Conclusions and future work

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Conclusions and future work

• Nadia Scialabba, ITF Chair

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Recommendations for the ITF Strategy

• Revise the long-term vision and
• medium-term actions for harmonization and
  equivalence in organic agriculture
• (a merge of the 2 documents as discussed by the
  ITF in November 2004)

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Background documents (by ITF Secretariat)

• Finalize the Definitions paper and publish a
  Glossary of Terms
• Prepare a concept note, including costs and
  operations, for the development of Database for
  Comparison of Organic Standards

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ITF Studies (subject to funding availability)

• Commission a Consumer Survey (developed
  developing countries)
• Document the relevance of conformity assessment
  systems - public and private - to equivalency
  (including success stories, analysis of failures,
  gains from harmonization, cooperation)
• Prepare guidelines for CABs (inspection and
  CAB-CAB approval)

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Homework for ITF members

• Provide comments to IFOAM review of their
  guarantee system
• IFOAM, EU and US members to share respective
  comparisons and assessments of equivalency
  efforts

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Fourth ITF meeting

• BioFach, February 2005, Nuremberg, Germany?
• IFOAM Congress, September 2005, Adelaide,
  Australia?

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Next steps ...

• Lobby respective constituencies on relevance of
  ITF work (with a view to seek policy support and
  donors interest)
• Thanks for your wisdom
• Be happy!

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