G/SPS/GEN/1139/Add.5  
 
3 March 2020  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
SPS-RELATED TECHNICA L ASSISTANCE  PROVID ED BY  
THE EUROPEAN UNION I N 201 7-2018 
COMMUNICATION FROM T HE EUROPEAN UNION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 2 March  2020, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the European Union . 
 
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1.  In response to the Secretariat's request in document G/SPS/W/101, the European Union hereby 
submits the attached lists of technical assistance provided to thir d countries during 2017 -2018, in 
accordance with Article 9 of the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and 
Phytosanitary  Measures.  
2.  The technical assistance activities were provided by the European Commission (Annex I) and 
individual EU Member States (M S) (Annex II). They took place at a bilateral, regional or multilateral 
level, through own initiatives, in conjunction with the Standards and Trade Development Facility 
(STDF), or under the framework of Codex, IPPC and OIE. Within the European Commission, different 
services are involved in the provision of SPS -related technical assistance, namely the 
European  External Action Service, Directorate General for International Cooperation and 
Development, Directorate General for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement 
Negotiations, Directorate General for Trade and Directorate General for Health and Food Safety. In 
EU MS, ministries dealing with agriculture, health and related disciplines, or development agencies, 
lead the efforts in this field.  
3.  During 2017 -2018, the European Union provided SPS -related technical assistance to more than 
80 countries, groups of countries, regional organisations, and international organisations within the 
framework of over 500 projects. The projects covered a wide range of activ ities including providing 
long-term experts for technical assistance, training workshops for safer food, and financial support. 
This list is not an exhaustive compilation of all technical assistance the European Union  provided.  
4.  The technical assistance was  primarily aimed at facilitating the development and implementation 
of SPS measures in developing countries to enhance their ability to comply with SPS standards in 
their export markets and take better advantage of the opportunities of global trade. The as sistance 
was geared towards capacity building, improving governance, and meeting international standards.  
5.  The technical assistance activities presented hereunder include multi -year projects that span 
several sectors including the SPS sector. In such cases,  only the SPS -related components of the 
projects are described. The indicated budget corresponds to the SPS component of the support 
during 2017 -2018, unless it is italicised, in which case it indicates the budget of the entire program.  
6.  Any non -EU country requiring SPS -related technical assistance is invited to approach the EU 
Delegation  based in their country, or the relevant directorates of the European Commission located 
in Brussels, Belgium or individual EU MS for further information.  
  
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SPS-RELATED TECHNICA L ASSISTANCE PROVIDE D BY THE EUROPEAN UN ION IN 201 7-2018 
PROJECTS OF THE EURO PEAN COMMISSION  
Sector  Date of execution  Budget in 
Euros  Title and description of the program  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  
Food Safety, Plant 
Health  May 2016 -  
May 2021  €25M  "Fit for Market - Strengthening the Competitiveness and 
Sustainability of the ACP Fruit and Vegetable Sector ". 
Objective: to enable producers (groups and organizations) 
and SMEs on horticultural sector to access the local, 
regional and international market by improving their 
competitiveness through implementati on of sustainability 
measures while maintaining support for compliance with 
SPS measures and market demands.  Capacity 
building  50 ACP1 countries  
Animal Health, Food 
Safety  May 2018 – 
August  2026 €65M  ''Strengthening Resilience and Food and Nutrition Security 
in Angola " (FRESAN). Objectives: strengthening resilience 
and production of smallholder farming, improving 
households' food and nutrition security (FNS), enhancing 
institutional capacity and mechanisms for multi -sector 
FNS, finding evide nce and knowledge on the utility of 
different nutrition -sensitive actions. Activities include: 
animal vaccination campaigns, veterinary services and 
livestock production enhancement, and improvement of 
agricultural input.  Capacity 
building; 
Training;  
Technical 
assistance  
 Angola  
Food Safety  2018 - 2020 ~€1,5M 
Total: 
€13,833,125  
 ARISE Plus – ASEAN Regional Integration Support 
Programme (successor to ARISE ). Objectives included: 
providing support to the relevant ASEAN Working Groups 
in the agriculture, eco nomic and health sectors to establish 
an integrated approach to food safety in ASEAN.  Technical 
assistance  ASEAN2 
Food Safety  2012 - 2017 ~€1M  
Total: 
€8,168,420  ARISE – ASEAN Regional Integration Support Programme . 
Objectives included: supporting the harmonisation of food 
safety measures and the overarching Food Safety Policy 
and Regulatory Framework in ASEAN.  Technical 
assistance  ASEAN  
Food Safety  2016 - 2019 €1,799,811  Improving consumer awareness and access to  certified 
tomato and mango products in Bangladesh . Objectives 
included: enhancing consumer awareness on food safety, 
setting up sustained supply chains & establishing industry 
standard and certification body for tomato & mango 
processing industry are the means through which the 
targets are expected to be secured.  Capacity 
building  Bangladesh  
 
1 African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States . 
2 Association of Southeast Asian Nations .  
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- 3 - Sector  Date of execution  Budget in 
Euros  Title and description of the program  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  
Food Safety  2012 - 2021 €16M The Private Sector Development Support Project (PADSP ). 
Objectives: i) strengthen the Benin Food Safety Agency 
(ABSSA) 's function and compliance with its legal and 
regulatory framework; ii) strengthen the Central 
Laboratory for Sanitary Safety of Foods (LCSSA) 's capacity 
to conduct reliable food safety analysis; iii) strengthen the 
operational capacities of the Investment an d Export 
Promotion Agency (APIEX) and the National Agency for 
Standardization, Metrology and Quality Control (ANM) in 
supporting businesses in the targeted sectors (pineapple, 
shea and poultry); iv) support the private agribusiness 
companies in committing to the quality approach.  Technical 
assistance; 
Capacity 
building  
 Benin  
Food Safety  2015 - 2022 €14M Special initiative "One World Without Hunger ". The Green 
Innovation Centres of the agri -food sector in Burkina Faso. 
Objectives include: supporting - through the National Seed 
Service - adherence to OECD seed certification schemes, 
including accreditation by the International Seed Testing 
Association ( ISTA) for facilitate seed trade.  Capacity 
building  
 Burkina Faso  
Animal Health  2016 - 2022 €30,74M  Support Program for Food and Nutrition Security, 
Sustainable Agriculture and Resilience in Burkina Faso 
(PASANAD ). Objectives: vaccination for poultry 
(Newcastle disease) and small ruminants (Ovine 
rinderpest); and action plan for small livestock farms 
(vaccines, veterinary drugs). Budgetary support for 
national food and nutrition security policy . Capacity 
building  
 Burkina Faso  
Animal Health, Food 
Safety  1 July 2017 -  
31 October 2018  €177,807  "Promoting sustainable and inclusive growth in the 
agriculture sector: Fisheries and Livestock" Programme. 
Objectives include: monitoring and control of livestock 
disease outb reaks in all provinces; pilot monitoring of drug 
residues and environmental contaminants in aquaculture 
farms and training of provincial fisheries staff on Good 
Aquaculture Practices; monitoring of fish disease in 
aquaculture farms.  Technical 
assistance; 
Training  Cambodia  
Food Safety  End 2014 -  
February 2019  €5,9M The Central African Quality Infrastructure Programme 
(PIQAC ). Objectives included: strengthening food safety 
systems by supporting testing and calibration laboratories, 
enterprises, food safety consultants and consumers ' 
associations, and collaborated with seven governments to 
develop national quality infrastructure s and strengthen the 
overall regional quality system.  Technical 
assistance; 
Capacity 
building  
 Cameroon, Gabon, Central 
African Republic, S ao Tomé and 
Principe, Chad,  Congo, 
Democratic Republic of the 
Congo   
Animal Health, Food 
Safety  2017 - 2018 €1,089,633  Contribution to the Food Security of the Population of 
Cuba.  Technical 
assistance  Cuba  
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- 4 - Sector  Date of execution  Budget in 
Euros  Title and description of the program  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  
Food safety  2013 - 2017 €11M  "Support to the Caribbean Forum of ACP States in the 
Implementation of Commitments Undertaken under the 
EPA: Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) " (10th 
European Development Fund (EDF) Project) . Objectives 
included: training on Fishery Products Laboratory Testing, 
including develop of laboratory manuals and their 
applications; Training on Food Safety in the Fishery 
Secto r; the drafting of comprehensive Model instruments 
(Bill, Regulations).  Capacity 
building; 
Training  Dominican Republic  
Animal Health , Food 
Safety, Plant Health  2016 - 2021 €11M  "Quality Strengthening for Micro, Small and Medium  
Enterprises (MSMEs) Development " (11th EDF 
Programme ). Objectives include: national workshops on 
the EU regulation 2017/625 on official controls and other 
official activities performed to ensure the application of 
food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, 
plant h ealth and plant protection products; Developing a 
strategy with a value chain approach on processed fruits 
(focusing on mango, avocado and pineapple) including 
among others, meeting export requirements, including 
SPS measures.  Technical 
assistance; 
Capaci ty 
building; 
Training  Dominican Republic  
Food Safety  2018 - 2019 €8M Study on the Processed Fruits sector value chain in the 
Dominican Republic (focused on mango and pineapple ). 
The initiative was implemented as a complement study to 
develop of a national strategy on processed fruits aiming 
to increase competitiveness and export readiness of this 
sector.  Technical 
assistance  
 Dominican Republic  
Plant Health  2016 - 2021 €1,8M  Dominican Republic component of the Central America 
Coffee rust integral management programme 
(PROCAGICA -RD). Objectives include the management of 
Hemileia vastatrix  which causes coffee lead rust disease.  Capacity 
Building  Dominican Republic  
Plant Health  2018 - 2023 €35M  
 EU-EAC Market Access Upgrade Programme (MARKUP) 
(11th EDF). Objectives include:  quality assurance and 
certification, value addition, trade facilitation and business 
promotion in selected value chains, namely agro -industrial 
crops (coffee, tea and cacao) and horticulture.  Capacity 
building  EAC3 
 
3 East African Community: Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda.   
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- 5 - Sector  Date of execution  Budget in 
Euros  Title and description of the program  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  
Plant Health  2015 - June 2019  €23,5M4 Project to support the Regional Fruit Fly Control Plan in 
West Africa. Objective: improving the incomes of fruit and 
vegetable producers, especially small producers. The 
components are mainly Surveillance, Pest Management, 
and Capacity Building.  Capacity 
building  ECOWAS5 
Food Safety, Plant 
Health  December 2016 -  
December 2021  €6M Inclusive and sustainable value chains of coffee, cocoa and 
quinoa. Objective strengthening and disseminating models 
of inclusive, participatory and associative value c hains, 
within the framework of public policies in Ecuador. This 
project supports research to lower the cadmium level in 
the cocoa crops.  Capacity 
building; 
Research  Ecuador  
Food Safety  January 2017 -  
January 2020  €4,3M  Support to Ecuadorian MSMEs for th e promotion and 
export to the European Union - ''Export DES''. Objective: 
improving their quality system and standards processing 
food products in order to export to the European Union . Capacity 
building  Ecuador  
Animal Health , Food 
Safety, Plant Health  
 4 April 2011 -  
3 December 2018  2018: 
€148,381  "Support to the Agriculture Sector Food Security in Eritrea " 
(10th EDF). Objectives included: Strengthening the 
National Animal and Plant Health Laboratory, 
Strengthening the Phytosanitary Services, Strengthening 
the Sanitary Services, Strengthening the Legal Status of 
National Plant Health Laboratory, Upgrading the National 
Veterinary Services Legislation.  Technical 
Assistance; 
Capacity 
building  Eritrea  
Plant Health  17 December 2013  - 
16 December 2017  €5,913,632  Technical Assistance Support to National Adaptation 
Strategy . Objective: Developing the National Agricultural 
Plant Health Inspectorate Service (NAPHIS) focused on 
plant health and inspectorate of consignments imported 
and exported by the country to comply with SPS 
guidelines.  Capacity 
building  Eswatini  
Plant Health  1 June 2017 -  
30 November 2018  €1,800,081  High Value Crop and Horticulture Project Programme 
Estimate 2 . Objective: Training farmers ready to export 
(L&L Farme rs) covering topics like crop spray residue 
management, quality standards and produce grading for 
the market, and cold chain management.  Capacity 
building  Eswatini  
Animal Health  2018 - 2022 €15M  HEARD (Health of Ethiopian Animals for Rural 
Development ). Objectives: Strengthening and optimizing 
the quality of public and private veterinary services; 
Improving technical competences and incentives for 
veterinary service providers; Building capacity for food 
safety of primary products of animal o rigin and for control 
of zoonotic diseases.  Technical 
assistance; 
Capacity 
building  Ethiopia  
 
4 The EU co -finances up to €17M, with the balance being covered by the French Development Agency (AFD) and the contributions of the Afric an states concerned . 
5 Economic Comm unity of West African States (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Côte d 'Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, 
Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo) .  
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- 6 - Sector  Date of execution  Budget in 
Euros  Title and description of the program  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  
Food Safety  13 June 2012 - 
12 June 2018  €4,4M  Improvement of Key Services to Agriculture in Fiji (IKSA ). 
Objective: Help cushion the economic and social impact of  
the sugar sector restructuring by supporting a diversified 
market -driven agriculture sector. Activities included: 
Supporting Ministry of Agriculture Research Centres for 
seed production and tissue culture in response to TC 
Winston rehabilitation.  Capacit y 
building  Fiji 
Plant Health  10 December 2014 - 
February 2019  €1,5M  Improvement of the Management and Operational 
capacities of SRIF . Objectives included: setting up a tissue 
culture laboratory; developing integrated pest 
management for termites, cane weevil borer and 
nematodes; developing a smut incursion management 
plan. Capacity 
building; 
Research  Fiji 
Food Safety  4 June 2018 - 
14 September 2018  €37,138  "Support for the improvement of the competitiveness and 
commercial capacity of MSMEs and cooperat ives". 
Workshop on the plan development and monitoring, and 
control of residues and contaminants in agricultural 
products based on risk.  Technical 
assistance; 
Training  Guatemala  
Food Safety, Plant 
Health  11 July 2018 -  
6 August 2018  €24,790  "Support for the improvement of the competitiveness and 
commercial capacity of MSMEs and cooperatives ". 
Technical assistance for training in European regulation 
with emphasis on the new EU regulation 2017/625 on 
official controls.  Technical 
assistance; 
Training Guatemala  
Food Safety  2017 €670,000 67 Technical Assistance to Capacity Building Initiative for 
Trade Development . Food Safety and SPS, Technical 
Regulations and Standardization, and Support to Post 
Clearance Audit (PCA) in Customs.  Capacity 
building  India 
Animal Health , Plant 
Health  2014 - 2017 €2,071,710  Technical assistance to the Standards and Market Access 
Programme (SMAP ). Long Term Experts provided 
Technical Assistance to the Programme's implementers; 
Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS), Kenya Pl ant Health 
Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS), Directorate of Veterinary 
Services (DVS), and United nations Industrial 
Development Organisation (UNIDO).  Technical 
assistance; 
Capacity 
building  Kenya  
Animal health, Plant 
Health  2015 - 2019 €6,6 M  Border Management Programme in Central Asia Phase 9.  
Trade Component included Ad hoc interventions in support 
of SPS regulations.  Technical 
assistance  Kyrgyz Republic  
 
6 The reported project was implemented between May 2013  - December 2017, wi th an overall EU contribution of €4,7M covering 3 Components  - Food safety; SPS/TBT and 
Customs modernisation in India. The reported budget is an indicative amount utilised in 2017 for food safety sector.  
7 Also, some activities (approx. 4) were implemente d in coordination with TAIEX Facility in 2017 .  
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- 7 - Sector  Date of execution  Budget in 
Euros  Title and description of the program  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  
Animal Health , Food 
Safety, Plant Health  May 2013 -  
September 2018  ~€0,5M8 
 
