G/SPS/GEN/521/Rev.8  
 
4 March 2013  
(13-1178)  Page: 1/17  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures    
  
  SPS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES 
1 SEPTEMBER 1994 TO 31 DECEMBER 2012 
NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT1 
Revision 
1.  This document provides an update of all the SPS technical assistance (TA) and training 
activities undertaken by the Secretariat from 1 September 1994 to 31 December 2012. Detailed 
information is provided in the annexed table on th e TA activities undertaken by the Secretariat for 
the last three years (2010-2012).2 
2.  The main objective of SPS technical assistance and training activities undertaken by the WTO 
Secretariat is to increase participants' awareness about Members' rights and obligations under the 
Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Ph ytosanitary Measures (SPS Agreement) and its 
implications for national policymaking. The SPS technical assistance activities also provide an opportunity to inform participants on the discussions held and latest documents considered by the 
SPS Committee. In addition, participants are informed about upcoming SPS workshops and 
technical assistance initiatives available to their countries on SPS matters. 
3.  The programme and presentations are adapted to take into account specific needs identified by 
the countries, participants' knowledge of the SP S Agreement, the level of development of the 
countries, and any specific concerns relating to the implementation of the SPS Agreement in order to adequately respond to individual requests. SPS technical assistance and training activities typically include presentations on the basic prov isions of the SPS Agreement, the transparency 
provisions, specific trade concerns raised at the SPS Committee, the WTO dispute settlement and 
SPS-related cases, and specific issues such as risk analysis, regionalization and equivalence. 
4.  Altogether, 268 SPS training activities have been undertaken by the WTO Secretariat from       
1 September 1994 to 31 December 2012. In 2012, 26 SPS training activities were undertaken: 
four regional or sub-regional workshops, fourteen national seminars, seven other activities (including one Special SPS workshop held back to  back with the October SPS Committee meeting) 
and one Advanced SPS Course.
3 
5.  The annexed table identifies, for the period 2010-2012, the type of activity; the region, venue 
and dates; participating countries; the language used; as well as whether representatives from the FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex), the World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), and the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Secretariat participated in the 
activity. 
6.  A regional workshop refers to an activity or ganized by the WTO in which a region or sub-region 
was invited to participate. A national seminar refers to an activity undertaken at the national level 
only. The "other" category refers to all other SPS TA and training activities that do not fall under either of the first two categories. This includes other types of SPS-specific activities organized by 
                                               
1 This document has been prepared under the Secret ariat's own responsibility and is without prejudice 
to the positions of Members or to their rights or obligations under the WTO. 
2 Detailed information on TA activities from prev ious years is available from the Secretariat upon 
request. In addition, G/SPS/GEN/521/Rev.7 includes details of TA activities from 1994. 
3 The Advanced SPS Course includes a follow-up activi ty which is held back-to-back with the June/July 
SPS Committee meeting of  the following year. G/SPS/GEN/521/Rev.8 
 
