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Establishment of a Barcode Centre in Namibia: Information sharing session

Establishment of a Barcode Centre in Namibia: Information sharing session. Presenter: Roberth Simon 09 October 2019. Table of Content. Introduction Retail Sector Charter overview Why the Barcode? Benefits NBC Application Conclusion; MoU with GS1-RSA. NAMIBIA TRADE FORUM (NTF).

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Establishment of a Barcode Centre in Namibia: Information sharing session

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  1. Establishment of a Barcode Centre in Namibia: Information sharing session Presenter: Roberth Simon 09 October 2019

  2. Table of Content Introduction Retail Sector Charter overview Why the Barcode? Benefits NBC Application Conclusion; MoU with GS1-RSA

  3. NAMIBIA TRADE FORUM (NTF) Who we are? It is an agency of MITSMED with mandate to INSTITUTIONALISE Public-PrivateDialogue and collaboration on matters of trade policy. Established by Cabinet decision (2007), and became operational in 2012. Why? High level policy documents of government has identified Public-Private Dialogue and cooperation as a cross cutting enabler for a conducive business environment. Growth at Home strategy NTF will “monitor the implementation of the reforms”.

  4. Overview Retail Charter Both NDP4 & Growth at Home (GH) Strategy (2012) had ambitions toward boosting local manufacturing and value addition NDP 4 – increasing shelving of Namibian products by 20% in retail. GH – targeted sectoral reforms with focus Supporting value addition, upgrading and diversification for sustained growth. Securing market access at home and abroad; and Improving the investment climate and conditions. End result will be; Industrial capacity enhanced Job opportunities created sustainable economic growth

  5. Launch RSC 2015 • Ongoing M&E • Listing requirement • Standards

  6. Why the barcode? Minimum requirement for obtaining shelve-space in retail is to have a barcode. Namibian firms are currently reliant on South Africa’s GS1 accredited barcode centrefor services. This process is costly especially for SME’s. This means that in the global market, all goods linked to barcodes sourced by local firms outside Namibia had lost identity of origin. NTF contracted a research firm to determine the feasibility of setting up Namibia own international accredited barcode centre.

  7. Benefit of Barcode Centre Real time data access for research and informed policy decision Build a dynamic and responsive product database Products traceability Consolidation of communication systems between trading partners, Develop capabilities for the 4th Industrial Revolution in the supply chain management.

  8. Application Process Conditions Application requirement are met except one …local 200 signatories business support

  9. NTF MoU with GS1-RSA In the interim, NTF on behalf of Namibia Barcode Centre have signed MoU with GS1 – RSA to do the following among others; Namibian firms to submit their new applications with NTF for onward transmission to GS1 – RSA and the latter will have a dedicated staff attending to those request. GS1 RSA will assist with capacity building through training the Namibian counterparts as well

  10. Thank you!

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