TENTATIVE: CPM Focus Group on Laboratory Diagnostic Networking
The IPPC Strategic Framework (SF) 2020-2030 was adopted by the fifteenth session of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM-15) in 2021. The framework provides a new operating environment and supports national plant protection organizations (NPPOs) to address the expected structural and operational changes that NPPOs will encounter during 2020–2030. One of the identified development agenda items (DAIs) is to establish a network of diagnostic laboratory services and diagnostic protocols to help countries identify plant pests in a more reliable and timely manner. The desired outcome by 2030 is that an international network of diagnostic laboratory services provides reliable and timely pest identifications.
In 2023, the CPM-17 agreed that a CPM Focus Group be established. And at the CPM-18 (2024), the Commission agreed with the Terms of Reference of the Focus Group (see document CPM 2024/CRP/11 here). Moreover, the CPM-18 took note on the investment prospectus developed by the IPPC Secretariat to all DAIs.
PURPOSE: To assist in gathering information for the design of a global network of diagnostic laboratory services and diagnostic protocols for plant pests. Also, to analyze the results of an assessment on the current “state of the art on diagnostic laboratories network in the world” provided by an international consultant and develop an implementation plan for this IPPC Strategic Framework 2020 – 2030 development agenda item.
The focus group is also to define the scope of what would constitute an “IPPC laboratory diagnostic networking” and develop an implementation action plan.
A call for focus group members is planned for 2nd quarter of 2025. Stay tuned!
Category: Other
Type: Focus Group
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