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  the WTO Secretariat as well as activities organized by Members or other bodies in which the WTO 
Secretariat participated. Other general WTO training courses, such as Trade Policy Courses, Regional Trade Policy Courses, Geneva Weeks and Introduction Courses for Least-developed 
Countries also include sessions on the SPS Agreement; however, they are not included in the list 
of TA activities covered by this document. 
7.  The information provided in the Annex below is organized on an annual basis and in 
alphabetical order based on the region where the activity was undertaken, with the more recent 
activities listed first.  
8.  SPS TA activities are organized in close co llaboration with Members, the three international 
standard-setting organizations referenced in th e SPS Agreement (Codex, IPPC and the OIE), as 
well as with regional organizations, when appropriate. Since 1994, the Codex has participated in 
97 activities, while the IPPC Secretariat participat ed in 82 activities and the OIE in 95 activities. 
9.  To meet the demands for more advanced SPS TA and training activities, a three-week 
Advanced Course on the SPS Agreement has been offered each year since 2005.
4 This Advanced 
SPS course provides in-depth and "hands-on" SPS training, where at the end of the course 
participants must elaborate an "action plan" to address identified SPS needs in their countries. The implementation of the action plans is monitored after the course, and participants are invited to 
return to Geneva about eight months after the end of the course to present the achievements 
reached through their action plans. The next Advanced SPS course is scheduled for October 2013, and it will be held in English. 
10.  In addition to the above-mentioned SPS tec hnical assistance and training activities, the WTO 
offers an E-Learning course on the SPS Agreement. The course is offered each year in all three 
official languages of the WTO: English, French and Spanish.  
11.  Since 2010, Members have been informed at the beginning of each year of all SPS-related 
planned technical assistance activities and interested officials are invited to submit applications for 
specific events. In 2012, this was done via document G/SPS/GEN/997/Rev.2. The Codex, IPPC and OIE secretariats also drew attention to this information on SPS training activities in their respective 
meetings. More than 500 applications were received for the six SPS-related activities, other than 
national seminars and E-Learning, that were offered by the WTO Secretariat in 2012; 197 candidates were selected in total. For the Advanc ed SPS course, candidates were required to have 
previously completed the WTO E-Learning cour se on the SPS Agreement. For the regional 
workshops, preference was given to candidates that had successfully completed the WTO E-
Learning course on the SPS Agreement at the time of their application. Applicants were requested 
to provide information that indicated how their professional responsibilities were related to the SPS 
Agreement, and the endorsement of Members' pe rmanent representations to the WTO was sought 
before the final selection of participants. The Secretariat endeavoured to ensure that the selected participants represented a balance of officials with responsibilities in the food safety, animal health 
or plant protection area within their national administrations, as well as SPS enquiry points and 
national notification authorities; and other officials responsible for coordination of WTO trade issues and SPS matters within their governments.  
12.  The Secretariat considers that this more "demand-driven" approach, based on applications 
from interested officials, together with the pr e-requisite of completion of the SPS E-Learning 
course, has resulted in a more homogeneous and higher level of background knowledge by participants, and permitted the delivery of more advanced and effective training activities since 
2010. The Secretariat will organize its 2013 training activities in this manner, as indicated in 
document G/SPS/GEN/997/Rev.3. 
13.  Chart 1 below lists the breakdown of the ty pe of activities undertaken in 2012 and Chart 2 
shows the number of activities per year. 
                                               
4 See Chart 7 for a breakdown of participants who ha ve attended the Advanced SPS Course by region. G/SPS/GEN/521/Rev.8 
 
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  Chart 1 - SPS Technical Assistance Activities 2012 
 
 
 
Chart 2 - SPS Technical Assistance Activities per year, 1994-2012 
 
 
14.  Chart 3 presents a breakdown of the type of activity undertaken since 1994: 120 national seminars, 81 regional or sub-regional workshops, 59 "other" activities and eight advanced courses 
on the SPS Agreement. G/SPS/GEN/521/Rev.8 
 
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  Chart 3 - Type of SPS Technical Assistance Activities, 1994-2012 
 
 
15.  Chart 4 shows the number and type of TA ac tivities per region, while Chart 5 presents the 
total number of participants who have attended SP S TA and training activities per region and per 
type of activity. Overall, a total of 10,522 people have been given training by the WTO Secretariat 
on the SPS Agreement since 1994. 
Chart 4 - SPS Technical Assistance Activities per Region, 1994-2012 
 
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  Chart 5 - Participants per Region, 1994-2012 
 
 
16.  As shown in Chart 6, 31% of the beneficiarie s of all SPS TA and training activities undertaken 
by the Secretariat have been from least-developed countries (LDCs), 65% from developing 
countries, and 4% from developed countries. 
Chart 6 - Breakdown of country participation from 1994 to 2012 
 
 
17.  Chart 7 presents a breakdown by region of participants who have attended the Advanced SPS Course. Over the period 2005 to 2012, 192 officials have participated in the Advanced SPS Course 
from the following regions: 41% from Africa; 28% from Latin America and the Caribbean; 18% 
from Asia and Pacific; 10% from Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Caucasus; and 3% from Arab and Middle East countries. G/SPS/GEN/521/Rev.8 
 
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  Chart 7 – Breakdown of participants in the Advanced SPS Course by region 
from 2005 to 2012 
 
