G/SPS/GEN/521/Rev.12  
 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures    
 
  SPS TECHNICAL ASSIST ANCE AND TRAINING AC TIVITIES  
1 SEPTEMBER 1994 TO 31 D ECEMBER 201 6 
NOTE BY THE SECRETAR IAT1 
Revision  
1.  This document provides an update of all the SPS technical assistance (TA) and training 
activities undertaken by the Secretariat from 1 S eptember 1994 to 31 December 201 6. Detailed 
information is provided in the annexed table on the TA activities undertaken by the Secretariat for 
the last three years (201 4-2016).2 
2.  The main objective of SPS technical assistance and training activities undert aken by the WTO 
Secretariat is to increase participants' awareness about Members' rights and obligations under the 
Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Agreement) and its 
implications for national policymaking. The SPS t echnical 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 ini tiatives available to their countries on SPS matters.  
3.  The programme is adapted to take into account the specific needs identified by the countries, 
the participants' knowledge of the SPS Agreement, the level of development of the countries, and 
any specifi c 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 provisions of the SPS Agreement, the transp arency 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, 364 SPS training activities have been undertak en by the WTO Secretariat from  
1 September  1994 to 31 December 201 6. In 201 6, 19 SPS training activities were undertaken: 
four regional or sub -regional workshops, nine national  seminars, five 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 201 4-2016, the type of technical assistance 
activity , the region  and venue where it took place, its dates , participating countries , language 
used, and  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 w orkshop  refers to an activity organized by the WTO in which a region or sub -region 
was invited to participate. A national seminar  refers to a  WTO-organized  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 
                                                
1 This document has been prepared under the Secretariat's own responsibility and is without prejudice 
to the positions of Members or to their rights and obligations under the WTO.  
2 Detailed information on TA activities from previous 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 activity which is held back -to-back with the June/July 
SPS Committee meeting of the following year.  G/SPS/GEN/521/Rev.12  
 
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  organized by the WTO Secretariat as well as activities organized by Members or other bodies in 
which the WTO Secretariat par ticipated. Training sessions on the SPS Agreement also take place 
within o ther general WTO training courses, such as Trade Policy Courses, Regional Trade Policy 
Courses, Geneva Week s and Introduction Courses for least -developed c ountries; which are not 
included in the list of SPS TA activities in 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 fi rst. 
8.  SPS TA activities are organized in close collaboration with Members, the three international 
standard -setting organizations referenced in the SPS Agreement (Codex, IPPC and the OIE), 
as well as with regional organizations, when appropriate. Since 1994 , the Codex has participated 
in 114 activities, while the IPPC Secretariat participated in 98 activities and the OIE in 
112 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 . During  the course , participants must 
elaborate an action plan to address identified SPS needs in their countries. The  implementation of 
the acti on 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 20 17, and it will be held in 
English . 
10.  In addition to the above -mentioned SPS technical 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: E nglish, Fre nch 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 201 6, this was done via document G/SPS/GEN/997/Rev. 6. The Codex, IPPC and 
OIE secretariats also drew attention to this information on SPS training activities in their respective 
meetings  to encourage interested candidates to apply . Over 500 applications  were received for  
SPS-related activities  (aside from national seminars and E -Learning  courses)  offered by the WTO 
Secretariat in 201 6. For the Advanced SPS course , candidates  were required  to have  successfully 
completed the WTO  E-Learning course on the SPS Agreement at the  time of their application. 
All applicants were requested to provide information that indicated how their professional 
responsibilities were related to the SPS Agreement, and the endorsement of Members' permanent 
representations to the WTO was sought befor e the final selection of participants. The Secretariat 
endeavoured to ensure that the selected participants represented a balance of officials with 
responsibilities in the ir national administrations'  food safety, animal health or plant protection 
areas, as well as SPS enquiry points and national notification authorities , and other officials 
responsible for the coordination of WTO trade issues and SPS ma tters within their governments.  
12.  The Secretariat considers that this more "demand -driven" approach, based o n applications 
from interested officials, together with the pre -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 a nd effective training activities since 
2010. The Secretariat will again organize its 201 7 training activities in this manner,  as indicated in 
document G/SPS/GEN/997/Rev. 7. 
13.  Chart 1 below lists the breakdown of the type of activities undertaken in 201 6 and C hart 2 
shows the number of activities per year.  
                                                
