WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/GEN/521/Rev.5 
8 March 2010 
 (10-1228) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures  
 
 
 
SPS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AN D TRAINING ACTIVITIES 
(1 SEPTEMBER 1994 TO 31 DECEMBER 2009) 
 
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 2009. 
2. The main objective of SPS technical assistance and training activities undertaken by the WTO 
Secretariat is to increase participants' awareness about Members' rights a nd obligations under the 
Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary M easures (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 info rmed 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 SPS 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 t echnical assistance and training activities typically 
include presentations on the basic provisions of the SPS Agreement, the transparency provisions, 
specific trade concerns raised at the SPS Committe e, the WTO dispute settlement and SPS-related 
cases, and specific issues such as risk analysis, regionalization and equivalence. 
4. Altogether, 198 SPS training activities have been undertaken by the WTO Secretariat from 
1 September 1994 to 31 December 2009.  In 2009,  21 SPS and training activities were undertaken:  
five regional or sub-regional workshops, 13 na tional seminars, two other activities and one SPS 
specialized trade policy course. 
5. For each of these 198 events, the annexed table id entifies the type of activity; the region, 
venue and dates;  participating countries;  the la nguage used;  as well as whether representatives from 
the FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission (Code x), the World Organisation for Animal Health 
(OIE), and the International Plant Protection Co nvention (IPPC) Secretariat participated in the 
activity. 
6. A regional workshop refers to an activity orga nized by the WTO in which a region or sub-
region was invited to participate.  A national semina r refers to an 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 organized 
                                                     
 
1 This document has been prepared under the Secret ariat's own responsibility and is without prejudice 
to the positions of Members or to their rights or obligations under the WTO. G/SPS/GEN/521/Rev.5 
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  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, and Introduction Courses for L east-developed Countries also include sessions 
on the SPS Agreement;  however, they are not include d 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 th e activity was undertaken, with the more recent 
activities listed first.  Detailed information is not  available for all technical assistance activities 
undertaken prior to 1999. 
8. SPS TA activities are organized in close collabora tion with Members, the three international 
standard-setting organizations refe renced in the SPS Agreement (Codex, OIE and the IPPC), as well 
as with regional organizations, when appropriate.  Since 1994, the Codex has participated in 76 
activities, while the OIE participated in 74  activities and the IPPC Secretariat in 63. 
9. The Secretariat endeavour to ensure that the o fficials who participate in SPS TA and training 
activities are those with responsibilities in the food safety, animal health or plant protection area 
within their national administrations, including th e WTO SPS enquiry point and national notification 
authority;  the Codex, OIE  and IPPC contact point s;  and other officials responsible for coordination 
of WTO trade issues and SPS matters within their gove rnments.  This practi ce has ensured that the 
participants have the technical expertise to profit from the training offered.   
10. To meet the demands for more advanced SPS TA  and training activities, a three-week SPS 
specialized trade policy course h as been offered each year sinc e 2004.  The SPS specialized trade 
policy course provides in-depth and "hands-on" SPS training, where at the end of the course 
participants must elaborate an "action plan" to address identified SPS needs in their countries.  The 
implementation of the action plans is monitored after the course, and participants are invited to return 
to Geneva eight months after the end of the c ourse to present the achievements reached through their 
action plans.  The next SPS Specialized Course (w hich will now be called the Advanced SPS Course) 
is scheduled for October 2010, a nd it will be held in English. 
11. In addition to the above-menti oned SPS technical assistance and training activities, the WTO 
offers an e-Training course on the SPS Agreement.   The course is offered each year in all three 
official languages of the WTO:  English, French and Spanish. 
12. Chart 1 below lists the breakdown of the type  of activities undertaken in 2009 and Chart 2 
shows the number of activities per year.  G/SPS/GEN/521/Rev.5 
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  Chart 1 
 
SPS Technical Assistance Activities 2009 
13
5
2
1
-2468101214
National Seminars (Sub) Regional Workshops Others SPS Specialized Trade
Policy CourseNumber of Activities
 
 
Chart 2 
 
SPS Technical Assistance Activities per year 
  
4
136
4877
49
71213
1353
123
311
10
7
73
425
24
16
13
4
4
23
242
11
111
0510152025
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
YearNumber of activities 
National seminar (Sub) Regional Workshop Other SPS Specialized Trade Policy Course G/SPS/GEN/521/Rev.5 
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  Chart 3 
 
Type of SPS Technical Assistance Activities 1994-2009 
 
National Seminars (85) 
43%Other (38) 19%
(Sub) Regional 
Workshops (70) 35%SPS Specialized Trade 
Policy Course (5) 3%
National Seminars (Sub) Regional Workshops Other SPS Specialized Trade Policy Course 
 
13. Chart 3 presents a breakdown of the type of ac tivity undertaken since 1994:  85 national 
seminars, 70 regional or sub-regional workshops, 38  "other" activities and three specialized courses 
on the SPS Agreement. 
Chart 4 
 