 
18.  Chart 8 presents the language breakdown of al l SPS TA and training activities that have been 
undertaken. Overall, 63% of activities have been conducted in English, 18% in Spanish, and 12% in French. The remaining 7% have been undertaken in other languages, including Arabic, Portuguese, Turkish and Russian.
5 
Chart 8 - Language breakdown of SPS Te chnical Assistance activities - 1994-2012 
 
 
 
                                               
5 For all the SPS TA and training activities undertaken  in other languages, at least one of the official 
WTO languages was also used (with the except ion of activities conducted in Portuguese).  
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SPS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES 
(1 JANUARY 2010 TO 31 DECEMBER 2012) 
 
Year Region SPS TA Activity Host Location  From  To Participants  Participants Participation of 
representatives 
from the standard-
setting 
organizations Language 
LDCs  Developing  Developed  Codex  OIE IPPC  
2012 Africa National semina r Botswana Gaborone  23/10/2012  25/10/2012    Botswana    24 No No No English  
2012 Africa National semina r 
(Follow-up) Botswana Gaborone  27/11/2012  27/11/2012    Botswana    18 No No No English  
2012 Africa National semina r Burkina 
Faso Ouagadougou  12/11/2012  14/11/2012  Burkina Faso     42 No No No French  
2012 Africa National semina r Ethiopia Addis Ababa  08/05/2012  11/05/2012  Ethiopia      40 No No No English  
2012 Africa National semina r Morocco Rabat  18/09/2012  19/09/2012    Morocco    61 No No No French  
2012 Africa National semina r Rwanda Kigali  06/06/2012  08/06/2012  Rwanda      30 No No No English  
2012 Africa National semina r Uganda Kampala  31/05/2012  01/06/2012  Uganda      46 No No  No English  
2012 Africa National semina r Zambia Lusaka  21/11/2012  23/11/2012  Zambia      34 No No  No English  
2012 Africa Other Senegal Daka r 27/11/2012  30/11/2012  Benin, 
Burkina 
Faso, 
Burundi, 
Democratic 
Rep. of the 
Congo, 
Madagascar, 
Mali, Niger, 
Rwanda, 
Senegal Cameroon, 
Cote d'Ivoire   40 Yes Yes Yes French  
2012 Africa (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Ethiopia Addis Ababa  24/09/2012  27/09/2012  Ethiopia, 
Liberia, 
Malawi, 
Sudan, 
Tanzania, 
Uganda, 
Zambia Botswana, 
Egypt, 
Ghana, 
Kenya, 
Nigeria, 
Seychelles, 
South Africa, 
Swaziland, 
Zimbabwe   46 Yes Yes Yes English  
2012 Arab and 
Middle 
East 
Countries Other Jordan Amman  07/05/2012  08/05/2012    Egypt, 
Jordan, 
Morocco, 
Tunisia   20 Yes Yes Yes English  
2012 Asia and 
the 
Pacific National semina r India New Delhi  28/08/2012  30/08/2012    India   24 No  No No English   
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- 8 - Year Region SPS TA Activity Host Location  From  To Participants  Participants Participation of 
representatives 
from the standard-
setting 
organizations Language 
LDCs  Developing  Developed  Codex  OIE IPPC  
2012 Asia and 
the 
Pacific National semina r Maldives Malé  19/06/2012  21/06/2012    Maldives    25 No No No English  
2012 Asia and 
the 
Pacific National semina r Philippines Quezon City  18/07/2012  20/07/2012    Philippines    50 No No No English  
2012 Asia and 
the 
Pacific Other Thailand Bangko k 17/09/2012  20/09/2012  Cambodia, 
Lao People's 
Democratic 
Rep., 
Myanmar  Brunei, 
Indonesia, 
Malaysia, 
Philippines, 
