G/SPS/GEN/1270  
 
4 October 2013  
(13-5366)  Page: 1/3  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures    
 
PROGRAMME 
WORKSHOP ON SPS- RELATED MARKET ACCESS CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES 
MONDAY, 14 OCTOBER 2013 
WTO, CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD, GENEVA 
 
10.00 – 10.30 
  
Workshop overview and objectives 
Ms Gretchen H. STANTON Secretary of the SPS Co mmittee, WTO Secretariat 
 
 10.30 - 13.00 
 Session 1: Different Govern ment Roles in Enhancing SPS-related Market Access 
 
This session will start with an excerpt from th e STDF Video "Trading safely: Protecting health, 
promoting development" and a pres entation of a study about Benin's self-imposed shrimp export 
suspension from July 2003 to February 2005. Therea fter, government officials will present, through 
practical case stories, how they have addressed SPS-related market access challenges in their work. 
OIE and IPPC will provide an overview of their re sources available to assist Members with market 
access challenges. The session aims to identify factors that are essential in creating and enhancing 
market access (such as alignment and common objectives within the government), and to illustrate 
how individual actions can make a difference in this respect.  Moderator: Ms Carol THOMAS 
Agricultural Health and Food Safety Specialist, IICA, Barbados 
 Speakers: 
 
Mr Romain HOUSSA Associate Professor of Economics,  University of Namur, Belgium  
The unintended consequence of an export ban: Evidence from Benin's shrimp sector 
 Ms Clarisse Yvonne MAHARAVO RAHANTAMALALA Manager, International Trade in Agricultural Products, Ministry of Agriculture, Madagascar  
The role of an SPS negotiator in enhancing market access for Madagascar's agricultural products: 
Lifting of the EU import ban on products of animal origin  
Mr Tsewei CHEN 
Section Chief, Bureau of Animal and Plan t Health Inspection and Quarantine, Chinese 
Taipei 
Cooperation between different government agencies to support the export of orchids  
 Mr Hernan ZETINA Plant Health Officer, Agricultural Health Authority , Belize 
Coordination and partnerships – Best approaches for market access 
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Session 1: Different Government  Roles in Enhancing SPS-related Market Access (cont'd) 
 
Ms Ana PERALTA 
Capacity Building Officer, IPPC  Phytosanitary aspects of market access: A guide for national plant protection organizations 
 
Dr Masatsugu OKITA Chargé de mission, OIE 
Using OIE standards to enable market access 
 
 
13.00 – 15.00   
Lunch break 
 
 15.00 - 16.45  
Session 2: The Role of Collaboration between the Public and Private Sectors in Enhancing SPS-related 
Market Access 
 
Speakers in this session will explore, through practical case stories, the role that partnerships 
between government agencies and the private sect or can play in facilitating market access. The 
session will give different points of view on the drivers behind such partnerships, various partnership 
modalities, scopes, objectives, challenges faced and lessons learned. On the basis of discussions, the 
session will aim to identify some of the key char acteristics of successful partnership arrangements. 
 Moderator: Mr Fitzroy WHITE 
Senior Plant Quarantine Officer/SPS Enquiry Point, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 
Jamaica  Speakers: 
 
Ms Marianna THEYSE General Manager, Fresh Produce Import ers Association (FPIA), South Africa 
A public-private partnership approach towards enhancing market access opportunities in the Republic 
of South Africa for COMESA horticulture exporters  
Ms Velia Luz ARRIAGADA RÍOS 
Policy analyst, Agriculture and Livestock Service, Chile Market access and collaboration between the public and private sectors  
Mr Washington OTIENO 
Regional Coordinator, Plan twise Programme, CABI, Kenya 
Role of public-private partnership in SPS compliance for maintaining export markets: Lessons learnt 
from the horticulture sector in Kenya 
 Ms Subhodini PILLARISETTI (TBC)  
Assistant Director of Agriculture, Go vernment of Andhra Pradesh, India 
Creating awareness among farmers about Suda n red dye and aflatoxins in chilli exports 
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16.45 - 17.45  
Session 3: The Role of Technical Co-operation in Enhancing SPS-related Market Access 
 
Speakers in this session will present, through practical case stories, how technical cooperation 
projects can contribute to creating and enhanc ing SPS-related market access. The session will 
discuss different project modalities, the development partners involved, project outputs, etc., with a view to identifying factors in SPS capacity needs assessment, project design and implementation that 
both recipients and providers should take into account to optimize the projects' market access 
impact.  Moderator: Mr Melvin SPREIJ 
Secretary of the STDF 
 Speakers:  
 
Ms Siham DAHER Expert in Agriculture and Food Safety, Ministry of Economy & Trade, Lebanon 
EU technical assistance: Analysis of veterinary drug residues in imported and exported veterinary 
food products   Mr Shree Ram ADHIKARI 
Veterinary Officer, SPS National Enquiry Point,  Department of Food Technology and Quality 
Control, Nepal Nepal ginger competitiveness project and SPS challenges 
 
Ms Delilah CABB Coordinator, Sanitary and Phytosanitary Enqu iry Point, Agricultural Health Authority, 
Belize 
Belize's experiences in using Multi Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) to identify and prioritize SPS investment options  
 17.45 – 18.00 
 
Closing remarks and wrap-up of the workshop  
Mr João MAGALHÃES 
Consultant, former WTO official  Initiator and Coach of the Advanced SPS Courses 2005–2012 (courses held in English, French and Spanish) 
 
Mr Kevin WALKER Consultant, Michigan State University, United States  
Coach of the Advanced SPS Courses 2005, 20 06, 2008–2011 (courses held in English and 
Spanish)  
Ms Gretchen H. STANTON 
Secretary of the SPS Co mmittee, WTO Secretariat 
 
  
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