SPS Technical Assistance Activities per Region - 2009 
 
25
1421
7
11724
613
5
31910
114
75
15
010203040506070
Africa Arab and Middle
East CountriesAsia and the
PacificCentral and
Eastern Europe
and Central AsiaEurope Latin America
and the
CaribbeanNorth America Global
RegionActivities
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  14. 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 SPS TA and training activities per region and per type 
of activity.  Overall, a total of 7,666 people have been given training by the WTO Secretariat on the 
SPS Agreement since 1994. 
Chart 5 
 
Participants per Region 1994-2009 
890
306520
264155759338
0273
88190
50116593
6571182
384
0901
05001000150020002500
Africa Arab and Middle
East CountriesAsia and the
PacificCentral and
Eastern Europe
and Central AsiaEurope Latin America
and the CaribbeanNorth America Global
RegionParticipants
(Sub) Regional Workshop Other SPS Specialized Trade Policy Course National seminar 
 
Chart 6 
 
Breakdown of country participation from 1994 to 2009 
 
LDCs
28%
Developed Countries
3%Developing Countries 
69%
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  15. As shown in Chart 6, 28 per cent of the bene ficiaries of all SPS TA and training activities 
undertaken by the Secretariat have been from least-developed countries (LDCs), 69 per cent from 
developing countries, and three per cent from developed countries. 
Chart 7 
 
Language breakdown of SPS Technical Assistance activities - 1994-2009 
 
French
(17)
8%Spanish
(31)
15%Other
(19)
9%English
(142)
68%
English Other Spanish French 
 
16. Chart 7 presents the language breakdown of all SPS TA and training activities that have been 
undertaken.  Overall, 68 per cent of activities have be en conducted in English, 31 per cent in Spanish, 
and eight per cent in French.  The remaining nine per cent have been undertaken in other languages, 
including Arabic, Portuguese, Turkish and Russian. 
  
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SPS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AN D TRAINING ACTIVITIES 
(1 SEPTEMBER 1994 TO 31 DECEMBER 2009) 
 
