Project Name: Poverty Reduction through Rural Development in

Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Federally Administered Tribal Areas and

Neighboring Areas

Training course on “Olive Supply Chain”

Programme and Information Note

CIHEAM Bari, Italy | 01-12 July 2019

The Partnership

LUISS Business School, accredited by EQUIS, is the School of Business and Management of University

LUISS Guido Carli, in Rome (Italy), which leads the development and the growth of individuals and

companies. Through the Competence Centres & Labs, which are centres of Business Practice and

Research, the School is full embedded in the innovation of the training programmes even thanks to

the cooperation with Key Corporate Partner and an International Faculty in order to offer a real change

to those who live the experience LUISS Business School. The programme portfolio includes: MBA; BA

and MS (Department of Business and Management); Specialised Masters, Executive programmes,

Custom programmes for companies.

The International Center for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM) is an

intergovernmental organisation devoted to the sustainable development of agriculture and fisheries,

food and nutrition security in rural and coastal areas. Thirteen Mediterranean states members include

Albania, Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia and

Turkey. CIHEAM’s goal is to contribute to the development of a global, innovative and committed

vision in the field of education and training, research, networks and open knowledge platforms,

cooperation and technical assistance, political dialogue and partnership.

CIHEAM strongly pursues its mandate through the work of four national institutes based in Italy (Bari),

Greece (Chania), France (Montpellier) and Spain (Zaragoza), in collaboration with several international

and regional organisations.

The project and the training course at a

glance

The overall aim of this project is to help the Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund and the Government of

Pakistan in their efforts to reduce poverty and improve quality of life indicators of poor communities

in identified Union Councils (UCs) in Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Federally Administered Tribal

Areas and Neighboring Areas. Following the Program Objectives, this project will provide local

community leaders and members knowledge, tools, networking opportunities for: (i) empowering and

developing engaged communities; (ii) creating livelihood opportunities for communities and

marginalized groups (especially young and female members of the communities); (iii) increasing

health promotion and education through lifestyle and service delivery restructuring (ICTs).

Specific objectives of project

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Studying the mechanism of Community engagement and contribution in public provisions

particularly social services

Exchange visit for UCs members (Youth Development Initiative)

Training course on olive supply chain

Study of Cooperative model of Italy for Benefitting Subsistence Farmers

Innovation in Education with ICT Integration

Training visit to Italy for innovative health and nutrition models

Networking Activities and Exhibiting local Products

Expected outcomes of project

Following the Kirkpatrick model for the assessment of educational programs, this project will produce

the following outcomes: (i) satisfaction of participants in attending the educational programs; (ii)

learning of new competencies and tools; (iii) changes in individual behaviors; (iv) changes in

community / organizational behavior and performances. The first two outcomes will be monitored at

the end of each class through a survey and a test. The report on satisfaction and learning metrics will

be delivered to the Client within two weeks after the completion of each module. The third and fourth

types of outcomes will be monitored 2 months after the completion of each module, in order to give

the participants enough time to start making an impact by using the competencies and tools acquired

in the classroom. Data will be gathered through interviews by phone or other communication media.

Specific outcomes of training course on olive supply chain

At the end of the program participants will be mainly capable of:

Describing the different varieties and qualities of olive oil

Identifying the criteria for the choice of the land

Describe the cultivation and production techniques

Develop inter-organizational associations to coordinate the value chain

Develop a marketing plan for their olive oil

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Training course

Olive Supply Chain, 1-12 July 2019 CIHEAM-Bari

Day 1 – Monday, 01 July 2018 09:30 - 13:00 – Maurizio Raeli, Biagio Di Terlizzi; Olimpia Antonelli; Gianluigi Cardone; Michele Tucci (CIHEAM Bari); Roberto Dandi (LUISS BS) Class 1. Welcoming, presentation CIHEAM Bari and programme; Overview of olive sector in Puglia; Best practices for planting, traditional and innovative growing, organic and conventional farming, harvesting and post-harvesting 14:00-16:00 - Michele Tucci (CIHEAM Bari) Site visit 1. Visit of Insectarium and traditional olive orchard in Valenzano (Bari)

Day 2 – Tuesday, 02 July 2019 09:00 - 13:00 – Donato Mondelli and Antonio Trani (CIHEAM Bari) Class 2. Processing olive in oil; Waste and by-products management; Quality of olive oil. Overview of traditional and modern processing systems 14:00-16:00 – Antonio Caretto (Public Hospital of Brindisi) Class 3. Link between EVO and nutrition, health, wellness. Evo as a medicine

