G/SPS/GEN/2070  
 
21 October 20 22 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
TECHNICAL ASS ISTANCE TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES  
COMMUNICATION FROM CANADA  
The follow ing communication, received on 19 October 2022, 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 2021.1 Technical assistance has been provided to developin g 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 development and 
implementation of sanitary and phytosanitary mea sures based on sound science. The attached table 
reflects Canadian technical assistance to developing and least developed countries in 2021. 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 programs involved.   
2.  The monetary value of the technical assist ance committed amounted to approximately CDN  $1.4 
million between January and December 2021. 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 more than 20 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 international organizations.  
4.  Canada's assistance addressed t hree 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 h eadings of food safety, animal health and plant protection, in the Annex of 
G/SPS/GEN/206.  
5.  In all, 48 projects are listed for the period January to December 2021. 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 subsequent 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 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/2070  
 
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  TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY CANADA  
JANUARY - DECEMBER 20 21 
Sector  Description of Particular 
Programme  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  Contact  
Animal  Development and validation of 
lateral flow strip tests for foot -and-
mouth disease (sat1, 2, and 3) 
diagnosis  Training  Botswana  Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Plant Analysis of new variants of 
dickeya/pectobacterium and 
development of reliable diagnostic 
methods to prevent introduction 
and further spread of the 
pathogens  Training  China  Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Animal  CFIA ( ncad)-Laboratorio de 
Referencia Regional de Sanidad 
Animal (LARRSA ), Guatemala OIE 
twinning project to enhance 
diagnostic capacity for csf in 
Central and South America  Training  Central and 
South America  Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Animal  CRA with M.C.I. sante animale: 
efficacy testing of the bivalent 
lumpy skin disease (lsd) -rvf and 
the trivalent rvf -sheep/goat pox 
(sgp) -peste des petits ruminants 
(ppr) vaccine candidates  Training  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  Training  Nigeria and 
West African 
countries  Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Animal  Project no. bio -2018-0026 anthrax 
biological threat reduction in 
Ghana Training  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 Training  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  Training  Ghana  Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Animal  CFIA (ncad) -Accra veterinary 
laboratory of the veterinary 
services director of Ghana OIE 
twinning project to enahance  
diagnostic capacity for avian 
influenza in Ghana Training  Ghana  Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Animal  Transfer of bovine epithelial tissue 
for use in Inter-Laboratory 
Comparison (ILC) and Proficiency 
Testing (pt) Training  Botswana  Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Food Export Inspection Council & 
Agriculture And Processed Food 
Products Export Development 
Authority (both under Ministry of 
Commerce) co -hosted the CFIA's 
workshop on chemical 
contaminants in food  Information  India Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  G/SPS/GEN/2070  
 
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  Sector  Description of Particular 
Programme  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  Contact  
Plant The project aims to improve the 
capacity of the Senegalese Ministry 
of Agriculture and Rural Equipment 
in the development of a seed 
control system as well as a risk 
assessment and risk management 
system for seeds and 
biotechnology products for 
Senegal.  Training  Senegal Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Food Workshop to Costa Rica on 
Chemical Contaminants in 
Imported Food  Information  Costa Rica  Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Food Workshop to Mexico on 
Microbiologic Issues in Imported 
Food Information  Mexico  Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Food Workshop to India on Undeclared 
Allergens in Imported Food  Information  India Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Food Workshop to Guatemala on 
Microbiologic Issues in Imported 
Food Information  Guatemala  Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Food Workshop to Viet Nam on 
Microbiolo gic Issues in Imported 
Food Information  Viet Nam Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Food Workshop to Chile on Chemical 
Contaminants in Imported Food  Information  Chile Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Plant Risk Based Inspections - 
International Best Practices 
Webinar to Ethiopia  Training  Ethiopia  Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Plant Multi-year technical assistance 
project to Senegal in the seed 
sector  Training  Senegal  Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Plant Multi-year technical assistance 
project to Senegal in the seed 
sector  Training  Senegal  Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Plant Multi-year technical assistance 
project to Senegal in the seed 
sector  Training  Senegal  Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Animal  Technical assistance to SENASA  
Peru: Risk -based Border 
Inspection of Livestock Imports 
and Exports in Peru  Training  Peru Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Animal  Vaccine Efficacy against Rift Valley 
Fever Virus and Lumpy Skin 
Disease Challenge in Calves and 
Sheep  Training  Morocco  Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.gc.ca  
Animal  High consequence emerging viral 
diseases of swine in Caribbean 
region  Training  Caribbean  Marie -
Pierre.Mignault@inspection.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   
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   
Plant 
Health  Support to IPPC projects related 
the ePhyto Hub, the Sea 
Containers Task Force, and new 
draft standards and risk 
assessment guidance  Funding  Global  Brent.wilson@agr.gc.ca   
Animal 
Health  Support to OIE for the 
coordination and support of 
Standing Group of Experts on 
African Swine Fever for the 
Americas  Funding  Americas  Brent.wilson@agr.gc.ca   G/SPS/GEN/2070  
 
