creators_name: Huber, Beate
type: conference_item
datestamp: 2008-02-25
lastmod: 2009-08-20 14:38:19
metadata_visibility: show
title: Establishing Local Certification Bodies In Developing and Transition Economies

ispublished: unpub
subjects: 9education
subjects: 6values
full_text_status: public
keywords: Internationale Zusammenarbeit, Zertifizierungssysteme, local certification bodies, 
abstract: There are certification bodies from Western countries offering their services all over the world providing efficient, reliable and qualified services. Nevertheless there are good arguments for establishing local certification bodies in developing and transition economies. FiBL has been cooperating with local certification bodies in South-Eastern Europe (Albinspekt in Albania, Balkan Biocert in Bulgaria and Macedonia, Ecoinspect in Romania) and Asia (Biocert in Indonesia, Indocert in India, LibanCert in Lebanon and OFDC in China). These certification bodies are part of the local organic movement either by a multiple ownership reflecting the sector or by involving the sector in committees. The following report describes the opportunities but also the challenges of setting up local organic certification bodies.
date: 2006
date_type: published
refereed: never
citation: Huber, Beate (2006) Establishing Local Certification Bodies In Developing and Transition Economies. First IFOAM Conference on Organic Certification, Rome, Italy, 17. November. [ Unpublished, ]
document_url: http://orgprints.org/12780/1/huber-2006-Local_certification_bodies_ifoamConference.pdf