G/SPS/GEN/521/Rev.11  
 
17 February 2016  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures    
 
  SPS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES 
1 SEPTEMBER 1994 TO 31 DECEMBER 2015 
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 2015. Detailed 
information is provided in the annexed table on th e TA activities undertaken by the Secretariat for 
the last three years (2013-2015).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, 345 SPS training activities have been undertaken by the WTO Secretariat from 
1 September 1994 to 31 December 2015. In 2015, 27 SPS training activities were undertaken: 
three regional or sub-regional workshops, thirteen national seminars, ten 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 2013-2015, 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 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 Secret ariat's own responsibility and is without prejudice 
to the positions of Members or to thei r 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 activi ty which is held back-to-back with the June/July 
SPS Committee meeting of  the following year. G/SPS/GEN/521/Rev.11 
 
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  organized by 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 the SPS Agreement (Codex, IPPC and the OIE), 
as well as with regional organizations, when appropriate. Since 1994, the Codex has participated 
in 109 activities, while the IPPC Secretariat participated in 94 activities and the OIE in 
108 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 throughout the course 
participants must elaborate an "action plan" to address identified SPS needs in their countries. 
The implementation of the action plans is monito red after the course, and participants are invited 
to return to Geneva about eight months after th e end of the course to present the achievements 
reached through their action plans. The next Advanced SPS course is scheduled for October 2016, and it will be held in French. 
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 2015, this was done via document G/SPS/GEN/997/Rev.5. The Codex, IPPC and 
OIE secretariats also drew attention to this information on SPS training activities in their respective 
meetings. Over 700 applications were received for the five SPS-related activities, other than national seminars and E-Learning, that were offered by the WTO Secretariat in 2015; 180 candidates were selected in total. 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, and its completion was a requirement for candidates for the Advanced SPS course. All applicants were requested to provide information that indicated how their 
professional responsibilities were related to th e SPS Agreement, and the endorsement of Members' 
permanent representations to the WTO was sought before the final selection of participants. The Secretariat endeavoured to ensure that the selected  participants represente d 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 again organize its 2016 training activities in this manner, as indicated in document G/SPS/GEN/997/Rev.6. 
13.  Chart 1 below lists the breakdown of the ty pe of activities undertaken in 2015 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.11 
 
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  Chart 1 - SPS Technical Assistance Activities 2015 
 
 
 
Chart 2 - SPS Technical Assistance Activities per year, 1994-2015 
 
 
14.  Chart 3 presents a breakdown of the type of activity undertaken since 1994: 154 national 
seminars, 90 regional or sub-regional workshops, 90 "other" activities and eleven advanced 
courses on the SPS Agreement. G/SPS/GEN/521/Rev.11 
 
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  Chart 3 - Type of SPS Technical Assistance Activities, 1994-2015 
 
 
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 13,414 people have been given training by the WTO Secretariat 
on the SPS Agreement since 1994. 
Chart 4 - SPS Technical Assistance Activities per Region, 1994-2015 
 
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  Chart 5 - Participants per Region, 1994-2015 
 
 
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), 66% from developing countries, and 3% from developed countries. 
Chart 6 - Breakdown of country participation from 1994 to 2015 
 
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  17.  Chart 7 presents a breakdown by region of participants who have attended the Advanced SPS 
Course. Over the period 2005 to 2015, 262 officials have participated in the Advanced SPS Course from the following regions: 35% from Africa ; 31% from Latin America and the Caribbean; 
18% from Asia and Pacific; 12% from Central an d 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 2015 
 
