Expert Services & Training

As member of the Ecocert Group Ecocert IMOswiss AG is part of a renowned global network of experts with expertise in quality assurance for sustainable development in various fields. We make this expertise available with our partner ECOCERT Expert Consulting.

Furthermore, ECOCERT is a professional accredited training center since 1993 and offers a variety of training solutions in different fields, read more...

Our expertise

Ecocert IMOswiss AG and its partner organizations have always been very actively involved in new developments and projects. Read more about som of our innovations... Our expertise has been proven in various projects funded by organizations like European Commission, SIPPO, SECO, IFOAM, UNCTAD, ITC, Swisscontact, GTZ/GIZ, COLEACP etc. We have been working with not-for-profit organizations like Fairventures Worldwide gGmbH, TRAFFIC and the FairWild Foundation.

The main fields of expert activities (carried out directly by IMO or other partner organizations with the technical support of our experts) were:

Development of local inspection & certification capacity
Fair Trade and Social Quality Assurance Systems
Ethical supply chain management
Input into the development of organic certification (publications, conferences, development projects, etc.)
Sustainable Quality Assurance in Aquaculture certification of various standards, analyses and procedures
Wild Collection: Mechanisms and tools for sustainable wild collection; measures, resource assessement, management planning systems; risk assessment; ABS agreements and implementation of the Nagoya Protocol
UTZ: training in certification requirements, especially in developing countries
WorldCert: online traceability and certification system for international trade and transparency
Organic Textiles: chemical analysis and standard development