 Second Trade Dev elopment Facility (TDF -2). Objectives 
included supporting the revision of the SPS and Livestock 
laws, as well as the preparation of relevant secondary 
legislation in line with WTO commitments.  Technical 
assistance  Lao PDR 
Food Safety  October 2018 -  
June 2019  NA (10th EDF) Support from the Food and Environment Hygiene 
Laboratory of the Pasteur Institute of Madagascar towards 
accreditation according to ISO 17025: Training of all 
technical staff on the theme quality assurance, purchase, 
installation and securing new equipment.  Technical 
assistance; 
Capacity 
building  Madagascar  
Food Safety  August 2018 -  
May 2019  NA (10th EDF) Accompanying the Analysis Laboratory of the Tamatave  
Horticultural Technical Centre towards accreditation 
according to ISO 17025.  Technical 
assistance  Madagascar  
Food Safety  September 2018 - 
September 2022  NA (10th and 
11th EDF) PROCOM and AFAFI (Support for Financing Agriculture  and 
Inclusive Sectors) North Programs (AIFHORT Project) . 
Objectives included: Supporting the Tamatave 
Horticultural Technical Centre laboratory to acquire the 
equipment and equip ment needed for accreditation 
according to ISO 17025.  Technical 
assistance  Madagascar  
Plant Health  2017 - 2018 NA Trade facilitation project on "Enhancing market access 
opportunities in the Republic of South Africa for COMESA 
horticulture exporters ." Objectives included: capacity 
building of lychee producers and exporters in Madagascar 
to comply with international SPS standards to access 
regional and international markets.  Capacity 
building  Madagascar  
Food Safety  November 2017  NA Training of small -scale fishing groups on improving the 
quality of fish products in the post -catch period.  Technical 
assistance; 
Training  Madagascar  
Animal Health , Food 
Safety, Plant Health  2018 - 2019 NA Study on the prioritization of SPS activities and the sectors 
to be supported in Madagascar.  Technical 
assistance  Madagascar  
Animal Health , Food 
Safety, Plant Health  2017 - 2018 NA Support for member states' participation in COMESA SPS 
subcommittee meetings . Technical 
assistance  Madagascar  
Animal Health , Food 
Safety, Plant Health  2017 - 2018 NA Support for member states' participation in SADC's SPS 
subcommittee meetings.  Technical 
assistance  Madagascar  
Animal Health , Food 
Safety, Plant Health  2017 - 2018 NA Support for the participation of African negotiators (from 
Member States) in the SPS committee meetings of the 
World Trade Organization in Geneva Switzerland.  Technical 
assistance  Madagascar  
 
8 Contribution to TDF -2, a recipient executed World Bank project executed by the Ministry of Industry of Commerce, Lao PDR. With funding from IDA a nd a multi -donor TF 
to which the EU contributed .  
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- 8 - Sector  Date of execution  Budget in 
Euros  Title and description of the program  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  
Plant Health  2013 - 2020 €28,890,000  Support to the Agriculture Sector Wide Approach (ASWAp) 
and Green Belt Initiative (GBI) component  1 - 
Administration Agreement with the WB (ASWAp -SP 
MDTF). The focus is on control of the Banana Bunchy Top 
Disease (BBTD), the Fall Army Worm (FAW), the cassava 
mosaic disease (CMD) and the cassava  brown streak 
disease (CBSD).  Capacity 
building  Malawi  
Plant Health  2017 - 2022 €28,7M  KULIMA Promoting Farming in Malawi: Revitalising 
Agricultural Clusters and Ulimi wa Mdandanda  through 
Farmer Field Schools in Malawi (implemented by FAO). The 
focus is mainly the on control of the BBTD, the FAW, the 
banana nematodes, the banana weevils, the banana 
sigatoka leaf spot diseases (black and yellow), cassava 
mosaic disease and cassava b rown streak disease.  Capacity 
building  Malawi  
Plant Health  2018 - 2022 €13,962,605  Better Extension Training Transforming Economic Returns 
(BETTER ). Outreach to Malawian farmers on good 
agriculture practices, including sustainable methods for 
controllin g pests and diseases, focusing mainly on the 
BBTD, the FAW and banana weevils.  Capacity 
building  Malawi  
Plant Health  2017 - 2022 €8M KULIMA  Promoting Farming in Malawi: Improving the 
access to and use of agriculture research innovations  by 
Malawian farmers, through testing of integrated 
technological packages. These packages include 
Integrated pest Management, focusing mainly on the FAW, 
the potato late blight, potato bacterial wilt and aflatoxin 
contamination.  Capacity 
building  Malawi  
Plant Health   
 2018 - 2023 €4,6M  KULIMA Multi -annual Programme Estimate (PE ). Support 
to improve the delivery and performance of public sector 
research and e xtension services, including on pest and 
disease control, focusing mainly on the FAW, the BBTD.  Capacity 
building  Malawi  
Plant Health  2015 - 2019 €5,5M  Strengthening Community Resilience to Climate Change in 
Blantyre, Zomba, Neno and Phalombe Districts . 
Implemented by FAO, it includes a component of control 
of pest and disease, focusing mainly on the control of FAW, 
BBTD and cassava mosaic disease and cas sava brown 
streak disease.  Capacity 
building  Malawi  
Food Safety  2012 - 2018 €3,912,620  "Development of a robust Standardization, Quality 
assurance, Accreditation and Metrology (SOAM) 
Infrastructure in Malawi ". Objective: strengthening the 
capacity of Ma lawi Government to conduct and issue 
internationally accepted food safety tests and certificates 
on the one hand, and capacitate selected SMEs to produce 
that meet international food safety requirements.  Capacity 
building  Malawi   
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- 9 - Sector  Date of execution  Budget in 
Euros  Title and description of the program  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  
Food Safety  2016 - 2017 €1,2M Sectoral support of the fisheries agreement (2008 -2012). 
Acquisition of laboratory equipment for the detection of 
lipophilic toxins in the water and flesh of bivalve molluscs, 
field vehicles, infrastructures for the Competent Authority.  Capacity 
building  Mauritania  
Food Safety  2018 - 2021 2018 : 
€100,000  Creating decent jobs and consolidating existing 
employment for young and potential migrants in the small -
scale fishing sector. Objectives include: Creating a 
network of micro -fisheries for transformation and value 
adding; creating a hygiene and quality control plan for the 
local consumer chain; creating a response plan, technical 
assistance; Participation "Codex alimentarius" on 
histamine; National Committee on Food Hygiene and  
Quality.  Capacity 
building  Mauritania  
Food Safety  13 April 2017  €8,906  Support to the Modernisation of the Mongolia 's 
Standardisation System (SMMSS ). Capacity building 
training seminar on honey export to the European Union . Capacity 
building; 
Training  Mongolia  
Animal Health , Plant 
Health  End 2017 -  
September 2019  €2,6M  The Southern African Development Community (SADC) 
Trade Related Facility (TRF) (10th EDF). Objectives 
included: Improving the SPS environment by developing 
appropriate veterinary and plant health strategies and 
strengthening the SPS national enquiry point . Capacity 
building  Mozambique  
Food Safety  23 May 2018 -  
2 October 2020  €280,085  Targeted assistance for EPA implementation through SPS 
conformity for fisheries and aq uaculture, and enhanced 
export capacity of fisheries in Mozambique.  Objectives 
include: National strategy for standardization and 
conformity assessment developed; Capacity to manage 
certification and standardization processes enhanced; 
Roadmap for ISO 7020  and ISO 22000 accreditation 
processes developed and implementation supported.   Capacity 
building  Mozambique  
Animal Health  December 2016 - 
November 2021  €22,25M9  Myanmar Sustainable Aquaculture Programme (MYSAP ). 
Activities: 1) Equipment & Materials for the Quality 
Laboratory of the Myanmar Department of Fisheries (DoF) 
in Yangon; Scholarships for 2 Control Inspector from the 
DoF Quality Control and Research Section (QCRS) to 
attend the training course on Fish Processing Technology 
at the UN  University in Iceland; Service contract for the 
"Improvement and sustainability of the National Aquatic 
Health and Disease Control System in Myanmar" . Capacity 
building  Myanmar  
Food Safety, Plant 
Health  2 August 2014 -  
31 December 2018  €9,27M  Myanmar Trade Development Programme . Objectives 
included: supporting Trade Reform, Trade Facilitation,  
Food Safety and Phytosanitary Measures,  National Quality 
Infrastructure.  Technical 
assistance; 
Capacity 
building  Myanmar  
 
9 €19,75M provided by the EU .  
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- 10 - Sector  Date of execution  Budget in 
Euros  Title and description of the program  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  
Food Safety  29 September 2014 
- 26 June 2019  €7,2M  Support for Trade and Economic Capacity Building: Trade 
and Private Sector Development.  Objectives included: 
strengthening the institutional components of the national 
quality infrastructure to operate to internationa l standards 
in accordance with the World Trade Organization (WTO) 
agreement on the application of SPS measures and the 
WTO agreement on technical barriers to trade (TBT); and 
supporting value chain development for coffee.  Technical 
assistance; 
Capacity 
building  Nepal  
Animal Health, Food 
Safety, Plant Health  29 November 2012 
- 15 January 2019  €19M  The Nigeria competitiveness support programme . 
Objectives included: Streamlining and improving capacity 
of the WTO TBT and SPS national enquiry points (NEP) and 
NNA; Strengthening the implementation of the Food 
Safety Policy through Nigeria SPS infrastructure and the 
food safety control systems at the National and State 
Levels . Capacity 
building  Nigeria  
Plant Health  15 March 2013 -  
14 June 2018  €8,6M  Pacific Agriculture Policy Programme (PAPP ). Activities 
included : Supporting virus indexing services with Coconut 
Rhinoceros Beetle (CRB) as well as extraction and virus 
indexing tests for banana and sweet potato, collections 
and multiplication of virus indexed taro and swamp taro 
collections.  Capacity 
building  Pacific (15 ACP Countries: Cook 
Islands, Federated States of 
Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall 
Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, 
Papua New Guinea, Samoa, 
Solomon Islands, Timor -Leste, 
Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu)  
Food Safety  30 May 2011 -  
14 March 2017  €8,545,800  Increasing Agricultural Commodities Trade (IACT ). 
Objectives included: Strengthening the capacities of 
PACPs to comply with international trade standards 
Activities included: training quarantine staff in biosecurity 
protocols; addressing food safety (Codex ) and SPS issues 
related to exports; processing and marketing of 
agriculture -based products; undertaking emergency 
responses to deal with pest and disease incursions.  Capacity 
building  Pacific ACP Countries  
Plant Health  1 January 2016 - 
31 December 2019  €4M Coconut Industry Development for the Pacific . Activities 
included: assessing coconut pest and diseases and 
developing of the "Coconut Risk Management and 
Mitigation Manual for the Pacific Region "; increasing 
awareness by developing and di sseminating key 
knowledge products/material on CRB (Coconut Rhinoceros 
Beetle); developing and implementing of CRB training 
manual; installing CRB surveillance trap kits; developing 
morphological and molecular (DNA) diagnostic 
arrangement and assessment; S trengthening regional 
response plan through development and implementation 
of national emergency response plan (ERP) in the region . Capacity 
building; 
Research  
 Pacific (15 Pacific ACP Countries: 
Cook Islands, Federated States 
of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati , 
Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, 
Palau, Papua New Guinea, 
Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor -
Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu and 
Vanuatu)   
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- 11 - Sector  Date of execution  Budget in 
Euros  Title and description of the program  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  
Animal Health , Plant 
Health  2013 - 2017 €5,6M  The EU -Philippines Trade Related Technical Assistance 
Programme 3 (TRTA 3 ) Objectives included: 
Strengthening capacity to develop and implement a 
national quality infrastructure strategy; Enhancing 
capacity to develop and SPS management and control 
systems in line with international standards and of 
producers to comply with these  standards.  Technical 
assistance; 
Capacity 
building; 
Training  Philippines  
Food Safety  4 May 2018  -  
3 January 2020  €294,334  Technical assistance to support the National Agricultural 
Export Development Board 's capacity to upgrade the 
specialised export quality infrastructures to the 
international standards. This will include the export 
laboratories, which will serve the export sub -sector, not 
only for monitoring compliance but also for planning and 
preventing any deviation with regards to the market 
requirements.  Capacity 
building  Rwanda  
Animal Health , Food 
Safety, Plant Health  20 March  2013 - 
December 2018  €19,6M  10th EDF10 REIS11 Programme . Objectives: supporting the 
development and implementation of regional SPS 
guidelines, finance sensitisation workshops, contract 
specialist studies, support the meetings of the Regional 
SPS Coordinating Committee, develop a system for 
monitoring developme nts in international standard setting 
bodies, and support the monitoring and implementation of 
regional SPS improvements.  Capacity 
building  SADC12 
Animal Health  2018 - 2023 €3,75M  Regional Dialogue and Investment Project for Pastoralism 
and Transhumance in the Sahel and Coastal Countries of 
West Africa (PREDIP) - component 4: Control of Cross -
Border Animal Diseases in West Africa . Objectives: 
Capacity building; epidemiological surveillance of cross -
border animal diseases including zoonoses (P PCB, PPR, 
anthrax, foot -and-mouth disease); production and control 
of veterinary inputs; vaccination campaigns; regional plan 
to control vector -borne diseases (animal trypanosomiasis, 
ticks).  Technical 
assistance; 
Capacity 
building  
 Sahel and Coastal Countries of 
West Africa  
 
10 European Development Fund . 
11 Regional Economic Integration Support . 
12 Southern African Development Community (Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini , Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, 
Mozam bique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe) .  
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- 12 - Sector  Date of execution  Budget in 
Euros  Title and description of the program  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  
Food Safety  23 May 2018 -  
22 November 2020  €248,825  Strengthening capacity to improve trade -related SPS 
conformity and capacity building for competitive fisheries 
exports in Seychelles. Objectives include: Pro viding 
targeted support for quality development and export 
competitiveness in the Seychelles fisheries sector; 
Building capacity to meet SPS compliance obligations 
under the WTO Agreement.  Capacity 
building  Seychelles  
Food Safety  April 2017 -  
December 20 18 €725,21713 
 
 EU-Sri Lanka Trade -Related Assistance: increasing SME 's 
trade competitiveness in regional and EU markets . 
Activities: training -of-trainers (TOT) series on 
international food safety best practices for 103 extension 
officers; two TOTs for 184 inspectors, including 114 public 
health inspectors and 25 medical health officers during 
Food Safety Week; five workshops  on packaging and 
labelling requirements and trends in packaging regulations 
with respect to food safety and quality for SMEs along the 
food and spices value chains; 20 quality -related trainings 
on accreditation  requirements; 14 awareness workshops / 
semin ars on quality and NQI -related services; equipped 
the Packaging Testing Centre with 19 high -tech testing 
instruments and training on testing methods.  Capacity 
building; 
Training  
 Sri Lanka  
Animal Health  2018 - 2022 €9M Livestock Epidemio -Surveillance Proj ect to Support 
Livelihoods of vulnerable rural smallholders and 
pastoralists (LESP SLSP ). Objective: support the trade and 
export of livestock by ensuring that appropriate animal 
disease surveillance and control is operational in South - 
Eastern Sudan.  Technical 
assistance; 
Capacity 
building  
 Sudan  
Animal Health  2015 - 2017 €3,5M  Livestock Epidemio -Surveillance Programme for Eastern 
Sudan (LESP -ES). Objective : protecting and improving 
livestock production and trade in Eastern Sudan by 
enhancing animal health through improved effectiveness 
of epidemio -surveillance and control of trans -boundary 
animal diseases.  Technical 
assistance; 
Capacity 
building  
 Sudan  
Animal Health , Food 
Safety  2016 - 2020 €5M "Strengthening Institutions and Capacity of the Ministry of 
Agriculture & State Veterinary Inspection Service for Policy 
Formulation ". Objectives include: Supporting the 
formulation of a National Food Safety Strategy through 
inclusive/participatory process; Supporting the State 
Veterinary Inspection Service in building up a modern 
disease control program.  Technical 
assistance  Tajikista n 
 
