Activities
The main activities of the initiative are to provide a communication platform, to continue with inventory and analyses as well as with the development and testing of tools to detect/avoid frauds.
Inventory activities
- Development of web site with AFI documents
- Test subscriptions of traders and certifiers
- Establishment of database with organizations/contact persons involved in repression of fraud for each member state.
- Inventory of past fraud cases, analyses.
- Inventory of ‘hot’ products-country combinations based on residue analyses, and based on complaints and allegations.
Toolbox
Testing of tools that address frauds in different ways, like:
- Develop harmonized information formats for communication between certifiers in case of suspicion
- Proposals for improved transparency
- Assist in operationalisation of Rapid Alert System
- Develop protocols for informing traders of alerts (weekly, per product category)
- A trial informal complaints and warning system, following up with CBs and ABs
- Provide input into the trade tool box
- Analyse and discuss public fraud cases and inventory of hot products
- Implementation of 2 specific (problematic) product supply chain analyses with as many of the involved traders and certifiers as possible.
- Propose, discuss effective in-house quality assurance systems for operators
- Propose, discuss more effective inspection techniques/system with certifiers and authorities, like risk based inspection