Participating Countries Participation of 
representatives from 
the standard-setting 
organizations Year Region SPS TA 
Activity Host Country Location From To 
LDCs Developing Developed Participants 
Codex OIE IPPCLanguage 
2009 Asia and the 
Pacific (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Fiji Nadi 09/02/2009 12/12/ 2009 Kiribati, Samoa, 
Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu Cook Islands, Federated 
States of Micronesia, Fiji, Nauru, Niue, Palau, 
Papua New Guinea, 
Republic of the Marshall Islands, Tonga   54 Yes Yes Yes English 
2009 Asia and the 
Pacific National 
seminar Suva Fiji 13/02/2009 13/ 02/2009  Fiji  19 No No No English 
2009 Central and 
Eastern 
Europe and 
Central Asia National 
seminar Ankara Turkey 11/03/2009 12/03/2009  Turkey  80 No No No Turkish 
2009 Arab and 
Middle East Countries National 
seminar Muscat Oman 24/03/2009 25/03/2009  Oman  40 No No No English 
2009 Africa National 
seminar Port Louis Mauritius 15/05/ 2009 15/05/2009  Mauritius  25 No No No English 
2009 Arab and 
Middle East 
Countries National 
seminar Riyadh Saudi Arabia 16/05/2009 17/05/2009  Saudi Arabia  50 No No Yes English 
2009 Africa National 
seminar Luanda and 
Huambo Angola 18/05/2009 21/05/2009 Angola    30 No No No Portuguese 
2009 Central and 
Eastern 
Europe and Central Asia National 
seminar Beirut Lebanon 19/05/2009 20/05/2009  Lebanon  60 No No No English 
2009 Asia and the 
Pacific (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Luang Prabang Lao PDR 03/06/2009 06/06/2009 Cambodia, Lao PDR, 
Myanmar China, Indonesia, 
Thailand, Viet Nam.    29 Yes Yes Yes English 
2009 Africa (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Lesotho Maseru 08/06/2009 11/06/2009 Lesotho, Malawi, 
Mozambique, Zambia Botswana, Mauritius, 
Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, 
Swaziland, Tanzania, 
Zimbabwe  44 Yes Yes Yes English  
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Participating Countries Participation of 
representatives from 
the standard-setting 
organizations Year Region SPS TA 
Activity Host Country Location From To 
LDCs Developing Developed Participants 
Codex OIE IPPCLanguage 
2009 Africa (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Douala Cameroon 16/06/2009 19/06/ 2009 Benin, Burkina Faso, 
Burundi,  Central African Rep.,  Dem. 
Rep. of Congo, 
Equatorial Guinea,  Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, 
Mali,  Senegal Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire  42 Yes Yes Yes French 
2009 Africa Other Nairobi Kenya 13/07/2009 16/07/2009 Eritrea, Ethiopia, 
Gambia, Lesotho, 
Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, 
Sierra Leone, Somalia, 
Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia Botswana, Ghana, 
Kenya, Mauritius, 
Namibia, Nigeria, Seychelles, South 
Africa, Swaziland, 
Zimbabwe  50 Yes Yes Yes English 
2009 Africa Other Bamako Mali 20/07/2009 23/07/2009 Angola, Benin, Burkina 
Faso, Burundi, Central 
African Rep., Chad, 
Comoros, Dem. Rep. of Congo, Djibouti, 
Equatorial Guinea, 
Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Sao 
Tome & Principe, 
Senegal, Togo Cameroon, Cape Verde, 
Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, 
Gabon  50 Yes Yes Yes French 
2009 Asia and the 
Pacific National 
seminar Dhaka Bangladesh 10/08/2009 11/08/2009  Bangladesh  31 No No No English 
2009 Africa National 
seminar Harare Zimbabwe 08/09/2009 10/09/2009  Zimbabwe  42 No No No English 
2009 Asia and the 
Pacific National 
seminar Jakarta Indonesia 06/10/2009 08/10/2009  Indonesia  140 No Yes No English 
2009 Global SPS 
Specialized Trade Policy 
Course Switzerland Geneva 
(WTO) 12/10/2009 31/10/2009 Angola, Guinea, Haiti, 
Mozambique  Argentina, Brazil, Cape 
Verde, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, 
Dominican Republic,  El 
Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, 
Paraguay, Taipei Chino  24 Yes Yes No Spanish 
2009 Africa (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Accra Ghana 03/11/2009 06/11/2009 Eritrea, Ethiopia, 
Gambia, Liberia, Sierra 
Leone, Sudan, Uganda. Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, 
Nigeria  31 Yes Yes Yes English  
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representatives from 
the standard-setting 
organizations Year Region SPS TA 
Activity Host Country Location From To 
LDCs Developing Developed Participants 
Codex OIE IPPCLanguage 
2009 Africa National 
seminar Lilongwe Malawi 17/11/2009 18/11/2009 Malawi   22 No No No English 
2009 Asia and the 
Pacific National 
seminar Taipei Chinese Taipei 08/12/2009 09/12/2009  Chinese Taipei  48 No No No English 
2009 Africa National 
seminar Kampala Uganda 15/12/2009 16/12/2009 Uganda   25 No No No English 
2008 Asia and the 
Pacific National 
seminar China Hangzhou and 
Beijing 02/12/2008 05/12/2008  China  191 No No No English 
2008 Asia and the 
Pacific National 
seminar Mongolia Ulaanbaatar 19/11/2008 20/11/2008  Mongolia  n.a. No No No English 
2008 Arab and 
Middle East Countries (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Qatar Doha 18/11/2008 20/11/2008 Ye men Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, 
Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi 
Arabia, Syria, United 
Arab Emirates.   45 Yes Yes Yes English 
2008 Asia and the 
Pacific National 
seminar India New Delhi 11/11/2008 14/11/2008  India   44 No No No English 
2008 Asia and the 
Pacific Other Switzerland Geneva 
(WTO) 10/11/2008 11/11/2008  Vietnam   7 No No No English 
2008 Africa National 
seminar Mozambique Maputo 29/10/2008 31/10/2008 Moza mbique    10 No No No Portuguese 
2008 Global SPS 
Specialized 
Trade Policy Course Switzerland Geneva 
(WTO) 29/09/2008 17/10/2008 Bangladesh, Bhutan, 
Lao People's Dem. Rep., 
Malawi, Mozambique, Samoa, Uganda, 
Yemen, Zambia. 
  