Thailand, 
Viet Nam Australia, 
Japan,  33 Yes No No English  
2012 Asia and 
the 
Pacific Other Vanuatu Port Vila  12/03/2012  15/03/2012  Vanuatu     74 No No No English  
2012 Asia and 
the 
Pacific (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Chinese 
Taipei Taipei City  06/11/2012  09/11/2012  Bangladesh, 
Bhutan, 
Nepal China;  Fiji; 
Hong Kong, 
China; India; 
Indonesia; 
Macao, 
China; 
Papua New 
Guinea; 
Philippines; 
Sri Lanka; 
Chinese 
Taipei; 
Thailand; 
Viet Nam; 
Singapore   46 Yes Yes Yes English  
2012 Central 
and 
Eastern 
Europe, 
Central 
Asia and 
the 
Caucasus   Other Russian 
Federation Moscow  30/10/2012  31/10/2012    Russian 
Federation   150 Yes No No English  
2012 Central 
and 
Eastern 
Europe, 
Central 
Asia and 
the 
Caucasus   (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Austria Vienna  20/11/2012  23/11/2012  Afghanistan Armenia, 
Belarus, 
Croatia, 
Iran, 
Kazakhstan, 
Kyrgyz 
Republic, 
Turkey, 
Ukraine, 
Russia   26 Yes Yes Yes English   
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- 9 - Year Region SPS TA Activity Host Location  From  To Participants  Participants Participation of 
representatives 
from the standard-
setting 
organizations Language 
LDCs  Developing  Developed  Codex  OIE IPPC  
2012 Global Advanced SPS Course Switzerland Geneva  08/10/2012  26/10/2012  Benin, 
Burkina 
Faso, 
Burundi, 
Comoros, 
Ethiopia, 
Guinea, Malí, 
Rwanda, 
Senegal, 
Togo Cameroon, 
Central 
African 
Republic, 
Côte 
d'Ivoire, 
Gabon, 
Lebanon, 
Morocco, 
Tunisia, 
Ukraine   24 Yes Yes Yes French  
2012 Global Other Switzerland Geneva  15/10/2012  16/10/2012  Afghanistan, 
Burkina 
Faso, 
Burundi, 
Ethiopia, 
Lao People's 
Democratic 
Rep., 
Lesotho, 
Malawi, Mali, 
Nepal, 
Rwanda, 
Senegal, 
Sierra 
Leone, 
Sri Lanka, 
Sudan, 
Tanzania, 
Togo, 
Uganda, 
Zambia Armenia, 
Belarus, 
Belize, 
Botswana, 
China, 
Colombia, 
Costa Rica, 
Côte 
d'Ivoire, 
Cuba, 
Dominican 
Republic, 
Egypt, 
El Salvador, 
Fiji, Gabon, 
Ghana, 
Honduras, 
Indonesia, 
Jordan, 
Kenya, 
Kyrgyz 
Republic, 
Mexico, 
Morocco, 
Nigeria, 
Paraguay, 
Philippines, 
Seychelles, 
Swaziland, 
Thailand, 
Trinidad and 
Tobago, 
Turkey, 
Ukraine, 
Viet Nam, 
Yemen, 
Zimbabwe   52 Yes Yes Yes English, 
French, 
Spanish  
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- 10 - Year Region SPS TA Activity Host Location  From  To Participants  Participants Participation of 
representatives 
from the standard-
setting 
organizations Language 
LDCs  Developing  Developed  Codex  OIE IPPC  
2012 Latin 
America 
and the 
Caribbean National semina r Argentina Buenos Aires  03/09/2012  03/09/2012    Argentina    27 No No No Spanish 
2012 Latin 
America 
and the 
Caribbean National semina r Chile Santiago  04/09/2012  07/09/2012    Chile   99 No No No Spanish 
2012 Latin 
America 
and the 
Caribbean National semina r Mexico Mexico City  10/09/2012  11/09/2012    Mexico    94 No No No Spanish 
2012 Latin 
America 
and the 
Caribbean Other Argentina Buenos Aires  28/06/2012  28/06/2012    Argentina    20 No No No Spanish 
2012 Latin 
America 
and the 
Caribbean (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Chile Santiago  25/06/2012  30/06/2012    Argentina, 
Bolivia, 
Brazil, Chile, 
Colombia, 
Costa Rica, 
Cuba, 
Ecuador, 
El Salvador, 
Guatemala, 
Honduras, 
Mexico, 
Nicaragua, 
Panama, 
Peru, 
Dominican 