13 This is at the EUR value of USD 796,941.65 at the exchange rate as of 19 September 2019 in SAP.   
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- 13 - Sector  Date of execution  Budget in 
Euros  Title and description of the program  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  
Food Safety  2014 - 2019 €5M "Enhanced Competitiveness of Tajik Agribusiness Project 
(ECTAP) Technical Assistance ". Support to food quality 
control and certification system according to international 
standards through training laboratory staff.  Technical 
assistance; 
Capacity 
building  Tajikistan  
Food Safety  2015 - 2018 €0,6M  Enhanced Competitiveness of Tajik Agribusiness Project 
(ECTAP) Supply of equipment . Procurement of necessary 
laboratory equipment and consumables to support the 
establishment  of a public -private partnership -based food 
quality control and certification system in the Republic of 
Tajikistan.  Capacity 
Building  Tajikistan  
Plant Health  2016 - 2017 ~€300,000  Strengthening Quality of Tea Production.  Objectives 
included: increasing smallholder ability to comply with 
quality standards and related GAPs attained through 
better access to information, training and essential farm 
inputs.  Capacity 
building  Tanzania  
Food Safety , Plant 
Health  July 2017 -  
July 2021  €100,000  Agriculture for Economic Growth in The Gambia . Activities 
include: the provision of Plant Protection consultancy; 
capacity building workshops on Plant Pest Protection, pest 
risk analysis, development of quarantine/regulated pest 
lists on se lected crops; assistance on database 
construction (Data collection, storage and retrieval of pest 
information and information). These activities are part of 
an integrated agriculture development project 
implemented by FAO (11th EDF Phase I Focal Sector = 
Agriculture).  Capacity 
building  The Gambia  
Animal Health  April 2018  €18,472  Assessment Mission on Animal Health In Timor -Leste . 
Objectives: reinforcing the healthcare protection system, 
with regard to animal production and the rural economy; 
improving the provision of veterinary services for the 
prevention and reduction of disease, by integrating the 
animal healthcare services into the animal husbandry 
chain; supporting MAP in developing a health system with 
a long -term plan to control animal disease, through 
recommendations that included the main activities for 
development in the short and medium term.  Capacity 
building  Timor -Leste   
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- 14 - Sector  Date of execution  Budget in 
Euros  Title and description of the program  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  
Animal Health , Food 
Safety, Plant Health  January - 
December  2017 €125,000  European Trade Policy and Investment Support Project 
(EU-MUTRAP) (€16 million ), Activities included: promoting 
awareness of the innovative SPS chapter of the European 
Union -Viet Nam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA); 
Producing and disseminating to fresh fruits and vegetable 
companies a booklet that covers norms, standards, and 
prerequisites that apply to specialty markets such as 
organic or fair -trade fruit and vegetables; Providing 
recommendations to honey private sector operators on 
quality management, the option of fair trade or organ ic 
certification to get higher prices; Reviewing the regulatory 
framework and compliance with Viet  Nam's SPS 
commitments under the EVFTA.  Capacity 
building  Viet Nam 
Plant Health  7 November 2013 - 
17 December 2019  €17M  Project to support the Regional Fruit Fly Control Plan: this 
project is part of the re -launch of agricultural initiatives of 
ECOWAP (Common Agricultural Policy of the Economic 
Community of West African States). It aims at helping 
countries to combat the ef fects of fruit flies that hinder 
exports.  Capacity 
building  Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea, 
Mali, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire , 
Ghana and Benin  
Food Safety  August 2014 -  
September 2019  €12M  West Africa Quality System Programme (WAQSP) . 
Objective: the establishment of a framework for the 
development and operation of an appropriate quality 
system to facilitate intra -regional and international trade, 
to protect the consumer and the environment, as well as 
to promote sustainable economic d evelopment. This 
included regional/national quality Policy development as 
well as establishment of an Accreditation system at 
regional level, accreditation of food safely laboratories as 
per ISO/IEC 17025 and promotion of international 
standards such as IS O 22 000.  Capacity 
building  West Africa Region (ECOWAS 
countries + Mauritania)  
Food Safety  September 2018 - 
August 2022  €5,7M  West Africa Competitiveness Programme (WACOMP) 
Regional component - West Africa Competitiveness and 
Quality Infrastructure Project.  Objectives: supporting the 
development of selected value chains, including enhancing 
the capacity of ECOWAS Member States to develop and 
implement industrial development policies along value 
chains. Standards and Quality -related cap acity building 
will be performed along the cassava and mango value 
chains (accreditation of laboratories and certification 
bodies according to ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO/IEC 17021, 
17024 & 17065, promotion of the ECOWAS Certification 
Mark and certification of p rocessors, promotion of good 
hygiene practice and international food safety standards.  Capacity 
building  West Africa Region  
(ECOWAS countries + 
Mauritania)   
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- 15 - Sector  Date of execution  Budget in 
Euros  Title and description of the program  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  
Animal Health , Food 
Safety, Plant Health  April 2018 - 
July 2018  €30,000  Technical Assistance to the Zimbabwe Agricultural growth 
Programme. Scoping mission on the institutional and 
regulatory set up of the national quality framework 
(covering SPS and food safety).  Technical 
assistance  Zimbabwe  
AMR workshops       
Animal Health  5 June 2017  ~€100,000  European Union  and South America. Working together on 
Antimicrobial Resistance.  Anti-Microbial 
Resistance 
workshops  Argentina  
Animal Health  29 April 2017  ~€100,000  European Union  and South America. Working together on 
Antimicrobial Resistance.  Anti-Microbial 
Resistance 
workshops  Brazil  
Animal Health  16 April 2018  ~€100,000  European Union  and South -America: working together on 
anti-microbial resistance -trade aspects.  Anti-Microbi al 
Resistance 
workshops  Uruguay  
Contribution to 
international standard 
setting bodies       
Food Safety  6 September 2016 - 
5 September  2021 €3M The STDF is a global partnership which aims to increase 
the capacity of developing countries to implement 
international SPS standards, and gain and maintain access 
to markets.  Budget support  Standards and Trade 
Development Facility (STDF)  
Animal Health  2017 - 2018 €600,000  Support for participation of developing countries in OIE 
meetings . Budget support  OIE 
Plant Health  2017 - 2018 €600,000  Project supporting the implementation of the Convention . Budget support  IPPC 
Food Safety  2017 - 2018 €467,000  Support to Codex Trust Fund . Budget support  Codex Trust Fund 2  
Plant Health  2017 - 2018 €420,000  Project supporting the IRSS (implementation review and 
support system) . Budget support  IPPC 
Twinning Pre -EU 
accession instrument 
(IPA) and European 
Neighbourhood Policy 
(ENP)       
Food Safety  6 January 2017 - 
5 January 2019 €2M Support to the National Food Safety Agency of the 
Republic of Moldova.  Twinning  Moldova, Republic of  
Plant Health  2 March 2017 - 
1 January 2020 €2M Approximation of Ukrainian legislation with the European 
Union  in the field of plant protection products and plant 
health and strengthening associated inspection and 
laboratory services . Twinning  Ukraine  
Food Safety  1 October 2018 - 
1 October 2020 €1,85M  Strengthening the Veterinary Services and Food Safety 
Capacities of the Lebanese Ministry of Agriculture'  Twinning  Lebanon   
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- 16 - Sector  Date of execution  Budget in 
Euros  Title and description of the program  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  
Plant Health  26 January 2 015 -  
25 April 2017 €1,5M  Further strengthening of capacities of phytosanitary sector 
in the field s of plant protection products, plant health and 
seeds and seedlings, including phytosanitary laboratories 
and phytosanitary inspections . Twinning  Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Plant Health  11 August  2017 -  
10 December 2019 €1,2M  Upgrading and strengthening the capacity (administrative 
and technical) of the Phytosanitary Sector in order to be 
able to successfully implement national and EU legislation 
in plant health, plant protection products, food safety, 
seed and propagating mate rial, plant variety rights and 
inspections.  Twinning  Kosovo14 
Animal Health,  
Food Safety,  
Plant Health  18 January 2016 - 
17 October 2017 €1M Assistance with implementation of SPS measures 
commitments under the EU -Ukraine Association 
Agreement . Twinning  Ukraine  
Animal Health  1 December 2016 - 
28 February 2019 €950,000  Enhancing the capacities of the Serbian authorities in 
zoonoses and food borne disease control Serbia.  Twinning  Serbia  
Plant Health  24 September 2016 
- 23 October 2018 €855,000  Further Capacity building in the area of Plant Protection 
Products and Pesticide Residues . Twinning  Serbia  
Food Safety,  
Animal Health  8 February 2016 - 
7 May 2018 €700,000  Support to Kosovo Food and Veterinary Laboratory . Twinning  Kosovo  
Food Safety  11 October 2016 - 
10 October 2018 €713,900  Further development of Competent Authorities control 
systems to protect the human, animal and plant health . Twinning  North Macedonia  
Plant Health  11 February 2014 - 
9 May 2017 €100,0000  Implementation of sustainable use of plant protection 
products and establishing systems for regular technical 
inspection of pesticide application equipment . Twinning  Serbia  
BTSF (Better Training 
for Safer Food)       
Food Safety  26 February 2018  
- 9 March  2018 €160,000  Laboratory training on residues of mycotoxins . BTSF regional 
training  13 participants (Morocco, 
Tunisia, Ukraine, The Gambia, 
Ghana, Argentina, Brazil, 
Colombia, Mexico, Bangladesh, 
India, Iran, Philippines)  
Food Safety  5 March 2018 -  
16 March 2 018 €160,000  Laboratory training on residues of microbiology . BTSF regional 
training  15 participants (Armenia, Egypt, 
Jordan, Morocco, Benin, 
Dominican  Rep., Congo, 
Argentina, Brazil, Bangladesh, 
China, India, Thailand, 
Viet Nam) 
 
14 This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UN SCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.   
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- 17 - Sector  Date of execution  Budget in 
Euros  Title and description of the program  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  
Food Safety  17 September 2018 
-  
28 September 2018  €160,000  Laboratory training on residues of plant protection 
products . BTSF regional 
training  14 participants (Algeria ; 
Armenia ; Egypt ; Jordan ; 
Moldova , Rep. of;  Tunisia ; South 
Africa ; Chile; Costa Rica ; Cuba; 
Ecuador ; Uruguay ; Iran; 
Lao PDR) 
Food safety  5 - 16 June 2017  €160,000  Laboratory training on residues of plant protection 
products . BTSF regional 
training  14 participants (Argentina, Chile, 
Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, 
Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Malaysia, 
Morocco, Namibia, Tunisia, 
Viet Nam, Zimbabwe)  
Food Safety  25 September 2017 
-  
6 October 2017  €160,000  Laboratory training on residues of mycotoxins . BTSF regional 
training  16 participants (Azerbajan, 
Morocco, Tunisia, Ukraine, Dem . 
Rep. of the  Congo, Ghana, 
Kenya, Sudan, Argentina, Brazil, 
Colombia, Mexico, India, 
Indonesia)  
Food Safety  9 October 2017 -  
20 October 2017  €160,000  Laboratory training on residues of veterinary medicinal 
products . BTSF regional 
training  14 participants (Egypt, Ukr aine, 
South Africa, Zimbabwe, Brazil, 
Chile, Costa Rica, Honduras, 
Mexico, China, India, Thailand, 
Viet Nam) 
Food Safety  16 April 2018 -  
27 April 2018  €160,000  Laboratory training on residues of veterinary medicinal 
products . BTSF regional 
training  15 participants (Egypt ; Moldova, 
Rep. of; Morocco ; Tunisia ; 
Mozambique ; Namibia ; South 
Africa ; Zimbabwe ; Argentina ; 
Mexico ; Nicaragua ; Paraguay ; 
China ; Thailand , Viet Nam) 
Animal Health, Food 
Safety, Plant Health   2017 - 2018 €320,640  Organisation and implementation of training activities to 
strengthen EU law enforcement in SPS fields .  BTSF regional 
training   128 participants (10 Asia, 43 
CC15, 4 EFTA16 and EEA17, 68 
ENP18, 7 Other)  
Food Safety  2017 - 2018 €202,935  Organisation and implementation of training activities on 
the controls on contaminants in food .  BTSF regional 
training   83 participants (3 Asia, 41 CC, 9 
EFTA and EEA, 30 ENP)  
Food Safety  2017 - 2018 €192,000  Organisation and implementation of training a ctivities on 
HACCP principles and audit techniques .  BTSF regional 
training   60 participants (6 Africa, 3 South 
America, 4 Asia, 13 CC, 6 EFTA 
and EEA, 26 ENP, 6 Other)  
Animal Health  2017 - 2018 €188,500  Organisation and implementation of training activities on 
animal nutrition .  BTSF regional 
training   65 participants (3 Africa, 4 South 
America, 2 Asia, 30 CC, 2 EFTA 
and EEA, 17 ENP, 7 Other)  
 
15 Candidate countries . 
16 European Free Trade Association . 
17 European Economic Area . 
18 European Neighbourhood Policy .  
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- 18 - Sector  Date of execution  Budget in 
Euros  Title and description of the program  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  
Food Safety  2017 - 2018 €171,150  Organisation and implementation of training activities on 
the use of the EU Trade Control and Expert System 
(TRACES) . BTSF regional 
training   70 participants (6 Africa, 2 South 
America, 1 Asia, 27 CC, 11 EFTA 
and EEA, 23 ENP)  
Food Safety  2017 - 2018 €158,120  Organisation and implementation of training activities on 
Principles and methods of food safety risk assessment .  BTSF regional 
training   59 participants (1 South 
America, 29 CC, 28 EFTA and 
EEA, 1 ENP)  
Food Safety  2017 - 2018 €137,025  Organisation and implementation of training activities on 
prevention and control of anti-microbial resistance (AMR) 
in the context of an overall 'one health' approach to 
prevention and control of infections and reducing 
antimicrobial resistance .  BTSF regional 
training   63 participants (29 CC, 5 EFTA 
and EEA, 23 ENP, 6 Other)  
Animal Heal th, Food 
Safety,  
Plant Health  2017 - 2018 €131,706  Organisation and implementation of training activities in 
third countries to strengthen their capacity to participate 
actively in the work of International Standard -Setting 
Bodies .  BTSF regional 
training   53 participants (25 Africa, 27 
Asia, 1 Other)  
Animal Health  19 June 2018 - 
22 June 2018  
Japan  €130,000  EU requirements in relation to animal disease 
preparedness . BTSF regional 
training  25 participants ( Japan;  China;  
Korea, Rep. of; Hong Kong, 
China; India;  New Zealand;  
Singapore;  Chinese Taipei ) 
Animal Health  2017-2018 €107,100  Organisation and implementation of training activities on 
controls of movements of dogs and cats, i.e. intra -Union 
trade, imports and non -commercial movement s.  BTSF regional 
training   42 participants (22 CC, 10 EFTA 
and EEA, 7 ENP, 3 Other)  
Plant Health  2017 - 2018 €105,084  Organisation and implementation of training activities on 
plant heath controls .  BTSF regional 
training   36 participants (20 CC, 4 EFTA 
and EEA, 5 ENP, 7 Other)  
Food Safety  2017 - 2018 €104,400  Organisation and implementation of training activities on 
the EU rules on general food labelling and claims as well 
as on specific categories of foods such as food 
supplements, foods with added vitamins and minerals and 
foods for specific groups of the population .  BTSF regional 
training   36 participants (2 Asia, 21 CC, 
12 EFTA and EEA, 1 ENP)  
Plant Health  23 January 2018 -  
26 January 2018  
Cambodia  €97,000  EU plant health requirements in relation to plant products . BTSF regional 
training  33 participants (Cambodia, 
Brunei, Lao PDR, Bangladesh, 
Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, 
Thailand, Viet  Nam) 
Food Safety  18 September 2018 
-  
21 September 2018  
South Africa  €97,000  Effective participation in the work of International 
Standards Setting Bodies, Codex Alimentarius . BTSF regional 
training  41 participants ( member 
countries of CC Africa)  
Food Safety  14 May 2018 -  
18 May 2018  
Viet Nam €97,000  EU food safety requirements in relation to aquaculture and 
fishery products . BTSF regional 
training  45 participants (Viet  Nam, 
ASEAN Secr., Brunei, Cambodia, 
Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, 
Myanmar, Philippines, 
Singapore, Thailand)   
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- 19 - Sector  Date of execution  Budget in 
Euros  Title and description of the program  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  
Animal Health  28 May 2018 -  
31 May 2018  
Morocco  €97,000  EU requirements in relation to animal disease 
preparedness . BTSF regional 
training  35 participants (Morocco, 
Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, 
Mauritania, Palestin e, Qatar, 
REMESA, Tunisia, UAE)  
Food Safety  4 December 2018 -  
7 December 2018  
Peru €97,000  EU food safety requirements in relation to plant protection 
products . BTSF regional 
training  34 participants (Per u, Argentina, 
Brazil, Colombia, Dominican 
Rep., Honduras, Panam a, 
Paraguay, Ecuador, Chile, 
Mexico, Uruguay)  
Food Safety  2017 - 2018 €94,500  Organisation and implementation of training activities on 
auditing general hygiene requirements and control 
procedures based on the HACCP principles developed by 
food business operators .  BTSF regional 
training  28 participants (4 Asia, 12 CC, 1 
EFTA and EEA, 11 ENP)  
Food Safety  2017 - 2018 €94,470  Organisation and implementation of training activities on 
Food hygiene at primary production .  BTSF regional 
training   47 participants (35 CC, 11 EF TA 
and EEA, 1 ENP)  
Food Safety  2017 - 2018 €87,750  Organisation and implementation of training activities on 
Food hygiene and flexibility .  BTSF regional 
training   27 participants (19 CC, 8 EFTA 
and EEA)  
Food Safety  9 October 2017 -  
11 October 2017  
Thailand  €87,000  Effective participation in the work of International 
Standards Setting Bodies, Codex Alimentarius . BTSF regional 
training  38 participants (Member 
countries of FAO/WHO 
Coordinating Committee for 
Asia) 
Food Safety  27 November 2018 
-  
30 No vember 2018  
Ghana  €87,000  Use of EU information management systems for official 
controls in the SPS field . BTSF regional 
training  25 participants (Cap o Verde, The 
Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, 
Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra 
Leone)  
Food Safety  2017 - 2018 €86,625  Organisation and implementation of training activities on 
Audit systems and internal auditing in the SPS fields .  BTSF regional 
training   25 participants (5 South 
America, 1 Asia, 8 CC, 4 EFTA 
and EEA, 6 ENP, 1 Others19)   
Plant Health  2017 - 2018 €76,125  Organisation and implementation of training activities on 
plant health surveys .  BTSF regional 
training   29 participants (20 CC, 3 EFTA 
and EEA, 2 ENP, 4 Other)  
Food Safety  2017 - 2018 €69,720  Organisation and implementation of training activities on 
preparedness and management of food -borne outbreaks 
in the European Union.   BTSF regional 
training   28 participants (14 CC, 7 EFTA 
and EEA, 1 ENP, 6 Other)  
Animal Health  2017 - 2018 €67,000  Organis ation and implementation of training activities on 
Animal identification, registration and traceability .  BTSF regional 
training   25 participants (9 CC, 3 EFTA 
and EEA, 13 ENP)  
Food Safety  2017 - 2018 €57,200  Organisation and implementation of training activities on 
Contingency planning and animal disease control .  BTSF regional 
training   22 participants (5 CC, 8 EFTA 
and EEA, 7 ENP, 2 Other)  
Food Safety  2017 - 2018 €55,420  Organisation and implementation of training activities on 
veterinary and food safety import controls in Border 
Inspection Posts (BIPs) .  BTSF regional 
training   17 participants (9 CC, 6 EFTA 
and EEA, 1 ENP, 1 Other)  
Food Safety  2017 - 2018 €52,000  Organisation and implementation of training activities on 
food additives, flavourings and enzymes .  BTSF regional 
training   20 participants (10 CC, 1 EFTA 
and EEA, 8 ENP, 1 Other)  
 