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  Chart 1 - SPS Technical Assistance Activities in 2016 
 
 
Chart 2 - SPS Technical Assistance Activities per year from 1994  to 2016 
 
 
 
14.  Chart 3 presents a breakdown of the type of activity undertaken since 199 4: 163 national 
seminars, 94 regional or sub -regional workshops, 95 "other" activities and twelve  advanced 
courses on the SPS Agreement.  G/SPS/GEN/521/Rev.12  
 
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  Chart 3 - Type of SPS Technical Assistance Activities  from  1994  to 2016 
 
 
15.  Chart 4 shows the number and type of TA acti vities per region, while Chart 5 presents the 
total number of participants who have attended SPS TA and training activities per region and per 
type of activity. Overall, a total of 14,015 people have been given training by the WTO Secretariat 
on the SPS Ag reement since 1994.  
Chart 4 - SPS Technical Assistance Activities pe r Region  from  1994  to 2016 
 
 
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  Chart 5 - Participants per Region  from  1994  to 2016 
 
 
16.  As shown in Chart 6, 31% of the beneficiaries of all SPS TA and training activities undertaken 
by the Secretariat have been from least -developed countries (LDCs), 6 7% from developing 
countries, and 2% from developed countries.  
Chart 6 - Breakdown of country participation from 1994 to 201 6 
 
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  17.  Chart 7 presents a breakdown by region of participants who have a ttended the Advanced SPS 
Course. Over the period 2005 to 201 6, 287 officials have participated in the Advanced SPS Course 
from the following regions: 40% from Africa; 30% from Latin America and the Caribbean; 
16% from Asia and Pacific; 10% from Central and  Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Caucasus; 
and 4% from Arab and Middle East countries.  
Chart 7 – Breakdown of participants in the Advanced SPS Course by region  
from 2005 to 201 6 
 
 
18.  Chart 8 presents the language breakdown of all SPS TA and training act ivities that have been 
undertaken. Overall, 6 2% of activities have been conducted in English, 18% in Spanish, and 
13% in French. The remaining 7% have been undertaken in other languages, including Arabic, 
Portuguese, Turkish and Russian.5 
Chart 8 - Languag e breakdown of SPS Technical Assistance activities from  1994  to 2016 
                                                
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 exception of activities conducted in Portuguese).   
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SPS TECHNICAL ASSIST ANCE AND TRAINING AC TIVITIES  
(1 JANUARY 201 4 TO 31 DECEMBER 201 6) 
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  
2016  Africa  National 
seminar  Comoros  Moroni  07/11/2016  11/11/2016   Comoros   36 Yes Yes Yes French  
2016  Africa  National 
seminar  Egypt  Cairo 19/09/2016  22/09/2016   Egypt   50 No No No English  
2016  Africa  National 
seminar  Guinea  Conakry  18/07/2016  21/07/2016  Guinea    41 No No No French  
2016  Africa  National 
seminar  Madagascar  Antananarivo  05/04/2016  07/04/2016  Madagascar    50 No No No French  
2016  Africa  National 
seminar  Uganda   14/12/2016  16/12/2016  Uganda    26 No No No English  
2016  Africa  Other  Switzerland  Geneva  14/03/2016  14/03/2016  Burkina Faso, 
Burundi, 
Central African 
Republic, 
The Gambia, 
Guinea, Mali, 
Madagascar, 
Senegal, Togo, 
Zambia   Comoros, 
Côte d'Ivoire, 
Ghana, Kenya, 
Nigeria, Seychelles   16 No No No English 
and 
French  
2016  Arab and 
Middle 
East 
Countries  (Sub) 
Regional 
Workshop  Kuwait, the 
State of  Kuwait City  25/01/2016  28/01/2016   Bahrain, Kingdom 
of; Egypt; Jordan; 
Saudi Arab ia, 
Kingdom of ; 
Sudan; Syrian 
Arab Republic; 
Tunisia; United 
Arab Emirates   20 Yes Yes Yes English  
2016  Arab and 
Middle 
East 
Countries  (Sub) 
Regional 
Workshop  United Arab 
Emirates  Dubai  03/10/2016  03/10/2016   Bahrain, Kingdom 
of; Kuwait, the 
State of;  Oman; 
Qatar;  Saudi 
Arabia, Kingdom 
of; United Arab 
Emirates;  Yemen   16 No No No English   
  G/SPS/GEN/521/Rev.12  
 
