Learning from others
As a stakeholder platform the African Cashew Alliance is an emerging organization that promotes the processing of raw cashews, increases the income of African farmers and promotes the global consumption of cashew nuts. It supports the development of country-specific cashew policy agendas in 10 member countries and facilitates the exchange of information and best practices for cashew processing. It also assists its members by promoting the African cashew industry in national and international markets. The African Cashew Alliance works with National Committees in the each member country. These committees are composed of all relevant actors in the cashew value chain, and include government representatives.
➲ www.africancashewalliance.com
The Common Code for the Coffee Community (4C), is a basic sustainability standard for green coffee production. It has been developed by a group of international stakeholders: coffee producers from all major coffee-producing countries, trade and industry in coffee and international NGOs joined the stakeholder initiative and came together as a steering committee to develop the standard and to decide on the conditions of its application.
➲ www.4c-coffeeassociation.org
To strengthen the capacity of local government, a joint project between the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional AFFAIRS (COGTA) in South Africa and the German Development Cooperation aims to stimulate dialogue processes on three levels: on a national level (between the state and private actors), on a local level (between public and private actors), and on national, regional and local levels (between representatives of government organizations and the private sector). The approach includes regular Stakeholder Dialogue meetings.
The National Development Council (NEDLAC) in South Africa is an institutionalized Stakeholder Dialogue between the state, private businesses, unions and small communities. This institutionalized dialogue exemplifies and reviews the socio-economic dimension of the South African societal transition and healing process. Within the context of this dialogue, participants discuss draft legislation and strategic decisions. In this way, participation and right of say have been institutionalized on a high level.