19 Others: Bosnia, Kosovo.   
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- 20 - Sector  Date of execution  Budget in 
Euros  Title and description of the program  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  
Food Safety  2017 - 2018 €49,280  Organisation and implementation of training activities on 
audit systems and internal auditing in the SPS fields . BTSF regional 
training   16 participants (3 South 
America, 1 Asia, 9 CC, 2 ENP, 1 
Other)  
Animal Health  2017 - 2018 €39,200  Organisation and implementation of training activities on 
animal disease preparedness, including early warning, 
contingen cy planning and animal disease control .  BTSF regional 
training   14 participants (6 CC, 1 EFTA 
and EEA, 7 ENP)      
Food Safety  2017 - 2018 €38,250  Organisation and implementation of training activities on 
the implementation of Union rules in relation to 
microbiological criteria and on the monitoring and control 
of zoonoses and zoonotic agents initiative . BTSF regional 
training   15 participants (9 CC,  3 ENP, 3 
Other)  
Food Safety  2017 - 2018 €36,575  Organisation and implementation of training activities on 
food hygiene and the flexibility provisions provided in the 
food hygiene package .  BTSF regional 
training   11 participants (6 CC, 4 EFTA 
and EEA, 1 Other)  
Animal Health, Food 
Safety  2017 - 2018 €33,600  Organisation and implementation of training activities on 
monitoring and control of zoonoses, zoonotic agents and 
related anti -microbial resistance and prevention of 
antimicrobial resistance .  BTSF regional 
training   14 participants (1 Asia, 5 CC, 1 
EFTA and EEA, 6 ENP, 1 Other)   
Animal Health  2017 - 2018 €33,600  Organisation and implementation of training activities on 
Prevention, control and eradication of Transmissible 
Spongiform Encephalopathies .  BTSF regional 
training   16 participants (7 CC, 3 EFTA 
and EEA, 4 ENP, 2 Other)  
Food Safety  2017 - 2018 €32,370  Organisation and implementation of training activities on 
new food investigation techniques aiming at identifying 
potential fraud along the food chain and on the ecommerce 
of food .  BTSF regional 
training   13 participants (6 CC, 4 EFTA 
and EEA, 3 ENP)  
Food Safety  2017 - 2018 €29,880  Organisation and implementation of training activities on 
the control of food contact  materials, their use and 
marketing .  BTSF regional 
training   12 participants (8 CC, 3 EFTA 
and EEA, 1 ENP)  
Plant Health  
 2017 - 2018 €24,000  Organisation and implementation of training activities on 
inspection and calibration of pesticide application 
equipment in professional use .  BTSF regional 
training   10 participants (2 EFTA and EEA, 
3 ENP, 5 Other)  
Food Safety  2017 - 2018 €20,100  Organisation and implementation of training activities on 
New investigation techniques for official contro ls along the 
food chain .  BTSF regional 
training   10 participants (7 CC, 3 EFTA 
and EEA)  
Plant Health  January and August 
2018 €20,000  EU requirements on plant health and plant protection 
products . BTSF sustained 
training 
mission  Thailand  
Food Safety  September 2018 - 
October 2018  €20,000  Support to the implementation of the EU -Viet Nam Free 
Trade Agreement (guiding from a technical point VN 
authorities on the mechanisms and implications in 
Viet Nam to ensure compliance with the FTA) . BTSF sustai ned 
training 
mission  Viet Nam 
Animal Health  2017 - 2018 €18,900  Organisation and implementation of training activities on 
Animal health and disease prevention for bees and zoo 
animals . BTSF regional 
training   9 participants (5 CC, 4 EFTA and 
EEA)  
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- 21 - Sector  Date of execution  Budget in 
Euros  Title and description of the program  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  
Food Safety  24 June 2018 -  
2 July 2018  €11,000  Disease prevention and health management in crustacean 
culture . BTSF sustained 
training 
mission  Bangladesh  
Food Safety  February 2018  €10,000  EU requirements on novel food (Application for a Novel 
Food produc t (crickets) under the EU Novel Food 
Regulation) . BTSF sustained 
training 
mission  Thailand  
Food Safety  May 2018  €10,000  National residue monitoring plan for aquaculture products . BTSF sustained 
training 
mission  Cambodia  
Food Safety  June 2018  €10,000  Foods for special medical purposes, labeling and nutrition, 
health claims . BTSF sustained 
training 
mission  Thailand  
Plant Health  August 2018  €10,000  Plant health, plant protection products, microbiology . BTSF sustained 
training 
mission  Lao PDR  
Food Safety  November 2018  €10,000  Risk assessment methodologies and procedures along 
EFSA practices . BTSF sustained 
training 
mission  India 
Plant Health  2017 - 2018 €9,780  Organisation and implementation of training activities on 
the sustainable use of pesticides, with a focus on 
Integrated Pest Management . BTSF regional 
training   4 participants (3 CC, 1 ENP)  
TAIEX (Technical 
Assistance and 
Information 
Exchange)   20    
Animal Health  21/03/2017 -  
24/03/2017  ~€11,000   TAIEX Expert Mission on Classical Swine Fever . TAIEX  Albania  
Animal Health  13/02/2017 - 
17/02/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Laboratory Diagnosis of 
Bluetongue Disease . TAIEX  Albania  
Animal Health  07/11/2017 - 
09/11/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Animal Movement Controls . TAIEX  Albania  
Animal Health  06/06/2017 - 
07/06/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Animal Disease Information 
System and Disease Reporting .  TAIEX  Albania  
Animal Health  16/01/2018 - 
17/01/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Workshop on Animal Disease, Epidemiology and 
Disease Data Management . TAIEX  Albania  
Animal Health  18/09/2017 - 
20/09/2017  ~€11,000   TAIEX Expert Mission on Lumpy Skin Disease Control .  TAIEX  Albania  
Food Safety  23/01/2017 - 
25/01/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Quality Standards of Fresh Raw 
Milk.  TAIEX  Albania  
Food Safety  30/01/2017 - 
03/02/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Determination of Veterinary 
Residue Drugs in Milk .  TAIEX  Albania  
 
20 Aggregated budget for all TAIEX activities: €2,920,000 . 
  
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- 22 - Sector  Date of execution  Budget in 
Euros  Title and description of the program  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  
Food Safety  12/02/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Workshop on Traceability of Food and Feed . TAIEX  Albania  
Food Safety  05/06/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Workshop on EU Legislation on Food Informat ion to 
Consumers . TAIEX  Albania  
Food Safety  18/05/2017 - 
19/05/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Workshop on EU Legislation on Import Checks at 
the Border Inspection Points . TAIEX  Albania  
Food Safety  04/07/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Workshop on Pesticide Residues in Products of Plant 
Origin . TAIEX  Albania  
Food Safety  15/05/2017 - 
19/05/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Food Additives . TAIEX  Albania  
Food Safety  02/04/2018 - 
06/04/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Hormonal Residues in Live 
Animals and Animal Production . TAIEX  Albania  
Food Safety  24/04/2017 - 
25/04/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Workshop on Harmonization of Legislation on 
Genetically Modified Food . TAIEX  Albania  
Food Safety  12/12/2017  ~€11,000   TAIEX Workshop on Animal Waste Management . TAIEX  Albania  
Food Safety  15/05/2018 - 
17/05/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Food Additives .  TAIEX  Albania  
Food Safety  18/04/2017 - 
21/04/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Workshop on TRACES (Trade Control and Expert 
System) Application . TAIEX  Albania  
Plant Health  05/09/2017 - 
07/09/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on the Assessment and the Capacity 
Building Development of Seed Testing Laboratory . TAIEX  Albania  
Plant Health  29/05/2018 - 
31/05/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Examination of the New Plant 
Varieties using DUS Testing Methods for Maize and Wheat . TAIEX  Albania  
Plant Health  25/09/2018 - 
28/09/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Implementation of Seed Sampling 
and Testing Aligned to EU and International Standards . TAIEX  Albania  
Animal Health  13/06/2017 - 
14/06/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Multi -Country Workshop on Rabies . TAIEX  Albania;  Algeria;  Belarus;  Bosnia 
and Herzegovina;  Kosovo;  
Moldova, Rep. of; Montenegro;  
Morocco;  North Macedonia;  
Serbia;  Tunisia;  Turkey;  Ukraine  
Animal Health  13/06/2018 - 
14/06/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Multi -Country Workshop on Rabies . TAIEX  Albania;  Algeria;  Belarus;  Bosnia 
and Herzegovina;  Kosovo;  
Moldova, Rep. of; Montenegro;  
Morocco;  North Macedonia;  
Serbia;  Tunisia;  Turkey;  Ukraine  
Food Safety  07/03/2017 - 
08/03/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Multi -Country Workshop on Emerging Food Safety 
Risks. TAIEX  Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and 
Herzegovina, Egypt , Israel, 
Jordan, Kosovo, Lebanon, 
Montenegro, Morocco, North 
Macedonia, Palestine, Serbia, 
Tunisia, Turkey   
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- 23 - Sector  Date of execution  Budget in 
Euros  Title and description of the program  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  
Animal Health  10/07/2018 - 
12/07/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Multi -Country Workshop on National Reference 
Laboratories for Avian Influenza and Newcastle Di sease . TAIEX  Albania;  Armenia;  Belarus;  
Bosnia and Herzegovina;  
Georgia;  Kosovo;  Moldova, Rep. 
of; Montenegro;  North 
Macedonia;  Serbia;  Turkey  
Animal Health  08/03/2018 - 
09/03/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Multi -Country Workshop on Animal Health 
Management .  TAIEX  Albania;  Belarus;  Bosnia and 
Herzegovina;  Georgia;  Kosovo;  
Moldova, Rep. of; Montenegro;  
North Macedonia;  Serbia;  
Turkey;  Ukraine  
Plant Health  11/09/2018 - 
13/09/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Multi -Country Workshop on Official Survey and 
Control Measures of Grapevine Flavescence Dorée 
Phytoplasma .  TAIEX  Albania, Bosnia and 
Herzegovina, Kosovo, 
Montenegro, North Macedonia, 
Serbia  
Animal Health  05/03/2018 - 
08/03/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Exper t Mission on The Serological and Molecular 
Diagnosis of ovine rinderpest . TAIEX  Algeria  
Animal Health  02/12/2018 - 
06/12/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Mission of Expertise to support accreditation on the 
Molecular Diagnosis of Foot and Mouth Disease . TAIEX  Algeria  
Food Safety  19/11/2017 - 
22/11/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Validation Methods (Metrology) . TAIEX  Algeria  
Animal Health  19/06/2017 - 
20/06/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Multi Country Workshop on Animal Health . TAIEX  Algeria, Egypt , Israel, Jordan, 
Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, 
Tunisia, Turkey  
Animal Health  05/12/2018 - 
06/12/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Multi -country Workshop on Transboundary Animal 
Diseases . TAIEX  Armenia;  Azerbaijan;  Belarus;  
Georgia;  Moldova, Rep. of; 
Ukraine  
Animal Health  03/04/2017 - 
05/04/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Animal Breeding Supervision and 
Farmed Animal Breeding Development .  TAIEX  Azerbaijan  
Food Safety  19/02/2018 - 
20/02/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Workshop on Qualification Improvement for 
Specialist in the Food Industry . TAIEX  Belarus  
Animal Health  26/03/2018 - 
27/03/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Identification, Registration and 
Animal Movement Control . TAIEX  Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Food Safety  27/04/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Workshop on Official Controls of Genetically 
Modified Organisms (GMOs) .  TAIEX  Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Food Safety  14/08/2017 - 
17/08/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Official Controls and Monitoring 
Programs of Drinking Water and Natural Mineral Water .  TAIEX  Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Food Safety  18/04/2017 - 
21/04/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Liabilities of Food Business 
Companies for Providing Information to Consumers on 
Meat Products . TAIEX  Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Food Safety  15/05/2017 - 
19/05/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Development of Crisis Management 
Plan for Food and Feed .  TAIEX  Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Food Safety  12/02/2018 - 
16/02/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Risk Management and 
Assessment in the Field of Food Safety . TAIEX  Bosnia and Herzegovina   
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- 24 - Sector  Date of execution  Budget in 
Euros  Title and description of the program  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  
Food Safety  20/11/2017 - 
24/11/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Implementation of the Hygiene 
Package . TAIEX  Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Food Safety  04/09/2017 - 
07/09/2017  ~€11,000   TAIEX Expert Mission on Assessment of Laboratories and 
Certification Facilities of Institutes of Agriculture .  TAIEX  Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Food Safety  27/09/2018 - 
28/09/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Workshop on Preparation of Official Control Plans 
Based on Risk  Analysis . TAIEX  Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Food Safety  18/12/2018 - 
19/12/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Workshop on Implementation of Hygiene Package . TAIEX  Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Plant Health  05/03/2018 - 
06/03/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Workshop on Plant Variety Protection and Plant 
Breeders' Rights .  TAIEX  Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Plant Health  03/10/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Workshop on Registration of new Varieties for Fruit 
and Grape . TAIEX  Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Plant Health  24/10/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Workshop on Plant health Status Assessment of 
Harmful Organisms in Forests . TAIEX  Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Plant Health  25/04/2018 - 
26/04/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Workshop on the Plant Quarantine Regime for 
Imports with Special Focus on Planting Material and 
Citruses . TAIEX  Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Plant Health  06/11/2017 - 
09/11/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Sustainable Use of Pesticides . TAIEX  Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Plant Health  13/03/2018 - 
15/03/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Improving Administrative 
Capacity to Assess Dossiers for Plant Protection Products .  TAIEX  Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Plant Health  26/03/2018 - 
27/03/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Workshop on Post -Registration Control of Plant 
Protection Products in the Framework of In tegrated Pest 
Management . TAIEX  Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Plant Health  03/07/2017 - 
07/07/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Integrated Pest Management System 
for Pome and Stone Fruits . TAIEX  Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Plant Health  16/04/2018 - 
20/04/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Registration of Varieties of Fruit and 
Grape Vine . TAIEX  Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Plant Health  17/09/2018 - 
20/09/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Plant Quarantine Regime for Import 
on Planting Material and Citruses . TAIEX  Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Plant Health  11/12/2018 - 
12/12/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Workshop on Training on Plant Protection Products 
and Record Keeping . TAIEX  Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Food Safety  26/11/2018 - 
27/11/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Workshop on Amino Acid Analysis in Different 
Products . TAIEX  Egypt  
Food Safety  29/05/2017 -
01/06/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Food Imports and Exports 
Controls . TAIEX  Egypt  
Food Safety  24/09/2018 - 
28/09/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Biological control of honey bee pests 
and product quality monitoring . TAIEX  Egypt  
Plant Health  12/06/2017 - 
15/06/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Vegetable Breeding and Seed 
Production . TAIEX  Egypt  
Food Safety  16/01/2017 - 
20/01/2 017 ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Food Safety Risk Assessment . TAIEX  Georgia  
Plant Health  10/04/2018 - 
13/04/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Establishment of National 
Catalogues of Plant Varieties . TAIEX  Georgia   
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- 25 - Sector  Date of execution  Budget in 
Euros  Title and description of the program  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  
Plant Health  04/07/2018 - 
06/07/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Establishment of National 
Catalogues of Plant Varieties . TAIEX  Georgia  
Food Safety  09/01/2017 - 
13/01/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX -PI21 Expert Mission on Proficiency Testing in Food 
Microbiology . TAIEX  India 
Food Safety  22/05/2017 - 
26/05/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX -PI Expert Mission on the Detection of Veterinary 
Drug Residues in Food Products . TAIEX  India 
Food Safety  28/08/2017 - 
01/09/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX -PI Expert Mission on the Detection of Veterinary 
Medicines Residues . TAIEX  India 
Food Safety  06/02/2017 - 
10/02/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX -PI Expert Mission on the Monitoring and Analysis of 
Veterinary Medicines Residues . TAIEX  India 
Food Safety  03/07/2017 - 
07/07/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX -PI Expert Mission on the Detection of Stilbenes and 
Anabolic Steroids .  TAIEX  India 
Food Safety  03/04/2017 - 
07/04/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX -PI Expert Mission on the Detection of Heavy Metals 
in Fishery Products . TAIEX  India 
Food Safety  08/09/2017 - 
15/09/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX -PI Expert Mission on ISO 17043 Accreditation in the 
area of Heavy Metals . TAIEX  India 
Food Safety  20/11/2017 - 
24/11/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX -PI Expert Mission on the Implementation of Single 
Residue Detection Methods . TAIEX  India 
Plant Health  16/01/2017 - 
20/01/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX -PI Expert Mission on the Detection of Pesticide 
Residues in Food Products . TAIEX  India 
Food Safety  08/05/2017 - 
11/05/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX -PI Workshop on the Application of the Trade Control 
and Expert System (TRACES) . TAIEX  Iran 
Food Safety  18/06/2018 - 
21/06/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Pesticide Registration and Maximum 
Residue Levels . TAIEX  Israel  
Animal health  27/03/2017 - 
30/03/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Primary Production of Domestic Land 
Animals . TAIEX  Jordan  
Food Safety  08/05/2017 - 
12/05/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Food Safety . TAIEX  Jordan  
Food Safety  17/10/2018 - 
18/10/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Workshop on Genetically Modified food . TAIEX  Jordan  
Food Safety  19/11/2018 - 
23/11/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Mycorrhizae to improve food security 
and cope with climate change - Innovative approach to 
cope with biotic and abiotic stresses . TAIEX  Jordan  
Plant Health  20/02/2017 -
24/02/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Institutional Framework and 
Phytosanitary Measures to Manage Xylella Fastidiosa  in 
Olive Orchards . TAIEX  Jordan  
Plant Health  06/11/2017 - 
10/11/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Biocontrol in the Horticultural 
Domain . TAIEX  Jordan  
Plant Health  12/02/2018 - 
16/02/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Standards and Certification in Seed 
Testing Prescribed by the International Seed Testing 
Association Rules . TAIEX  Jordan  
 
