Through this project, control bodies and control authorities in Europe shall be supported to mobilize their resources in a concerted way to optimize consumer protection and fair competition on the emerging green market for products from organic farming.

This will be achieved through additional qualification and training of their organic inspectors, using most recent project results and taking into account the flexibility required under the different geographical and socioeconomic conditions of the EU member states.

First step of the project is to define in detail the additional necessary learning contents for organic inspectors. A tailor-made professional development (CPD) train-the-trainer concept shall be developed with the defined learning contents. The CPD-courses will be implemented as trial runs, the original concept will be adjusted to the results of the trial runs and then rolled out, supported by a comprehensive dissemination and exploitation concept.

The project shall be implemented by the European partners of the Quavera consortium (www.quavera.org), an alliance of product certification bodies accredited according to EN 45011, an international quality management standard and with a wide and long-standing network in the organic sector. This standard requires tailor made training concepts for inspectors.