 
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 - 1994-2015 
 
                                               
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 exceptio n of activities conducted in Portuguese).  
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SPS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES 
(1 JANUARY 2013 TO 31 DECEMBER 2015) 
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 Algeria Alger 05/08/2015  06/08/2015    Algeria    49 No No No French 
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, Tunisia   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 Myanma r Nay Pyi Taw  24/02/2015  26/02/2015  Myanma r     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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- 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 
2015 Asia and 
the Pacific (Sub) 
Regional 
Workshop Thailand Bangko k 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 Bangko k 24/11/2015  25/11/2015  Cambodia, 
Lao People's 
Democratic 
Republic, 
Myanmar Indonesia, 
Malaysia, 
Philippines, 
Singapore, 
Thailand, Viet Nam Japan  104 No No No English 
2015 Central and 
Eastern 
Europe, 
Central 
Asia and 
the 
Caucasus Other Turkmenistan 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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- 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 
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; 
Botswana; 
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 
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  
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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 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 French 
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 & 
French 
2014 Africa Other Switzerland Geneva  11/12/2014  11/12/2014    Seychelles    11 No No No English 
2014 Africa Other Switzerland Geneva  30/09/2014  30/09/2014  Democratic 
Republic of 
Congo, 
The Gambia, 
Lesotho, 
Madagascar, 
Malawi, Mali, 
Mozambique, 
Tanzania Botswana, Ghana, 
Mauritius, Namibia, 
Nigeria, Swaziland, 
Uganda   20 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 
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 Mins k 03/12/2014  04/12/2014    Belarus    10 No No No English 
2014 Central and 
Eastern 
Europe, 
Central 
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 former 
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  
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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 
2014 Latin 
America 
and the 
Caribbean National 
seminar Ecuado r Quito  24/09/2014  26/09/2014    Ecuado r   28 No No No Spanish 
2014 Latin 
America 
and the 
Caribbean National 
seminar El Salvado r San 
Salvador 23/09/2014  25/09/2014    El Salvado r   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 
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  
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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 
2014 Global Special 
SPS 
Workshop Switzerland Geneva  13/10/2014  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 and 
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, 
Spanish 
2014 Global Other Switzerland Geneva  13/05/2014  13/05/2014  Ethiopia;  Liberia, 
Republic of; 
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 
2013 Africa National 
seminar Zimbabwe Harare  28/11/2013  29/11/2013   Zimbabwe   25 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 
2013 Africa (Sub) 
Regional 
Workshop Gabon Libreville  24/09/2013  27/09/2013  Benin, 
Burkina Faso, 
Burundi, Chad, 
Guinea, 
Madagascar, Mali, 
Senegal, Togo. 
AU-funded 
participants: 
Central African 
Republic, 
Democratic 
Republic of the 
Congo, Djibouti, 
Guinea-Bissau 
and Niger. Cameroon, 
Comoros, Congo, 
Côte d'Ivoire, 
Gabon, Morocco, 
Tunisia.  
AU-funded 
participants: Sao 
Tomé and Principe  57 Yes Yes Yes French 
2013 Africa Other South Africa Pretoria  12/09/2013  13/09/2013  Democratic 
Republic of the 
Congo, Lesotho, 
Malawi, 
Mozambique, 
Tanzania, Zambia Botswana, 
Namibia, 
Seychelles, 
South Africa, 
Swaziland, 
Zimbabwe  46 No No No English, 
French 
2013 Africa Other Zimbabwe Harare  25/11/2013  27/11/2013  The Gambia, 
Lesotho, Malawi, 
Mozambique, 
Rwanda, 
Sierra Leone, 
Tanzania, 
Uganda, Zambia Botswana, Egypt, 
Ghana, Kenya, 
Nigeria, Swaziland, 
Zimbabwe  40 No No No English 
2013 Arab and 
Middle East 
Countries Regional 
Workshop United Arab 
Emirates Abu Dhabi  04/11/2013  07/11/2013   Bahrain, Kingdom 
of; Egypt; Jordan; 
Lebanese Republic; 
Morocco; Oman; 
Saudi Arabia, 
Kingdom of; 
Sudan; Tunisia; 
United Arab 
Emirates; Yemen  25 Yes Yes Yes English 
2013 Asia and 
the Pacific National 
seminar China Beijing  25/11/2013  27/11/2013   China   30 No No No English 
2013 Asia and 
the Pacific National 
seminar Philippines Quezon City  29/07/2013  29/07/2013   Philippines   31 No No No English 
2013 Asia and 
the Pacific Other Philippines Cebu 31/07/2013  02/08/2013   Philippines   46 No No No English 
2013 Central and 
Eastern 
Europe, 
Central 
Asia and 
the 
Caucasus National 
seminar Azerbaijan Baku  12/11/2013  13/11/2013   Azerbaijan   14 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 
2013 Central and 
Eastern 
Europe, 
Central 
Asia and 
the 
Caucasus Other Bosnia and 
Herzegovina Sarajevo  23/09/2013  27/09/2013   Bosnia and 
Herzegovina  30 No No No English 
2013 Central and 
Eastern 
Europe, 
Central 
Asia and 
the 
Caucasus Other Ukraine Kiev  12/11/2013  13/11/2013   Armenia; 
Azerbaijan; 
Belarus; Georgia; 
Kazakhstan; 
Kyrgyz Republic; 
Moldova, Republic 
of; Russian 
Federation; 
Tajikistan; Ukraine  40 No No No English 
2013 Latin 
America 
and the 
Caribbean National 
seminar Chile Santiago  23/09/2013  24/09/2013   Chile  60 No No No Spanish 
2013 Latin 
America 
and the 
Caribbean National 
seminar Costa Rica San José  02/12/2013  03/12/2013   Costa Rica   49 No No No Spanish 
2013 Latin 
America 
and the 
Caribbean National 
seminar Haiti Port-au-
Prince 05/11/2013  06/11/2013  Haiti   50 No No No French 
2013 Latin 
America 
and the 
Caribbean (Sub) 
Regional 
Workshop Barbados Bridgetown  09/07/2013  11/07/2013   Antigua and 
Barbuda, Bahamas, 
Barbados, Belize, 
Dominica, Grenada, 
Guyana, Jamaica, 
Saint Kitts and 
Nevis, Saint Lucia, 
Saint Vincent and 
the Grenadines, 
Suriname, Trinidad 
and Tobago  19 No No No English 
2013 Latin 
America 
and the 
Caribbean Other Argentina Buenos 
Aires 19/09/2013  20/09/2013   Argentina, Chile, 
Mexico  46 No No No Spanish  
  G/SPS/GEN/521/Rev.11  
 
