November 25, 2019

The Ethiopian Fruits and Vegetable Processing Manufacturing Industries Association has officially merged With the Ethiopian Bottled Water and Soft drink Manufacturing Industries Association.

After serious of discussions among the two Association’s Board of Directors, it finally endorsed by its respective General Assemblies, FDRE Ministry of Trade and Industry finally registered the merged Association namely the Ethiopian Bottled Water, Soft drink, Fruits and Vegetable Processing /Manufacturing Industries Association (EBSFMIA).

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The Ethiopian Bottled Water, Soft drink, Fruits and Vegetable Manufacturing Industries Association (EBSFMIA) was held a validation workshop on the 5 years strategic plan of the Association, dated November 20, 2019 at Kaleb Hotel.
Stakeholders coming from government, members, donors and journalists were attended.
Pertinent discussion was made; comments and ideas were raised to enrich the 5 years strategic plan (2020-2024) of the Association.
The strategic plan was sponsored by Enterprise Partners (EP).

With the support of Nestlé Waters Ethiopia, Coca-Cola Beverage Africa, and 2030 Water Resources Group (2030 WRG), the EBSFMIA has won the Partnership for Green Growth and Global Goals 2030 (P4G) 2019 Start-Up Partnership Award, which recognizes new partnerships deemed to have exceptional potential for advancing social, environmental, and economic progress. The award includes a funding of USD 100,000, which the Association together with its partners plans to use to establish an Ethiopian Beverage Alliance for Water to promote collective action for sustainable water resources management amongst beverage industry actors, government, and communities.

https://www.ebsfmia.org/images/news/Aug-7-2019/ New_letter_from_the__institute.pdf

https://www.ebsfmia.org/images/news/Aug-7-2019/Letter_from_Enviroment_Comission.pdf

Illegal water bottling is a serious challenge according to the general assembly of the recently formed the Ethiopian Bottled Water and Soft Drinks Manufacturing Industries Association (EBWSDMIA).