Access to Certifications for the Wine Cluster Trainings

Fair Trade Lebanon will implement multiple trainings related to Access to the wine market in the US and the EU (Marketing, Packaging, Labelling, Market Regulations) and Access to Certifications for the mentioned markets.

1- Trainings Topics

• Standards and Certifications required by the US and EU markets
• ISO Certification
• Other Certifications required for US and EU markets

2- Outcome

Within the scope of the project’s overall objective, the action aims at reaching the following outcomes:
- To ensure that trainees have clear understanding about the market required standards and certifications to access the US and EU markets
- To ensure that the trainees are familiar with the concept of certification, the main components and know the advantages of certifications (financial, trade, quality)
- To ensure that the trainees are familiar with the ISO certification, its importance in trade, and its advantages
- To ensure that trainees are familiar with HACCP

Fair Trade is looking for a trainer to provide this training.

3- Deliverables

a. To develop trainings contents and trainees’ handouts

b. To conduct 3 online training sessions of 1.5 hours each for the wine cluster members (10 members):
- Required certification standards and regulations for US and EU market
- ISO and other certification for wine

c. To submit a progress and final report

These trainings might be organized in-person (depending on the official decision related to COVID-19 response) and/or online (if lockdown is imposed).