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Summary of Advisory Services Project Information

Project Number

599066

Primary Business Area

Investment Climate

Disclosure Date

Jan 16, 2014

Country

Latin America and the Caribbean Region

Region

Latin America and the Caribbean

IFC Approval Date

Sep 24, 2013

Status

Completed

Estimated Total Budget

Pending
(Project budget includes all project-funded activities)

Last Updated Date

Jun 1, 2024

Project Estimated End Date

Dec 31, 2016

Project Description

This project will provide technical assistance / advisory services to the Governments of the region. IFC will provide advisory services for regulatory and technological reforms, which involve process redesigning, and harmonization, as well as the design, development and support in the implementation of a system to facilitate mutual recognition of sanitary registries in Central America. The work includes process mapping, identification of unnecessary requirements and redesign the process for sanitary registration for the first time and for online mutual recognition. A new regional system will be developed, using a 'cloud', where all countries will upload their files for sanitary registries for food and beverages. The digitization of files and access to updated information from the responsible agencies in each country will allow authorities to make the recognition of registration approved in another country in the region in a more accurate way and will confirm the status of the file, make updates and answer questions, among others, in a short time. For users, the implementation of an online module, with access to certain information, would allow them to track their process and properly manage their records. The system development will be phased in by modules simultaneously in the 4 countries, in order to test them, get early results, and demonstrate the benefits of a regional software The system would serve as base for adding other products´ registries in the future, such as agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals that would need to be systematized as well.

Development Results

E&S Risks / Impacts and Mitigation