Ethiopian-Netherlands Horticulture Partnership : Mission Report Strategy Development Floriculture Capacity Building October 15 - 21, 2006

The Netherlands’ Government has committed itself to contribute to a balanced growth of the horticulture sector in Ethiopia through a public-private partnership program in line with the WSSD partnership programs in South-east Asia and East-Africa. Jointly with the stakeholders a plan of activities for 2006 for this partnership was formulated. In order to address the topic ‘Capacity building in the floriculture sector in Ethiopia’ a mission was conducted in the period October 16-21, 2006 with the following objectives: • Identify needs and priorities for capacity building in the floriculture sector • Formulate a strategy for capacity building activities in the floriculture sector for the period 2007 - 201