Republic, 
Uruguay   42 Yes Yes Yes Spanish 
2011 Africa National semina r Burundi Bujumbura  25/01/2011  28/01/2011  Burundi      40 No No No French  
2011 Africa National semina r Senegal Dakar 03/10/2011  05/10/2011  Senegal      30 No No No French  
2011 Africa National semina r Namibia Windhoe k 18/10/2011  19/10/2011    Namibia    23 No No No English  
2011 Africa National semina r Gabon Libreville  05/12/2011  07/12/2011    Gabon    49 No No No French   
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- 11 - Year Region SPS TA Activity Host Location  From  To Participants  Participants Participation of 
representatives 
from the standard-
setting 
organizations Language 
LDCs  Developing  Developed  Codex  OIE IPPC  
2011 Africa (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Mali Bamako  15/11/2011  18/11/2011  Angola, 
Benin, 
Burkina 
Faso, 
Burundi, 
Central 
African 
Republic, 
Comoros, 
Democratic 
Rep. of the 
Congo, 
Madagascar, 
Mali, Sao 
Tomé and 
Principe, 
Senegal, 
Togo Gabon, 
Morocco   52 Yes Yes Yes French  
2011 Africa (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Kenya Nairobi  22/11/2011  25/11/2011  Ethiopia, 
Lesotho, 
Malawi, 
Tanzania, 
Uganda, 
Zambia Botswana, 
Egypt, 
Ghana, 
Kenya, 
Nigeria, 
Seychelles, 
Swaziland, 
Zimbabwe   51 Yes Yes Yes English  
2011 Arab and 
Middle 
East 
Countries (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Qatar Doha  27/11/2011  30/11/2011  Sudan, 
Yemen Egypt, 
Jordan, 
Morocco, 
Oman, 
Qatar, 
Tunisia   43 Yes Yes Yes English, 
Arabic 
2011 Asia and 
the 
Pacific National semina r Chinese 
Taipei Taipei 27/09/2011  29/09/2011    Chinese 
Taipei   58 No No No English  
2011 Asia and 
the 
Pacific National semina r Samoa Apia  01/11/2011  03/11/2011  Samoa      38 No No No English  
2011 Central 
and 
Eastern 
Europe 
and 
Central 
Asia National semina r Iran, 
Islamic 
Republic of Tehran  13/06/2011  15/06/2011    Iran, Islamic 
Republic of   88 No No No English   
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- 12 - Year Region SPS TA Activity Host Location  From  To Participants  Participants Participation of 
representatives 
from the standard-
setting 
organizations Language 
LDCs  Developing  Developed  Codex  OIE IPPC  
2011 Central 
and 
Eastern 
Europe 
and 
Central 
Asia Other Sweden Stockholm  02/02/2011  04/02/2011    Iraq   28 No No No English  
2011 Central 
and 
Eastern 
Europe 
and 
Central 
Asia Other Sweden Stockholm  09/03/2011  11/03/2011    Bosnia and 
Herzegovina, 
Georgia, The 
former 
Yugoslav 
Republic of 
Macedonia, 
Moldova   24 No No No English  
2011 Global Advanced SPS Course Switzerland Geneva  10/10/2011  28/10/2011  Central 
African 
Republic, 
Malawi, 
Mozambique, 
Nepal, 
Tanzania, 
Togo Barbados, 
Belize, 
Botswana, 
Egypt, 
Guatemala, 
Honduras, 
Jamaica, 
Jordan, 
Kazakhstan, 
Kyrgyz 
Republic, 
Mauritius, 
Mexico, 
Panama, 
Seychelles, 
Swaziland, 
Syrian Arab 
Republic, 
Ukraine, 
Zimbabwe   24 Yes Yes Yes English   
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- 13 - Year Region SPS TA Activity Host Location  From  To Participants  Participants Participation of 
representatives 
from the standard-
setting 
organizations Language 
LDCs  Developing  Developed  Codex  OIE IPPC  
2011 Global Special SPS Workshop Switzerland Geneva  17/10/2011  21/10/2011  Angola, 
Benin, 
Bhutan, 