21 PI - Partnership Instrument .  
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- 26 - Sector  Date of execution  Budget in 
Euros  Title and description of the program  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  
Plant Health  18/03/2018 - 
22/03/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Sustainable Management of 
Noxious Weeds in Cereal and Legumes Crops . TAIEX  Jordan  
Plant Health  24/09/2018 - 
27/09/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Detection Methods of Phytoplasma 
Diseases . TAIEX  Jordan  
Food Safety  24/04/2017 - 
28/04/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Preparation of Multi -annual 
Control Program . TAIEX  Kosovo  
Food Safety  10/04/2017 - 
13/04/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Determination of Mycotoxins in Food 
and Feed . TAIEX  Kosovo  
Food Safety  17/04/2017 - 
21/04/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Improvement of Inspection 
Capacity for Import Controls . TAIEX  Kosovo  
Food Safety  14/05/2018 - 
15/05/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Workshop on Categorization, Collection and 
Transport of Animal by -products . TAIEX  Kosovo  
Food Safety  02/07/2018 - 
06/07/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Food Analysis in aspect of Quality 
Control and Fat Content . TAIEX  Kosovo  
Food Safety  12/06/2017 - 
14/06/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Implementation of the Food 
Additives, Food Contact Materials and Residues 
Regulations .  TAIEX  Kosovo  
Food Safety  15/01/2018 - 
19/01/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Determination of Heavy Metals and 
Trace Elem ent in Feed and Soil . TAIEX  Kosovo  
Food Safety  16/10/2018 - 
19/10/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Food Contact Materials and Food 
Additives . TAIEX  Kosovo  
Food Safety  21/02/2018 - 
23/02/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Foods For Particular Nutritional 
Uses. TAIEX  Kosovo  
Food Safety  05/03/2018 - 
07/03/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Official Controls of Drinking Water 
and Natural Mineral Water .  TAIEX  Kosovo  
Food Safety  01/10/2018 - 
05/10/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Detection and Identification 
Methods of Regulated Bacteria . TAIEX  Kosovo  
Food Safety  03/04/2018 - 
04/04/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Food Safety Risk Analysis . TAIEX  Kosovo  
Food Safety  01/10/2018 - 
02/10/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Residues, Toxins, Radionuclides 
and Other Contaminants of Food . TAIEX  Kosovo  
Food Safety  14/05/2018 - 
16/05/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Official Control for Shelf Life of 
Food Products . TAIEX Kosovo  
Food Safety  06/08/2018 - 
07/08/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Workshop on Recycled Plastics and Other Plastic 
Materials Intended to Come into Contact with Foods . TAIEX  Kosovo  
Food Safety  10/09/2018 - 
11/09/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Nutritional and Health Claims . TAIEX  Kosovo  
Food Safety  05/11/2018 - 
06/11/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Workshop on Audit and Verification of Official Food 
Safety Controls . TAIEX  Kosovo  
Plant Health  29/05/2017 - 
02/06/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Preparation of National Action 
Plan of Sustainable Use of Plant Protection Products . TAIEX  Kosovo  
Plant Health  03/04/2017 - 
07/04/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Plant Disease Surveillance 
Programme . TAIEX  Kosovo   
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- 27 - Sector  Date of execution  Budget in 
Euros  Title and description of the program  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  
Plant Health  05/02/2018 - 
08/02/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Import of Organisms and Plants 
for Research Purposes . TAIEX  Kosovo  
Plant Health  15/05/2017 - 
19/05/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Early Plant Pest Detection and 
Surveillance . TAIEX  Kosovo  
Plant Health  17/07/2017 -
21/07/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Phytosanitary Measures against Fire 
Blight ( Erwinia amylovora ). TAIEX  Kosovo  
Plant Health  04/09/2017 - 
08/09/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Integrated Pest Management 
(IPM) . TAIEX  Kosovo  
Plant H ealth 03/07/2017 - 
07/07/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Data Collection and Information 
Sharing in Plant Health . TAIEX  Kosovo  
Plant Health  26/02/2018 - 
02/03/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Early Plant Pest Detection and 
Surveillance . TAIEX  Kosovo  
Plant Health  04/12/2017 - 
05/12/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Workshop on Phytosanitary Risk Assessment . TAIEX  Kosovo  
Plant Health  11/12/2017 - 
15/12/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Identification and Quantification of 
Genetically Modified Seed and Identification of Seed 
Origin . TAIEX  Kosovo  
Plant Health  21/05/2018 - 
25/05/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Establishment of Plant Disease 
Surveillance Programme . TAIEX  Kosovo  
Plant Health  17/09/2018 - 
21/09/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Strengthening of human 
capacities for determination of nematodes in soil and root 
tissues . TAIEX  Kosovo  
Plant Health  23/07/2018 - 
27/07/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Testing Seed Mixture and Vigour 
Testing of Seeds . TAIEX  Kosovo  
Plant Health  08/10/2018 - 
10/10/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Integrated Pest Management . TAIEX  Kosovo  
Food Safety,  
Animal Health , Plant 
Health  04/09/2017 - 
08/09/2017  
 ~€11,000  TAIEX -PI Expert Mission on Alignment to EU Import/Export 
Standards The aim is to help improve the national rules of 
origin and accreditation systems of Kyrgyzstan, with a 
view to raising the quality of products exported to the 
European Union.  TAIEX  Kyrgyz Republic  
Food Safety,  Animal 
Health , Plant Health  27/09/2017 - 
29/09/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX -PI Workshop on Alignment to EU Import/Export 
Standards. The aim is to provide technical advice and a 
comprehensive and exhaustive training on export 
modalities of EU agro -products.  TAIEX  Kyrgyz Republic  
Food Safety  23/04/2018 - 
25/04/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX -PI Workshop on Export Quality (Bishkek) .The aim 
is to help ensure that Kyrgyz government officials and 
exporters are familiar with EU import, export and quality 
check standards of agro -products and products of animal 
origin.  TAIEX  Kyrgyz R epublic   
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- 28 - Sector  Date of execution  Budget in 
Euros  Title and description of the program  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  
Food Safety  19/03/2018 - 
23/03/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX -PI Study Visit on Export Quality. Three 
representatives of Kyrgyz Center  of Accreditation visited 
the Latvian National Accreditation Bureau, the National 
Phytosanitary Laboratory of the Plant Quarantine 
Department - State Plant Protection Service, and the 
Latvian National Metrology Centre.  TAIEX  Kyrgyz Republic  
Food Safety  26/04/2018 - 
27/04/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX -PI Workshop on Export Quality (Osh). The aim is to 
help ensure that Kyrgyz government officials and 
exporters are familiar with EU import, export and quality 
check standards of agro -products and products of animal 
origin.  TAIEX  Kyrgyz Republic  
Food Safety  03/04/2017 - 
07/04/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Prevention and Control of 
Salmonella .  TAIEX  Lebanon  
Food Safety  12/11/2018 - 
16/11/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on conducting inspection in the area 
of food safety . TAIEX  Lebanon  
Animal Health  14/05/2018 - 
17/05/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on the Legislation on Medicated 
Feed. TAIEX  Moldova, Republic of  
Plant Health  22/01/2018 - 
25/01/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Post-authorisation Quality Control 
of Pesticides and Fertilizers . TAIEX  Moldova, Republic of  
Animal Health  04/12/2017 - 
08/12/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Secondary Legislation for Specific 
Feed Rules and Catalogue of Feedstuffs .  TAIEX  Montenegro  
Animal Health  21/05/2018 - 
25/05/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Improvement of Technical Capacities 
in Official Controls on Feed Sector Including Approval of 
Establishments . TAIEX  Montenegro  
Animal Health  11/06/2018 - 
12/06/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Inspection Procedure and 
Sampling for Laboratory Analyses of Feedstuffs . TAIEX  Montenegro  
Animal Health  16/10/2017 - 
18/10/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Alignment of Legislation on 
African Swine Fever and African Horse Sickness . TAIEX  Montenegro  
Animal Health  16/04/2018 - 
18/04/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Workshop on Management Measures of African 
Swine Fever . TAIEX  Montenegro  
Animal Health  13/11/2018 - 
15/11/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on African Swine Fever outbreak 
prevention and control . TAIEX  Montenegro  
Animal Health  26/06/2017 - 
29/06/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Veterinary Controls at Border 
Inspection Posts . TAIEX  Montenegro  
Animal Health  03/07/2017 - 
05/07/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Procedures for Granting Disease -
Free Status of Tuberculosis, Brucellosis and Leucosis . TAIEX  Montenegro  
Animal Health  06/07/2017 - 
07/07/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Workshop on Implementation of Eradication and 
Control Programmes to Contain Anim al Diseases . TAIEX  Montenegro  
Animal Health  12/02/2018 - 
16/02/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Obtaining and Recognising Disease -
Free and Animal Health Status . TAIEX  Montenegro  
Animal Health  03/12/2018 - 
07/12/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Alignment of Feed Safety 
Legislation and Procedures for Central Services, Official 
Controls and Feed Business Operators . TAIEX  Montenegro   
  G/SPS/GEN/1139/Add.5  
 
- 29 - Sector  Date of execution  Budget in 
Euros  Title and description of the program  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  
Food Safety  14/03/2017 - 
16/03/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Inspection Control on Food 
Nutritional Declarations  and Health Claims . TAIEX  Montenegro  
Food Safety  03/04/2017 - 
07/04/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Determination of Polycyclic Aromatic 
Hydrocarbons (PAH) and Veterinary Drugs Residues .  TAIEX  Montenegro  
Food Safety  05/02/2018 -
07/02/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Maximum Residue Levels of 
Pesticides . TAIEX  Montenegro  
Food Safety  10/07/2017 - 
11/07/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Workshop on the EU Hygiene Requirements for the 
Treatment of the Raw Milk . TAIEX  Montenegro  
Food Safety  16/10/2017 - 
20/10/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Preparation of a Strategy to 
Improve the Quality of Raw Milk . TAIEX  Montenegro  
Food Safety  05/06/2017 - 
09/06/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Improvement of Administrative 
Capacity for Classification of Animal By -Products . TAIEX  Montenegro  
Food Safety  15/01/2018 - 
16/01/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Workshop on Classification and Control of Animal 
By-Products in Slaughterhouses . TAIEX  Montenegro  
Food Safety  04/06/2018 - 
08/06/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Determination of Residues of 
Veterinary Drugs in Product of Animal Origin . TAIEX  Montenegro  
Food Safety  18/04/2018 - 
20/04/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Implementation Measures of EU 
Regulation on Food Information to Consumers .  TAIEX  Montenegro  
Food Safety  30/07/2018 - 
03/08/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on EU Coordinated Control 
Programmes for Salmonella . TAIEX  Montenegro  
Food Safety  22/10/2018 - 
23/10/2018  ~€11,000   TAIEX Expert Mission on Conducting Dietary Risk 
Assessment with ImpoRisk Model . TAIEX  Montenegro  
Food Safety  03/12/2018 - 
07/12/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Official Controls: Planning, 
Implementation and Evaluation with Practical Training on 
Approved Establishments for Food of Animal Origin . TAIEX  Montenegro  
Food Safety  12/11/2018 - 
16/11/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Genetically Modified Food and 
Feed Legislation . TAIEX  Montenegro  
Food Safety  10/12/2018 - 
13/12/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Laboratory Determination of 
Mycotoxins in Food . TAIEX  Montenegro  
Plant Health  06/02/2017 - 
10/02/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Strengthening the Trainers' Capacity 
on Sustainable Use of Pesticide . TAIEX  Montenegro  
Plant Health  19/09/2017 - 
21/09/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Workshop on Capacity Building on Sustainable Use 
of Pesticides . TAIEX  Montenegro  
Plant Health  20/03/2017 - 
22/03/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Managing Asian Longhorn Beetle 
(Anoplophora glabripennis ). TAIEX Montenegro  
Plant Health  27/03/2017 - 
31/03/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Authorisations and Controls under EU 
Plant Protection Products Legislation . TAIEX  Montenegro  
Plant Health  20/02/2017 - 
24/02/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Fruit Plant Propagating Material and 
Fruit Plants for Fruit Production .  TAIEX  Montenegro  
Plant Health  08/05/2017 - 
12/05/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Further Improvement of 
Administrative Capacities in Establishment of Plant 
Passports . TAIEX  Montenegro   
  G/SPS/GEN/1139/Add.5  
 
