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Discussion and Future Assessments. The initial assessment was conducted in compliance with the Annual Work Plan. The overall assessment process for PFID will continue. Activities to be conducted shortly include a Client Profile, which will provide information on processors’ contacts, production, sales and employees. As well as provide useful baseline data, this profile should also form the basis of an Information Support System that will maintain linkages between the Project and its beneficiaries. Other recommended assessment activities include the following: • WFLO-provided instruments for cold chain analysis, including technical assessment and production efficiency; • An in-depth analysis of energy consumption patterns; • A survey measuring the strength of associations, partnerships and networks; • Specific information on individual associations visited by the assessment team; • Chemical, physical, and microbiological analyses regarding sanitary practices; • Translation of governmental standards for specific chemical, physical, bacteriological, and radiological compounds, including testing frequency; and • HACCP pre-course preparation activities, which could serve as a final assessment of training needs.

Discussion and Future Assessments. Several issues delayed the assessment process. Firstly, Project operations began in xxxxxxx in April 2001 after the execution of the agreement with USAID. Secondly, World Lab and INZMV recommended amending the original schedule for the stakeholder meetings to include presentations by the members of the US-based technical team. They justified this inclusion as a necessary incentive for participation, but it necessitated postponing the meetings from August. Thirdly, the meetings were further postponed following the events of September 11th. The NGP provided a dual benefit to the Project’s assessment process: it identified those issues that were most important to the stakeholders and it legitimized the Project’s solution strategy to the stakeholders. However, there were some shortcomings. Facilitators did not have sufficient experience to completely eliminate redundant ideas that were raised by the stakeholders or to prevent some breakout groups from being dominated by the more forceful members. As the profile had to be designed to the satisfaction of both the US-based and Eastern European Project partners, revisions, field-testing and translation took more time that anticipated. In some cases the Project specialists had to call to the plants in order to get the needed information. The design of a database for entry and analysis of responses required expertise from the Vinnitsa project, as well as training of Project staff in the use of Microsoft Access. Data collection of potential clientele will continue throughout the project and the database will be continuously updated to maintain a current information system. World Lab was unable to obtain full refrigeration survey data with its current resources. In Ukraine, there is no authority that monitors the refrigerator equipment of processing enterprises in a centralized manner. Acquiring that information requires personal communication, visits and large preparation work, so that respondents agree to answer the very specific questions in the survey. Given Ukraine’s size, such an action does not seem feasible at this time. Recommendations for further analysis include comparison of refrigeration needs with financial resources and energy assessments as part of an initiative to improve efficient energy consumption.