Burkina 
Faso, 
Burundi, 
Central 
African 
Republic, 
Comoros, 
Democratic 
Rep. of the 
Congo, 
Lao People's 
Democratic 
Rep., 
Lesotho, 
Madagascar, 
Malawi, Mali, 
Nepal, Sao 
Tome and 
Principe, 
Senegal, 
Sudan, 
Togo, 
Uganda, 
Zambia Argentina, 
Belize, 
Botswana, 
Brazil, Chile, 
China, 
Colombia, 
Egypt, 
Gabon, 
Ghana, 
Guatemala, 
Honduras, 
Kazakhstan, 
Morocco, 
Pakistan, 
Panama, 
Paraguay, 
Peru, 
Philippines, 
Serbia, 
Seychelles, 
Syrian Arab 
Republic, 
Chinese 
Taipei, 
Tanzania, 
Thailand, 
Trinidad and 
Tobago, 
Tunisia, 
Turkey, 
Ukraine   54 Yes Yes Yes English, 
French, 
Spanish 
2011 Global Other Malaysia Kuala 
Lumpur 15/03/2011  17/03/2011  Bangladesh Azerbaijan, 
Brunei, Iran, 
Kyrgyz 
Republic, 
Malaysia, 
Maldives, 
Suriname, 
Turkey, 
Uzbekistan   35 No No No English  
2011 Global Other Sweden Stockholm  30/03/2011    31/03/2011  Yemen  Algeria,  
Egypt, 
Jordan, 
Morocco, 
Palestinian 
Authority, 
Syrian Arab 
Republic, 
Tunisia   29 No No No English   
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- 14 - Year Region SPS TA Activity Host Location  From  To Participants  Participants Participation of 
representatives 
from the standard-
setting 
organizations Language 
LDCs  Developing  Developed  Codex  OIE IPPC  
2011 Latin 
America 
and the 
Caribbean National semina r Colombia Bogota  08/04/2011  08/04/2011    Colombia    28 No No No Spanish 
2011 Latin 
America 
and the 
Caribbean National semina r Nicaragua Managua  28/09/2011  30/09/2011    Nicaragua    35 No No No Spanish 
2011 Latin 
America 
and the 
Caribbean National semina r Panama Panama City  05/10/2011  07/10/2011    Panama    30 No Yes No Spanish 
2011 Latin 
America 
and the 
Caribbean Other Argentina Buenos Aires  30/05/2011  31/05/2011    Argentina, 
Brazil, 
Mexico, 
Uruguay   41 No No No Spanish 
2011 Latin 
America 
and the 
Caribbean (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Barbados Bridgetown  26/07/2011  29/07/2011  Haiti Antigua & 
Barbuda, 
Bahamas, 
Barbados, 
Belize, 
Dominica, 
Grenada, 
Jamaica, 
St Vincent & 
the 
Grenadines, 
Suriname, 
Trinidad and 
Tobago   32 Yes Yes Yes English  
2010 Africa National semina r Nigeria  Abuja  26/07/2010  29/07/2010    Nigeria    50 No No No English  
2010 Africa National semina r Madagasca r Antananarivo  30/03/2010  31/03/2010  Madagasca r     61 No No No French  
2010 Africa National semina r Seychelles Mahé  25/03/2010  26/03/2010  Seychelles     19 No No No English  
2010 Arab and 
Middle 
East 
Countries Other Sweden  Stockholm  13/10/2010  15/10/2010    Iraq   24 No No No English  
2010 Asia and 
the 
Pacific National semina r Samoa  Apia  28/09/2010  29/09/2010  Samoa      19 No No No English  
2010 Asia and 
the 
Pacific National semina r China Yantal  15/09/2010  16/09/2010    China    20 No No No English  
2010 Arab and 
Middle 
East 
Countries Other Sweden  Stockholm  01/09/2010  03/09/2010    Iraq   28 No No No English   
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- 15 - Year Region SPS TA Activity Host Location  From  To Participants  Participants Participation of 
representatives 
from the standard-
setting 
organizations Language 
LDCs  Developing  Developed  Codex  OIE IPPC  
2010 Asia and 
the 
Pacific 
and 
Central 
and 
Eastern 
European 
& Central 
Asian 
Countries Regional Workshop Sri Lanka  Colombo  23/11/2010  26/11/2010    Afghanistan, 
