Call for nomination of members of the Capacity Development Committee CDC).

The International Plant Protection Convention(IPPC) Secretariat is soliciting nominations for appropriately qualified candidates to be members of the IPPC Capacity Development Committee(CDC).

At its 7th Session (CPM-7) the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures agreed to create the IPPC Capacity Development Committee (CDC) as a successor to the Expert Working Group for Phytosanitary Capacity Development (EWG-CD) that has been in existence since 2010. The terms of reference for selection of members and rules of procedure for the CDC were also adopted by CPM-7. The NPPOs and RPPOs are expected to nominate potential candidates to serve in the CDC and submit the names of the nominees to the IPPC Secretariat for final selection by the CPM Bureau.

All NPPOs and RPPOs are invited to nominate suitable candidates to the IPPC Secretariat by e-mail ([email protected]) to serve as members of the Capacity Development Committee (CDC) by the no later than 25 August 2012.