IPPC Membership of the CPM Bureau Standards Committee SC) and the Subsidiary Body on Dispute Settlement SBDS)

Posted on Wed, 13 Feb 2013, 18:22

The Secretariat is currently soliciting nominations from all FAO regions for members and potential replacements for the Standards Committee and Subsidiary Body on Dispute Settlement. Both subsidiary bodies, containing members from all seven FAO regions, are responsible for the crucial …

IPPC/CABI Roundtable Meeting

Posted on Wed, 13 Feb 2013, 18:22

Fruits

On Monday 22 January, senior representatives from the IPPC Secretariat and the Commonwealth Agricultural Bureau International (CABI) met to discuss their working relationship and establish contact points, as their work programmes include many common interests in the areas of …

Improving coordination and cooperation with the WTO

Posted on Wed, 13 Feb 2013, 18:22

Recent discussions between the Secretariats for the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) and the World Trade Organization s SPS Committee were held with the objective of improving coordination and cooperation. As the IPPC has a formal role of standard setting …

Upcoming CBD & IPPC Meeting

Posted on Wed, 13 Feb 2013, 18:22

The IPPC Secretariat will continue its cooperation with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity in an upcoming workshop to be held from 11-14 February in the United Arab Emirates. The meeting will address new strategies concerning the issue …

Building on the good support and collaboration from the European Union.

Posted on Wed, 13 Feb 2013, 18:22

On 5 February, 2013, in Rome, the Secretariat of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) and representatives from the European Commission s (EC) DG Sanco and DG Trade met to continue their discussions on issues of common interest and collaboration. …

Italian Rural Development Directorate hosts first meeting of International Plant Protection Convention's Capacity Development Committee

Posted on Thu, 10 Jan 2013, 13:52

December 2012, Rome - The Rural Development Directorate of the Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies hosted the launch of the new Capacity Development Committee of the International Plant Protection Convention. The International Plant Protection Convention is an international …

International Plant Protection Convention Launches Capacity Development Committee

Posted on Thu, 10 Jan 2013, 13:36

Photo: Simon Griffee The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) will hold the initial meeting of the IPPC Capacity Development Committee (CDC) from 03-07 December 2012, hosted by the Italian Rural Development Directorate at the Ministry of Agriculture in Rome. The …

The importance of actively protecting the IPPC certification of wood packaging material - ISPM 15. A successful action!

Posted on Thu, 06 Dec 2012, 08:10

Several countries have needed to initiate their national legal process to protect the IPPC certification mark (from ISPM 15: 2009) with the assistance of FAO legal expertise when necessary. The purpose of the ISPM 15 program is to protect the …

November Update from the CPM Bureau

Posted on Fri, 30 Nov 2012, 08:10

Dear colleagues

The CPM Bureau, Finance Committee and the Strategic Planning Group all met in the week of 8-12 October. This note is to give you brief details of some of the items discussed and otherwise to update you on …

2011 Focus Group Report Posted

Posted on Thu, 22 Nov 2012, 17:11

The Report from the meeting of the July 2011 Focus Group on Improving the IPPC Standard Setting Process is finalized and has been posted on the IPP. You can view the document here: https://www.ippc.int/index.php?id=207776

If you have any questions about …

ePhyto Workshop in Brazil Live Streaming

Posted on Tue, 20 Nov 2012, 08:10

The ePhyto workshop in Brazil will be being streamed in the presentation language only (mainly English) from http://www.livestream.com/solucoesaovivo.

The workshop programme can be found here. All times are Brazilian times.

IPPC Workshops in Central Africa to discuss meeting national reporting obligations and participation in the standard setting process.

Posted on Sat, 03 Nov 2012, 08:10

Two workshops were held in Libreville, Gabon, from 29 October - 03 November for 10 Central African countries as part of a phytosanitary capacity development project TCP/RAF/3312 funded by FAO. There were 19 participants from the region and the IPPC …

Compiled concerns | Compilation des observations | Recompilación de las cuestiones

Posted on Fri, 05 Oct 2012, 08:10

The compiled substantial concerns on draft ISPMs have been posted today, please consult them at https://www.ippc.int/index.php?id=1111116

La compilation des observations sur les questions importantes relatives aux projets de NIMP a été publiée aujourd''hui, merci de la consulter sur le site …

Seminar on International Trade and Invasive Alien Species IAS) 12-13 July 2012 and meeting of the Inter Agency Liaison Group on Invasive Alien Species IALG on IAS) 13 July 2012

Posted on Tue, 25 Sep 2012, 08:10

IPPC participated in a workshop organized by the Standard and Trade Development Facility ( STDF), the IPPC and the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), 12 and 13 July 2012. Three IPPC Secretariat staff members intervened in the meeting, to …