What is CICC?
The CICC is an intergovernmental organization of cashew producing countries. It is open to all countries producing raw nuts and/or kernels, countries importing nuts and/or kernels, and consuming countries.
What are the organs of the CICC?
The CICC has two permanent bodies, namely the Council of Ministers of member countries and the Executive Secretariat based in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. It also has three non-permanent bodies, namely the Scientific Conference, the College of Agricultural Production and the Commission for Transformation and the Private Sector.
What are the relationships between the CICC bodies?
The Council of Ministers is the decision-making body that meets once a year. The Executive Secretariat implements the decisions of the Council of Ministers and reports back to it. The non-permanent bodies are responsible for guiding or advising the decisions of the CICC through their expertise, research and advice. The latter are composed of stakeholders in the cashew sector of the countries and development partners.
What is the mission of the CICC?
The mission of CICC is to serve the community of member countries through the promotion of the cashew sector, advocacy, sharing knowledge, innovations, implementing partnerships and providing platforms for discussion on issues of global importance in the cashew value chains.
When, where and by whom was the CICC created?
The International Cashew Consultative Council (CICC) was created on November 17, 2016 in Abidjan, on the sidelines of the 2nd edition of the International Exhibition of Cashew Processing Equipment and Technology (SIETTA), by Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Senegal and Togo.
Who can be a member of the CICC?
The ex officio members of the CICC are States and their Governments. Their Ministers in charge of Agriculture and Trade/Industry sit on the Council of Ministers of the CICC. Development partners and international or regional institutions are observer members, at their request.
Why are only African countries the only members today?
Today’s member countries of the CICC are those that took the initiative to create the organization or to join, subsequently, by adhesion. All countries with an interest in the cashew sector can join at their request.
What are the topics of interest to the CICC?
These mainly concern cooperation between states, exchanges, political and governance issues of the cashew sector, access to decision-making data, capacity development, protection of stakeholder interests.
What is the CICC strategy?
It is based on five pillars: Construction & influence of the CICC, Cooperation & Consultation between States and partners, Policies & Governance of the sector, Access to data & Decision-making information and Capacity Development of stakeholders.
How does the CICC Executive Secretariat work?
The Secretariat is organized into four technical and administrative departments: Economic Studies and Statistics, Industrial Research and Development, Cooperation, Organization and Strategic Partnerships, and Administration and Finance. It is supported by a legal advisor.
Is partnership with other organizations possible?
CICC can establish strategic partnerships with other public, private or NGO organizations to address challenges in the cashew sector and conduct joint activities at national, regional and international levels.