The provisional GOMA Conference Agenda and Timetable includes keynote addresses, thematic presentations and panels, and group discussions. Speakers on the theme of regional cooperation will related the value received from joining forces to develop harmonized regional standards and regulatory…
Initial meeting on equivalence between the Philippines and Indonesia on equivalence of their respective organic systems held in 28-29th July in Bogor, Indonesia. The meeting was first mooted at the Global Organic Market Access (GOMA) Project meeting in Shanghai, in…
What is driving the development of organic standards? Consumers and markets demand products that fulfill other requirements than the traditional core organic topics. Pressure also comes from inside the organic community, where activists work for their special interest topics to…
At the GOMA-Asia Working Group meeting in Seoul on 26-27 September, 33 members from 15 countries in East, South-East and South Asia decided to lay groundwork for a multilateral recognition and cooperation agreement on regional organic trade and labeling. …
Harmonization and Equivalence is published in electronic format two or three times annually. For information or comments about this newsletter contact GOMA Project Manager Diane Bowen, d.bowen@ifoam.org.
USDA National Organic Program recently published a report of its on-site assessment of four USDA-Accreditation certification bodies and meeting with…
The GOMA Project announces that it will hold a major international conference on February 13 and 14 at the…
GOMA is requesting proposals for a study which focuses on the potential use of trade agreements to achieve equivalence between/among…
Stakeholders from Asia are invited to comments on the first draft of the Asia Regional Organic Standard (AROS). The aim…
A Drafting Group for the Asian Organic Standards (AROS) met in the Philippines on March 9-10 to develop the first…
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