G/SPS/GEN/2159  
 
26 October 2023  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES  
COMMUNICATION FROM CANADA  
The following communication, received on 25 October 2023, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Canada . 
 
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1.  Canada would like to provide an update regarding the provision of technical assistance from 
January to December 202 2.1 Technical assistance has been provided to developing and least 
developed countries in accordance with Article 9 of the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary 
and Phytosanitary Measures. The assistance was primarily aimed  at facilitating the developm ent and 
implementation of sanitary and phytosanitary measures based on sound science. The attached table 
reflects Canadian technical assistance to developing and least developed countries in 2022. While 
every effort has been made to ensure that information  contained in the table presents all relevant 
technical assistance projects, it may not constitute a complete compilation of technical assistance 
delivered given the number of Canadian government departments and agencies and the variety of 
delivery program s involved.   
2.  The monetary value of the technical assistance committed amounted to approximately 
CDN $1.3 million between January and December 2022. It should be noted that, in many cases, the 
organizations providing the assistance also made additional in -kind contributions to projects.   
3.  Assistance was provided to 28 countries – in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Central 
Asia and the Asia -Pacific region. Assistance was directed to both individual countries, groups of 
countries, and to internationa l organizations.  
4.  Canada 's assistance addressed three of the four broad categories listed in G/SPS/GEN/206 : 
information; training; and "soft" infrastructure development (but not "hard" infrastructure 
development). Assistance from Canada covered most of the "typical areas of competence " listed 
under the headings of food safety, animal health and plant protection, in the Annex of 
G/SPS/GEN/206 . 
5.  In all, 43 projects are listed for the period January to December 2022. Some of the projects listed 
are multi -year projects; however, projects are only reported once and generally in the year in which 
the project is initiated unless subseq uent funded project extensions occur, or reported the amount 
on annual basis due to the progress of utilizing funding.  
 
1 Canada has provided technical assistance updates for 2021 ( G/SPS/GEN/2070 ), 2020 (G/SPS/GEN/1962 ), 
2019 (G/SPS/GEN/1834 ), 2018 (G/SPS/GEN/1738 ), 2017 (G/SPS/GEN/1651 ), 2016 (G/SPS/GEN/1584 ), 
2015 (G/SPS/GEN/1522 ), 2014 (G/SPS/GEN/1426 ), 2013 (G/SPS/GEN/1342 ), 2012 (G/SPS/GEN/1318 ), 
2011 (G/SPS/GEN/1196 ), 2010 (G/SPS/GEN/1149 ), 2009 (G/SPS/GEN/1099 ), 2008 (G/SPS/GEN/1027 ), 
2007 (G/SPS/GEN/1008 ), 2005 -2006 (G/SPS/GEN/765 ), 2000 -2004 (G/SPS/GEN/728 ), and for years prior to 
2000 (G/SPS/GEN/143/Rev.1/Add.1 ). G/SPS/GEN/2159  
 
