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. …
The AROS Drafting Group meets in Vientiane, Laos on 28 -29 June The Asia Regional Organic Standard (AROS) is being developed primarily to create a reference for equivalence of the government standards in the region comprising South, South-East, and…
The East African Organic Products Standard (EAOPS) was produced in 2007 by a community of public and private stakeholders from the countries of Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Burundi and Rwanda, and it is owned by the East African Organic Community. It…
Governments of The Philippines and Indonesia have begun talks aimed at bilateral equivalence of their organic regulatory systems. The two countries held their first meeting in June wherein they agreed to use the GOMA Tools as the basis for their…
For ten years, FAO, IFOAM and UNCTAD have worked in partnership to address and reduce barriers to trade of organic products resulting from the global proliferation of organic standards and technical regulations. At this high-level International Conference, scheduled for 13…
With continued support from GOMA, the competent authorities from Central American and the Dominican Republic have progressed considerably on the text of a common regulation for organic agriculture in seven countries – Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras Nicaragua, Panama…
Having completed two bilateral equivalence agreements for organic regulations, one with the United States and the other with the European Union, Canada is eager for more. But, with requests from seven countries (Chile, India, Japan, Costa Rica, Australia, Korea and…
The AROS Drafting Group meets in Vientiane, Laos on 28 -29 June The Asia Regional Organic Standard (AROS) is…
The Canadian Government and European Commission have exchanged letters acknowledging that their organic regulations are considered equivalent. Unlike the Canada-US…
