ESCWA Project

The detailed description of the project:

Institutional Contract # OBIS – 114 – Capacity Bldg. for Trade and the Environment, “Environmental Considerations Affecting Trade in Agriculture and Agro Industrial Goods Within the Arab Region”.

This UNDP funded project had as its objectives a list of findings that are impacting productivity and competitiveness of the agricultural and agro-industrial sectors in the Arab countries of the MENA region. Referencing active NGO’s, professional associations, private sector stakeholders, and other GO’; this qualitative report examines the environmental considerations that impact trade between Arab states and emphasizes private sector recommendations that can assist ESCWA in laying out a trade strategy that can overcome these challenges.

The types of services provided are:

• Food Safety should be a Regional Vision.
• With a Private Public Strategy.
• Delivered Through a Real Win-Win Private / Public Partnership.
• With Consideration to Global Concerns & Actions of Global Agri-Food Chain.
• While Emphasizing the Role of Arab SMEs.
• Based on Collaboration of Agro-Economic Regional Stakeholders.
• Focusing on Consumer Concerns and Health Priorities.
• Providing a Preventive Mission from the Intention of Consumption all the Way through Agricultural & Environmental Sustainable Development.
• Regional Pan Arab Environment & Food Safety Institutes.
• Upholding ISO 22000, TQM, & Social Responsibility Program
• Confronting the Challenges of Poverty, Desertification, Global Warming, & Other Environmental Challenges.
• Through the Empowerment of an Arab Common Agricultural Policy.