 Albania, Armenia, 
Bahrain, Belarus, 
Ecuador, Fiji, Honduras, Hong Kong, China, 
Kyrgyz Rep., Macao, 
China, Mongolia, Nigeria, Serbia, South 
Africa.   23 Yes Yes Yes English 
2008 Asia and the 
Pacific Other Japan Tokyo 25/09/2008 26/09/2008   Japan 16 No No No English 
2008 Africa Other Sweden Stockholm 26/08/2008 27/08/2008     25 No No No English 
2008 Asia and the 
Pacific National 
seminar Indonesia Jakarta 29/07/2008 01/08/2008  Indonesia   n.a. No No No English 
2008 Africa National 
seminar Rwanda Kigali 07/07/2008 08/07/2008 Rwa nda    60 No No No English 
2008 Africa National 
seminar Burkina Faso Ouagadougou 26/06/2008 28/06/2008 Burkina Faso    n.a. No No No French 
2008 Asia and the 
Pacific National 
seminar Lao PDR Vientiane 11/06/2008 12/06/2008 Lao PDR    20 No No No English  
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Participating Countries Participation of 
representatives from 
the standard-setting 
organizations Year Region SPS TA 
Activity Host Country Location From To 
LDCs Developing Developed Participants 
Codex OIE IPPCLanguage 
2008 Latin America 
and the Caribbean National 
seminar Chile Santiago 13/05/2008 15/05/2008  Chile   77 No No No Spanish 
2008 Africa National 
seminar Cape Verde Cidade da 
Praia 15/04/2008 17/04/2008 Cape Verde    16 No No No Portuguese 
2008 Latin America 
and the 
Caribbean (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Paraguay Assuncion 22/04/2008 24/ 04/2008  Argentina, Bolivia, 
Brazil, Chile, Paraguay 
and Uruguay   49 Yes Yes Yes Spanish 
2008 Latin America 
and the 
Caribbean National 
seminar Belize Belmopan 11/03/2008 13/03/2008  Belize   54 No No No English 
2008 Europe Other Switzerland Geneva 
(WTO) 10/03/2008 10/03/2008  Ukraine   5 No No No English 
2008 Latin America 
and the Caribbean National 
seminar Costa Rica San Jose 30/01/2008 31/01/2008  Costa Rica   48 No No No Spanish 
2007 Africaa (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Zambia Lusaka 10/12/2007 12/12/2007 Ethiopia, Malawi, 
Rwanda, Sudan, 
Uganda, Zambia Egypt, Kenya, 
Mauritius, Seychelles, 
Swaziland, Zimbabwe 
  62 Yes Yes Yes English 
2007 Africa Other Sweden Stockholm 03/10/2007 05/10/2007 D.R. Congo, Lesotho, 
Mozambique, Zambia, Tanzania Botswana, Mauritius, 
Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland   49 n.a. n.a. n.a. English 
2007 Africa (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Mali Bamako 20/02/2007 23/02/2007 Benin, Burkina Faso, 
Cape Verde, Guinea, 
Guinea Bissau, 
Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Senegal,  Togo Côte d'Ivoire  45 Yes Yes Yes French 
2007 Africa Other Sweden Stockholm  24/01/200 7 26/01/2007 Burundi, Ethiopia, 
Malawi, Mozambique, 
Rwanda, Sudan, 
Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia Kenya 
  28 n.a. n.a. n.a. English 
2007 Arab and 
Middle East 
Countries National Yemen Sana'a 20/11/2007 21/11/200 7 Yemen   64 No No No English 
2007 Asia and the 
Pacific National Indonesia Jakarta 24/07/2007 25/07/200 7  Indonesia  125 No No No English 
2007 Asia and the 
Pacific (Sub) Regional 
Workshop India New Delhi 24/04/2007 26/04/2007 Bangladesh, Bhutan, 
Maldives, Nepal India, Pakistan, Sri 
Lanka  37 Yes Yes Yes English  
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representatives from 
the standard-setting 
organizations Year Region SPS TA 
Activity Host Country Location From To 
LDCs Developing Developed Participants 
Codex OIE IPPCLanguage 
2007 Asia and the 
Pacific National Sri Lanka Colombo 21/03/2007 22/03/200 7  Sri Lanka  26 No No No English 
2007 Global SPS 
Specialized Trade Policy 
Course Switzerland Geneva 
(WTO) 15/10/2007 02/11/2007 Benin, Burkina Faso, 
Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Central 
African Republic, 
Djibouti, Guinea, Haiti, Madagascar, Mali, 
Mauritania, Niger, 
Senegal, Togo Cameroon, Georgia, 
Morocco, Mauritius, Tunisia, Turkey, 
Ukraine 
  24 Yes Yes Yes French 
2007 Latin America 
and the Caribbean National Nicaragua Managua 13/11/2007 15/11/2007  Nicaragua  64 No No No Spanish 
2007 Latin America 
and the 
Caribbean National El Salvador San Salva dor 25/09/2007 26/09/2007  El Salvador  45 No No No Spanish 
2007 Latin America 
and the 
Caribbeanb (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Jamaica Kingston 31/07/2007 02/08/ 2007 Haiti Antigua & Barbuda, 
Barbados, Belize, 
Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, 
Montserrat, St. Kitts & 
Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent &  the Grenadines, Suriname, 
Trinidad & Tobago  48 Yes Yes Yes English 
2007 Latin America 
and the 
Caribbean National  Ecuador Quito 06/06/2007 08/06/2007  Ecuador  37 No No No Spanish 
2007 Latin America 
and the Caribbean National 
Seminar Mexico Mexico City 
and Hermosillo 12/02/2007 16/02/2007  Mexico  276 No No No Spanish 
2006 Africa National 
Seminar Ethiopia Addis Ababa 20/09/2006 22/09/2006 Ethiopia   52 No Yes No English 
2006 Africa National 
