Presenter: Andre Page
Designation: Project Manager
Contents
Who is the NCPC-SA
Project Phases
- Background Assessment
- Capacity Building
- Technical Assistance
- Cooperation amongst eco-labelling schemes
- Conclusion, Dissemination and basis for replication
NCPC-SA
• Was launched during the World Summit for Sustainable Development in 2002
• Funded by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)• Hosted by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
• Industry Sectors according to IPAP2:
- Clothing & Textiles
- Tourism
- Agro-Processing
- Commercial Buildings
- Chemicals
- Automotive
- Pulp & Paper
- Metals & Engineering
Why the Eco-labelling Project
I. Background
Product Groups
Textiles: India and South Africa
Footwear: Mexico and Kenya
Paper: Brazil
Electric Appliances: China
Phase 1: Background Assessment
• Background Paper
- Assessing Eco-labelling diffusion, market penetration possibilities and related policy framework
• Needs Assessment
- Running parallel to Background Paper investigating the barriers faced, and
- Identified the capacity building and technical assistance needs to overcome those barriers.
• Start-up workshop
- Aim of presenting background document
- Create awareness amongst stakeholders
Phase 1 (Continued)
o Local Workshops
- Working Group Workshops held with government, industry and industrial designers in Pretoria and Cape Town
- Local Workshops held in Cape Town in May 2008
- Aim of the workshop was to:
a) Involve all stakeholders
b) Discussing in detail the barriers, capacity and assistance needs at industry level that could hamper awarding the eco-label
c) To provide clear indication to international experts of the training needs for both government and industry
Phase 2: Capacity Building - Global
o “Train the Trainer” workshop in Bonn, Germany
o 24 National Experts (6 countries) and 9 International Trainers
Phase 2: Capacity Building - Global
Training Workshop Content:a) Introduction to eco-labelling:
Theory, factors for its effectives, institutional setup and operation of an eco-label (EU Flower example) and how to create an eco-labelling scheme
b) Application and Compliance process:
Technical requirements
c) Marketing of eco-labels and eco-labelled products
d) The Supportive Policy Framework:
The role of government and Civil Society
Capacity Building – Local
Preparation
o Adaptation of the training handbook to local situation by national experts
Organization
o Industry, Industry designers and Government decision makers
Exploring
opossibilities of developing technical assistance programmes for industry and government representatives
Phase 3: Technical Assistance
o Three (3) interested companies in each target country
o Companies who have submitted the best brief business proposals for the eco-labelling of their products
o To government for the development of policies for the promotion of eco-labelling
Phase 4: Cooperation amongst Eco-labelling Schemes
Assessing the opportunities of increased cooperation
among eco-labelling schemeso Develop a rational for cooperationo Survey of perceptions and needs to evaluate interesto Consultation workshopo Recommendations and roadmap for implementation
Phase 5: Conclusion, Dissemination and basis for
replication
Regional conferences (Africa, Latin America, Asia)o Dissemination of the project resultso Possibilities of replication o Explore the possibility of developing commercial partnerships
with the companies that have had their products eco-labelledo Lessons learned for eco-labelling bodies
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