- 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  
2016  Asia (Sub) 
Regional 
Workshop  Singapore  Singapore  28/11/2016  30/11/2016  Cambodia, Lao 
People's 
Democratic 
Republic, 
Myanmar  Bhutan;  Brunei 
Darussalam;  Fiji; 
Hong Kong , China; 
India; Korea, 
Republic of; 
Macao, China; 
Malaysia; 
Maldives; 
Pakistan; Papua 
New Guinea;  
Philippines; 
Singapore; 
Samoa; Sri Lanka; 
Chinese Taipei; 
Thailand; 
Vanuatu; 
Viet Nam  34 No No No English  
2016  Asia (Sub) 
Regional 
Workshop  Singapore  Singap ore 30/11/2016  02/12/2016  Cambodia, 
Lao People's 
Democratic 
Republic, 
Myanmar  Bhutan;  Brunei 
Darussalam;  Fiji; 
Hong Kong,  China; 
India; Korea, 
Republic of; 
Macao, China; 
Malaysia; 
Maldives; 
Pakistan; Papua 
New Guinea;  
Philippines; 
Singapore; 
Samoa; Sri  Lanka; 
Chinese Taipei; 
Thailand; 
Vanuatu; 
Viet Nam  30 No No No English  
2016  Central 
and 
Eastern 
Europe, 
Central 
Asia and 
the 
Caucasus  National 
seminar  Iran Tehran  18/04/2016  20/04/2016   Iran  47 No No No 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  
2016  Central 
and 
Eastern 
Europe, 
Central 
Asia and 
the 
Caucasus  National 
seminar  Tajikistan  Dushanbe  28/09/2016  29/09/2016   Tajikistan   24 No No No English  
2016  Latin 
America  National 
seminar  Guatemala  Guatemala 
City 08/11/2016  10/11/2016   Guatemala   55 No No No Spanish  
2016  Latin 
America  National 
seminar  Panama  Panama City  19/04/2016  21/04/2016   Panama   31 No No No Spanish  
2016  Global  Advanced 
SPS 
Course  Switzerland  Geneva  17/10/2016  04/11/2016  Benin, Burkina 
Faso, Burundi, 
Chad, Guinea, 
Haiti, Mali, 
Rwanda, 
Senegal, Togo  Algeria, 
Cameroon, 
Comoro s, Congo, 
Côte d'Ivoire, 
Gabon, Libya, 
Mauritius, 
Morocco, Tunisia   25 Yes Yes Yes French  
2016  Global  Special 
SPS 
Workshop  Switzerland  Geneva  24/10/2016  25/10/2016  Angola, Chad, 
Rwanda, 
Solomon 
Islands, 
Sudan, 
Uganda, 
Vanuatu  Argentina; 
Bhutan; 
Cameroon; 
Costa  Rica; 
Georgia; Hong 
Kong, China; 
Israel; Jamaica; 
Jordan; Kenya; 
Lebanes e 
Republic; 
Malaysia; Peru; 
Sri Lanka; 
Suriname; 
The former 
Yugoslav Republic 
of Macedonia; 
Turkey; Zimbabwe   27 Yes Yes Yes English, 
French 
and 
Spanish  
2016  Global  Other  Switze rland  11/07/2016  15/07/2016  Malawi, 
Tanzania  Bahamas; 
Belarus; Bolivia, 
Plurinational State 
of; Botswana; 
Cameroon; China; 
Ecuador; Indi a; 
Indonesia; 
Malaysia; Mexico   21 Yes No No English  
2016  Global  Other  Sweden  Stockholm  24/02/2016  26/02/2016   Algeria, Egypt, 
Iraq, Jordan, 
Lebanese 
Republic, Morocco, 
Palestine, Tunisia   26 No No No English  
2015  Africa  National 
seminar  Algeria  Alger 05/08/2015  06/08/2015    Algeria    49 No No No French   
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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  
2015  Africa  National 
seminar  The Gambia  Banjul  16/03/2015  18/03/2015  The Gambia      30 No No No English  
2015  Africa  National 
seminar  Sudan  Khartoum  02/11/2015  05/11/2015  Sudan      43 No No No English  
2015  Africa  National 
seminar  Uganda  Jinja 04/08/2015  06/08/2015  Uganda      30 No No No English  
2015  Africa  (Sub) 
Regional 
Workshop  Kenya  Nairobi  05/05/2015  08/05/2015  Djibouti, 
Ethiopia, 
Somalia, 
South Sudan, 
Sudan, 
Uganda  Kenya    37 Yes Yes Yes English  
2015  Africa  Other  Switzerland  Geneva  24/03/2015  24/03/2015  Burkina Faso, 
Central African 
Republic, 
Madagascar, 
Mali, Senegal, 
Zambia  Botswana, 
Cabo Verde, 
Ghana, Kenya, 
Nigeria    11 No No No English  
2015  Africa  Other  Switzerland  Geneva  12/10/2015  12/10/2015  Burkina Faso, 
Burundi, 
Equatorial 
Guinea, 
The Gambia, 
Madagascar, 
Mali, Niger, 
Rwanda, 
Senegal, 
Sierra Leone, 