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  Sector  Description of Particular 
Programme  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  Contact  
Animal 
Health  Projects 109080 and 109212 
presented at International 
Veterinary Vaccine Network ( IVVN) 
virtual webinars  21 June and 30 
November 2021), establishing 
collaborations between the UK and 
LMICs for the development of 
Veterinary vaccines for priority 
diseases  Information  Brazil, Egypt, 
India, Kenya, 
South  Africa  rlaroque@idrc.ca  
Animal 
Health  Project 109061 and 109063 teams 
participated  WELI Quantitative 
Data Analysis for LVIF Projects 
from 8–12 Feb ruary  2021 Virtual 
GIVE team members and members 
from other LVIF projects  Training  Kenya  rlaroque@idrc.ca  
Animal 
Health  Project 109063 team ran a Data 
Analysis Training Workshop 
1-3 March 2021 Makueni County, 
Kenya GIVE project members 
including 6 Masters students & 2 
Facilitators (M=11, F=11)  Training  Kenya  rlaroque@idrc.ca  
Animal 
Health  Project 109064 team attended  
virtual WELI qualitative training 
and training on 'Best ways to 
access vaccines ' 11-22 March 2021  
- four enumerators  
- seven  members of CARE team.  Training  Ghana  rlaroque@idrc.ca  
Animal 
Health  Project 109064 team attended 
Training on the use of Cowtribe 
mobile Apps to profile, form 
groups, acquire farmers, deliveries 
and reporting. 6th November 
2020, 19 and 24 February 2021  
- two vet technicians  
- five members of Cowtribe team  Training  Ghana  rlaroque@idrc.ca  
Animal 
Health  Project 109064 team attended  
virtual Training on preventive 
animal care e.g PPR disease and 
vaccination 15 March 2021  
- two vet technicians  
- three  members of Cowtribe  team Training  Ghana  rlaroque@idrc.ca  
Animal 
health  Project 108628 team trained five 
young members of staff on 
temporary appointment at Kenya 
Agricultural and Livestock 
Research Organization (KALRO ) in 
molecular techniques including 
DNA extraction from ticks and E. 
ruminantium qPCR analysis  Training  Muguga, 
Kenya  rlaroque@idrc.ca  G/SPS/GEN/2070  
 
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  Sector  Description of Particular 
Programme  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  Contact  
Animal 
Health  Project 109080 team held two 
county government project 
sensitization events:  
 
County government sensitization 
on novel CBPP vaccine  
 
Panel discussions funded by 
KALRO - KCSAP  
 
25 April – 3 May 2021  
 
And   
 
16-23 May 2021  
 
Project sensitization to county 
government, local animal health 
service providers and livestock 
keepers with field visits for disease 
baseline data collection and 
mapping  Information  Kenya  rlaroque@idrc.ca  
Animal 
Health  Project 109212 held four events 
with private/public sector 
involvement:  
 
Festival of Genomics and Biodata  
 
Webinar Conference   
 
28 Jan uary 2021  
 
Presentation at webinar 
conference. Private sector was 
present  
 
Current Efforts in African Swine 
Fever Vaccines  
 
GARA/IABS Webinar  
 
6 May 2021  
 
Presentation at webinar 
conference. Private sector was 
present two female veterinary 
technicians (Cowtribe staff) trained 
on Cowtribe 's digital platform  
 