Seminar Djibouti Djibouti 17/09/2006 20/09/2006 Djibouti   10 No Yes No French 
2006 Africa National 
Seminar Madagascar Antananarivo 13/07/2006 14/07/2006 Madagascar   34 No No No French 
2006 Africa National 
Seminar Angola Luanda 29/05/2006 31/05/2006 A ngola   30 No No No Portuguese 
2006 Africa National 
Seminar Rwanda Kigali 28/02/2006 02/03/2006 Rw anda   27 No No No English  
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Participating Countries Participation of 
representatives from 
the standard-setting 
organizations Year Region SPS TA 
Activity Host Country Location From To 
LDCs Developing Developed Participants 
Codex OIE IPPCLanguage 
2006 Arab and 
Middle East Countries (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Egypt Cairo 12/06/2006 15/06/2006   Iraq, Libya, Syria, 
Yemen, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, 
Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, 
Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  75 Yes Yes Yes English 
2006 Arab and 
Middle East 
Countries National 
Seminar Egypt Cairo 12/06/2006 15/06/2006   Egypt  75 No Yes No English 
2006 Asia and the 
Pacific Other Japan Tokyo 30/10/2006 31/10/2006    Japan 22 No No No English 
2006 Asia and the 
Pacific Other Vietnam Hanoi 10/10/2006 13/10/200 6 Cambodia Vietnam, Thailand  n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. English 
2006 Asia and the 
Pacific Other Sweden Stockholm 26/09/2006 28/09/2006 Ca mbodia, Laos, Nepal Cambodia, China, 
Indonesia, Laos, 
Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, 
Sri Lanka, Thailand, 
Vietnam   31 No No No English 
2006 Central and 
Eastern Europe and Central Asia National 
Seminar Bulgaria Sofia 25/07/2006 26/07/2006   Bulgaria  24 No No No English 
2006 Central and 
Eastern 
Europe and 
Central Asia (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Austria Vienna 17/07/2006 19/07/200 6   Belarus,  Kazakhstan, 
Russian Federation, 
Ukraine, Armenia, 
Georgia, Moldova  22 Yes Yes Yes English 
2006 Global SPS 
Specialized Trade Policy 
Course Switzerland Geneva 
(WTO) 16/10/2006 27/10/2006 Angola, Bhutan, Lao 
P.D.R. Nepal, Rwanda, Antigua and Barbuda, 
China, Dominica, Egypt, India, Indonesia, 
Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, 
Malaysia, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, 
Russian Federation, 
Swaziland, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, Tonga, 
Zimbabwe  24 Yes Yes Yes  
2006 Latin America 
and the 
Caribbean National 
Seminar Cuba Havana 15/11/2006 17/11/2006   Cuba  18 No No No Spanish  
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representatives from 
the standard-setting 
organizations Year Region SPS TA 
Activity Host Country Location From To 
LDCs Developing Developed Participants 
Codex OIE IPPCLanguage 
2006 Latin America 
and the Caribbean National 
Seminar Colombia Bogotá 03/11/2006 03/11/2006   Colombia  50 Yes Yes Yes Spanish 
2006 Latin America 
and the 
Caribbean (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Colombia Bogotá 30/10/2006 02/11/2006   Argentina, Bolivia, 
Colombia, Brazil, Chile, 
Ecuador, Panama, 
Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venzuela  68 Yes Yes Yes Spanish 
2005 Africa (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Mali Bamako 03/10/2005 07/10/2005 Benin, Burkina Faso, 
Guinea, Guinea Bissau, 
Mauritania, Mali,  
Senegal, Togo Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria  46 Yes Yes Yes French 
2005 Africa (Sub) Regional 
Workshop South Africa Johannesburg  01/08/200 5 05/08/2005 Angola, Democratic 
Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, 
Mozambique, Tanzania Botswana, Namibia, 
South Africa, Swaziland 47 Yes Yes Yes English 
2005 Africa (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Zambia Lusaka 19/07/2005 22/07/2005 Malawi,  Mozambique, 
Tanzania, Uganda, 
Zambia Botswana, Ghana, 
Kenya  27 Yes No No English 
2005 Africa Other South Africa  Johannesburg 21/03/ 2005 23/03/2005 Mozambique, Tanzania, 
Zambia Botswana, Egypt, 
Jordan, Mauritius, Morocco, Namibia, Palestine, South Africa, 
Swaziland, Tunisia   20 No No No English 
2005 Arab and 
Middle East 
Countries National 
Seminar Switzerland Geneva 
(WTO) 14/11/2005 18/11/2005  Iraq  24 No No No English 
2005 Asia and the 
Pacific Other Australia Melbourne 01/12/2005 01/12/2005 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. No No No English 
2005 Asia and the 
Pacific (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Fiji Suva 22/11/2005 24/11/ 2005 Kiribati, Samoa, 
Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu. Cook Islands, Fiji, 
Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, 
Niue, Palau, Papua New 
Guinea,  Tonga.  n.a. 44 Yes No Yes English 
2005 Asia and the 
Pacific (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Thailand Bangkok 10/10/2005 12/10/ 2005 Cambodia, Lao PDR, 
Myanmar China, Indonesia, 
Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, 
Viet Nam n.a. 59 Yes Yes Yes English 