Togo, Uganda, 
Zambia  Cabo Verde, 
Côte d'Ivoire, 
Egypt, Gabon, 
Kenya, Nigeria, 
Seychelles, 
Zimbabwe    25 No No No English  
2015  Africa  Other  Switzerland  Geneva  05/05/2015  05/05/2015  Benin, 
Madagascar, 
Senegal  Cameroon, Congo, 
Côte d'Ivoire, 
Mauritius, Tunisi a   12 No No No French  
2015  Arab and 
Middle 
East 
Countries  National 
seminar  Oman  Muscat  15/11/2015  16/11/2015    Oman    20 No No No English  
2015  Asia and 
the Pacific  National 
seminar  Macao, 
China  Macao  16/09/2015  17/09/2015    Macao, China    25 No No No English 
2015  Asia and 
the Pacific  National 
seminar  Myanmar  Nay Pyi Taw  24/02/2015  26/02/2015  Myanmar      50 No No No English  
2015  Asia and 
the Pacific  National 
seminar  Chinese 
Taipei  Taipei  28/07/2015  30/07/2015    Chinese Taipei    47 No No No English   
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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  
2015  Asia and 
the Pacific  (Sub) 
Regional 
Workshop  Thailand  Bangkok  10/11/2015  13/11/2015  Bangladesh, 
Bhutan, 
Cambodia, 
Lao People's 
Democratic 
Republic, 
Myanmar, 
Nepal  Hong Kong, China; 
India; Indonesia; 
Maldives; 
Mongolia; 
Pakistan; 
Philippines; 
Singapore; 
Sri Lanka; 
Chinese  Taipei; 
Thailand; 
Viet Nam   50 Yes Yes No English  
2015  Asia and 
the Pacific  Other  Sweden  Stockholm  29/04/2015  01/05/2015  Cambodia, 
Lao People's 
Democratic 
Republic, 
Myanmar, 
Nepal  Malaysia, 
Sri Lanka    26 No No No English  
2015  Asia and 
the Pacific  Other  Thailand  Bangkok  24/11/2015  25/11/2015  Cambodia, 
Lao People's 
Democratic 
Republic, 
Myanmar  Indonesia, 
Malaysia, 
Philippines, 
Singapore, 
Thailand, Viet  Nam Japan  10
4 No No No English  
2015  Central 
and 
Eastern 
Europe, 
Central 
Asia and 
the 
Caucasus  Other  Turkmenista
n Ashgabat  29/06/2015  30/06/2015    Turkmenistan    30 No No No English  
2015  Latin 
America 
and the 
Caribbean  National 
seminar  Dominican 
Republic  Santo 
Domingo  01/09/2015  03/09/2015    Dominican 
Republic    46 No No No Spanish  
2015  Latin 
America 
and the 
Caribbean  National 
seminar  Honduras  Tegucigalpa  15/04/2015  17/04/2015    Honduras    33 No No No Spanish  
2015  Latin 
America 
and the 
Caribbean  National 
seminar  Mexico  Mexico City  28/04/2015  30/04/2015    Mexico    70 No No No Spanish  
2015  Latin 
America 
and the 
Caribbean  National 
seminar  Paraguay  Asunción  31/08/2015  02/09/2015    Paraguay    35 No No No Spanish  
2015  Latin 
America 
and the 
Caribbean  National 
seminar  Trinidad and 
Tobago  Port of Spain  02/03/2015  04/03/2015    Trinidad and 
Tobago    93 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  
2015  Latin 
America 
and the 
Caribbean  (Sub) 
Regional 
Workshop  Belize  Belize City  27/10/2015  30/10/2015    Antigua and 
Barbuda, 
Barbados, Belize, 
Guyana, Jamaica, 
Saint Kitts and 
Nevis, Saint  Lucia, 
Saint Vincent and 
the Grenadines, 
Suriname, 
Trinidad and 
Tobago    31 Yes Yes Yes English  
2015  Global  Advanced 
SPS 
Course  Switzerland  Geneva  05/10/2015  23/10/2015  Bangladesh, 
Cambodia, 
Democratic 
Republic of the 
Congo, 
Lao People's 
Democratic 
Republic, 
Madagascar, 
Sudan, 
Tanzania, 
Uganda, 
Zambia Egypt, Georgia, 
Ghana, Indonesia, 
Iran, Jamaica, 
Jordan, Kenya, 
Papua New 
Guinea, 
Philippines, 
Saint Lucia, 
Seychelles, 
Trinidad and 
Tobago, Zimbabwe    23 Yes Yes Yes English  
2015  Global  Special 
SPS 
Workshop  Switzerland  Geneva  12/10/2015  13/10/2015  Afghanistan, 
Bangladesh, 
Benin, 
Burkina  Faso, 
Burundi, Chad, 
Comoros, 
Democratic 
Republic of the 
Congo, 
Ethiopia, 
Lao People's 
Democratic 
Republic, 
Madagascar, 
Malawi, Mali, 
Mozambique, 
Nepal, Niger, 
Tanzania, 
