After the election of several new members to the Board of CropLife Africa Middle East in 2008 an extended workshop was held on March 2-3, 2009 in Milan. Previous priorities established back in 2002 were reviewed and challenged in view of the changed market environment since 2002.
The new Board defined and agreed on new Strategic Priorities for the association as presented below:
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and Anti Counterfeiting
Training and awareness building on the value and benefits of IPR across the entire region
Promotion of the concept of Data Protection (DP) for regulatory data of pesticides
Advocacy on needed enforcement of IPR once respective legislation is in place
Fact finding and awareness building on the problem of counterfeit pesticides
Communication campaigns to all stakeholders exposed to the threat of CF Pesticides
Promotion and implementation of suitable counter measures to fight CF Pesticides
Stewardship consisting of
- Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
- Responsible Use
- Container Management
- and Implementation of the International Code of conduct
Roll-out of the CropLife IPM training to all countries
Promotion and integration of IPM concepts and principles with other training activities
Continuation of the Responsible Use Training together with external stakeholders
Introduction of locally adapted container management schemes wherever possible
Support and engage in the avoidance and removal of obsolete stocks at regional and local level
Training and compliance monitoring on the International Code of Conduct
Regulatory Matters including the Goal of Harmonization
Continue with the efforts to upgrade local regulatory systems
Promote and facilitate sub regional harmonization of regulatory systems
Advocate improved enforcement of regulatory systems
Communication and CropLife Brand and Image Building
Continue to make broad use of the core messages
Train the network on the messages and distribute toolkits in local languages
Strengthen our advocacy activities at regional and in particular at local level
National Association Management & Development
Train representatives of local associations to perform their manifold roles and duties better
Offer particular support to national associations with African Stockpiles Project (ASP) engagement
Biotechnology
This objective and project will be pursued in close cooperation with the Biotech network and Africa Bio
Removal of Obsolete Stocks as a Special Project
Explore possibilities to remove obsolete stocks outside the ASP
Try to advance the issue with the newly created obsolete stocks during the last locust campaign 2004-05
