Technical Audit of the Production Tools of the Coffee Sector

Detailed description of project Back

This audit was performed within the context of the disengagement of the State of Burundi in the production and commercial activities of the coffee sector. It was supervised by a Steering Committee which consisted of the following members:

• Ministry of Finance;
• Ministry of Agriculture ;
• Public Entreprises Service ;
• Cellule d’Appui à la Gestion des FCP du STABEX ;
• EC Delegation;
• OCIBU, SODECO, SOGESTAL.

The OCIBU (Office du Café du Burundi), consists of 133 washing stations, 5 SOGESTALs’ (Société de Gestion des Stations de Lavage) and various industries, of which 2 SODECO (Société de Déparchage et de Conditionnement du Café).

The objective of this audit is to draw a map of priority rehabilitations for the industrial tools of the coffee sector in order to:

• Determine the material state of existing tools;
• Asses the needs of rehabilitation prior to privatisation;
• Evaluate the tools’ present market value for sales purposes to private operators.

Type of services provided

PROMAN provided the services of a team composed of:

• 1 EU team leader specialised in the coffee industry;
• 1 electro mechanic engineer;
• 1 construction engineer;
• 1 technical engineer.

All of the various industries located throughout the country were visited and assessed by the team of experts during their audit mission.