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

THANK YOU

QUESTIONS?