provide non-governmental actors, especially from the private sector in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), with in-dept knowledge on organic certification under the agreement, enabling them to understand and utilize its potentials.
Entrepreneurs from the SADC EPA region who aim at exporting organic products into the European Union under the EU-SADC Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).
What will you learn?
You will be able to describe the organic market situation and trends in the EU and in the SADC EPA countries, as well as the existing EU regulations. You will be able to identify EU consumers’ preferences as well as opportunities of and barriers to accessing EU markets for organic products. You will be to able to apply recommended do's and dont's when it comes to exporting to the EU.
How much time will you need?1 hour
Topics overview: Exporting to the EU, Organic certification, SADC EPA
Course Certificate: A certificate will be issued after successfully completing (after achieving 50% of the points) this course.
Course Developers: This activity was contracted by the GIZ NEW - Project “Supporting sustainability aspects in the implementation of the EU Economic Partnership Agreements”, commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and is being executed by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) and was implemented by Euromonitor International. This course was revised by Konnektiv Kollektiv GmbH.
The course is now hosted and maintained with the financial support of the European Union. Its contents are the sole responsibility of Agribusiness Facility for Africa (ABF) / Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union. The Joint Action co-implemented by ABF is jointly co-financed by the European Union under the Samoa agreement with OACPS and by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ).
Course Contact: For all content related questions contact: ABF-eAcademy@giz.de
Course license: CC-BY-SA
Publication Date: 29th July, 2024
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