GACP+ STANDARD FOR DEVIL’S CLAW IN NAMIBIA

The public is invited to comment on the proposed Good Agriculture and Collection Practice Plus (GACP+) standard for devil’s claw biotrade. Any person wishing to comment on the draft standard can do so by sending either comments posted in the document itself and sending such to info@nanci.biz or writing an email with your comments to info@nanci.biz. Commenting is open until 30 November 2021.

Further questions can be addressed to Ms Dagmar Honsbein, Secretary General at NANCi at above email address.

We have the following training:

	Dates	Time	Venue	Proposed attendees in the DC value chain	Focus of Discussions	Comments
Katima Mulilo	26.10.2021	08h00 – 13h00	Bienatis Conference Centre	Harvesters, Processors, Traders, Agents, Exporters, Community Support Organisations, regulators	Proposed GACP+ Standard	Afternoon: visit to a DC community close to Katima
Sibinda	27.10.2021	10h00 – 13h00	Sibinda Kindergarten	Harvesters, Processors, Exporters, Community members, interested stakeholders	Support to mothers/ parents working in DC harvesting & processing	During morning, visit Sibinda Village to discuss the social project Further time to visit a DC community along the way
Rundu	28.10.2021	08h00 – 13h00	Kavango River Lodge and Conference Centre	Harvesters, Processors, Traders, Agents, Exporters, Community Support Organisations, regulators	Proposed GACP+ Standard	Return to Windhoek in afternoon
Windhoek	29.10.2021	08h30 – 14h00	Arebbusch Travel Lodge and Conference Centre	Harvesters, Processors, Traders, Agents, Community Support Organisations, exporters, regulators	Proposed GACP+ Standard
Windhoek	4.11.2021	09h00 – 16h00	GZ Conference Centre (Dr. W-Külz Street, Windhoek West)	Exporters, Community Support Organisations, NGOs, regulators	Proposed GACP+ Standard   Proposed amendments to the Devil’s Claw Policy

Attendees need to RSVP please for the respective venues to info@nanci.biz. We have catered for the participation of 50 persons per venue.