IVVN Webinar 30 Nov ember  2021 
Single webinar presentation. After 
iGEM. Webinar. 15 Sep tember  
2021. Single webinar presentation.  Information  Kenya  rlaroque@idrc.ca  
Animal 
Health  Project 109212 Technical 
Assistance between US and 
Kenyan research teams on 
Engineering of African swine fever 
virus using synthetic biology to 
accelerate vaccine development 30 
June 2021  Training  Kenya  rlaroque@idrc.ca  G/SPS/GEN/2070  
 
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  Sector  Description of Particular 
Programme  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  Contact  
Animal 
health  Project 109061 presented and/or 
attended five conferences:  
 
PPT 1 - Introduction to Shevax  
Project; PPT 2 - Summary of 
Baseline Results (Accompanied by 
Project baseline Results Brief); PPT 
3- Participatory reflection on 
Results - What, So What and Now 
What; PPT 4 - Proposed 
Intervention/ Test Model; PPT 5 - 
Review expectations of the day - 
Feedback and Suggestions - May 
2021  
 
Cultivating Equality 2021 
Conference  
 
Kenya One Health Conference  
 
World Bank One Health 
International Women 's Day, 
Keynote Speaker  
 
Comparative Analysis of the Small 
Animal Vaccine Value Chains in 
Kenya, Uganda, and Rwanda  Information  Kenya, 
Rwanda, 
Uganda  rlaroque@idrc.ca  
Animal 
Health  Projects 109080 and 109212 held 
meetings with relevant 
manufacturing and regulatory 
bodies in LMICs on technical 
assistance and/or manufacturing 
production of vaccines against 
Hemorrhagic Septicemia and 
Contagious bovine 
pleuropneumonia  Information  Kenya and 
Ethiopia  rlaroque@idrc.ca  
Animal 
Health  Project 109063 team trained 
farmers on the benefits of 
vaccinations:  
Training on animal husbandry and 
vaccines on 18 Jan uary – 6 
February  2021. Six wards within 
Makueni County, Kenya  
Smallholder farmers = 571 
(M=147, F=424)  
GIVE project team members = 4 
(M=1, F=3)  
Veterinary officers from Makueni 
county = 5 (M=4, F=1) M = 152 F 
= 428  Training  Kenya  rlaroque@idrc.ca  
Animal 
Health  Project 109064 team trained 
farmers on the benefits of 
vaccinations:  
Education and Training on 
preventive animal care e.g . 
diseases and vaccines for farmers 
in Pusiga and Zebilla Distri cts on 
9-13 March and April 2021  Training  Ghana  rlaroque@idrc.ca  G/SPS/GEN/2070  
 
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  Sector  Description of Particular 
Programme  Form of 
Assistance  Provided to  Contact  
Animal 
Health  Project 109057 team members 
joined Group of RIA2 (Research 
Institute for Aquaculture No  2) 
working with the Directorate of 
Fishery to help in the 
determination of the causative 
agents (In network with Sub -
aquaculture department in 
provinces in Mekong Delta of 
Viet Nam) Information  Viet Nam  rlaroque@idrc.ca  
Animal 
Health  Project 109055 team members 
participate in an advisory council 
hosted by the Malaysian 
Department of Fisheries and 
Department of Veterinary Sciences 
- with a concentration on 
roadmaps of  the use of antibiotics 
in animal feed meetings  Information  Malaysia  rlaroque@idrc.ca  
Animal 
Health  20 Graduate students supported 
by IDRC funded projects in 2021 
from LMICs (109057, 109050, 
109051, 109047)  Capacity 
Building  Thailand ; Hong 
Kong,  China;  
Pakistan ; 
Viet Nam rlaroque@idrc.ca  
Animal 
Health  Project 109056 established an 
academic partnership between the 
University of Nottingham 
(academic) and the National 
Institute for Veterinary Research 
of the Ministry of Agriculture in 
Viet Nam (public), and National 
Centre for Veterinary Dia gnostics 
Viet Nam Capacity 
Building  Viet Nam rlaroque@idrc.ca  
Animal 
Health  Seven  Post-doc students 
supported by IDRC funded projects 
in 2021 from LMICs  (109047, 
109051, 109057, 109050)   Chinese  Taipei , 
Pakistan, 
India, 
Viet Nam,  rlaroque@idrc.ca  
 
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