The CCAFRICA Region - Regional Coordinator Uganda
The ‘Coordinating Committee for Africa’ was established by the Codex Alimentarius Commission in 1972 with a mandate to “exercise general coordination in the preparation of standards relating to the region of Africa”. The committee held its first meeting at FAO in 1974, with 19 countries in attendance.
As the new regional coordinator begins their term, the Agreement of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), which came into effect in May 2020, has reinforced the need for an efficient and effective system for managing sanitary and phytosanitary measures, in particular food safety, across the continent as its borders open for trade.
The regional coordinator is based in the Uganda National Bureau of Standards, a statutory body under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Co-operatives which oversees, as part of its mandate, the promotion and use of standards.
As regional coordinator, Uganda intends to engage closely with countries via surveys, webinars and workshops to identify needs and emerging issues, create awareness of priority food safety issues and of Codex standards. A pilot study will also explore the food safety situation in broader terms across the region. By strengthening engagement with regional bodies such as the African Union, the African Organisation for Standardisation and the African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat, Uganda also aims to enhance advocacy work in the region.
CCAFRICA Coordinator
All information on Codex is public and free.
For regional enquiries contact:
CCAFRICA Secretariat
Uganda National Bureau of Standards Plot 2 - 12, Bypass Link, Industrial
& Business park, Kyaliwajala road,
P.O Box 6329 Kampala, Uganda
Tel: +256 (041) 7333250 / 0417333251 / 0417333252
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.unbs.go.ug
Côte d'Ivoire launches its Codex Trust Fund project
On Thursday 15 April 2021, at the Hotel Ivotel, Abidjan-Plateau, Côte d'Ivoire launched a Capacity Building Project for the National Codex Alimentarius Committee, a project funded by the Codex Trust Fund 2.
Chaired by Mr. KOUASSI Kouamé Bernard, Technical Advisor to the Minister of State, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, the opening ceremony recorded the physical presence of Mrs. N'GORAN Patricia, SUN Focal Point and Technical Advisor to the Presidency of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, Dr ZOMBRE, Daogo Sosthene, Health Systems Specialist, representing the WHO Representative in Côte d'Ivoire and Mr. ZOUNGRANA Mahama, representing the FAO Representative in Côte d ' Ivory. Ms. MWAMAKAMBA Lusubilo from the WHO Regional Office based in Ouagadougou and Professor Etienne DAKO from the National Codex Alimentarius Committee of Canada also took part by videoconference.
The workshop brought together 37 participants, representing all the stakeholders (political decision-makers, United Nations agencies, national control authorities, agri-food stakeholders, technical and financial partners, agricultural sectors, universities and research structures and consumer associations).
Following presentations on the functioning and role of the Codex Alimentarius, the Codex Trust Fund, the project document and the discussions that followed, a representative of each stakeholder made the commitment on behalf of their organization to contribute not only to the success of the project but above all to work for towards active participation and for a dynamic and efficient National Codex Alimentarius Committee.
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