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Florentine Meinshausen

Affiliation / Function

Activity areas

  • Smallholder group certification
  • International training curriculums
  • Fair trade and social responsibility

Projects

StatusFiBLTitleStartEnd
completed CH Training of Fairtrade producer networks on the new EU organic regulation 27.02.2025 30.06.2025
ongoing CH COLEAD guidance document on the new EU organic regulation 30.01.2025 31.07.2025
ongoing CH Advisory and training services on the new EU organic regulation 01.04.2024 31.08.2028
completed CH Training and technical support on the new EU organic regulation and key implications for the organic sector in Ecuador 17.07.2023 31.03.2024
ongoing CH Quality Food Trade Program in Ukraine, Phase II (QFTP) 01.07.2023 30.06.2026
completed CH Impact study on the implications of the new EU Organic Regulation in Dominican Republic 01.04.2023 31.10.2024
completed CH Study of the impacts of the new EU Organic Regulation 2018/848 on smallholder value chains and the EU organic market 01.04.2023 31.10.2024
completed CH COLEAD Digital Collective Training on “Adapt Your Internal Control System (ICS) to the New EU Regulation on Organic Production" 01.01.2023 31.12.2024
completed CH Biodiversity boost through regenerative organic agroforestry in Central Ghana 20.11.2022 30.11.2024
completed CH Consultation of the Sidama Coffee Cooperative Union (SCFCU) regarding the new EU organic regulation (GIZ ICS Ethiopia) 03.11.2021 15.12.2022
ongoing CH BIOREST - Support for the development of sustainable and resilient organic agriculture in the context of climate change in Tunisia (Biorest) 01.11.2021 31.10.2025
completed CH OCA Organic Cotton Training Curriculum (OCTC) 01.03.2020 30.04.2021

Training / professional career

  • Since 2015 freelance consultant in sustainability standards and smallholder group certification
  • 2000 - 2015 management of organic and fair trade certification and standard development in an international certification body
  • 1993 - 1998: Studies in Environmental Science at ETH Zurich

Committee work / further activities

  • Member of the governing board of International Certification Biosuisse (ICB).
  • Advisory board member of the FairWild foundation.
  • Mandates for ISEAL Alliance, IFOAM-Organics International, FLOCERT and other organisations.

Publications

Publications in the Organic Eprints archive

Publications that are not in the Organic Eprints archive

  • Meinshausen et al. (2008 & 2011) Fair for Life – Fair Trade and Social Responsibility Certification Programme. Institute for Marketecology (IMO), Weinfelden
  • Meinshausen, F. und Eisenlohr, U. (2004): IFOAM Manual for Smallholder Group Certification and Training curriculum for producer organisations. IFOAM-Organics Interational, Bonn.
  • Meinshausen, F. and May, C. (2004) IFOAM Training Curriculum in Smallholder Group Certification for Certification Bodies. IFOAM-Organics International. Bonn