Posted on Mon, 26 Jun 2023, 13:21

Deadline on Mon, 31 Jul 2023, 23:59

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat is calling for:

• phytosanitary technical resources on Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical Race 4 (TR4), including guidelines training materials for Pest Risk Analysis, diagnostic, surveillance, exclusion and containment measures, biosecurity implementation, emergency actions and response, contingency plans, tabletop and simulation exercises and risk communication.

Purpose

The Capacity Development Committee (IC) set an IC Team on Banana Fusarium Wilt (TR4) in August 2021. Since its establishment, the IC Team on Fusarium TR4, together with the IPPC Secretariat has completed the following activities:

• Contributed resources: A call for technical resources on TR4, resulted in 12 contributed resources being posted on the IPP, including technical situational reports, guidelines, and training materials https://www.ippc.int/es/core-activities/capacity-development/guides-and-training-materials/contributed-resource-list.
• Series of webinars: The three-part virtual workshop series, Fusarium TR4 diagnostic, surveillance, inspection and simulation exercises, for which presentations and recordings are available on the IPP.
• Prevention, preparedness, and response guidelines: In March 2023, the IPPC Secretariat, with the support of the IC Team on TR4, published the Prevention, preparedness, and response guidelines for Fusarium TR4. https://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/cc4865en

As Fusarium TR4 spreads further and continues to threaten the global banana and plantain industry, the Implementation and Capacity Development Committee (May 2023) requested the Secretariat to issue a call for additional contribution of resources to contribute to the development of a surveillance and diagnostics course including simulation exercises on Fusarium TR4.

Technical resources and in particular training materials that provide information on the following Fusarium TR4 items will contribute to development of the IPPC simulation exercises, surveillance and diagnostic training courses.

• Pest Risk Analysis.
• Diagnostic.
• Surveillance.
• Emergency actions and response.
• Biosecurity implementation.
• Contingency plans.
• Tabletop and simulation exercises.
• Risk communication.
• The submitted materials will be reviewed by the Implementation and Capacity Development Committee (IC) against established criteria which help ensure they are assisting with the implementation of core IPPC provisions (obligations, rights, and responsibilities) and International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPMs) and are potentially globally applicable. Materials approved by the IC will be posted on the IPP as Contributed Resources (https://www.ippc.int/en/core-activities/capacity-development/guides-and-training-materials/contributed-resource-list/).

How do I submit resources?

If you have technical resources that you think would be suitable for the above purposes, please e-mail them to the IPPC Secretariat by e-mail [email protected] with copy to Ms. Maimouna Abass ([email protected]) and Ms. Rokhila Madaminova ([email protected]) (with “TR4 technical resources- COUNTRY NAME” in the subject line) accompanied by a completed submission form (https://www.ippc.int/en/publications/88267/). It is preferred if the technical resources are provided via a web link to the information, however, if it is not posted on the internet, the resources may be provided by files (pdf, MS PowerPoint, MS Word etc.), and in these cases an FAO permission request form (http://www.ippc.int/en/publications/88268/) must also be completed and submitted along with the material. This gives FAO a non-exclusive license to publish the resources in the FAO Document Repository (http://www.fao.org/documents) and facilitates the sharing of this information by the IPPC Secretariat on the IPP as Contributed Resources.

Languages

Please note that the phytosanitary technical resources can be contributed in any language. However, please ensure that the title and a summary or description of the content of each resource are translated into one of the official FAO languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish) and in English if possible.

Resources that are submitted in an FAO language will be prioritized for review.

Deadline: Submissions are due on 31 July 2023.

Further information:

Please contact the IPPC Secretariat ([email protected]g , [email protected]) for more information.