- 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 
2013 Global Advanced 
SPS 
Course Switzerland Geneva  07/10/2013  25/10/2013  Lesotho, Samoa, 
Sierra Leone Argentina; 
Azerbaijan; 
Bahrain, Kingdom 
of; Cabo Verde; 
Chile; India; 
Liberia, Republic 
of; Malaysia; 
Moldova, Republic 
of; Nigeria; Oman; 
Pakistan; 
Saint Vincent and 
the Grenadines; 
Serbia; 
South Africa; 
Sri Lanka; 
Tajikistan; 
Thailand; The 
former Yugoslav 
Republic of 
Macedonia; 
Turkey; Viet Nam  24 Yes Yes Yes English 
2013 Global Special 
SPS 
Workshop Switzerland Geneva  14/10/2013  14/10/2013  Bangladesh, 
Benin, 
Burkina Faso, 
Burundi, Guinea, 
Madagascar, Mali, 
Mozambique, 
Nepal, Senegal, 
Tanzania, Togo Armenia, Belarus, 
Belize, Botswana, 
Chile, Cuba, 
Dominican 
Republic, Ghana, 
Honduras, India, 
Indonesia, 
Jamaica, Kenya, 
Lebanese Republic, 
Morocco, Nigeria, 
Panama, Paraguay, 
Suriname, 
Swaziland, 
Chinese Taipei, 
Trinidad and 
Tobago, Turkey, 
Viet Nam, 
Zimbabwe  46 No Yes Yes English, 
French, 
Spanish 
2013 Global Other Sweden Stockholm  27/09/2013  27/09/2013    Denmark, 
Finland, 
Norway, 
Sweden 48 Yes Yes No English 
2013 Global Other Sweden Stockholm  09/10/2013  11/10/2013   Algeria, Iraq, 
Jordan, Libya, 
Morocco, Tunisia  26 No No No English 
 
 
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