Togo, Yemen  Algeria; Bahrain, 
Kingdom of; 
Botswa na; 
Cabo Verde; 
China; Congo; 
Costa  Rica; 
Côte d'Ivoire; 
Cuba; Ecuador; 
Egypt; Ghana; 
Honduras; India; 
Indonesia; 
Kyrgyz  Republic; 
Moldova, Republic 
of; Morocco; 
Nigeria; Pakistan; 
Paraguay, 
Philippines; 
Samoa; 
Saudi  Arabia, 
Kingdom of; 
Serbia; 
South  Africa; 
Chinese Taipei; 
Thailand; Tunisia; 
Ukraine; United 
Arab Emirates    50 No No No 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  
2015  Global  Other  Sweden  Stockholm  25/02/2015  27/02/2015  Yemen  Algeria, Egypt, 
Iraq, Jordan, 
Lebanese 
Republic , Morocco, 
Palestine, Tunisia    25 No No No English  
2015 Global  Other  Switzerland  Geneva  07/07/2015  07/07/2015    Algeria; Botswana; 
China; Colombia; 
Egypt; Hong  Kong, 
China; Jordan; 
Kenya; Lebanese 
Republic ; Mexico; 
Russian 
Federation; 
Serbia; 
Chinese  Taipei; 
Tunisia; Ukraine  Poland, Spain  21 No No No English  
2015  Global  Other  Sweden  Stockholm  14/10/2015  16/10/2015    Algeria, Egypt, 
Iraq, Jordan, 
Lebanese 
Republic , Morocco, 
Palestine, Tunisia    27 No No No English  
2014  Africa  National 
seminar  Comoros  Moroni  13/05/2014  16/05/2014    Comoros    32 No No No Frenc h 
2014  Africa  National 
seminar  Guinea  Conakry  05/03/2014  07/03/2014  Guinea      65 No No No French  
2014  Africa  National 
seminar  Seychelles  Mahé  28/04/2014  30/04/2014    Seychelles    30 No No No English  
2014  Africa  National 
seminar  Tanzania  Dar es Salaam  22/07/2014  24/07/2014  Tanzania      31 No No No English  
2014  Africa  National 
seminar  Tunisia  Tunis  31/03/2014  01/04/2014    Tunisia    43 No No No French  
2014  Africa  Other  Kenya  Nairobi  01/12/2014  04/12/2014  Benin, 
Burkina  Faso, 
Burundi, 
Central African 
Republic, 
Chad, 
Democratic 
Republic of the 
Congo, 
Djibouti, 
Equatorial 
Guinea, 
Madagascar, 
Mali, 
Mauritania, 
Mozambique, 
Niger, 
Senegal, Togo, 
Zambia  Comoros, 
Côte d'Ivoire, 
Gabon, Nigeria, 
Sao Tomé and 
Principe, 
Seychelles, 
Zimbabwe    35 No No No English 
and 
French  
2014  Africa  Other  Switzerland  Geneva  11/12/2014  11/12/2014    Seychelles    11 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  
2014  Africa  Other  Switzerland  Geneva  30/09/2014  30/09/2014  Democratic 
Republic of 
Congo, 
The Gambia, 
Lesotho, 
Madagascar, 
Malawi, Mali, 
Mozambique, 
Tanza nia Botswana, Ghana, 
Mauritius, 
Namibia, Nigeria, 
Swaziland, Uganda    20 No No No English  
2014  Arab and 
Middle 
East 
Countries  National 
seminar  Jordan  Aqaba  26/05/2014  28/05/2014    Jordan    40 No No No English  
2014  Arab and 
Middle 
East 
Countries  National 
seminar  Saudi 
Arabia, 
Kingdom of  Riyadh  09/11/2014  11/11/2014    Saudi Arabia, 
Kingdom of    31 No No No English  
2014  Arab and 
Middle 
East 
Countries  Other  Switzerland  Geneva  10/12/2014  10/12/2014  Yemen      9 No No No English  
2014  Asia and 
the Pacific  National 
seminar  Lao People's 
Democratic 
Republic  Vientiane  22/01/2014  23/01/2014    Lao People's 
Democratic 
Republic    40 No  No No English  
2014  Asia and 
the Pacific  National 
seminar  Sri Lanka  Colombo  18/09/2014  19/09/2014    Sri Lanka    65 No  No No English  
2014 Asia and 
the Pacific  (Sub) 
Regional 
Workshop  Samoa  Apia 10/11/2014  13/11/2014    Samoa    35 Yes Yes Yes English  
2014  Asia and 
the Pacific  Other  Japan  Tokyo  04/02/2014  06/02/2014      Japan  60 No  No No English  
2014  Asia and 
the Pacific  Other  Sri Lanka  Peradeniya  15/09/2014  17/09/2014    Sri Lanka    60 No  No No English  
2014  Central 
and 
Eastern 
Europe , 
Central 
Asia and 
the 
Caucasus  National 
seminar  Belarus  Minsk  03/12/2014  04/12/2014    Belarus    10 No No No English   
  G/SPS/GEN/521/Rev.12  
 
