The guide to setting up organic certification programs -The purpose of this publication is to provide guidance on how to set up an effective organic certification program, with respect to local conditions, and conform to IFOAM criteria and international norms. The purpose is also to ensure that certification programs act as service providers to the public and support the development of organic agriculture. The focus of the guide is to assist in regions where organic agriculture is in the early stages of development, but it may also be of value for already established certification programs.

This second edition has been produced by Gunnar Rundgren with Ong Kung Wai compiling case studies and commenting on the whole work. Further comments and suggestions have been received from Diane Bowen and Eva Mattsson.

The previous edition was edited and written to a large extent by Gunnar Rundgren with contributions from Bo van Elzakker, Jim Riddle, Ong Kung Wai, and Roberto Ugas. It also contains material (in the section in documentation and in part 6) from the Guide to Compiling Documentation for Organic certification bodies, published by IFOAM 2002 and compiled by Ken Commins with input from Krista Kennedy, Vitoon Panyakuul, Jorge Casale, Jochen Neuendorrf, Rochelle Bosche, Robert Simmons, and Virginia Zenteno.

Case studies have been written by Piyaphan Phinthuphan, Diana Callear , Laura Montenegro, Beate Huber, Marlene Heeb, Gergana Nentcheva, Yousef Ali Hamdi, Gunnar Rundgren, Xiao Xingji, Leonard Mtama and Miles McEvoy.

In addition, it contains sample documents developed by Grolink AB.

• Part I: Organic Certification Concept
  
• Part II: Setting up a Certification Body for Organic Agriculture
• Part III: Running the Business
  
• Part IV: Case Studies
  
• Part V: Resources
• Part VI: Developing Documentation