Armenia, 
Azerbaijan, 
Belarus, 
China, Cook 
Islands, 
Croatia, 
India, 
Indonesia, 
Israel, 
Korea, 
Kyrgyz 
Republic, 
Philippines, 
Chinese 
Taipei, 
Turkey, 
Viet Nam   45 Yes Yes Yes English  
2010 Asia, 
Latin 
America, 
Pacific 
and 
Central 
and 
Eastern 
European 
& 
Caribbean 
Countries Advanced SPS Course Switzerland Geneva  11/10/2010  29/10/2010  Bangladesh, 
Bhutan, 
Lao People's 
Democratic 
Rep., Sudan, 
Zambia Belarus, 
China, 
Ghana, 
India, 
Indonesia, 
Iran, Kenya, 
Mali, 
Namibia, 
Peru, 
Philippines, 
Sri Lanka, 
Suriname, 
Swaziland, 
Chinese 
Taipei, 
Trinidad and 
Tobago, 
Turkey, 
Ukraine, 
Viet Nam   26 Yes Yes Yes English  
2010 Central 
and 
Eastern 
Europe 
and 
Central 
Asia National semina r Serbia Belgrade  26/05/2010  27/05/2010    Serbia    32 No No No English  
2010 Central 
and 
Eastern 
European 
& Central 
Asian (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Uzbekistan  Tashkent  16/02/2010  19/02/2010    Armenia, 
Azerbaijan, 
Georgia, 
Iran, 
Kazakhstan, 
Kyrgyz   38 Yes Yes Yes English   
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- 16 - Year Region SPS TA Activity Host Location  From  To Participants  Participants Participation of 
representatives 
from the standard-
setting 
organizations Language 
LDCs  Developing  Developed  Codex  OIE IPPC  
Countries Republic, 
Russian 
Federation, 
Tajikistan 
2010 Global Special SPS Workshop Switzerland  Geneva  18/10/2010  22/10/2010  Bangladesh, 
Burkina 
Faso, 
Burundi, 
Comoros, 
Guinea, 
Madagascar, 
Mali, Niger, 
Samoa, 
Senegal, 
Togo, 
Uganda, 
Zambia Argentina, 
Barbados, 
Belarus, 
Belize, Costa 
Rica, Egypt, El Salvador, 
Nepal, 
Ghana, 
Guatemala, 
Honduras, 
India, 
Indonesia, 
Jamaica, 
Jordan, 
Kenya, Lao 
People's 
Democratic 
Rep., 
Morocco, 
Mauritius, 
Mozambique, 
Nicaragua, 
Paraguay, 
Peru, 
Philippines, 
Dominican 
Republic, 
Sri Lanka, 
Chinese 
Taipei, 
Trinidad and 
Tobago, 
Ukraine, 
Yemen   150 Yes Yes Yes English, 
French, 
Spanish 
2010 Latin 
America 
and the 
Caribbean National semina r Honduras  Tegucigalpa  08/12/2010  10/12/2010    Honduras    26 No No No Spanish 
2010 Latin 
America 
and the 
Caribbean National semina r El Salvador  San Salvado r 25/11/2010  26/11/2010    El Salvado r   36 No No No Spanish  
  G/SPS/GEN/521/Rev.8  
 
- 17 - Year Region SPS TA Activity Host Location  From  To Participants  Participants Participation of 
representatives 
from the standard-
setting 
organizations Language 
LDCs  Developing  Developed  Codex  OIE IPPC  
2010 Latin 
America 
and the 
Caribbean National semina r Ecuador  Quito  09/11/2010  10/11/2010    Ecuado r   35 No No No Spanish 
2010 Latin 
America 
and the 
Caribbean (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Peru  Lima  02/11/2010  05/11/2010    Argentina, 
Brazil, Chile, 
Colombia, 
Costa Rica, 
Dominican 
Republic, 
Ecuador, 
Guatemala, 
Honduras, 
Mexico, 
Nicaragua, 
Panama, 
Paraguay, 
Uruguay, 
Andean 
Community   49 Yes Yes Yes Spanish 
2010 Latin 
America 
and the 
Caribbean National semina r Argentina Buenos Aires  30/08/2010  01/09/2010    Argentina    46 No No No Spanish 
2010 Latin 
America 
and the 
Caribbean National semina r Dominican 
Republic Santo 
Domingo 07/06/2010  10/06/2010    Dominican 
Republic   82 No No No Spanish 
 
 
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