ASSOCIATED VOLUNTEER experts

 A sow and its cubs

 Support for the start-up of a pig farm

Two Cameroonians, currently living in France and wishing to return to their country, have renewed a request for support from AVe for a pig breeding project. In 2019, the request concerned the formalization of the project and its business plan, which was done (see news August 2019). In 2020, they renew their request for support for the start-up of pig breeding. Two AVe pork specialists, Gilbert and Bernard provide support for the buildings and the management of the breeding. 

Framework agreement for support to CCFD's local partners

CCFD and AVe are committed to working together to support CCFD's local partners. AVe puts at the disposal of the CCFD two volunteer experts, Denis and Pierre, for financial, organizational and accounting assistance to the local partners of the CCFD. Two projects are concerned : RESILAC (Project for Inclusive Economic and Social Recovery of Lake Chad) and TAPSA (Transition towards a Peasant Agroecology at the Service of Food Sovereignty). Their missions cover remote work (implemented in 2020 due to the coronavirus) and interventions in the countries concerned (from 2021).

Coronavirus : AVe adaps

For the ongoing agreements that may be extended if necessary, interventions abroad are suspended, but remote support is maintained. For new expertise requests, we remain available to jointly design future collaborations that will be implemented when the "coronavirus" episode is over.

Expertise request

Rich meeting full of exchange of expériences

AVe Experts General Meeting on February 4^th 2020 in Paris

12 members were present.
Agenda : 2019 activity report and financial report, orientation report and budget for 2020.
A shared observation : the demand for expertise restarts after a trough period.

Laotian people trained by Alain

ISO certification expertise mission for a coffee roasting unit in Laos

One of our experts, Alain, left for Laos for a month to set up ISO 9001 and GMP Food HACCP certifications in a coffee roasting company in Vientiane.

Debriefing session : Louis with the school staff

Audit of an agricultural high schoolin Savalou in Benin

 Upon request of the AMJE  Breton association (Association Michel Jestin pour l'Enfance), Louis, AVe expert, carried out, in January 2020, an audit mission in an agricultural high school in Benin, located in Savalou (250 km north of Cotonou).

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Annual progress report of a vegetable garden managed by a cooperative in Benin

Upon request of a Belgian association « l’ASBL le Verso du Miroir », Louis, AVe expert AVe has carried out a mission to evaluate the evolution of a vegetable garden located in Passari, near Djougou. The association has set up this garden in 2015/2016 and has passed its management to a women's cooperative. Since 2017 it's the fourth time that Louis provides support on this garden (one intervention at the beginning of each year).

After a cession of exchanges with the chief

 New development project for a village in Benin

The city hall of Djougou has given to the Belgian association "ASBL le Verso du Miroir" a 500,000 square yards land near a village with 2,000 inhabitants. In January, Louis, AVe expert, visited the village, the land and participated in many exchanges. Following this trip and to meet the needs of the villagers, he wrote an overall project focused on three components : water with the installation of at least one water supply system, health with the creation of a dispensary, and agriculture with the gradual agricultural production of the 500,000 square yards.

Jean Baptiste with the SME team

International marketing support mission to an electronics Chinese SME 

 For the second consecutive year, Jean-Baptiste, AVe expert, carried out a marketing support mission for an electronics company. At the end of the mission it was concluded to continue the collaboration in 2020 and to focus on quality procedures.

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Alfred and Guy in the middle of the photo

Participation in Paris chocolate fair for a cocoa cooperative of Ivory Coast

The first concrete action specified in the agreement between AVe and the CADESA cocoa cooperative in Ivory Coast was to participate in the Paris chocolate fair. Guy, expert AVe met Alfred, the president of the cooperative. Then he visited all the stands of the chocolate makers present at the exhibition.