- 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  
2014  Central 
and 
Eastern 
Europe,  
Centr al 
Asia and 
the 
Caucasus  (Sub) 
Regional 
Workshop  Austria  Vienna  08/09/2014  11/09/2014    Afghanistan, 
Armenia, 
Azerbaijan, 
Belarus, Bosnia 
and Herzegovina, 
Georgia, Iran, 
Kyrgyz Republic, 
Russian 
Federation, 
Serbia, The f ormer 
Yugoslav Republic 
of Macedonia , 
Turkey, Ukraine    27 Yes Yes Yes English  
2014  Central 
and 
Eastern 
Europe, 
Central 
Asia and 
the 
Caucasus  Other  Moldova, 
Republic of  Chisinau  02/12/2014  03/12/2014    Moldova, Republic 
of   25 No No No English  
2014  Latin 
America 
and the 
Caribbean  National  
seminar  Ecuador  Quito  24/09/2014  26/09/2014    Ecuador    28 No No No Spanish  
2014  Latin 
America 
and the 
Caribbean  National 
seminar  El Salvador  San Salvador  23/09/2014  25/09/2014    El Salvador    27 No No No Spanish  
2014  Latin 
America 
and the 
Caribbean  National 
seminar  Mexico  Mexico City  25/02/2014  26/02/2014    Mexico    50 No No No Spanish  
2014  Latin 
America 
and the 
Caribbean  National 
seminar  Saint 
Vincent and 
the 
Grenadines  Kingstown  08/09/2014  10/09/2014    Saint Vincent and 
the Grenadines    82 No No No English   
  G/SPS/GEN/521/Rev.12  
 