- 30 - Sector  Date of execution  Budget in 
Euros  Title and description of the program  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  
Plant Health  13/04/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Workshop on Inspection Procedure: Sampling for 
Laboratory Analyses for Identification of Harmful 
Organisms . TAIEX  Montenegro  
Plant Health  18/12/2017 - 
22/12/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Methods for Detection of Xylella 
fastidiosa . TAIEX  Montenegro  
Plant Health  11/12/2017 - 
14/12/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Seed and Planting Material 
Quality Control . TAIEX  Montenegro  
Plant Health  12/06/2017 - 
13/06/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Workshop on Inspection Procedures: Reporting, 
Sampling and Control of Planting Material Producers . TAIEX  Montenegro  
Plant Health  05/06/2017 - 
08/06/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Plant Protection Products: Control of 
Use and Record Keeping . TAIEX  Montenegro  
Plant Health  27/09/2018 - 
28/09/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Workshop on Inspection Procedure: Fake Plant 
Protection Products - Inspection and Controls . TAIEX  Montenegro  
Plant Health  11/09/2017 - 
15/09/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on the Procedures for Issuing Plant 
Passports at the Point of Entry . TAIEX  Montenegro  
Plant Health  08/10/2018 - 
12/10/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Survey, Outbreak Management and 
Diagnostic of Candidatus Phytoplasma Vitis . TAIEX  Monte negro  
Food Safety  07/02/2017 - 
10/02/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Workshop on Trade Control and Expert System 
(TRACES) Application .  TAIEX  Montenegro  
Animal Health  25/09/2017 - 
26/09/2017  ~€11,000  Séminaire sur le Zonage et la Compartimentation 
Sanitaire: Approche et exemples pratiques pour leur mise 
en œuvre.  TAIEX  Morocco  
Animal Health  03/09/2018 - 
05/09/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Antimicrobial resistance monitoring 
in the veterinary fiel d. TAIEX  Morocco  
Food Safety  13/02/2017 - 
17/02/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert mission on the detection of nitrofuran and 
antibiotic residues in honey . TAIEX  Morocco  
Food Safety  10/12/2018 - 
12/12/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX study visit on strengthening national capacity for 
risk assessment in food safety . TAIEX  Morocco  
Food Safety  15/10/2018 - 
19/10/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX study visit on focal point management and activities 
of the National Codex Committee Secretariat . TAIEX  Morocco  
Plant Health  10/12/2018 - 
14/12/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expertise Mission on Trade control and the use of 
fumigants for the protection of plants and plant products . TAIEX  Morocco  
Food Safety  19/12/2017 - 
20/12/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Seminar on the Trade Control and Expert System 
(TRACES) Application . TAIEX  Morocco  
Food Safety  21/12/2017 - 
22/12/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Seminar on the Trade Control and Expert System 
(TRACES) Application . TAIEX  Morocco  
Animal Health  14/03/2017 - 
15/03/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Animal Health Requirements for 
Trade in Zoo Animals . TAIEX  North Macedonia  
Animal Health  29/05/2017 - 
31/05/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Workshop on Prevention, Control and Eradication of 
Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs) . TAIEX  North Mac edonia  
Animal Health  27/03/2017 - 
30/03/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Official Controls and Procedures for 
Import of Processed Animal Protein . TAIEX  North Macedonia  
Animal Health  18/12/2017 - 
20/12/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Use of Animal By -Products for 
Feed. TAIEX  North Macedonia   
  G/SPS/GEN/1139/Add.5  
 
- 31 - Sector  Date of execution  Budget in 
Euros  Title and description of the program  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  
Animal Health  12/04/2018 - 
13/04/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Workshop on Official Controls in Feed Trade and 
Production . TAIEX  North Macedonia  
Animal Health  07/05/2018 - 
11/05/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Protection of Animals during 
Transport . TAIEX  North Macedonia  
Animal Health  22/01/2018 - 
24/01/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Identification and Registration 
System for Equine .  TAIEX  North Macedonia  
Animal Health  19/02/2018 - 
20/02/201 8 ~€11,000  TAIEX Workshop on System for Identification and 
Registration of Pigs . TAIEX  North Macedonia  
Animal Health  12/02/2018 - 
14/02/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Biosecurity Measures Applicable 
to Poultry Farming . TAIEX  North Macedonia  
Animal Health  26/02/2018 - 
27/02/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Workshop on Approval and Registration of Feed 
Business Operators . TAIEX  North Macedonia  
Food Safety  14/03/2017 - 
15/03/2017  ~€11,000   TAIEX Workshop on Control of Campylobacter Infections 
in Poultry .  TAIEX  North Macedonia  
Food Safety  05/02/2018 - 
09/02/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Internal and External Quality Control 
in Chemical Laboratories . TAIEX  North Macedonia  
Food Safety  23/01/2017 - 
24/01/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Workshop on Labelling of Food of Animal Origin .  TAIEX  North Macedonia  
Food Safety  11/07/2017 - 
13/07/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Pesticides Residue Analysis . TAIEX  North Macedonia  
Food Safety  29/03/2017 - 
31/03/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Management of Food Safety and 
Animal Welfare in Emergency Situations .  TAIEX  North Macedonia  
Food Safety  22/10/2018 -
26/10/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Principles and Application Criteria for  
Trace Metals Analyses in Food and Feed . TAIEX  North Macedonia  
Food Safety  26/02/2018 - 
28/02/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Food for Special Consumer 
Groups . TAIEX  North Macedonia  
Food Safety  28/05/2018 - 
31/05/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Laboratory Coordination .  TAIEX  North Macedonia  
Food Safety  01/10/2018 - 
05/10/2018  ~€11,000   TAIEX Expert Mission on Analysis of Pesticide Residue 
Data and Result Formulation .  TAIEX  North Macedonia  
Food Safety  17/04/2018 - 
20/04/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Workshop on Implementation of TRACES for Import 
Control . TAIEX  North Macedonia  
Animal Health  07/09/2017 - 
07/09/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX -PI Workshop on Beef Trade and Bovine Spongiform 
Encephalopathy (BSE) . TAIEX  Korea, Republic of  
Animal Health  28/05/2018 - 
30/05/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Workshop on Animal Welfare Inspection in 
Slaughterhouses . TAIEX  Serbia  
Animal Health  01/10/2018 - 
02/10/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Workshop on EU legislation on feed .  TAIEX  Serbia  
Food Safety  03/04/2017 - 
07/04/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Feed Hygiene . TAIEX  Serbia  
Food Safety  19/03/2018 - 
20/03/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Risk Based Control of Imports . TAIEX  Serbia  
Food Safety  19/02/2018 - 
23/02/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Network Organization of 
Laboratories . TAIEX  Serbia   
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- 32 - Sector  Date of execution  Budget in 
Euros  Title and description of the program  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  
Food Safety  08/10/2018 - 
10/10/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Workshop on Implementation of Official Controls in 
the Field of Genetically Modified Organisms . TAIEX  Serbia  
Food Safety  23/07/2018 - 
26/07/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on the New Framework for Biosafety . TAIEX  Serbia  
Food Safety  25/09/2018 - 
27/09/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Drafting of rulebook on quick -
frozen food stuffs in line with Council Directive 
89/108/EEC . TAIEX  Serbia  
Plant Health  20/06/2017 - 
22/06/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Registration of New Potato Varieties 
for National List . TAIEX  Serbia  
Plant Health  25/04/2017 - 
27/04/2017  ~€11,000   TAIEX Workshop on Trials with New Varieties of Oil Plants .  TAIEX  Serbia  
Plant Health  15/05/2017 - 
19/05/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Real time Polymerase Chain 
Reaction (PCR) Technique for Detection of Bacteria in 
Plants . TAIEX  Serbia  
Plant He alth 11/09/2017 - 
15/09/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on the Control of Production and 
Marketing of the Plant Material . TAIEX  Serbia  
Plant Health  07/05/2018 - 
08/05/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Workshop on Certification Schemes for Vegetables, 
Crops and Seed Mixtures . TAIEX  Serbia  
Animal Health  18/12/2017 - 
22/12/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Harmonizing Animal and Animal 
product Import Certificates . TAIEX  Tunisia  
Food Safety  10/05/2017 - 
11/05/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Seminar on Pesticide Residuals in Food .  TAIEX  Tunisia  
Food Safety  10/09/2018 - 
10/09/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Seminar on Regulation for food Packaging .  TAIEX  Tunisia  
Food Safety  28/11/2017 - 
29/11/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Seminar on food safety: regulation of materials 
intended to come into contact with food . TAIEX  Tunisia  
Food Safety  25/10/2017 - 
26/10/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Seminar on Food Hygiene and the HACCP System . TAIEX  Tunisia  
Food Safety  10/07/2017 - 
14/07/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Food Hygiene Regulation . TAIEX  Tunisia  
Food Safety  23/10/2018 - 
24/10/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Seminar on How to Manage Heavy Metal 
Contamination of Fishery Products . TAIEX  Tunisia  
Food Safety  01/10/2018 - 
05/10/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX study visit on audit practices and official controls 
based on the HACCP system . TAIEX  Tunisia  
Plant Health  11/12/2017 - 
13/12/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on the compliance of seed and plant 
laboratory analyses according to ISTA standards .  TAIEX  Tunisia  
Plant Health  18/12/2017 - 
20/12/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission to support the quality assurance 
system of the Seed and Plant Analy sis Laboratory (ISTA) . TAIEX  Tunisia  
Plant Health  20/08/2018 - 
24/08/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX study visit on Quality Management of an Accredited 
Laboratory according to the ISTA standard .  TAIEX  Tunisia  
Plant Health  10/12/2018 - 
14/12/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX study visit on methods for detecting and identifying 
plant quarantine pests: phytoplasms .  TAIEX  Tunisia  
Animal Health  03/04/2017 - 
05/04/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Reproductive Techniques of Pure -
Bred Breeding Animals . TAIEX  Turkey   
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- 33 - Sector  Date of execution  Budget in 
Euros  Title and description of the program  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  
Animal Health  30/05/2017 - 
31/05/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Control Measures of Lumpy Skin 
Disease (LSD) . TAIEX  Turkey  
Animal Health  26/03/2018 - 
28/03/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Workshop on Methods of Sampling and Analysis for 
the Official Control of Feed . TAIEX  Turkey  
Animal Health  02/10/2017 - 
04/10/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Animal Welfare . TAIEX  Turkey  
Food Safety  15/05/2017 - 
16/05/2017  ~€11,000   TAIEX Expert Mission on Detection of Marine Biotoxin in 
Shellfish . TAIEX  Turkey  
Food Safety  22/10/2018 - 
23/10/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Workshop on Multitoxin Analysis in Food and Feed . TAIEX  Turkey  
Food Safety  13/02/2017 - 
15/02/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Workshop on Official Controls and Measures to 
Monitor Residues in Live Animals and  Animal Products .  TAIEX  Turkey  
Food Safety  08/05/2017 - 
12/05/2017  ~ €11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Animal By -Products . TAIEX  Turkey  
Food Safety  31/10/2017 - 
01/11/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Workshop on Food Safety and Quality: Foods for 
Special Dietary Requirements . TAIEX  Turkey  
Food Safety  04/06/2018 - 
06/06/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Novel Food . TAIEX  Turkey  
Food Safety  03/07/2017 - 
04/07/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Microbiological Criteria for 
Foodstuffs . TAIEX  Turkey  
Food Safety  05/07/2017 - 
06/07/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Collection of National Food 
Consumption Data . TAIEX  Turkey  
Food Safety  02/10/2017 - 
06/10/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Implementation of Animal By -
Products Regulation . TAIEX  Turkey  
Plant Health  21/06/2018 - 
22/06/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Workshop on Establishment of Protected Zones 
from Plum Pox Potyvirus . TAIEX  Turkey  
Plant Health  14/05/2018 - 
18/05/2018  ~€11,000   TAIEX Study Visit on Improving Distinctness, Uniformity 
and Stability Testing Capacities for Plant Breeders' Rights . TAIEX  Turkey  
Plant Health  18/04/2017 - 
20/04/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Test Methods on Xylella 
Fastidiosa . TAIEX  Turkey  
Animal Health  11/12/2017 - 
15/12/2017  ~€11,000  Expert Mission on Veterinary sector . TAIEX  Turkish Cypriot community  
Animal Health  20/12/2017 - 
19/03/2018  ~€11,000  MTA (Mid -term Assistance) in the field of Veterinary . TAIEX  Turkish Cypriot community  
Animal Health  14/02/2018 - 
16/02/2018  ~€11,000  Expert Mission on Veterinary sector - Animal Registration 
System .  TAIEX  Turkish Cypriot community  
Animal Health  04/07/2018 - 
03/10/2018  ~€11,000  MTA in the field of Veterinary . TAIEX  Turkish Cypriot community  
Animal Health  15/10/2018 - 
19/10/2018  ~€11,000  Expert Mission Veterinary - Animal By -Products . TAIEX  Turkish Cypriot community  
Animal Health  03/12/2018 - 
07/12/2018  ~€11,000  Expert Mission on Veterinary sector - Food Safety and 
Animal Health . TAIEX  Turkish Cypriot community  
Animal Health  14/12/2018 - 
13/03/2019  ~€11,000  MTA in the field of Veterinary . TAIEX  Turkish Cypriot community   
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- 34 - Sector  Date of execution  Budget in 
Euros  Title and description of the program  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  
Food Safety  10/04/2017 - 
13/04/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Food Safety . TAIEX  Turkish Cypriot community  
Food Safety  24/04/2017 - 
28/04/2017  ~€11,000  Expert Mission on Preparation of Animal By -Products 
Secondary Legislation . TAIEX  Turkish Cypriot community  
Food Safety  23/05/2017 - 
22/08/2017  ~€11,000  MTA in the field of Food Safety . TAIEX  Turkish Cypriot community  
Food Safety  19/06/2017 - 
23/06/2017  ~€11,000  Expert Mission on Animal By -products . TAIEX  Turkish Cypriot community  
Food Safety  21/08/2017 - 
25/08/2017  ~€11,000  Expert Mission on Animal By -products . TAIEX  Turkish Cypriot community  
Food Safety  30/10/2017 - 
03/11/2017  ~€11,000  Expert Mission on Food Safety and Veterinary . TAIEX  Turkish Cypriot community  
Food Safety  13/11/2017 - 
17/11/2017  ~€11,000  Expert Mission on Animal By -Products . TAIEX  Turkish Cypriot communit y 
Food Safety  12/02/2018 - 
16/02/2018  ~€11,000  Expert Mission on Animal By -Products . TAIEX  Turkish Cypriot community  
Food Safety  19/03/2018 - 
23/03/2018  ~€11,000  Expert Mission on Food Safety and Veterinary . TAIEX  Turkish Cypriot community  
Food Safety  02/04/2018 - 
06/04/2018  ~€11,000  Expert Mission on Food Safety . TAIEX  Turkish Cypriot community  
Food Safety  16/04/2018 - 
20/04/2018  ~€11,000  Expert Mission on Veterinary: Animal By -Products . TAIEX  Turkish Cypriot community  
Food Safety  07/05/2018 - 
11/05/2018  ~€11,000  Expert Mission on Veterinary sector - Food Safety and 
Animal Health . TAIEX  Turkish Cypriot community  
Food Safety  15/05/2018 - 
14/08/2018  ~€11,000  MTA on Food Safety and Veterinary . TAIEX  Turkish Cypriot community  
Food Safety  04/06/2018 - 
06/06/2018  ~€11,000  Expert Mission on Food Safety . TAIEX  Turkish Cypriot community  
Food Safety  02/07/2018 - 
06/07/2018  ~€11,000  Expert Mission on Veterinary sector - Food Safety and 
Animal Health . TAIEX  Turkish Cypriot community  
Food Safety  09/07/2018 - 
13/07/2018  ~€11,000  Expert Mission on Food Safety . TAIEX  Turkish Cypriot community  
Food Safety  13/08/2018 - 
15/08/2018  ~€11,000  Expert Mission on Food Safety . TAIEX  Turkish Cypriot community  
Food Safety  24/08/2018 - 
23/11/2018  ~€11,000  Assistance in the field of Food Safety . TAIEX  Turkish Cypriot community  
Food Safety  30/10/2018 - 
02/11/2018  ~€11,000  Expert Mission on Food Safety – Feed. TAIEX  Turkish Cypriot community  
Food Safety  30/10/2018 - 
02/11/2018  ~€11,000  Expert Mission on Food Safety . TAIEX  Turkish Cypriot community  
Plant Health  13/11/2017 - 
17/11/2017  ~€11,000  Expert Mission on Phytosanitary sector . TAIEX  Turkish Cypriot community  
Plant Health  24/04/2018 - 
27/04/2018  ~€11,000  Expert Mission on Phytosanitary – Seeds . TAIEX  Turkish Cypriot community   
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- 35 - Sector  Date of execution  Budget in 
Euros  Title and description of the program  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  
Plant Health  02/05/2018 - 
04/05/2018  ~€11,000  Expert Mission on Phytosanitary - Plant protection 
products . TAIEX  Turkish Cypriot community  
Plant Health  28/05/2018 -
30/05/2018  ~€11,000  Expert Mission on Phytosanitary sector - Plant Health . TAIEX  Turkish Cypriot community  
Plant Health  20/06/2018 -
22/06/2018  ~€11,000  Expert Mission on Phytosanitary - Plant protection 
products . TAIEX  Turkish Cypriot community  
Animal H ealth 23/10/2017 - 
27/10/2017  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Accreditation of the Veterinary 
Service National Calibration Laboratory . TAIEX  Ukraine  
Animal Health  05/02/2018 - 
09/02/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Expert Mission on Conformity Assessment and 
General Requirements for Proficiency Testing in 
Laboratories . TAIEX  Ukraine  
Plant Health  22/05/2018 - 
23/05/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Workshop on Application of Control Measures in 
Phytosanitary Field . TAIEX  Ukraine  
Plant Health  17/04/2018 - 
20/04/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Conducting Phytosanitary Control of 
Imported Consignments . TAIEX  Ukraine  
Plant Health  11/06/2018 - 
15/06/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Study Visit on Phytosanitary Control of Imported 
Cargoes . TAIEX  Ukraine  
Animal Health  12/02/2018 -
14/02/2018  ~€11,000  TAIEX Regional Workshop on African Swine Fever . TAIEX  Ukraine;  Moldova, Rep. of; 
Belarus  
   
