Webinar: Enhancing quality of new topic proposals for implementation of IPPC Strategic Framework 2020-2030

Posted on Mon, 29 May 2023, 14:08

The IPPC Secretariat has organized a webinar to explain the process of submitting proposals for topics for the development of standards and implementation of the IPPC's work. The webinar will complement the biennial Call for Topics for Standards and Implementation …

IPPC launches 2023 Call for Topics

Posted on Mon, 29 May 2023, 12:17

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) has launched the biennial Call for Topics: Standards and Implementation to be included in the IPPC work programme and to fill gaps in the IPPC Strategic Framework 2020-2030.

The submission deadline is 15 …

Now available: Report of the 2023 meeting of the Taskforce on Topics

Posted on Mon, 29 May 2023, 12:13

The report of the virtual meeting of the Task Force on Topics (TFT), held in April 2023, is now available here.

It highlights the TFT's discussion on this year's Call for Submission of Topics for Standards and Implementation Resources …

WE ARE WITH YOU RALF LOPIAN

Posted on Fri, 19 May 2023, 14:38

The IPPC community sends its best wishes for a speedy recovery to our dear friend and colleague Ralf Lopian. As many of you know, Ralf enjoys bicycling and has been touring the world for the past few years. While on …

Register now for the IC Meeting Open Session on Implementation and Capacity Development Projects

Posted on Thu, 11 May 2023, 12:48

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) invites the plant health community to a webinar where IPPC will present its Implementation and Capacity Development Projects.

Tuesday, 16 May 2023 14:00-16:30 (CEST)

Please register here

National plant protection organizations (NPPOs), regional plant …

IPPC Observatory launches survey on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)

Posted on Thu, 11 May 2023, 12:46

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat is pleased to invite IPPC official contact points (OCPs) to participate in a survey on antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The survey, launched on 2 May 2023 and administered through the IPPC Observatory, invites OCPs …

Standards Committee Working Group (SC-7) revises draft ISPMs and Standard Setting Procedure (SSP)

Posted on Wed, 10 May 2023, 14:38

The Standards Committee Working Group (SC-7) is gathering at the FAO headquarters in Rome from 15 to 19 May 2023, following the Standards Committee meeting held the week before.

The SC-7 will be revising the 2022 draft amendments to ISPM …

Standards Committee meets to review draft standards and specifications this month

Posted on Tue, 09 May 2023, 08:12

The Standards Committee (SC) is gathering from 8 to 12 May at FAO headquarters in Rome to revise the following draft ISPMs:

• Reorganization and revision of pest risk analysis standards;
• Draft Annex International Movement of Mango (Mangifera indica) Fruit to …

Registration closing on 30 May: International workshop on pest risk mitigation of sea containers and their cargoes and the facilitation of international trade: Defining the way forward

Posted on Mon, 08 May 2023, 10:46

The workshop will take place from 17 - 19 July 2023 at Sofitel Brisbane Central, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Register now as seats are limited and participation is free of charge. Click here to register.

More information on the programme and …

Watch a simulation exercise taking place in Nicaragua!

Posted on Thu, 27 Apr 2023, 12:42

Through the link below, contracting parties can follow remotely the regional simulation exercise taking place in Nicaragua today, to improve the quarantine pest outbreak response and prevent the introduction and spread of Fusarium Tropical Race 4 (TR4). Led by the …

CPM–17 Report now available

Posted on Thu, 20 Apr 2023, 14:10

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat is pleased to share the report of the Seventeenth Session of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM-17) which was held in March 2023 at the FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy.

The report, currently …

French translation of IPPC Guide for Establishing and Maintaining Pest Free Areas now available

Posted on Wed, 12 Apr 2023, 07:31

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat is pleased to the French of the guide which aims to support national plant protection organizations (NPPOs) that wish to establish and maintain pest free areas including pest free places of production and …

Two IPPC guides on emergency preparedness to support pest outbreak alert and response have been published

Posted on Tue, 11 Apr 2023, 15:13

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat is pleased to share two new guides which work complementarily to address emergencies triggered by pest outbreaks and to consider the approach to the ISPMs, IPPC guides, training materials and other external pertinent …

IPPC Technical Panel on Commodity Standards’ February report now posted

Posted on Tue, 11 Apr 2023, 15:12

The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat is pleased to share the February 2023 meeting report of the IPPC Technical Panel on Commodity Standards (TPCS) available through this link.

The report contains details about the review and approval of …