2005 Asia and the 
Pacific National 
Seminar India New Delhi 17/04/2005 20/04/2005  India  75 Yes No No English  
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Participating Countries Participation of 
representatives from 
the standard-setting 
organizations Year Region SPS TA 
Activity Host Country Location From To 
LDCs Developing Developed Participants 
Codex OIE IPPCLanguage 
2005 Asia and the 
Pacific National 
Seminar Chinese Taipei Taipei 29/03/2005 30/03/2005  Chinese Taipei  150 Yes No No English 
2005 Global SPS 
Specialized Trade Policy 
Course Switzerland Geneva 
(WTO) 31/10/2005 11/11/2005 Haiti, Mozamb ique Argentina, Belize, 
Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican 
Republic, Ecuador, El 
Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, 
Nicaragua, Panama, 
Paraguay, Peru, Sao Tome and Principe, 
Uruguay  21 No No No Spanish 
2005 Latin America 
and the 
Caribbean (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Nicaragua Managua 30/11/2005 02/ 12/2005  Bolivia, Colombia, 
Costa Rica, Cuba, 
Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, 
Guatemala, Honduras, 
Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama,  Peru  55 Yes Yes Yes Spanish 
2005 Latin America 
and the Caribbean National 
Seminar Ecuador Quito 11/09/2005 13/09/2005  Ecuador  25 No No No Spanish 
2005 Latin America 
and the 
Caribbean (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Jamaica Kingston 16/02/2005 18/02/ 2005  Antigua and Barbuda, 
Bahamas, Barbados, 
Belize, Bulgaria, Cuba, 
Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, 
Montserrat, Saint Lucia, 
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, 
Trinidad and Tobago   57 Yes Yes Yes English 
2004 Africa Other Sweden Stockholm 26/09/2004 22/10/2004 Mozambique, Tanzania, 
Zambia Botswana, Egypt, 
Morocco, Jordan, 
Mauritius, Namibia, Palestine, Swaziland, 
South Africa, Tunisia  21 No No No English 
2004 Africa (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Madagascar Antananarivo 18/08/ 2004 20/08/2004 Burundi, Central 
African Republic, 
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, 
Madagascar, Rwanda  Congo  50 Yes Yes No French  
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representatives from 
the standard-setting 
organizations Year Region SPS TA 
Activity Host Country Location From To 
LDCs Developing Developed Participants 
Codex OIE IPPCLanguage 
2004 Africa (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Mozambique Maputo 10/02/2004 12/02/2004 Angola, Lesotho, 
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia   Botswana, Namibia, 
Nigeria, South Africa, Swaziland, Zimbabwe  37 Yes Yes Yes English 
2004 Arab and 
Middle East 
Countries National 
Seminar United Arab 
Emirates Dubai 25/09/2004 26/09/2004  United Arab Emirates  30 No No No English 
2004 Arab and 
Middle East 
Countries National 
Seminar Yemen Saana 14/09/2004 15/09/2004  Yemen  48 No No No English/ 
Arabic 
2004 Arab and 
Middle East Countries (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Lebanese 
Republic Beirut 04/05/2004 06/05/2004 Yemen Bahrain, Jordan, 
Lebanese Republic, Oman, Saudi Arabia, 
Syria, United Arab 
Emirates   70 Yes Yes Yes English/ 
Arabic 
2004 Asia and the 
Pacific Other Australia Melbourne 09/12/2004 09/12/2004 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. No No No English 
2004 Asia and the 
Pacific (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Singapore Singapore 30/11/2004 02/12/200 4 Cambodia China, Indonesia, 
Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Chinese 
Taipei, Thailand, Viet 
Nam  39 Yes Yes Yes English 
2004 Asia and the 
Pacific National 
Seminar Tonga Nuku'alofa 30/11/2004 01/12/2004  Tonga  23 No No No English 
2004 Asia and the 
Pacific (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Bangladesh Dhaka 18/10/2004 20/10//2004 Bangladesh, Ne pal Sri Lanka, Pakistan  38 Yes Yes Yes English 
2004 Asia and the 
Pacific National 
Seminar Maldives Male 28/09/2004 29/09/2004 Maldives   25 No No No English 
2004 Asia and the 
Pacific Other Thailand Chiang Mai 12/07/200 4 16/07/2004 Bangladesh, Bhutan, 
Cambodia, Lao PDR, 
Myanmar Brunei Darussalam, 
India, Indonesia, Iran, 
Malaysia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, 
Philippines, Singapore, 
Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam   40 Yes Yes No English 
2004 Central and 
Eastern 
Europe and 
Central Asia National 
Seminar Turkey Ankara 27/09/2004 29/09/2004  Turkey  100 No No No English/ 
Turkish  
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2004 Central and 
Eastern Europe and 
Central Asia (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Austria Vienna 27/07/2004 29/07/200 4   Armenia, Azerbaijan, 
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine, 
Uzbekistan  29 Yes Yes Yes English 
2004 Central and 
Eastern 
Europe and Central Asia National 
Seminar Moldova Chisinau 28/04/2004 30/04/2004   Moldova  60 No No No English 