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  TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY CANADA  
JANUARY -DECEMBER 2022  
Sector  Description of Particular 
Programme  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  Contact  
Animal  Canadian Food Inspection Agency 
(CFIA) National Center for Animal 
Disease (NCAD)  - Laboratorio De 
Referencia Regional De Sanidad 
Animal (larrsa ), Guatemala WOAH 
twinning project to enhance 
diagnostic capacity for classical 
swine fever (CSF) in Central and 
South America  Capacity 
Building  Guatemala  Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Animal  Collaborative research agreement 
with M.C.I. Sante Animale: efficacy 
testing of the bivalent lumpy skin 
disease (LSD)  - rift valley fever (RVF) 
and the trivalent RVF -sheep/  goat 
pox (SGP) -peste des petits 
ruminants  (PPR) vaccine candidates  Capacity 
Building  Morocco  Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Animal  Project No. bio-2018-0025 capacity 
building for national and regional 
foot-and-mouth -disease control 
strategy  Capacity 
Building  Nigeria  Marie -
Pierre.Mig nault@inspection.gc.ca  
Animal  Project No . bio-2018-0026 anthrax 
biological threat reduction in Ghana  Capacity 
Building  Ghana  Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Animal  Project No . bio-2018-0029 building 
sustainable diagnostic capability for 
eradication of African swine fever in 
Ghana  Capacity 
Building  Ghana  Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Animal  Project No . bio-2018-0030 
enhancing the biosafety, biosecurity 
and diagnostic capability of ACCRA 
veterinary laboratory with emphasis 
on highly pathogenic avian influenza  Capacity 
Building  Ghana  Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Animal  CFIA National Centre for Animal 
Diseases (NCAD) -ACCRA Veterinary 
Laboratory Of The Veterinary 
Services Director Of Ghana WOAH 
twinning project to enhance 
diagnostic capacity for avian 
influenza in Ghana  Capacity 
Building  Ghana  Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Animal  Transfer of bovine epithelial tissue 
for use in inter -laboratory 
comparison (ilc) and proficiency 
testing (pt)  Capacity 
Building  Botswana  Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Animal  Visiting scientist agreement for 
Bright Osei to visit the national 
center for animal diseases (ncad) 
(Winnipeg)  Training Ghana  Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Animal  Visiting scientist agreement for 
Theophilus Odoom  to visit the 
national center for animal diseases 
(ncad) (Winnipeg)  Training  Ghana  Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Animal  Material transfer agreement to  
transfer reagents to Ghana for sars -
cov-2 research  Capacity 
Building  Ghana  Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Food Webinar on the Canadian import 
process and SFCR  Technical 
Assistance  Latin America  Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Food Webinar on microbiological 
contaminants in imported food  Technical 
Assistance  Thailand  Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Food Webinar on the Establishment -Based 
Risk Assessment (ERA) model  Technical 
Assistance  Belize , 
Honduras , Mali, 
Senegal  Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Food Webinar on allergens  Technical 
Assistance  Latin America  Marie-
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  G/SPS/GEN/2159  
 
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  Sector  Description of Particular 
Programme  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  Contact  
Food Seminar on the Canadian Food 
Inspection Agency and its Regulatory 
Framework for Food, Plant, and 
Animal  Technical 
Assistance  Chinese Taipei , 
Singapore, 
Thailand and 
Philippines  Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Food Webinar on the Canadian import 
process and Safe Food for Canadians 
Regulations (SFCR)  Technical 
Assistance  Colombia  Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Food Webinar on the Canadian import 
process and SFCR   Technical 
Assistance  Guyana  Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Food Webinar on CFIA's approach to risk 
management  Technical 
Assistance  Colombia  Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Plant UPOV New member support - 
Mentorship implementing Plant 
Breeders' Rights (PBR)  Technical 
Assistance  UPOV  Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Plant CFIA meeting with a multilateral 
organization – the International 
Plant Protection Convention  Capacity 
Building  Multilateral 
Organization  Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Animal Collaborative Research Agreement 
WITH M.C.I. SANTE ANIMALE: 
efficacy testing of the bivalent lumpy 
skin disease (lsd) - rift valley fever 
(rvf) and the trivalent rvf -sheep/  
goat pox (sgp) -peste des petits 
ruminants (ppr) vaccine candidates  Capacity 
Building  Morocco  Marie -
Pierre.Mi gnault@inspection.gc.ca  
Animal CFIA National Centre for Animal 
Diseases (NCAD) -ACCRA veterinary 
laboratory of the veterinary services 
director of Ghana oie twinning 
project to enahance diagnostic 
capacity for  avian infl uenza in Ghana  Capacity 
building  Ghana  Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Animal Material transfer agreement to 
transfer reagents to Ghana for sars -
cov-2 research  Capacity 
building  Ghana  Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Animal Visiting scientist agreement (vsa) for 
Patrick Tetteh Ababio to the national 
center for animal diseases (ncad) 
Winnipeg   Training  Ghana  Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Animal Visiting scientist agreement for 
Daniel Tawiah Yingar to visit 
Winnipeg's national center for animal 
diseases (ncad)  Training  Ghana  Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Plant Material transfer agreement to 
transfer potato wart gdna from the 
Charlottetown laboratory to the 
Philippines  Capacity 
building  Philippines  Marie -
Pierre. Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Animal  Development and validation of 
lateral flow strip tests for foot -and-
mouth disease ( South African 
territories)  1, 2, and 3) diagnosis  Capacity 
building  Botswana  Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Animal  Memorandum of understanding for 
global African swine fever research 
alliance (gara) No. 58-0208-8-103fm  Capacity 
building South  Africa,  
Kenya, Uganda, 
China, Tanzania  
Armenia, 
Burundi , 
Nigeria , Zambia  Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Animal  Project No . bio-2018-0030 Support 
for Sustainability at Biosecurity  
Laboratories in Ghana  Capacity 
building  Ghana  Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Animal  Material transfer agreement for CFIA 
to transfer formalin fixed, paraffin 
embedded BSE bovine brain tissue 
blocks, BSE positive bovine brain 
tissue homogenate and frozen BSE 
positive to the national service for 
Agrifood health and quality Argentina  Capacity 
building  Argentina  Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@insp ection.gc.ca  G/SPS/GEN/2159  
 
