Agro-Logistics

Forum

Organisation and Workplan

Launching Event

Agro Logistics Forum

Cairo

25 November 2014

Dr. Karel Vanroye

Director

Contents

1. Added value of the agro-logistics Forum

2. Proposed organisation

3. Proposed workplan 2015

Buck Consultants International, 2014 1

1 Added value of the agro-logistics Forum

Buck Consultants International, 2014 2

Detecting business opportunities

International trends and developments

Identification of new market segments

Funding opportunities

Sharing of good practices

Market studies

Training facilities and educational programs

Pilot projects for new practices

Meeting potential clients and extending business

contacts

International and national business contacts

Buck Consultants International, 2014 3

Aim: establish sector wide win/win to advance

business and create commercial opportunities

Membership: open to all companies and

organisations of the logistics and agricultural

sectors

Chair: representative of industry

Facilitation: Dutch Embassy and Ministry of

Economic Affairs

Agro-Logistics Forum

Logistics losses Multimodal transport Cold chain

Aim: monitoring the pilot projects

and small scale studies

Working group

2 Proposed organisation

Buck Consultants International, 2014 4

Sending out questionnaire

Two plenary meetings (May and November

2015) with Dutch experts

Small scale studies/projects defined by

participating companies. Example: market

study, good practices, new technology, etc.

Agro-Logistics Forum

Logistics losses Multimodal transport Cold chain

Logistics awareness video

Logistics training sessions

Extension of the study on

logistics losses

Prioritization and implementation

of recommendations

Pilot project: transport of

reefer by rail Aswan-Cairo

Pilot project: transport of

reefer by barge Alexandria –

Cairo

Multiplication of cold chain

training

Needs assessment

3 Workplan 2015