The Institute of Packaging, Ghana (IOPG) with the support of PRO€INVEST is spearheading a project aimed at strengthening the capacity of local converters in order to bring them up to international standards. This will be achieved by a mission of packaging converters to some European countries to have first-hand experience in current trends of packaging. The mission will involve visits to packaging establishments in Denmark, Germany and United Kingdom.

 

The overall objective of the mission is to build the capacity of Ghanaian packaging converters as well as members of IOPG with a view to improving their expertise in packaging design and quality of locally manufactured packaging. The mission is expected to establish Business to Business links between the Ghanaian and EU packaging companies in the fields of technology, supply of materials, implementation of quality assurance systems and training. It is envisaged that knowledge acquired from this project will be disseminated to the entire packaging conversion and user industry in Ghana through training of factory staff.

 

This mission of Ghanaian packaging converters to EU countries is co-financed by PRO€INVEST and local packaging converters, with support from Danish Technological Institute (DTI) and the International Trade Centre (ITC), Geneva. PRO€INVEST is an EU-ACP (Africa, Caribbean and Pacific) partnership programme developed and undertaken by the European Commission on behalf of the ACP countries.

The improvement of quality and competitiveness of domestic packaging are critical for the growth of the export sector. This project will therefore bring tremendous benefits to Ghanaian packaging converters, users, exporters of fresh and processed food products and the Institute of Packaging, Ghana (IOPG).

 

WPO Board Meeting, Worldstar Awards and Packaging Summit

The Institute of Packaging, Ghana has won the bid to host the 2008 WPO Board meeting, Worldstar Awards and a Packaging Summit from 19th – 23rd May 2008. This event would bring a lot of the key players in the packaging industry to Ghana to share with the industry in Ghana some of their valuable experiences as far as packaging is concerned.

 

FUTURE PROGRGAMMES

IOPG plans to establish a Packaging Resource Center to facilitate the execution of the following activities: