Regional Quality & Origin competence hub – SIQOI

The SIQOI hub, created in 2014 to meet the strong demand from economic actors in the Indian Ocean region, aims to meet the challenges concerning the quality and origin of products from this region in order to boost trade.

Start date

01/09/2014

End date

31/08/2015

Objectives

The aim of the SIQOI project was to offer operators in the Indian Ocean region a range of services (research in partnership, expertise, support for innovation processes, training) by structuring the actors of the competence hub around the quality of and impartation of value to products. It was a matter of introducing quality approaches to products and supply chains and of building up the capacities of the actors in the quality and origin domains in order to:

- Promote trade in quality agricultural and agri-food products within the countries of the zone and internationally;

- Encourage the recognition of quality products and territories and thus add value to them;

- Promote exports in conformance with European and international standards, with reference to the strategies and capacities of local actors and expectations of downstream operators and consumers.