PROGRESS REPORT OF THE OLIVE NETWORK

February 2004 – October 2008

Olive Network CoordinatorDr. Boubaker KARRAY

bkarray@yahoo.fr

The 11th General Conference of AARINENA12-14 October 2008, Damascus-Syria

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4. Major achievement to date

1. Creation

2. Objectives

3. Members, Working groups, coordinators and focal points

6. Olive network plan 2008/09

5. Strengths and Weaknesses

AARINENA olive network

  

 

* February 2004 : Consultative meeting of experts in olives of the AARINENA propose the structure and the organization of the network

* April 2004 : 9th General Conference Of AARINENA approved the olive network

Creation

Olive Network Objectives

1. Create awareness at various policymaking and technical levels within member countries and the importance of development of the olive through an integrated approach.

2. Promote cooperation in the collection, conservation, propagation, evaluation and utilization of olive germplasm.

3. Facilitate exchange of information through the development of a system for the collection and dissemination of information on olive.

4. Allow joint programs to be developed for the exchange of experiences and expertise and organization of training courses, workshops and conferences for the effective use and sharing of transferable technical information and skills.

5. Collate and develop common technical standards and specifications, methodologies and approaches for laboratory procedures as part of an overall quality control system for the marketing of olive products, in local and international markets.

6. Enhance cooperation for the analysis and solution of common problems through joint research / development projects.

7. Contribute to the formulation of national networks in each country to strengthen collaboration among national institutions, non-governmental organizations, private sector and universities.

8. Undertake promotional activities to promote the nutritional, social and ecological benefits of olive oil and table olive

Members, Working groups, coordinators and focal points

Working Group & Coordinator

Focal Point

EGYPT Production & Protection Mohamed EL-KHOLYIkram SAAD ELDIN

JORDAN Post Harvest & Processing Salah SHDIEFAT

Salam AYOUBMOROCCO Belkassem BOULOUHA

TUNISIA Moheddine KASSANTINI SYRIA Socio-Economic and

Commercialisation Anwar AL-IBRAHEM

Anwar AL-IBRAHEM

LIBANON Ali BASSAL CYPRUS Constantinos GREGORIU

TURQUEY Muscahit Taha OZKYA LYBIA Hedi KHALAF IRAN Ali-asghar Zeinanloo

YEMEN Mansour ALDALAS ALGERIA SEBAI AHMED

Palestine Ismail Ali Abu Zinida

Saudi Arabia Sallal Al-Mutairi

Secretariat(Tunisia)

Olive tree InstituteDr. B.KARRAY

GFAR FAO

IOOCCIHEAM

EUIPGRI

Coordinating board

Dr. Salah SHDIEFAT

AARINENADr. Ibrahim

HAMDAN

ESCORENA olive network

Dr. A.TRIGUIDr. RALLO

3 Working groups and 14 focal points

ISHS

NGOs

Universities

Private Sector

Research Institutions

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS TO DATE

1. Establishment of database concerning olive sector in the AARINENA countries (National statistics, policies, main constraints and potentialities,

institutions, researchers, universities, profession, programs of research in progress, acquirements of research).

2. SWOT study of the olive oil sector in the AARINENA countries

3. Organization of the first olive network meeting (Marrakech Morocco) 20-22 December 2004

* Establishment of Work Plan during “2005 – 2007”

Activities 2005 2006 2007 Person in Charge

1Monthly Olive News Letter (AARINENA Website)

Start January Continue Continue All network personnel

2 Guide lines for (GAP) Start Continue ContinueWorking groups, Ozkaya, Gregoriou

3Seminar or workshop or training course (possibility that either can be timed with the agriculture forum in Sfax- Tunisia)

AccomplishKarray, Kholy, Bassal, Gregoriou, Ozkaya

4 Regional Projects

Proposals (end January), seek donors, start

continue continueWorking Groups, proposals by focal points are encouraged

5 Annual Meeting & Annual Report ---------------- -------------Karray, (Kholy for 2006 meeting, forthcoming chairman for 2007)

6 OLEA (Inter-regional collaborative activity) Start Continue Continue Rallo

7Establishment of Olivenet (Inter-regional collaborative activity) and compiling a list of experts and researchers

Proposals (end March) seek donors, start

continue continue Karray & Trigui

8 International Course Karray, Trigui, Rallo

9 Inter-regional Projects Start Continue Continue

ESCORENA, AARINENA (each to delegate persons in charge according to its functioning structure)

10Coordinate efforts for an effective regional representation in 2008 Olive Symposium in Portugal

Start Continue ContinueKarray, interested network personnel

1. International Seminary

« Productivity, quality and Partnership agreement » Sfax – Tunisia 18 -19 May 2005

18 Communications

160 Participants researchers, producers, exporters, Associations

Tunisia, Jordan, Spain, Italy

Financed by Olive Tree Institute, Italian private sector (Barracana)and International Fair Association of Sfax

2. Regional Projects

Global Post-Harvest Initiative: Linking Farmers to Markets

AARINENA Planning Meeting

Turkey 24-25 Mars 2005

Identification of Three common projects for all the networks (olives, dates, medicinal plants and cotton)

1. Innovative Extension and Technology Transfer Systems2. Organic Farming

3. Market Orientation for Networks

Seven projects elaborated and proposed by the working groups. One of these projects was proposed to be financed by DURAS project (Biological control of olive pests).

3. Second olive network meeting (Cyprus)

I want to tanks Dr Faouzi Taheur from FAO for his Will and devotion (notably the financial founds reserved to the Guide lines achievement),

Dr. Constantinos GREGORIU and all the focal points for the efforts deployed to achieve the GAP.

Publication ? ( AARINENA )

4. OLEA (Inter-regional collaborative activity)

OLEA N° 25 JULY 2006

• Trigui and Karray: AARINENA olive network and coordination wit ESCORENA olive network

* Costas Gregorio: handbook draft for guidelines on good agricultural practices for olives in AARINENA countries

6. Some members of the olive network will participate to the Olive Symposium in Portugal (2008)

We received the list of Iranian and French researchers and some of Jordan researchers.

5 .Establishment of Olivenet (Inter-regional collaborative activity) and compiling a list of experts and researchers

•The network covers 14 countries

•AARINENA members countries have the same problems (Drought, Marginal zone, low productivity, low quality of olive production, Insufficient cooperation at the national policies, research program, exchange of information, technological transfer, lack of coordination among institutions, universities and private sector).

•Support of AARINENA, GFAR, ICARDA, IPGRI, and FAO

* Will and devotion of the working group’s coordinator and some

focal points

Strengths

Weaknesses

* Lack of financial founds * Some focal points are not functional

Difficulties in the functioning of the olive network (lack of dynamic exchange of information)

Difficulties in the functioning of the secretariat olive network

Olive network Work plan 2008/09

Activities 2008 2009 Person in Charge

1Monthly Olive News Letter (AARINENA Website)

------------ ---------- All network personnel

2 International Course (Total Quality

Management)---------- Karray, Rallo

3 Inter-regional Projects ------------- -----------ESCORENA, AARINENA

4Coordinate efforts for an effective regional representation in 2008 Olive Symposium in Portugal

------------ ----------Karray, interested network members

5 : المتكاملة الحماية دولي ملتقى

الزيتون لشجرةNovember

(2008)

IO Tunisia; FAO; CTAB Tunisia; ATPP Tunisia

6 Olivebioteq 2009December

2009IO Tunisia; IRD, COI;…

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