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Invitation to "Growing organic Trust" Seminar at biofach 2019, Friday 15th February, Riga, NCC Ost, 1400-1530 hours.

Growing Organic Trust

Growing Organic Trust is a long-term initiative spearheaded by IOAS which we are launching at BioFach, Germany 2019. We want to engage with all sectors of the organic movement to further strengthen the integrity of organic certification, to reward good performance and to combat fraud.

Please join us at Biofach 2019 on Friday 15th February, Room: Riga, NCC Ost 1400-1530 hours.


The background
 IOAS’s 20th Anniversary Seminar, ‘Organic Inspection and Certification 2025’, held in India in November 2017, brought together key actors from the organic sector to explore and discuss the status of organic inspection and certification, with the aim of identifying deficiencies and developing an action plan to help tackle them.
 
What’s wrong?
Organic has grown dramatically in the last 40 years. Growth and success bring new challenges, new opportunities but also threats. The seminar identified six areas of weakness which are summarised in the graphic below which already undermine the growth of the organic sector and will continue to do so if not addressed.
 
What are we trying to do?
The IOAS is passionate about organic integrity. We know that this commitment is shared equally by many of our collaborators. We also know that there will always be room for improvement. Under Growing Organic Trust we are proposing six main project areas. The approach will be wide ranging working with regulators, scheme owners, the conformity assessment community, producers, traders and national and international organisations that share our goals. It aims to bring together and build on current best practice of inspection, certification, accreditation and oversight, and address the challenge of fraud in its various forms.
 
Output will be shared freely. Success will be a more robust, efficient and affordable control system which avoids duplication, rewards compliance, focuses on risk, deters and responds effectively to fraud and is trusted by the movement and consumers.

The full report on the seminar held in November 2017 is available with more details on Growing Organic Trust on our dedicated website page.
 
For more information and to discuss how you can get involved and contribute, please contact Michael Sligh at msligh2020@gmail.com or David Crucefix at crucefix@ioas.org

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