2004 Europe Other Switzerland Lausanne and 
Geneva 14/06/2004 18/06/2004 Maldives, Nepal, 
Rwanda Egypt, Guatemala, 
Malaysia, Mongolia, 
Nigeria, Viet Nam Switzerland 28 No No No English 
2004 Latin America 
and the 
Caribbean National 
Seminar São Tomé e 
Príncipe São Tomé 07/09/2004 09/09/2004  São Tomé e Príncipe  25 No No No Portuguese 
2004 Latin America 
and the Caribbean (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Chile Santiago 09/03/2004 11/03/2004   Argentina, Brazil, Chile, 
Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, 
Venezuela  52 Yes Yes Yes Spanish 
2003 Africa (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Uganda Kampala 11/11/2003 13/11/2003 Eritrea, Ethiopia,  
Sudan, Tanzania, 
Uganda Kenya  35 Yes Yes Yes English 
2003 Africa National 
Seminar Nigeria Abuja 08/10/2003 09/10/2003   Nigeria  30 No No No English 
2003 Africa National 
Seminar Gambia Banjul 01/10/2003 02/10/2003 Gambia   20 No No No English 
2003 Africa (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Benin  Cotonou 14/05/2003 16/05/ 2003 Benin, Burkina Faso, 
Mali, Mauritania, 
Senegal, Togo Côte d'Ivoire  45 Yes No No French 
2003 Arab and 
Middle East Countries National 
Seminar Bahrain  Manama 14/10/2003 15/10/2003    Bahrain  26 No No No English 
2003 Arab and 
Middle East 
Countries National 
Seminar Lebanese 
Republic Beirut 04/09/2003 04/09/2003   Lebanese  Republic  40 No No No English/ 
Arabic 
2003 Arab and 
Middle East 
Countries (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Cyprus Nicosia 02/06/2003 04/06/2003   Cyprus, Egypt, Jordan, 
Lebanese Republic, 
Syria  36 Yes Yes No English 
2003 Asia and the 
Pacific (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Sri Lanka Colombo 09/12/2003 10/12/2003 Bangladesh, Cambodia, 
Lao PDR, Myanmar India, Pakistan, Sri 
Lanka, Viet Nam  n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. English 
2003 Asia and the 
Pacific Other Australia Brisbane 02/12/2003 02/12/2003 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. No No No English  
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Codex OIE IPPCLanguage 
2003 Asia and the 
Pacific (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Indonesia Jakarta 05/03/2003 07/03/200 3 Cambodia Indonesia, Malaysia, 
Philippines, Thailand, Viet Nam  18 Yes Yes Yes English 
2003 Central and 
Eastern 
Europe and 
Central Asia (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Albania Tirana 20/10/2003 23/10/200 3   Albania, Bosnia and 
Herzegovina, Bulgaria, 
Croatia, FYR of 
Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro  32 n.a. Yes Yes English 
2003 Central and 
Eastern 
Europe and 
Central Asia National 
Seminar Kyrgyz 
Republic Bishkek 30/08/2003 01/09/2003   Kyrgyz Republic  30 No No No English/ 
Russian 
2003 Central and 
Eastern Europe and 
Central Asia National 
Seminar Georgia Tblisi 15/08/2003 17/08/2003   Georgia  30 No No No English/ 
Russian 
2003 Europe Other Sweden Stockholm 28/09/2003 24/ 10/2003 Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, 
Malawi, Mali, Rwanda, 
Senegal, Uganda Cameroon, Côte 
d'Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, 
FYR of Macedonia, Nigeria  29 No No No English 
2003 Europe Other Sweden Stockholm 30/04/2003 01/ 05/2003   Albania, Bosnia and 
Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, FYR of 
Macedonia, Moldova, 
Romania, Serbia and Montenegro  26 No No No English 
2003 Latin America 
and the 
Caribbean (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Saint Kitts and 
Nevis Basseterre 22/07/2003 24/07/2003   Antigua and Barbuda, 
Dominica, Grenada, 
Saint Kitts and Nevis, 
Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the 
Grenadines,  15 No No No English 
2003 Latin America 
and the 
Caribbean (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Uruguay Montevideo 21/07/2003 23/07/2003   Argentina, Bolivia, 
Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, 
Uruguay  50 Yes Yes Yes Spanish 
2003 Latin America 
and the Caribbean National 
Seminar Bolivia La Paz 05/05/2003 07/05/2003   Bolivia  n.a. No No No Spanish  
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organizations Year Region SPS TA 
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Codex OIE IPPCLanguage 
2003 Latin America 
and the Caribbean (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Ecuador Quito 28/04/2003 30/04/2003   Bolivia, Chile, 
Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, 
Venezuela  41 Yes No Yes Spanish 
2003 Latin America 
and the 
Caribbean (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Dominican 
Republic Santo 
Domingo 24/03/2003 26/03/2003   Cuba, Dominican 
Republic, El Salvador, 
Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Venezuela  48 Yes Yes Yes Spanish 
2003 North America Other United States Washington, 
DC 08/03/2003 09/03/2003     United States 50 No No No English 
