Hallal delicacies Senegal is a major importer of meat, meat products and delicacies. The local beef production is focused on quantity not quality. This project will set up a delicacies production unit in Louga region that will create 29 full-time jobs producing 600 tons per year of final products: Hallal sausages, paté and pizza ham. The partners will work with 500 cattle breeders from Louga by setting up an outgrowers programme in order to have a supply of high quality meat. A vast training programme is planned for to guarantee the quality and food safety of these Hallal delicacies. A joint venture will be set up to execute the project.Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)The joint venture will make sure not to use any child or forced labour and will put this requirement in contracts with supplying cattle breeders. For working conditions please refer below.Impact•	Long term economic activityThe partners expect the demand for delicacies will keep on increasing. The partners intend to triple production capacity after the pilot phase. More production equipment, diversification of the production, a slaughterhouse, feed mill, and a training centre for outgrowers, more staff will be needed.•	Employment and working conditions29 full-time jobs will be created during the project period. All employees will receive official labour contracts and a so-called 'living wage' of at least 200% of the minimum wage. Furthermore, all employees will receive a social security package via the Senegalese Social Security Fund, including health and accident insurance and a pension scheme.All employees will receive extensive training on aspects relating to health, safety and hygiene in the meat processing sector. Employees are obliged to wear the provided safety clothing and footwear, including protective gloves made out of steel segments. Warm clothes are provided to those going in and out the cold storage rooms. As the work consists of working with sharp knives, first aid sets and emergency procedures will be available. All machinery used has CE marking and thus complies with all European safety, security and environmental requirements.All employees will have equal opportunities and will be treated equally in recruitment and employment regardless of personal background, race, ethnicity, age, sexual preference or religion. To prevent nepotism, three of the project's managers need to agree on the selection of the candidates.If equally qualified for the job, the partners will give preference to women above men. An estimated 28% of the workforce will be female. A practical measure facilitating female employment is that separate sanitary blocks and praying facilities for female employees will be established.In addition to their wage, all employees will receive a weekly 'meat package' filled with products to take home to their families. The joint-venture will further pay 50% of the school costs (including fee, books and uniforms) for the employees' children – with a maximum of three children per employee.With respect to fringe benefits, all employees who promise to come to work by bicycle will get one from the joint venture.•	Innovation / Transfer of knowledgeIndustrial and modern delicacies production is unknown in Senegal. Therefore, one important aspect is to train employees on all procedures, processes, standards and norms on delicacies production. All of that knowledge will be new to Senegal and will increase the skills of the employees and their chances on the local labour market but could also be used in neighbouring countries where delicacies are also produced locally.All employees will also be trained on health and safety, HIV/AIDS.•	Chain effectsThe parties that will directly benefit from the project will first be the 500 cattle breeders. The joint venture will set up an outgrowers programme through which approximately 500 cattle breeders will be a constituent part of the project. The farmers will receive technical assistance in order to improve their breeding programme and breed cows of better quality. These 500 outgrowers will supply their cattle to the joint venture. With this project they will have an assured outlet for their products and they will be assured to have a good price.Animal feed producers and veterinary surgeons will also benefit from the new operations. The project partners will (financially) stimulate the use of a specific type of pre-mix animal feed supplement from Europe with locally produced ingredients and regular check-ups by vets among their contracted farmers.•	EnvironmentAn environmental friendly water management programme will be implemented in order to reduce the use of water to the minimum. This programme includes improving water-use practices, installing a water re-circulating facility and collecting and processing of rainwater. The delicacies production unit will hardly produce any other waste. There will not be much offal of meat as the waste of the bones will be sold to market vendors.As a special environmental measure, the hot water needed for the project will be partly heated with solar energy. The partners have budgeted for the purchase of six solar water heaters, which will save energy and energy costs at the same time. A possible investment in solar cooling for the cold storage rooms will be investigated later on.•	Position of womenThe meat processing sector is traditionally a men's world. Nonetheless, the project partners want to stimulate female employment. They believe Senegalese women will be more reliable, hardworking and loyal than Senegalese men. On the other hand, the unequal burden of family responsibilities often places them at a disadvantage, as many do not have time to be full-time employed. In the case of a job vacancy preference will be given to women provided that they are equally qualified and the work suits women. Eight out of 29 employees will be women.•	Other impactThe project partners have agreed to invest a part of the future profit to contribute to the further development the meat sector in the Louga region, most likely through the set-up of a professional training centre.Because the formal private sector in Senegal is still small, private sector companies are often approached to sponsor all kind of activities. Sponsorship can be in the field of health care, education, sports, culture etc. The partners will sponsor activities in these fields as part of their CSR policy.A direct link with both the university "Cheick Anta Diop" of Dakar as the local university of Saint Louis is already established. Students and professors are welcome to do training and research at the premises of the joint venture. The goal of the project is to offer good quality local delicacies, to valorise the local cattle sector in Senegal.