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Country	Romania
Project description	Promotion of modern Milk Recording and Milk Quality Monitoring Systems in Romania
Origin of funding	BMZ (German Ministry of Economical Co-operation and Development)
Name of Client	German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ)
Period	04/2007 – 09/2008
Overall project value	468,142 EUR
Proportion carried out by ADT Projekt GmbH	73
No of staff provided	13
Name of partners, if any	AFC Consultants International GmbH (Germany)
Project description	The project was supporting the development and country-wide extension of modern milk recording and milk quality monitoring systems in Romania by technical assistance and training. The general objectives of the project were to improve milk hygiene and milk quality standards in Romania to converge to EU standards and legislation. Main target groups of the project are: Milk producers and milk processors of Romania Managers and technical staff of milk recording & milk quality monitoring organisations/association Managers and technical staff of raw milk laboratories Milk sector experts of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), the Public Veterinary Administration (ANSV) and the National Agency for Animal Production & Reproduction (ANARZ) Tec hnical assistance and training was covering in particular the following topics: Milk hygiene, advisory support and packages for dairy farmers to improve milk quality and milk production standards, international trends in milk production, international standards of animal recording according to ICAR, EU food hygiene legislation and EU milk quality standards, procedures of milk recording and milk quality monitoring, routine methods of milk testing, laboratory analyses, raw milk laboratory management and networks, reference laboratories incl. quality assurance, logistics of professional milk quality control, data processing and analysis, cost effectiveness factors in milk control and routine laboratory analyses, development of pricing and payment procedures as well as milk quota management procedures.
Type of Services provided	Technical assistance and policy advice to milk sector experts of the MARD and the National Veterinary Service Institution building / organisation development Training needs assessment and preparation of training modules Organisation and delivery of several training courses (country-wide) for dairy farmers, managers and technical staff of organisations/associations responsible for milk recording & quality control, staff of raw milk laboratories, managers and technical staff of milk processors, milk sector experts of MARD and the Veterinary Administration Organisation of study tours and practical training in Germany TA to improve the framework necessary for adapting the procedures of milk control and milk quality monitoring according to EU, respectively to ICAR (www.icar.org) standards Organisation of several conferences, workshops and information campaigns related to milk sector issues Elaboration, print and delivery of several professional brochures on topics related to milk hygiene and improvement of milk quality standards according to EU and Romanian legislation.

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