March-May 2017

-    Trainees (seven) visited UGR, Granada for one week (12/3-18/3/2017). One of them got a delayed visa; therefore she accompanied the contact person of JSSEF during her visit to UGR later on to get training (1/4-9/4/ 2017). During the visit, the trainees visited olive consultation companies and laboratories, and olive pickling and milling companies; trained on olive and olive oil analysis methods.The trainees express their appreciation for the training they got.

 

-    Contacts with the Holiday Inn, Al-Oula (Service Company) and the interpreters were signed in preparation for conducting the final workshop.  The program of the final workshop was set, the flyer was prepared and distributed, the presenters (internal and external) were invited, printing materials and the theme were designed. The content of proceedings booklet was gathered and revised. It was decided to hold the workshop in 24thApril 2017 when the project was extended for 6 months.Video recording, photographing and signatures of the attendees were collected. Disseminating materials: leather folder with solar calculator, memory stick (8 G), pens, and notebooks, the flyer and the proceeding booklet were distributed on the attendees during the final workshop.

 

-    In the next day (25th April) of the workshop, a technical visit to Al-MANASEER Olive Mill Company, organic olive farms and olive farms at Jarash and alAzraq areaswas conducted to take a closer look at the live trees frosting problem that happened in 17 Nov 2017. The total numbers of visitors were 25.

 

-    The final meeting (26-27th April) was held at the Department of Nutrition and Food Technology of the University of Jordan in the attendance of Dr. Mehyar Ghadeer, Dr. Chartzoulakis Kostas, Dr. PsarrasGeorgios;‎ Prof. Favati Fabio, Dr. Nenadis Nikos in behalf of  Prof. Tsimidou Maria, Dr. Rodriguez Celia in behalf of Prof . Segura-Carretero Antonio, Prof. Rababah Taha, Prof. AL- Absi Khalid, Dr. AL-RousanWalid, Ms. DaghmishRuba, and Eng. Al-Momani Samar. The agenda of the meeting was prepared prior to the meeting and sent to the contact persons of the partners. During the meeting, Dr. Mehyar gave presentation on the achievements of the project, prof. Rababah, Prof. AL-Absiand Dr. AL-Rousangave briefings about the established laboratories in their universities. The final report was reviewed and the financial reports of all the partners were overviewed.

 

-    Following the final meeting, the minutes were sent to the partners for approval. Partners were also asked to send missed documents and a progress report for every six month of the life time of the project. Partners asked the coordinator to send their full financial report by the end of May 2017 so as to allow enough time for the external auditor to work on the financial report of the project.

 

-    The second part of the survey study (after the training assessment) was presented by Prof. Alsmael in the final workshop of the project in his presentation entitled “Some chemical characteristics of olive oil of the Nabali cultivar growing in Jordan”.

 

-    The website of the project and the final workshop were updated as requested in the final meeting.

 

-    The visit of Dr. AL-Rousanof Al Balka University to UNVIR/ Verona in the period 29/4-4/5/2017 was supervised.

 

-    Financial issues of the partners were followed up in preparation for finalizing their financial reports and auditing.

 

-    Preparation and editing the final report was performed as discussed and suggested in the final meeting.

 

 

 

The Project coordinator

Ghadeer Mehyar

18May 2017