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- 36 - ANNEX II  
SPS-RELATED TECHNICA L ASSISTANCE PROVID ED BY THE EUROPEAN U NION IN 201 7-2018 
PROJECTS OF EU MEMBE R STATES  
EU MS  Sector  Date of 
execution  Budget in 
Euros  Title and description of the programme  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  
Belgium  Food safety,  
Plant Health   2016 - 2020 €100,000  Genome editing for crop improvement in Musa spp.  Training; 
Research; 
Capacity building  Cuba 
Belgium  Food Safety ,  
Plant Health  2016 - 2020 €100,000  Genome editing for crop improvement in Musa spp.  Training; 
Research; 
Capacity building  Cuba 
Belgium  Food Safety  2015 - 2018 €99,979  Digestive and pre -digestive microbial strategies to optimize 
utilization of feed with high amounts of anti -nutritional factors.  Training; 
Research; 
Capacity building  Cuba 
Belgium  Food Safety ,  
Plant Health  2018 - 2019 €68,134  Characterization of fungi and mycotoxins in the bean chain in the 
province of Mayabeque, Cuba.  Training; 
Research; 
Capacity building  Cuba 
Denmark  Food Safety  2015 - 2018 €2,7M  Economic development and job creation in the Tunisian dairy 
sector – Phase II . Technical 
assistance; 
Capacity building  Tunisia  
Denmark  Food Safety  2017 - 2018 €426,294  Food safety in the pork value chain . Technical 
assistance; 
Capacity building  Viet Nam 
Denmark  Food Safety  2016 - 2018 €656,674  Improved Food Safety, Quality and Value Addition in the Dairy 
and Horticulture Sector . Technical 
assistance; 
Capacity building  Kenya  
Denmark  Food Safety  2016 - 2018 €669,046  Food safety cooperation and sustainable use of manure in the 
agricultural sector . Technical 
assistance; 
Capacity building  China  
Denmark  Food Safety  2016 - 2018 €653,707  Veterinary and food safety within the Colombian pig meat sector . Technical 
assistance; 
Capacity building  Colombia  
Denmark  Food Safety  2017 - 2018 €133,812  Denmark -Mexico Cooperation on improving the national pork -
sector organization, productivity and safety issues in the pork 
chain . Technical 
assistance; 
Capacity building  Mexico  
France  Animal Health, 
Plant Health  2017 - 2018 2017: 
~€200,000  
2018: 
~€200,000  Programme of international actions funded by the French 
Ministry of Agriculture and Food, including actions on SPS issues.  Bilateral 
cooperation; 
Trainings; 
Seminars; Study 
visits Global   
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Assistance  Provided to  
France  Animal Health, 
Plant Health  2017 - 2018 2017: 
€50,000  
2018: 
€170,000  Contribution from France to the STDF . Technical 
assistance; 
Capacity building  Global  
France  Animal Health, 
Food Safety  2017 - 2019 Part 1  : 
€85,000  
Part 2  : 
€61,500  Project PROFAS -C+ (follow -up of a twinning which ended in 
2016)  
Part 1: "Support for the implementation of a training system for 
official veterinarians of the Direction des Services Vétérinaires 
(DSV)"  
Part 2: "Support for the implementation of a traceability system 
for veterinary services and animal controls dat a (SIVA) ".  Technical 
assistance  Algeria  
France  Animal Health, 
Plant Health  September 
2017 -  
September 
2018 €100,000  Technical assistance «  SPS regulations  »: approximation with 
the European Union  on SPS matters, in the context of the 
negotiations for a comprehensive and deep free trade 
agreement. Results: regulatory and institutional review, gap 
analysis, impact analysis and proposed costed action plan for the 
implementation of potential reforms.  Technical 
assistance  Tunisia  
France  Animal Health, 
Food Safety  March 2017 - 
November 2017  €76,000  Slaughterhouse and meat sector economy (improvement of 
sanitary inspection): study of the meat sectors (consumption, 
evolution, import/export, producers' acc ess to the market); 
sanitary study in slaughterhouses.  Technical 
assistance  Haïti 
France  Animal Health, 
Plant Health  2011 - 2019 ~€20,000  Bilateral cooperation on SPS issues (follow -up of a twinning 
which ended in 2009). Activities: 2 study visits in 2017 
(inspection of feed establishments, registration of veterinary 
medicines); in 2018, a mission to support the quality evaluation 
of rabies vaccines and two missions to support the evaluation of 
the registration of veterinary medicines. ONSSA officials also 
participated in two study visits, one on disease surveillance of 
aquaculture animals and the other on inspection of fisheries 
establishmen ts. Technical 
assistance; 
Bilateral 
cooperation  Morocco  
Germany  Food Safety , 
Animal Health, 
Plant Health  2017 - 2019 €20,1M  The development of climate -sensitive, soil -friendly agricultural 
practices; improvement of the national (state) quality 
inspections (related to seeds, quarantine, pesticides, food 
safety).  Technical 
assistance; 
Capacity building  
 Ghana  
Germany  Food Safety  2017 - 2019 €17,6M  Sustainable smallholder cocoa and food industry - West and 
Central Africa . Objectives: Improving the income and food 
supply of African smallholders through diversified cultivation; 
Business training for smallholders; Certification of trainers 
ensures quality standards for training delivery; Improved access 
to good quality approv ed equipment . Technical 
assistance; 
Capacity building  African countries   
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Euros  Title and description of the programme  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  
Germany  Food Safety  2014 - 2020 €14,8M  Programme to promote sustainable economic development.  
Objectives include: Demand -driven provision of food safety 
services to businesses to increase their export and 
competitiveness; Implementation of quality and sustainability 
standards; Training and further education of inspectors; 
Cooperation with PTB.  Technical 
assistance; 
Capacity building  Kyrgyzstan  
Germany  Food Safety , 
Animal Health, 
Plant Health  2017 - 2021  €9M Pan-African Free Trade Area (CFTA) - GIZ Module . Objective: 
improving the framework conditions for intra -African trade in 
goods and services by providing technical and strategic advice 
on the implementation of the Action Plan "Boosting Intra -African 
Trade (BIAT)" and the negotiations of the Continental Free Trade 
Area (CFTA). Synergies exist in particular with the PTB project 
"Expansio n of the African Quality Infrastructure", which advises 
in the areas of technical barriers to trade (TBT) and sanitary and 
phytosanitary standards (SPS).  Technical 
assistance; 
Capacity building  African Union  
Germany  Food Safety , 
Animal Health, 
Plant Heal th 2017 - 2021 €5M Initiative for sustainable agricultural development and food 
quality . Objectives: Strengthening the capacity of the Ministry of 
Agriculture to improve quality standards; PPD on quality 
management in agricultural value chains; Piloting concepts for 
sustainable improvement of the quality of food systems; 
Strengthening public a nd private education and training 
institutions and civil society for sustainable improvement of food 
systems.  Technical 
assistance; 
Capacity building  Myanmar  
Germany  Food Safety , 
Animal Health, 
Plant Health  2015 - 2019 €4,4M  Promotion of economic cooperation in Asian sub regional 
initiatives . Activities included: Promotion of economic 
cooperation in Asian sub regional initiatives. Some of the 
outputs/activities of the project include: Export guidelines for 
various fruit varieties for SMEs from Camb odia, Viet  Nam, 
Lao PDR for export to China, incl. SPS standards; Exchange on 
SPS measures between ministries and authorities in China, 
Lao PDR, Viet  Nam, Cambodia.  Technical 
assistance; 
Capacity building  Asian countries  
Germany  Food Safety  2015 - 2019 €0,8M22 Co-financing with the Forum nachhaltiger Kakao e.V. 
(Sustainable Cocoa Forum ). Activities included: Support for 
farmers' families in the project region to improve their living 
conditions; Training in sustainable agricultural practices and 
environmental and social standards.  Technical 
assistance; 
Capacity building  Côte d'Ivoire  
 
22 Co-financing with the Forum nachhaltiger Kakao e.V. (Sustainable Cocoa Forum ).   
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Euros  Title and description of the programme  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  
Germany  Food Safety  2017 - 2019  €451,000  Facilitating trade in agricultural goods in ASEAN . Objective: 
developing recommendations to harmonise regulations and 
simplify food safety and phytosanitary processes between 
selected ASEAN Member States and ASEAN. A ctivities included: 
Drawing up an overview of the existing regulations (both national 
laws and more in -depth regulations, such as inspection lists) and 
identifying gaps; Establishing a peer -to-peer exchanges between 
partner countries in order to learn from  each other, e.g. in 
simplifying control processes, and to jointly develop 
recommendations; Enabling partner countries to harmonise their 
legal frameworks for the selected products.  Technical 
assistance; 
Capacity building  Thailand  
Germany  Food Safety  2018 - 2021 €370,000  Agricultural Trade and Market Access for Food Security: Micro - 
and Macro -level Insights for Africa.  The research seeks to 
provide insights into the trade and market access situation of 
countries, firms/farms; and how market acce ss is influenced by 
trade agreements, non -tariff measures (NTMs) e.g. SPS 
measures, technical barriers to trade (TBT) and customs 
procedures and private standards, price trends and volatility, 
market logistics/infrastructure and institutions.  Capacity bui lding; 
Research  Ghana, Senegal 
and South Africa  
Germany  Food Safety , 
Animal Health, 
Plant Health  2017 - 2018 €300,000  The Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF), 
FAO/OIE/WHO/WTO/World Bank . The STDF is a joint initiative in 
capacity building and technical cooperation aiming at raising 
awareness on the importance of SPS issues, increasing 
coordination in the provision of SPS related assistance, and 
mobilizing resources to assist developing countries enhance their 
capacity to meet SPS s tandards.  Technical 
assistance; 
Capacity building  
 Global  
Germany  Food Safety  2017 - 2019 €234,000  Facilitating trade in agricultural goods in ASEAN . Objective: 
developing recommendations to harmonise regulations and 
simplify food safety and phytosanit ary processes between 
selected ASEAN Member States and ASEAN. Activities included: 
Drawing up an overview of the existing regulations (both national 
laws and more in -depth regulations, such as inspection lists) and 
identifying gaps; Establishing a peer -to-peer exchanges between 
partner countries in order to learn from each other, e.g. in 
simplifying control processes, and to jointly develop 
recommendations; Enabling partner countries to harmonise their 
legal frameworks for the selected products.  Technical 
assistance; 
Capacity building  Viet Nam 
Germany  Food Safety  2017 - 2019 €230,475  Facilitating trade in agricultural goods in ASEAN. See description 
above.  Technical 
assistance; 
Capacity building  Cambodia   
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Euros  Title and description of the programme  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  
Italy Animal Health , 
Food Safety  2017 - 2019 €995,086   
Total: 
€3,844,012  Development program enhancing the academic reform, the 
technological innovation and promoting scientific research at 
Eduardo Mondlane University in Maputo . Objectives included: 
strengthening applied research on a ran ge of scientific topics 
regarding animal health and food safety. These research projects 
are developed in partnership with Italian universities.  Technical 
Assistance;  
Capacity Building;  
Training  Mozambique  
Italy Animal Health, 
Food Safety  February 2015 - 
February 2019  €1,869,099  VIA LACTEA: strengthening the milk supply production chain in 
four provinces of Cuba.  Capacity building; 
Training  Cuba 
Italy Plant Health  December 2016 
- May 2018  €1,731,386  RAUS  - Strengthening the Comprehensive Urban and Suburban 
Agriculture Program in its priority components (seeds and 
organic matter) to enhance the country's food sovereignty.  Technical 
assistance; 
Capacity building  Cuba 
Italy Animal Health , 
Plant Health  2017 - 2019 €402,697  
Total: 
€1,430,000  In the context of a program concerning research and analysis in 
Biotechnology, a vast component is devoted to the control of 
endemic diseases of animals and plants, prokaryotic, eukaryotic 
and viral etiology and their possible vectors. Other research 
subje cts concern the development of new molecular and 
immunological diagnostic tests and molecular characterization of 
pathogenic species, as well as identification of existing 
pathogenic organisms in the environment.  Technical 
Assistance;  
Capacity building;  
Training  Mozambique  
Italy Animal Health, 
Food Safety  April 2018 -
2020 €323,292  Support for the increase of meat and milk for food sustainability 
in the Municipality of Mantua . Training; Capacity 
building  Cuba 
Italy Animal Health  29 June 2017  -  
1 December 
2018 € 314,215  Emergency assistance for prevention and control of H5N1 HPAI 
in West and Central Africa and OSRO/GLO/507/USA Supporting 
the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) to address Zoonotic 
Disease and Animal Health in Africa.  Technical 
assistance  Africa  
Italy Animal Health  27 October 
2014 – 
27 October 
2018 € 132,38023 OIE Twinning project. International cooperation in China and 
support of Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine - 
research programs on avian influenza and emerging avian 
diseases.  Technical 
assistance  China  
Italy Animal Health  2018 – 201924 €98,280  The initiative concerns the twinning project between the 
Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute of Abruzzo and Molise 
(IZSAM) and the Central Veterinary Laboratory (LCV) in Maputo, 
and related activities include specialized training (serology, 
virology, ba cteriology, parasitology, pathology and soil 
preparation) for Mozambican technicians in Italy. The objective 
is to improve LCV staff competences in the field of monitoring 
and management of infectious animal diseases.  Training; Capacity 
building  Mozambiqu e 
 
23 Co-funded by OIE . 
24 Programme activities started in 2019 .  
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Euros  Title and description of the programme  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  
Italy Animal Health  11 January 
2018 - 
30 November 
2019 € 85,00025 OIE Laboratory Twinning Project between the OIE and Italy to 
support the National Veterinary Research Institute (NVRI) . Technical 
assistance  Nigeria  
Italy Animal Health  30 January 
2018 - 
31 July 2019 € 54,40026 OIE Laboratory Twinning Project between the World Organisation 
for Animal Health (OIE) and Italy to support the National 
Veterinary Research Institute of Tunisia (IRVT)  Technical 
assistance  Tunisia  
Lithuania  Animal Health, 
Food Safety  September 
2017 - 
November 2017  €11,744  Support for Mongolia in the Area of Food Safety and Control  Study visits; 
Training  Mongolia  
Lithuania  Animal Health, 
Food Safety  July 2017 -  
October 2017  €9,901  The Official Control System for Raw Milk and Dairy Products  Technical 
assistance; 
Training; Study 
visits Moldova, Republic 
of 
Spain  Plant Health   October 2017 -  
January 2020  €200,000  Informing farmers of the benefits of inoculation of mycorrhizals 
in strategic crops (Project of NGOD CERAI - Centre for Rural 
Studies and International Agriculture - Financing AECID)  Technical 
assistance; 
Training  Cuba 
Spain  Animal Health  January 2018 -  
October 2019  €45,137  Design of a genomic selection program in dairy cattle in Cuba 
(Triangular cooperation between Spain -Cuba-Argentina - 
Financing AECID)  Technical 
assistance; 
Capacity building; 
Training  Cuba 
Sweden  Food Safety  2013 - 2018 2018: €0,8M  
Total: €5,5M  Food Safety MENA UNIDO . Objective: supporting the 
harmonisation of conformity assessment and food safety 
systems.  Technical 
assistance; 
Capacity building  MENA region  
Sweden  Food Safety  2015 - 2018 
 2017: €1M  
2018: €2M  
Total: €5M  The Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF), 
FAO/OIE/WHO/WTO/World Bank - is a joint initiative in capacity 
building and technical cooperation aiming at raising awareness 
on the importance of SPS -issues, increasing coordination in the 
provision of SPS -related assistance, and mobilising resources to 
assist developing countries enhance their capacity to meet SPS -
standards.  Technical 
assistance; 
Capacity building; 
Core funding  Global  
Sweden  Animal Health  January 2015 -  
December 2018  ~€3,55M  Research and capacity building on Ebola laboratory diagnostics.  Technical 
assistance; 
Capacity building; 
Training  Senegal  
 
