Germany: GOMA Conference in Nuremberg

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The Global Organic Market Access (GOMA) Conference ‘Let the Good Products Flow!’ will take place at Nuremberg Messe in Germany from 13 to 14 February, 2012. At this international conference, FAO, IFOAM and UNCTAD draw together a group of public and private sector leaders to examine the past, present and future of organic market access relative to systems of organic standards and conformity assessment. The conference looks at emerging issues, such as the potential for organic standards to promote the growth of organic agriculture vis-à-vis their potential to stifle growth, GOMA reports. Developments and challenges for dominant and emerging exporting/importing economies and for still-developing countries are highlighted and discussed. Models of public-private and regional cooperation are considered as potential pathways for global solutions to the challenges.

The following keynote speakers have been engaged to inspire conference participants: Ms. Kathleen Merrigan, Deputy Secretary, USDA; Mr. Harsha Singh, Deputy Director-General, World Trade Organization; Ms. Tulisiime Rhoda Peace, Commissioner, African Union; Mr. Franz Fischler, President, EcoSocial Forum, and former Commissioner for Agriculture, European Union.

Participants are among the first to hear major new announcements on country-to-country equivalence and are afforded a unique opportunity to discuss key issues with government and private-sector speakers from around the globe, including Australia, Bhutan, Brazil, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Great Britain, India, the Netherlands, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Uganda, and United States of America. Representatives of intergovernmental and international organizations such as The European Commission, IFOAM, International Organic Accreditation Service and Pacific Islands Community will also contribute to the presentations and discussions. The GOMA conference program and related documents are available here.

For ten years, FAO, IFOAM and UNCTAD have worked in partnership to address and reduce barriers to trade of organic products resulting from the global proliferation of organic standards and technical regulations. This partnership, which began with a “Harmonization Conference” at BioFach in 2002, has, over the years, continuously attracted stakeholders worldwide in public/private collaboration to work on solutions.

More information: http://www.goma-organic.org

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