Presentations

Welcome and Opening address by host country speaker

Introduction: The workshop on cross-border agri-food trade
Speaker: Ms. Liliana Annovazzi-Jakab, Head, Agricultural Standards Unit, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

Introduction: The workshop on cross-border agri-food trade
Speaker: UNDP Uzbekistan representative

Session 1 - Cross-border agri-food supply chains – nuts and dried fruits

Overview - international trade in nuts and dried fruit, Industry perspective

Case studies and updates

• Central Asia:  Kyrgyzstan  Study 1   Study 2
• Other Countries: China      Ukraine  English   Russian

Session 2: International standards and best practice to increase crossborder trade in agricultural produce – Quality and Food safety requirements for trade

• UNECE Marketing standards – from development, amendment to adoption – quality requirements for nuts and dried fruit
  Speaker: Ms. Liliana Annovazzi-Jakab, Head Agricultural Standards Unit United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
• How are international standards and best practice implemented at national level?
  Speaker: Mr. Dorian LaFond, International Standards Coordinator, U.S. Department of Agriculture- USDA
• Overview on how quality and food safety inspection systems are organized (EU regulations, export controls) Speaker: Mr. Emre Kiricioğlu (Product Inspector, Ministry of Economy, Turkey) and Mr. Jacques CAZOR (Inspector, General Direction, Competition, Consumption and Fraud repression, Ministry of Economy and Industry, France)
• Use of IT systems in export and import control systems (example Turkey) Speaker: Mr. Korkut Yavuz (Chief of Section, DG Product Safety and Inspection, Ministry of Economy, Turkey)
• Discussion Food safety issues in the international trade of nuts and dried fruit – EU market quality and safety requirements for nuts and dried fruit – experiences, controls procedures
  Discussants: Codex Alimentarius representative (TBC); Mr. Jacques CAZOR (France); Mr. Pino Calcagni (INC) and Mr. Emre Kiricioğlu (Turkey)&nb

Session 3: From farm to point of export - Business process analyses (BPAs) and prioritized action implementation

• BPAs – introduction Trade Facilitation and Paperless Trade Measures for Agricultural Trade
  Case study: Dried Apricots in Tajikistan (BPA 2015) and follow-up
  Speakers: Ms. Liliana Annovazzi-Jakab (UNECE), Ms. Maame Agyeben (Trade Facilitation Unit, UNESCAP), and Ms. Yelena Vassilevskaya (Consultant, UNECE)
• Analysis of shortcomings and ways to improve particular priority food supply chains - BPAs and their methodology
  Case study: Dried Grapes in Uzbekistan (BPA 2016)
  Speakers: Ms. Liliana Annovazzi-Jakab (UNECE) and Ms. Yelena Vassilevskaya (Consultant, UNE

Session 4 – The way forward – linking into supply chains – issues beyond standards and regulatory requirements

• Walnuts - successful walnut value chains with practical recommendations for producers
  China Speaker: Mr Cheng Hung Kay, Chairman of tree nut subchamber, China Chamber of Commerce with contributions from UNECE
• Quality production and management before export
  Organizing export sectors / Quality management and training in companies / Public-Private cooperation
  Speaker: Mr. Korkut Yavuz (Chief of Section, DG Product Safety and Inspection, Ministry of Economy, Turkey)
• Marketing issues: export markets, marketing, and consumers
  Speaker: Mr. Pino Calcagni, Vice Chairman, Chairman of the Scientific and Government Affairs Committee Internationa Nuts and Dried Fruit Council (INC)
• Quality management, export readiness and marketing
  Speaker: Mr. Dorian LaFond (International Standards Coordinator, U.S. Department of Agriculture- US