25 Co-funded by OIE . 
26 Co-funded by OIE .  
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Euros  Title and description of the programme  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  
Sweden  Animal Health  January 2017 -  
December 2021  €2,840,047  International Training Programme - Animal Health and Food 
Safety . Capacity building for governmental institutions and other 
organisations including NGOs, cooperatives and private sector in 
the areas of animal health, food safety and antimicrobial 
resistance. The initiative has a value chain approach with the 
overall objective to reduce poverty and strengthen resilience of 
smallholder farmers in the Eastern African Community.  This 
programme includes the SPS 1 MENA 2017/A, SPS 2 MENA 
2017/B, SPS LAS 1 2017, SPS LAS 2 2017, SPS 1 Global 2017 C 
and SPS Global 2017 D p rogrammes mentioned below.   Capacity building; 
Training  Burundi, Kenya, 
Rwanda, Tanzania, 
Uganda, Zambia  
Sweden  Food Safety  2014 - 2019 2017: €1,58M  
2018: €0,38M  
Total: €2,5M  International Training Programme - 305 Quality Infrastructure 
for Food Safety . This programme aims at contributing to 
increased knowledge and new insights among decision makers 
regarding how to adapt national systems and structures for food 
safety and trade in food to international requirements, standards 
and best practices b ased on the SPS -agreement of the WTO.  Technical 
assistance; 
Capacity building  Middle East; North 
Africa and South 
East Asia  
Sweden  Food Safety  March 2009 -  
December 2020  €1,99M  Linking Ukrainian small - and medium sized enterprises in the 
Fruits and Vegetables Sector to Global and Domestic Markets and 
Value Chains.  Activities: Training on HACCP certification; 
assistance in certification process.  Technical 
assistance  Ukraine  
Sweden  Animal Health  April 2018 -  
June 2020  €0,95M  Enhancing Export Potential & Improving Competitiveness of BiH 
Agri Producers . Activities include: strengthening veterinary 
services for SPS compliance . Capacity building  Bosnia  and 
Herzegovina  
Sweden  Food Safety  2017 - 2018 €560,000  Quality Infrastructure for food safety (SPS 1 MENA 2017/A).  
Objective: providing participants with general understanding of 
the WTO -Agreement on the Application of SPS -measures, 
International trade based on the WTO -TBT agreement, Food 
legislation and enforcement, Principles and concepts covering 
food safety, animal health and plant health, Risk analysis, 
European Union food safety systems, International 
standardisation work in the food area, Codex Alimentarius, 
I.A.H.O., I.P.P.C., Food labelling, The concept of qua lity, HACCP 
training, Accreditation, Laboratory testing, Quality Infrastructure 
development for food safety.  Training  Algeria, Egypt, 
Iraq, Jordan, 
Lebanon, Libya, 
Morocco, Palestine, 
Tunisia, Yemen, 
AIDMO, and League 
of Arab States  
Sweden  Food Safety  2017 - 2018 €560,000  Quality Infrastructure for food safety (SPS 2 MENA 2017/B)  
(see description above) . Training  Algeria, Egypt, 
Iraq, Jordan, 
Lebanon, Libya, 
Morocco, Palestine, 
Tunisia, Yemen, 
AIDMO, and League 
of Arab States   
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Euros  Title and description of the programme  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  
Sweden  Food Safety  2017 - 2018 €560,000  Quality Infrastructure for food safety (SPS LAS 1 2017). 
Objective: providing participants with gen eral understanding of 
the WTO -Agreement on the Application of SPS -measures, 
International trade based on the WTO -TBT agreement, Food 
legislation and enforcement, Principles and concepts covering 
food safety, animal health and plant health, Risk analysis, 
European Union food safety systems, International 
standardisation work in the food area, Codex Alimentarius, 
I.A.H.O., I.P.P.C., Food labelling, The concept of quality, HACCP 
training, Accreditation, Laboratory testing, Quality Infrastructure 
development fo r food safety.  Training  Algeria, Egypt, 
Iraq, Jordan, 
Lebanon, Libya, 
Morocco, Palestine, 
Sudan, Tunisia, 
Yemen, AIDMO, 
AOAD and LAS –
Economic Sector – 
Arab Economic 
Integration 
Department  
Sweden  Food Safety  
 2017 - 2018 €560,000  Quality Infrastructure for food safety (SPS LAS 2 2017)  
(see description above) . Training  Algeria, Egypt, 
Iraq, Jordan, 
Lebanon, Libya, 
Morocco, Palestine, 
Sudan, Tunisia, 
Yemen, AIDMO, 
AOAD and LAS –
Economic Sector – 
Arab Economic 
Integration 
Department  
Sweden  Food Safety  2018 €560,000  Quality Infrastructure for food safety (SPS 1 Global 2017 C). 
Objective: providing the experience and the knowledge on how 
to develop, maintain and, in practice, work with national systems 
for food safety and trade in food . The focus included: 
International trade based on the WTO SPS Agreement, The WTO 
TBT (Technical Barriers to Trade) Agreement, The relationship 
between the WTO TBT and SPS Agreements, Food legislation and 
inspection, principles for food safety, animal heal th, plant health, 
additives and residues in contact with food and feed, GMOs and 
seed, risk analyses etc.  Training  Lesotho, Malawi, 
Mozambique, South 
Africa, Eswatini , 
Tanzania, Zambia 
and Zimbabwe  
Sweden  Food Safety  2018 €560,000  Quality Infrastructure for food safety (SPS 2 Global 2017 D)  
(see description above) . Training  Cambodia, 
Lao PDR, Malaysia, 
Myanmar,  
Nepal and Sri Lanka  
Sweden  Food Safety,  
Plant Health  Since 2005  2017-2018:  
~€544,900  Open Trade Gate Sweden (OTGS):  a one -stop information 
centre. OTGS assists exporters from developing countries by 
providing information on rules and requirements for exporting to 
Sweden and the European Union . OTGS covers areas such as 
customs procedures and preferences, labelling, pac kaging and 
SPS requirements.  Technical 
assistance; 
Training  Global   
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Euros  Title and description of the programme  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  
Sweden  Animal Health  2018 - 2023 ~€450,000  Research Training Partnership Programme – Ethiopia, 2015 , 
AAU-SLU Biotech Project with R&T Grant from the Swedish 
International Development Coope ration Agency (Sida), Sub -
project 6 Molecular Diversity of Zoonotic Pathogens and 
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in an Animal -human -
environment Interface (One -Health).  Capacity building  Ethiopia  
Sweden  Food Safety  2018 - 2023 ~€450,000  Research Training Partnership Programme – Ethiopia, 2015, 
AAU-SLU Biotech Project with Sida R&T Grant, Sub -project 4. 
Novel Biocatalysts from Extremophiles.  Capacity building  Ethiopia  
Sweden  Animal Health  January 2016 -  
December 2019  €368,482  Control of Streptococcus agalactiae  to reduce subclinical mastitis 
in pastoralist camel herds in Kenya . Objectives: Improve 
understanding of transmission of infections, effects on 
production, and methods for control.  Technical 
assistance; 
Capacity buildin g; 
Training  Kenya  
Sweden  Food Safety, 
Animal Health  2017 - 2018 ~€350,000  Adaptation and innovation in sanitation planning : Exploring 
technical and societal readiness of alternative nutrient -recovery 
systems.  Research  Uganda  
Sweden  Animal Health  January 2019 -  
December 2021  €329,342  Research project  on the buffalo milk value, Climate change 
mitigation by a sustainable water buffalo dairy chain in 
Bangladesh.  Capacity building; 
Training  Bangladesh  
Sweden  Animal Health  October 2017 - 
December 2018  €277,130  Crossing the line – Tracking transboundary diseases in small 
ruminants at farms and markets along the Tanzania -Zambia 
border : Research project on transboundary diseases in sheep 
and goats in Tanzania and Zambia.  Research  Tanzania, Z ambia  
Sweden  Food Safety  2017 - 2018 ~€320,000  SPANS - Sanitation Planning for Alternative Nutrient -recovery 
Systems.  Research  Uganda  
Sweden  Plant Health  2017 - 2018 ~€220,000  Bolivia: bilateral collaboration between Sweden and Universidad 
Mayor San Simón  (UMSS, Cochabamba Bolivia ): Fruit Fly 
integrated pest management. Crop: Tomato.  Capacity building; 
Research  Bolivia, 
Plurinational State 
of 
Sweden  Plant Health  2017 - 2018 ~€220,000  Development of odour -based tools for push -pull management of 
fruit flies.  Research  Ethiopia  
Sweden  Plant Health  2017 - 2018 ~€220,000  Research Partnership Training Programme, the UR -Sweden 
program . A comparative study of Ralstonia  solanacearum and 
Xanthomonascampestris pv. Musacearum  in the potato and 
banana bacterial wilt pathosystems of Rwanda.  Capacity building; 
Research  Rwanda  
Sweden  Animal Health  2017 - 2018 ~€220,000  Research Partnership Training Programme, the UR-Sweden 
program. Mastitis in dairy cows in Rwanda : characterization, 
prevalence, ethology, molecular epidemiology and effects on 
milk quality.  Capacity building; 
Research  Rwanda  
Sweden  Food Safety, 
Animal Health  2017 - 2018 ~€220,000  Bilateral collaboration with Tanzania UDSM - New feedstuffs to 
cultured Tilapia in Tanzania.  Capacity building; 
Research  Tanzania  
Sweden  Animal Health  2017 - 2018 ~€220,000  An interdisciplinary study of tick -borne diseases in Ugandan 
cattle.  Research  Uganda   
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Euros  Title and description of the programme  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  
Sweden  Animal Health  January 2015 -  
December 2017  €45,000  OIE Twinning project : Improving laboratory and epidemiological 
capacities for epizootic diseases.  Technical 
assistance; 
Capacity building; 
Training  Uganda  
Sweden  Animal Health  January 2011 -  
December 2017  €150,000  Research project on African swine fever in Uganda : Field and 
laboratory investigations of African swine fever in bush pigs at 
the livestock -wildlife interface in Uganda.  Technical 
assistance; 
Capacity building;  
Training  Uganda  
Sweden  Animal Health  January 2016 -  
December 2018  €132,441  Research  project on milk value chain in Rwanda: Milk production 
practices, udder health and the impact on milk quality, safety 
and processability in Rwanda.  Technical 
assistance; 
Capacity building; 
Training  Rwanda  
Sweden  Animal Health, 
Food Safety  2018 - 2023 ~€110,000  Research Training Partnership Programme – Ethiopia, 2015, 
AAU-SLU Biotech Project with Sida R&T  Grant, Sub -project 3. 
Improving Feed Nutrition and Decreasing Enteric Methane 
Emission in Indigenous Sheep.  Capacity building; 
Research  Ethiopia  
Sweden  Plant Health  2018 ~€110,000  Uganda -Sweden bilateral collaboration . Exploiting functional 
vegetation he terogeneity in management of invasive fall 
armyworm ( Spodoptera frugiperda ) and pestiferous termites in 
Ugandan maize fields.  Capacity building; 
Research  Uganda  
Sweden  Animal health  January 2016 -  
December 2018  €108,212  Development of Udder Health Control Program for dairy cows in 
Bangladesh.  Technical 
assistance; 
Capacity building; 
Training  Bangladesh  
Sweden  Animal Health, 
Plant Health  January 2017 -  
December 2018  €81,883  Interdisciplinary Molecular Biosciences program (IMB) : Bilateral 
research capacity building program between the Swedish 
university of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) and UDSM with PhD 
projects on animal health (tick -borne infections) and plant health 
(cassava viruses). Bioinformatics and virology training by PhD 
students an d other UDSM staff.  Capacity building; 
Research  Tanzania  
Sweden  Animal Health  January 2018 -  
December 2018  €73,907  Factors limiting sustainable small ruminant production in 
Tanzania and Zambia : Project within the Swedish Research Links 
(SRL) program aiming to create improved research capacity for 
long-term partnerships. Activities incl. seroepidemiological and 
socioeconomic studies, stakeholder workshop in Zambia.  Capacity building; 
Research  Tanzania, Zambia  
Sweden  Animal Health  January 201 7 -  
December 2018  €69,283  Emerging virus infections in the wildlife -livestock -human 
interface : Understanding the epidemiology and socioeconomic 
impact of  Ovine Rinderpest (Peste des petits ruminants - PPR): 
Networking project within the Swedish Research Links (SRL) 
program funded by Swedish Research Council. Research and 
capacity building activities on animal health incl. trainings on PPR 
diagnostics, seroepidemiological and socioeconomic studies; 
workshops on infectious diseases in sheep and goats.  Capac ity building; 
Research  Botswana, 
Mozambique, 
Tanzania, Zambia   
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Euros  Title and description of the programme  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  
Sweden  Food Safety, 
Animal Health, 
Plant Health  2013 - 2019 2017-2018:  
€50,000  Support to raise capacity and facilitate Liberia's WTO accession 
and, since accession; implement the WTO commitments 
(including the SPS NNA and NEP).  Capacity building  Liberia  
Sweden  Food Safety  2017 - 2018 €7,900  Workshop on  "Stakeholders' perspectives on the effects of EU 
food safety and quality standards on the agrifood producers and 
the export performance of small and medium -sized agri -food 
export firms in Egypt"   
Research study  on "'EU trade standards and the export 
perfor mance of small and medium -sized agri -food export firms 
in Egypt".   Workshop; 
Research  Egypt  
Sweden  Food Safety, 
Animal Health, 
Plant Health  Since 2016  NA Trade Academy : a 3 -week trade policy course including SPS. 
Apart from the course itself, the program has an assignment 
component for which mentors are provided.  Capacity building  Bangladesh ; 
Bolivia, 
Plurinational State 
of; Colombia ; 
Ecuador ; Georgia ; 
Jordan ; Kenya ; 
Lebanon ; Liberia ; 
Mongolia ; Rwanda ; 
Seychelles ; 
Tanzania ; Ukraine ; 
Zambia  
Sweden  Animal Health  January 2017 -
December 2018  NA Food security : Bilateral research capacity building program 
between the Swedish university of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) 
and UDSM , with PhD projects on animal health (parasitic 
infections).  Capacity building; 
Research  Tanzania  
Sweden  Food Safety  November  2016 
- 
December  2020 NA Support to National Agency for Food Safety of Moldova, Republic 
of: The purpose is to improve the capa city of the National Food 
Safety Agency as mean to raise the overall quality of services 
and safety of food products, promote trade, industry and 
compliance with EU -standards to be able to implement the Deep 
and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement.  Capacity  building  Moldova, Republic 
of G/SPS/GEN/1139/Add.5  
 
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  Acronyms : 
• ACP: African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States  
• ASEAN: Association of Southeast Asian Nations  
• BBTD: Banana Bunchy Top Disease  
• BTSF: Better Training for Safer Food  
• CBSD: Cassava Brown Streak Disease  
• CC: Candidate countries  
• CCHFV: Crimean -Congo Hemorrhagic Fever  
• CMD: Cassava Mosaic Disease  
• COLEACP: Europe -Africa -Caribbean -Pacific Liaison Committee  
• COMESA: Common Market for Easter and Southern Africa  
• EAC: East African Community  
• ECOWAS: Economic Community of West African States  
• EDF: European Development Fund  
• EEA: European Economic Area  
• ENP: European Neighbourhood Policy  
• EFTA: European Free Trade Association  
• EPA: Economic Partnership Agreement  
• FAO: Food and Agriculture Organisation  
• FAW: Fall Army Worm  
• GIZ: The German Society for International Cooperation (Gesellschaft fur Internatioanle 
Zusammenarbeit)  
• HACCP: Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points  
• IPPC: International Plant Portection Convention  
• ISO: International Organisation for Standardisation  
• ISTA: International Seed Testing Association  
• MENA: Middle East and North Africa region  
• MSME: Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises  
• OIE: World Organisation for  Animal Health  
• PI: Partnership Instrument  
• PPR: peste des petits ruminants (Ovine rinderpest)  
• REIS: Regional Economic Integration Support Programme  
• SADC: South African Development Community  
• SPS: Sanitary and Phytosanitary  
• STDF: Standards and Trade Development Facility  
• TAIEX: Technical Assistance and Information Exchange  
• TBT: Technical Barriers to Trade  
• TRACES: Trade Control and Expert System  
• TRF: Trade Related Facility  
• UNCTAD: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development  
• UNIDO: United Nations Industrial Development Organization  
• WTO: World Trade Organi zation 
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