UNIDOS ACTIVITIES RELATED TO STANDARDS

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UNIDOS ACTIVITIES RELATED TO STANDARDS MARKET
ACCESS FACILITATIONCASE OF VICTORIAN LAKE
PROJECT
U N I T E D N A T I O N S I N D U S T R I
A L D E V E L O P M E N T O R G A N I Z A
T I O N
UNCTAD STANDARDS AND TRADE WORKSHOP Geneva, 16-17
May 2002
UNIDO - PTC / IPT, Vienna Presented by Dr.
Bernardo Calzadilla-Sarmiento Senior Trade
Advisor - UNIDO Office at Geneva
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The Role of Environmental and Food Safety
Requirements and SPS Measures in Fish and Fish
Products

• Weak institutional support metrology and testing
  
• laboratories Structural weaknesses in
  production
• capacities
• Lack of well-trained staff in industrial
  enterprises
• and support institutions
• Poor inspection and certification abilities
• Outdated legal and regulatory framework
• Myriad of non-tariff barriers to trade (
  specially TBT /
• SPS)

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Case of Victorian Lake project Fish
industry Situation Before

• Major fish industry (Nile perch) developed around
  Victoria Lake, shared by Tanzania 51, Uganda 43
  and Kenya 6
• Revenues from exports exceeded USD 200
  million/year
• Employment for 0.5 million people
• Favorable ground for local suppliers and
  complementary industries.

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Case of Victorian Lake project Fish
industry Effect of Lake Fish Poisoning

• EU export ban imposed in 1999
• Fish exports dropped by 50 in Tanzania and
• Uganda
• 30 of workers lost their jobs
• Most of the fish factories closed or worked far
  below
• capacity

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Case of Victorian Lake project Fish
industry Challenge Project Objectives

• Identify immediate and structural deficiencies
• Establish solid foundation for fish safety system
• Lift the ban imposed by EU
• Access to new markets

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Case of Victorian Lake project Fish
industry Project Implementation

• Integrated corrective actions taken by UNIDO in
  partnership with
• Uganda National Bureau of Standards
• Tanzania Bureau of Standards
• Federation of Kenya Employers
• Lake Victoria Fishers Cooperative
• UNDP, WHO, FAO, DFID
• 3 years, USD 4.6 million
• Sources of funds Austria, Denmark, Germany,
  Italy, Japan, UK, UNDP, UNIDO

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Case of Victorian Lake project Fish
industry Results achieved

• Organizational and regulatory framework for fish
  industry improved
• Testing laboratories locally available and
  internationally recognized
• EU ban lifted by the end of 2000
• EU market regained and new market in US opened

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Case of Victorian Lake project Fish
industry Results achieved - continued

• Service capacity for fish inspection strengthened
• Quality control upgraded at all levels
• Critical mass of expertise provided to processing
  plants in GHP, HACCP, ISO 9000
• In-plant group training carried out in 17
  factories for 950 staff

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Case of Victorian Lake project Fish
industry Lessons learned

• Establishment of QMS and HACCP systems was
  essential for restarting fish export
• Strengthening of local support institutions such
  as standardization bodies and testing houses,
  inspection and certification bodies was decisive
  to regain the EU market and get access to new
  markets
• HRD was indispensable to upgrade technical skills
  of the fish processing plants and support
  institutions

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UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
ORGANIZATION
Ms. Dan Liang, Director, Industrial Promotion and
Technology Branch, UNIDO dliang_at_unido.org
http//www.unido.org
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