The GIZ programme “Green Innovation Centres” supports small farmers in 15 countries (14 in Africa and India) to achieve a sustainable increase of production and income with the aim to create new jobs and to keep the main part of the value chain in the rural regions.

The project promotes the networking of local innovation partners to spread innovations in the countries better and faster. Knowledge-building and knowledge-sharing is promoted through consultancy, training and education, as well as access to credit for innovation to work towards modernisation and professionalisation of the agricultural sector.
As part of the activities of the “Tunisia” country package, a concept for a dairy farming school in Thibar, Tunisia, was developed.

The input of the Consultant included the organisation of a multi-day Exposure Seminar on “Cooperation with actors in the field of dairy farming and processing in Bavaria”, implemented with the support of the Training, Test and Expert Centre (LVFZ) in Kempten, Bavaria, Germany. In the Exposure Seminar, ADT took the role of the professional moderator who accompanied the participants, deepened the technical aspects of the various technical items, worked out the central theme of the programme, supported the discussion among the actors, instructed the reflexion in the group of participants, and elaborated the final report with recommendations for further actions.

In two workshops held in Tunis in Dezember 2018 and February 2019, concept ideas were deepened and training progammes for different target groups in the dairy value chain were elaborated.
This systematic process laid the foundation for the cooperation arrangement for a dairy school in Tunisia.