• International Scientific Colloquium on Cashew (CIESA) - Abidjan - 26-28 September 2017 - 26 September → 28 September
• GLOBAL SHEA ALLIANCE 2017 "Seeds of Change" à Cotonou, Benin - 13 March → 14 March
• Merging of Etc Terra & RONGEAD - 24 January
• RONGEAD at the World Cashew Convention in Dubai - 18-20 February 2016 - February 2016 → February 2016
• Workshop on Market Information Systems - Abidjan - December 2015 → December 2015
• RONGEAD present at the International Certification Conference - Abidjan - December 2015 → December 2015
• The African Cashew Sector in 2015 - November 2015
• RONGEAD at the 31st SITV of Colmar - November 2015 → November 2015

Joseph ROCHER - SENIOR EXPERT ON WTO & TRADE POLICY - TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE & EVALUATION

 7. Language skills (indicate competence on a scale of 1 to 5 : 1 - excellent; 5 - basic) :

8. Membership of professional bodies :

Bruges Group : http://www.groupedebruges.eu/

9. Other skills : Computer Literate

Good practice of Power Point, Word, Excel, File Maker. 

10. Present position:

Senior Expert on Aid for Trade (former Directorof RONGEAD - specialized on Aid for trade technical assistance - www.rongead.org (Annual Budget : EUR 1 000 000)

11. Years within the firm :

37 years (total professional experience)

12. Key qualifications :

• Main qualifications : Trade (Regulation, Promotion), Agriculture, Monitoring & Evaluation, Training, Institutional Reform and Capacity Building, Poverty Reduction.

• Other qualifications : Regional Integration, Food Security, Food processing and Safety, Rural Development, SMEs and Private Sector, Marketing.

• Extensive International experience assessing and designing trade-related assistance in Developing Countries and Countries in Transition including Trade Regulation and Trade Promotion : Trade-Related Assistance (TRA) Report (identify and summarize all TRA actions by donors and providers); Matrix of constraints and of Needs, Analytical Trade Profile, Draft Action Plan; Set of Recommendations.

• Extensive experience with evaluation and monitoring of large and regional trade-related programs : conducted the mid-term Evaluation of the EU-China Trade project (€20,000,000) as Team Leader in 2007.

• Regional Economic Integration : Effective and homogeneous implementation of : CET, customs code, rules of origin, customs valuation, transit, common competition policy, regulatory and institutional framework of standards and quality control, reducing transportation costs and non-tariff barriers, business environment, etc.

• Led Technical Assistance projects aiming at :

- Enhancing analytical skills of Developing Countries to prepare national and regional positions related to WTO negotiations and to maintain coherence with RTA (Regional Trade Agreements) negotiations.

- Enhancing capacities in production, processing, marketing and export promotion.

13. Specific relevant experience in different regions :

14. Professional experience : See CV (pdf)

15. Relevant Publications : 

• As Author - books : 2007 : "Accession of Algeria to the WTO and the pharmaceutical sector" (60 p.); 2003 : THE RICE GAME : Role game allowing trainees to understand how changing international trade law can affect the rice economy at local levels; 1998 : FOOD SECURITY POLICIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND GLOBALISATION (85 p.) - Editions Charles Léopold Mayer; 1995 : THE GATT IN PRACTICE : Understanding the World Trade Organisation (100 p.) - Editions Charles Léopold Mayer.
• As Co-author / Director and Editor : 1990-1994 : GATT-Briefing : series of pedagogical dossiers on all the Uruguay Round issues.

To download :

       CV Joseph Rocher - European format (pdf) (PDF : 549.8 kb)