Florentine Meinshausen

Affiliation / Function

Status	FiBL	Title	Start	End
completed	CH	Training and technical support on the new EU organic regulation and key implications for the organic sector in Ecuador	17.07.2023	31.03.2024
ongoing	CH	Quality Food Trade Program in Ukraine, Phase II (QFTP)	01.07.2023	30.06.2026
completed	CH	Impact study on the implications of the new EU Organic Regulation in Dominican Republic	01.04.2023	31.10.2024
completed	CH	Study of the impacts of the new EU Organic Regulation 2018/848 on smallholder value chains and the EU organic market	01.04.2023	31.10.2024
completed	CH	COLEAD Digital Collective Training on “Adapt Your Internal Control System (ICS) to the New EU Regulation on Organic Production"	01.01.2023	31.12.2024
completed	CH	Biodiversity boost through regenerative organic agroforestry in Central Ghana	20.11.2022	30.11.2024
completed	CH	Consultation of the Sidama Coffee Cooperative Union (SCFCU) regarding the new EU organic regulation (GIZ ICS Ethiopia)	03.11.2021	15.12.2022
ongoing	CH	BIOREST - Support for the development of sustainable and resilient organic agriculture in the context of climate change in Tunisia (Biorest)	01.11.2021	31.10.2025
completed	CH	OCA Organic Cotton Training Curriculum (OCTC)	01.03.2020	30.04.2021

Since 2015 freelance consultant in sustainability standards and smallholder group certification
2000 - 2015 management of organic and fair trade certification and standard development in an international certification body
1993 - 1998: Studies in Environmental Science at ETH Zurich

Member of the governing board of International Certification Biosuisse (ICB).
Advisory board member of the FairWild foundation.
Mandates for ISEAL Alliance, IFOAM-Organics International, FLOCERT and other organisations.

Meinshausen et al. (2008 & 2011) Fair for Life – Fair Trade and Social Responsibility Certification Programme. Institute for Marketecology (IMO), Weinfelden
Meinshausen, F. und Eisenlohr, U. (2004): IFOAM Manual for Smallholder Group Certification and Training curriculum for producer organisations. IFOAM-Organics Interational, Bonn.
Meinshausen, F. and May, C. (2004) IFOAM Training Curriculum in Smallholder Group Certification for Certification Bodies. IFOAM-Organics International. Bonn