Call for Phytosanitary Technical Resources

Following key decisions of the 10th session of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measure (CPM) in March 2015 and the Capacity Development Committee (CDC) 6th meeting in June 2015 the IPPC Secretariat is issuing a call for the collection of following technical resources:

• Software applications (including mobile apps) for pest identification, diagnosis, surveillance and other activities related to plant health and targeting different audiences.

• Plant health risk communication resources (targeting different stakeholders, providing understanding of the specific issues of plant protection and pest risk, promoting and explaining pest management decisions, information and education programmes, different risk communication strategies e.g. during emergency, outbreaks and non-emergency conditions, outreach and citizen scientist programmes).

• Technical resources (manuals, standard operating procedures, public outreach materials, projects, etc.) on general and specific pest surveillance.

Further details on the call are available on the IPP at https://www.ippc.int/en/calls/call-for-phytosanitary-technical-resources/ .

For information and details on how to contribute, please, visit the Phytosanitary Resources page at http://www.phytosanitary.info/ .