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  Sector  Description of Particular 
Programme  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  Contact  
Animal  Global foot and mouth disease 
research alliance (gfra) mou  Capacity 
building  South  Africa,  
Argentina , 
Kenya , 
West Central  
Africa , Uganda,  
Viet Nam, 
Tanzania,  
Nigeria,  China, 
Thailand , 
Ukraine  Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Animal  Material transfer agreement for 
transfer of reagents to instituto 
Colombiano agropecurario  Capacity 
building  Colombi a Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Animal  Material transfer agreement for 
transfer of avian parmyxovirus ; 
avian influenza nucleoprotein and 
nucleocapsid recombinant antigens 
and monoclonal antibodies to Accra 
veterinary laboratory in Ghana  Capacity 
building  Ghana  Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc. ca 
Animal  Material transfer agreement with 
dechra veterinary products Brazil to 
transfer bovine viral diarrhea virus 
(bvdv) -free mdbk cell line  Capacity 
building  Brazil  Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Animal  Agreement to provide supervised 
access to CFIA facilities for a project 
collaboration (Karen Barrios)  Training  Guate mala Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Animal  Agreement to provide supervised 
access to CFIA facilities for a project 
collaboration (Doris  Menendez)  Training  Guatemala  Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Animal  Material transfer agreem ent with 
laboratorio de referencia regional de 
sanidad animal larrsa for CFIA to 
transfer th em serum and DNA  Training  Guatemala  Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Food 
safety  Support to Standards and Trade 
Development Facility (STDF) for 
implementation of international SPS 
standards, guidelines and 
recommendations  Funding /  
Capacity 
Building  Global  Brent.wilson@agr.gc.ca  
Food 
safety  Support to the FAO for the 
development of guidance for 
foodborne AMR Risk Assessment  Funding  Global  Brent.wilson@agr.gc.ca  
Plant 
Health  Support to IPPC projects related the 
ePhyto Hub, the Sea Containers Task 
Force, and studies on risk -based 
border management and e -commerce  Funding Global  Brent.wilson@agr.gc.ca  
Animal 
Health  Support to WOAH for the 
coordination and support of Standing 
Group of Experts on African Swine 
Fever for the Americas, and support 
for the WOAH observatory project  Funding  Global / 
Americas  Brent.wilson@agr.gc.ca  
Animal  Pilot project to develop a proficiency 
panel for rabies fluorescent antibody 
test (prepared by WHO/PAHO 
Collaborating Centre for 
Epidemiology and Control of Rabies 
in Carnivores at CFIA Ottawa 
Laboratory Fallowfield, as part of the 
2019-2022 workplan)  Capacity 
building  Peru and 
Costa  Rica Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
 
 
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