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June 25, 2014

UNFSS at ICCO’s World Cocoa Conference, Amsterdam

The UNFSS was presented at ICCO’s World Cocoa Conference in Amsterdam on June, 11th, 2014. This global conference for the cocoa sector brings together the governments from the cocoa producing and consuming countries, as well as a wide variety of stakeholders (over 1,200 registered attendees). The UNFSS presentation focused on the joint activities the UNFSS and ICCO had organized over the past year to address the issue of Voluntary Sustainability Standards in this important sector, which included

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May 14, 2014

UNFSS participation in the Standards Conclave – New Delhi, India

Standards Conclave – Role of Standards in International Trade: Challenges, Opportunities & Issues. 16-17 April, 2014, Hotel Shangri-La, New Delhi Arpit Bhutani atttended the event as an observer for the UN Forum on Sustainability Standards (UNFSS). The meeting was a joint initiative of the Ministry of Commerce & Industry and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), partnering with the Bureau of Indian Standards, the Centre for WTO Studies and the National Accreditation Board for Certification Bodies (NABCB) and drawing on some

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March 28, 2014

ICCO and UNFSS partner on 2nd International Cocoa Certification Workshop

On March 6-7, 2014, the International Cocoa Organization, in collaboration with the UNFSS, held The Second International Workshop on Cocoa Certification: Direct Dialogue Between The Industry and Producing Countries in Zurich, Switzerland on the issue of Sustainability Standards in the cocoa sector. At the event were over 70 participants from Europe, the United States, Africa, Latin America and South-East Asia, representing cocoa producers, governments from cocoa exporting and importing countries, the cocoa and chocolate industry, certification bodies, civil society and

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December 20, 2013

Launching the annual reports of COSA and SSI, 30-31 January 2014

The UNFSS, in collaboration with the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs of Switzerland (SECO), the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research (MISTRA) and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), will be organizing three short events on the occasion of the launch of the State of Sustainability Initiatives (SSI) Review 2014 and the First COSA Global Report on 30 and 31 January 2014. The events will

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December 4, 2013

Summary Reports for workshops for ASEAN and for the Philippines

The Summary Reports are now available for the UNFSS workshops for ASEAN and for the Philippines, held in Clark Freeport, the Philippines. The workshops were jointly organized by the UNFSS and the Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Product Standards, Department of Agriculture of the Philippines. Downloads: Summary Report UNFSS Regional Briefing ASEAN 24 Oct Summary Report UNFSS National Briefing Philippines 25 Oct The presentations given during the sessions are available

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October 11, 2013

Workshops for ASEAN and the Philippines 24-25 Oct

UNFSS workshops for ASEAN and for the Philippines, jointly organized by UNFSS and the Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Product Standards, Department of Agriculture of the Philippines, will take place on October 24th and October 25th in Dau, the Philippines. The workshops are targeted at key decision-makers and stakeholders from government, the private sector, civil society and academia. High-level speakers and panelists comprise officials from the Department of Agriculture (DA) of the Philippines, the UNFSS and collaborating UN agencies, the Asian

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August 2, 2013

Cameroon Briefing Session Summary Report

The Summary Report is now available for the UNFSS Briefing Session held in Douala, Cameroon. The Briefing Session was held during the International Cocoa Certification Workshop organized by the International Cocoa Organisation (ICCO) in conjunction with the Ministry of Commerce Cameroon from June 24th to 27th. Download the UNFSS Briefing Session Report Cameroon June 27 2013 The presentations given during the session are also available in the Briefing Sessions Documentation section.

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May 27, 2013

Launch Summary Report

The following is a summary report from the successful launch event of the UNFSS held at the UN Palais des Nations in Geneva on March 21-22, 2013. The report provides an overview of the event and the discussions held, concluding with a consolidated and approved work plan which the UNFSS will use to focus its initial activities during the following two years. UNFSS launch summary report

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