Project Inception and Awareness Workshop Ulaanbaatar 26 May 2005
Through the Kennedy Round II facility the Government of Japan is providing funding to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations to implement a three-year project with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture to revive the dairy sub-sector.
The project awareness and inception was workshop held on 26 May 2005. Its aims were:
to explain the project, its objectives and expected outcomes to dairy sub-sector interest groups
to identify and rank the constraints and opportunities to be addressed by the project
to ensure the proposed project implementation strategy and programme of work:
address these constraints and opportunities
match the expected project outcomes
are consistent with current national dairy sub-sector policy and the Government national plan of action
The workshop was organised into a morning plenary session and an afternoon working session. Seventy five participants attended representing 12 different groups with an interest in the dairy sub-sector and the project. The Minister of Food and Agriculture’s key note key note welcoming address was given by the Deputy Minister.
The workshop participants:
endorsed the project team’s draft implementation strategy and programme of work
confirmed training should be needs-based, practically oriented and include outreach in the countryside
requested activities for the 2005 peak milk producing season (May-October) be expedited
stressed the acute need for credit lines for dairy operators (milk producers and processors)
requested activities and inputs for milk collection and processing be expanded to speed up substitution of dairy imports with value added local milk and dairy products
applauded the project team's participatory implementation approach and wanted the approach and activities to be widely explained and disseminated.
Resources permitting, the project team assured workshop participants their findings would be incorporated in the final version of the detailed programme of work and budget to be presented to the first National Dairy Task Force meeting to be held on 31 May 2005. The project budget is USD1.92 million (MNT2.4 billion). These funds are insufficient to implement all the activities requested by stakeholders, so the project team will focus and prioritise the programme of work accordingly.
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