Day 3 – Wednesday, 03 July 2019 09:00 - 13:00 – Gianluigi Cardone and Francesco Bottalico; Roberta Callieris and Michele Tucci (CIHEAM Bari) Class 4. Quality schemes and Sustainability protocol; Marketing (strategic issues such as segmenting and targeting of the market, positioning; operational issues such product strategy, traceability, distribution strategy, pricing, communications to consumers, etc.; planning) 14:00-16:00 – Donato Mondelli, Michele Tucci, Antonio Trani (CIHEAM Bari) Class 5. Laboratory of Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry of CIHEAM Bari; Quality tasting of olive oil. Management of Laboratory and instruments; Tasting olive oil by panellist

Day 4 – Thursday, 04 July 2019 09:00 - 13:00 – Francesco De Carlo, Roberta Callieris Site visit 2 and Testimonials 1. Visit to De Carlo Company srl (Olive oil and table olive pocessing and marketing) 14:00-16:00 – Dora De Santis, Roberta Callieris (CIHEAM Bari) Class 6. Agridè Company srl: meeting with SME company

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Day 5 – Friday, 05 July 2019 09:00 - 13:00 – Olive small farmers Site visit 3. Visit to Olive farms in Brindisi 14:00-16:00 – President of Chamber of Commerce Testimonial 2: Chamber of Commerce of Brindisi

Day 6 – Saturday, 06 July 2019 09:00 - 17:00 – Free Weekend Proposal: Visits of natural and rural landscape, and archaeological, historical, artistic and traditional environments in Puglia

Day 7 – Sunday, 07 July 2019 09:00 - 17:00 – Free Weekend

Day 8 – Monday, 08 July 2019 09:00 - 13:00 – Luigi Catalano; Luca Fortunato (Vivaio Fortunato) Site Visit 4 and Testimonial 3. Field visit to nursery in Sammichele (Bari); Meeting with Manager of nursery (Vivaio Fortinato) in Sammichele di Bari 14:00-16:00 - Luigi Catalano Class 7. Nurseries and propagation; Varieties, biodiversity, climate

Day 9 – Tuesday, 09 July 2019 09:00 - 13:00 – Luigi Catalano; Alfonso Di Pietro Site Visit 5. Field visit to olive farms and olive oil mill in Andria and meeting with farmer and miller (Traditional and superintensive olive orchards) 14:00-16:00 - Gianluigi Cardone (CIHEAM Bari) Class 8. Policies and Strategic Plan for the improvement and development of the olive supply chain, at national and regional level

Day 10 – Wednesday, 10 July 2019 09:00 - 13:00 – Eustachio Dubla (CIHEAM Bari); Michele Stillavati (Amenduni Group); Donato Conserva (Mimì Company) Site Visit 6 and Testimonial 4. Visit to Cooperative of olive oil farmers in Palo del Colle or Bitonto (Bari), and Processing machines factory "Amenduni Group" 14:00-16:00 - Eustachio Dubla Site Visit 7 and Testimonial 5. Visit to "Mimì" olive oil farm in Modugno (Bari)

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Day 11 – Thursday, 11 July 2019 09:00 - 13:00 – Olive oil farmers Site Visits 8. Visit to olive oil farms in Brindisi 14:00-16:00 - Confindustria Brindisi Testimonial 6. Association of farms and agro-food industries in Brindisi

Day 12 – Friday, 12 July 2019 09:00 - 13:00 – Gianluigi Cardone (CIHEAM Bari) Class 9. Needs and strategies for the improvement and development of the olive sector in Pakistan 14:00-16:00 - Gianluigi Cardone and Olimpia Antonelli (CIHEAM Bari) Class 10. Final discussion; Attestance of partecipation

19:00-22:00 – LUISS staff; CIHEAM Bari staff, Confindustria Brindisi Social dinner

Contacts

Roberto Dandi, LUISS – Project Coordinator

Address: Via Romania, 32, 00197, Rome (Italy) E-mail: rdandi@luiss.it Web site: https://businessschool.luiss.it/en/ Duilio Carusi, LUISS – Project Manager

Address: Via Romania, 32, 00197, Rome (Italy) E-mail: duilio.carusi@gmail.com Web site: https://businessschool.luiss.it/en/

Olimpia Antonelli, CIHEAM-Bari – Head of Education Office

Address: Via Ceglie 9, 70010 Valenzano, Bari E-mail: o.antonelli@iamb.it Web site: http://www.iamb.it/en Gianluigi Cardone, CIHEAM-Bari – Focal Person

Address: Via Ceglie 9, 70010 Valenzano, Bari E-mail: cardone@iamb.it Web site: http://www.iamb.it/en Francesco Bottalico, CIHEAM-Bari - Tutor

Address: Via Ceglie 9, 70010 Valenzano, Bari E-mail: bottalico@iamb.it Web site: http://www.iamb.it/en