- 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  
2014  Latin 
America 
and the 
Caribbean  (Sub) 
Regional 
Workshop  Uruguay  Montevideo  17/11/2014  20/11/2014    Argentina; Bolivia, 
Plurinational State 
of; Brazil; Chile; 
Colombia; 
Costa  Rica; Cuba; 
Dominican 
Republic; Ecuador; 
El Salvador; 
Guatemala; 
Honduras; Mexico; 
Nicaragua; 
Panama; 
Paraguay; Peru; 
Uruguay; 
Venezuela, 
Bolivarian Republic 
of   51 Yes Yes Yes Spanish  
2014  Latin 
America 
and the 
Caribbean  Other  Colombia  Bogota  23/07/2014  26/07/2014    Colombia    56 No No No Spanish  
2014  Global  Advanced 
SPS 
Course  Switzerland  Geneva  06/10/2014  24/10/2014    Colombia, 
Costa  Rica, Cuba, 
Dominican 
Republic, Ecuador, 
Honduras, Mexico, 
Nicaragua, 
Panama, 
Paraguay, Peru, 
Uruguay    24 Yes Yes Yes Spanish   
  G/SPS/GEN/521/Rev.12  
 
- 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  
2014  Global  Special 
SPS 
Workshop  Switzerland  Geneva  13/10/20 14 14/10/2014  Comoros, 
Democratic 
Republic of the 
Congo, 
Djibouti, 
Ethiopia, 
The Gambia, 
Haiti, 
Lao People's 
Democratic 
Republic, 
Lesotho, 
Malawi, Niger, 
Sudan  Antigua and 
Barbuda; 
Argentina; 
Bahamas; 
Costa  Rica; 
Dominican 
Republic; Ecuador; 
Gabon; Georgia ; 
Guatemala; Iran; 
Jamaica; Jordan; 
Libya; Malaysia; 
Mauritius; Mexico; 
Moldova, Republic 
of; Montenegro; 
Nicaragua; 
Pakistan; Peru; 
Russian  
Federation; 
Saint Lucia; 
Saint Vincent a nd 
the Grenadines; 
Samoa; 
Saudi  Arabia, 
Kingdom of; 
Sri Lanka; 
Suriname; 
Tajikistan; 
Thailand; Trinidad 
and Tobago; 
Tunisia; United 
Arab Emirates; 
Uruguay    49 No No Yes English, 
French  
and 
Spanish  
2014  Global  Other  Switzerland  Geneva  13/05/2014  13/05/2014  Ethiopia; 
Liberia; Sudan  Bosnia and 
Herzegovina    9 No No No English  
2014 Global  Other  Sweden  Stockholm  08/10/2014  10/10/2014  Yemen  Algeria, Egypt, 
Iraq, Jordan, 
Lebanese 
Republic , Morocco, 
Palestine, Tunisia    26 No No No English  
2014  Global  Other  Sweden  Stockholm  19/11/2014  21/11/2014  Lesotho, Mali, 
Mozambique, 
Tanzania, 
Zambia South Africa, 
Swaziland    26 No No No English  
 
 
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