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G/SPS/GEN/1203 
17 October 2012 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
IPPC CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES 
Meeting of 18-19 October 2012 
Agenda Item 8 (c) - Information from Observers 
 
 
 The following communication, received on 15 October 2012, is circulated at the request of 
the International Plant Protection Convention secretariat (IPPC). 
 
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1. Establishment of IPPC Capacity Development Committee (CDC) 
1. As reported previously, the Seventh Session of Commission on Phytosanitary Measures 
(CPM-7) in March 2012 established an IPPC Capac ity Development Committee (CDC), with specific 
Terms of Reference and Rules of Procedure.  The fi rst meeting of the CDC, together with the existing 
Expert Working Group on Capacity Development (EWGCD), is planned on 3-7 December 2012 in 
Rome, Italy.  During the meeting of the CPM Bu reau on 12 October, the selection of CDC members 
took place; selected personnel will be informed of  their selection during the week of 15 October.  
Until the CDC becomes operational,  the EWGCD will continue its wo rk in the area of capacity 
development.  
2. As noted during the July meeting of the SPS Committee, the third meeting of the EWGCD 
took place in Cairns, Australia, on 21-25 May 2011.  All FAO regions were represented.  An observer 
from the Standards and Trade Devel opment Facility (STDF) also participated in the meeting.  The 
revised IPPC National Capacity Development Stra tegy, adopted by CPM-7, was presented to the 
group.  The EWGCD recommended that the strategy  should be sent to various stakeholders and 
donors and promoted in a series of occasions and even ts;  that information on the strategy should be 
provided as part of capacity development activities, e.g. training;  and that EWGCD members would 
promote the strategy in their own regions.  
2. Project Implementation 
3. The STDF project on "Global Phytosanitary Ma nuals, Standard Operating Procedures and 
Training kits" is being implemented by the IPPC Secretariat (2012-2014).  The first progress report 
has been submitted to the STDF with the selecte d 18 products, including manua ls, standard operating 
procedures and training kits, based on established criteria, to be developed under the project.  To 
identify authors and/or organizations for devel oping the drafts, specifications for the Terms of 
References have been developed and the S ecretariat has initiated the selection process. 
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  3. Technical resources and other info rmation for technical assistance 
4. The IPPC Secretariat has established a Phytosanitary Resource Page 
(http://www.phytosanitary.info ), which will provide technical resources developed and submitted by 
the world’s plant protection community. Resources will be reviewed and a pproved for inclusion in 
this page, based on the criter ia developed by the EWGCD. 
5. In addition, NPPOs and RPPOS will be able to add information from their regions to the two 
databases: one on projects (Global Phytosanitary Ca pacity Development Projects Database) and the 
other is on activities (Global Phytosanitary Cap acity Development Activities Database).  The 
information on e-learning courses for knowledge and learning in Pest Risk Analysis (PRA) is available in the resources page fo r registration and enrolment.  
6. A Roster of Consultants has been developed by the Secretariat, which will be available 
shortly on the Phytosanitary Resource Page.  The Roster will function as a database where you can search and find suitable expertise in topics related to  plant protection.  Consultants will be able to 
create their own profiles and upload their CVs, for pot ential employers to contact them directly after a 
proper review and approval process.  The Roster w ill also include certified Phytosanitary Capacity 
Evaluation (PCE) facilitators.  
4. Regional workshops 
7. During July-September 2012, the Secretaria t supported and/or a ttended seven regional 
workshops to review draft Intern ational Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPMs).  The purpose 
of these regional workshops is to facilitate memb ers’ discussions and preparation of their comments 
on draft ISPMs.  These workshops also provide an o pportunity to discuss other IPPC related areas of 
information exchange, implementation and capacity development. 
8. The workshops have been a very good opportunity for those attending not only to gain a 
better understanding of the ISPMs being discussed, but also to develop a better understanding of what 
expectations are for members of the IPPC. 
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