2002 Africa (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Angola Luanda 09/12/2002 11/12/ 2002 Angola, Cape Verde, 
Guinea Bissau, 
Mozambique, Sao Tome 
and Principe   60 Yes Yes Yes English/ 
Portuguese 
2002 Africa (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Lesotho Maseru 02/12/2002 05/12/2002  Lesotho   Botswana, Namibia, 
South Africa, Zimbabwe 26 Yes Yes Yes English 
2002 Africa (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Tunisia Tunis 30/09/2002 01/10/2002   Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, 
Jordan, Lebanese Republic, Malta, 
Morocco, 
Tunisia,Turkey  60 Yes Yes Yes English/ 
French 
2002 Africa (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Zambia Lusaka 03/06/2002 05/06/2002 Ethiopia, Malawi, 
Sudan, Uganda, 
Tanzania, Zambia Kenya, Seychelles  46 Yes Yes Yes English 
2002 Africa National 
Seminar Mauritius Port Louis  31/05/ 2002 31/05/2002   Mauritius  40 No No No English 
2002 Arab and 
Middle East Countries National 
Seminar Oman Muscat 08/04/2002 09/04/2002   Oman  30 No No No English 
2002 Arab and 
Middle East 
Countries (Sub) Regional 
Workshop United Arab 
Emirates Dubai  03/02/2002 05/02/2002   Bahrein, Kuwait, Oman, 
Qatar, Saudi Arabia, 
United Arab Emirates  40 Yes Yes Yes English 
2002 Asia and the 
Pacific Other China Beijing 11/12/2002 12/12/2002   China, Korea, Malaysia, 
Thailand  New Zealand, 
United States 57 No Yes Yes English 
2002 Asia and the 
Pacific Other Australia Brisbane 25/02/2002 01/ 03/2002   China, India, Indonesia, 
Korea, Malaysia, 
Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam Australia, 
Japan, New 
Zealand n.a. No No No English 
2002 Asia and the 
Pacific National 
Seminar China Beijing 01/02/2002 01/02/2002   China  40 No No No English  
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Codex OIE IPPCLanguage 
2002 Asia and the 
Pacific National 
Seminar China Beijing 28/01/2002 30/01/2002   China  40 No No No English 
2002 Asia and the 
Pacific National 
Seminar China Beijing 25/01/2002 25/01/2002   China  20 No No No English 
2002 Asia and the 
Pacific National 
Seminar China Xiamen 22/01/2002 23/01/2002   China  150 No No No English 
2002 Central and 
Eastern Europe and 
Central Asia (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Russia Moscow 03/09/2002 05/09/2002   Albania, Armenia, 
Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and 
Herzegovina, Croatia, 
FYR of Macedonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, 
Kyrgyz Republic, 
Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, 
Turkmenistan, Ukraine, 
Uzbekistan  51 Yes Yes Yes English/ 
Russian 
2002 Europe (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Estonia Tallinn 05/03/2002 07/03/2002     Estonia, Latvia, 
Lithuania 35 Yes Yes Yes English 
2002 Latin America 
and the Caribbean National 
Seminar Paraguay Asuncion 21/10/2002 22/10/2002   Paraguay  72 No No No Spanish 
2002 Latin America 
and the Caribbean Other Dominican 
Republic n.a. 14/09/2002 20/09/2002 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. No Yes No Spanish 
2002 Latin America 
and the 
Caribbean (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Barbados Bridgetown 11/09/2002 13/ 09/2002   Antigua and Barbuda, 
Dominica, Dominican 
Republic, Grenada, 
Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, 
Saint Vincent and the 
Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago  37 Yes Yes Yes English 
2002 Latin America 
and the 
Caribbean (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Panama Panama City 03/06/2002 05/ 06/2002   Belize, Costa Rica, 
Cuba, Dominican 
Republic, El Salvador, 
Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama  53 Yes No No Spanish 
2002 Latin America 
and the 
Caribbean National 
Seminar Peru Lima 27/05/2002 28/05/2002   Peru  60 No No No Spanish  
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organizations Year Region SPS TA 
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Codex OIE IPPCLanguage 
2002 Latin America 
and the Caribbean (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Peru Lima 22/05/2002 24/05/2002   Brazil, Chile, El 
Salvador, Jamaica, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru Canada, New 
Zealand, United States 30 n.a. n.a. n.a. English 
2002 Latin America 
and the 
Caribbean (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Mexico Merida 16/05/2002 17/05/2002   China, Indonesia, 
Korea, Malaysia, 
Mexico, Papua New 
Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Chinese 
Taipei, Thailand Viet 
Nam Australia, 
Japan, New 
Zealand, United 
States 50 No No No English 
2001 Africa National 
Seminar Kenya Nairobi 28/08/2001 29/08/2001   Kenya  n.a. Yes Yes Yes English 
2001 Africa (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Cameroon Yaoundé 05/06/2001 07/06/2001 Central African 
Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of 
the Congo, Equatorial 
Guinea  Cameroon,  Gabon  45 Yes Yes Yes French 
2001 Africa Other Botswana Gaborone 05/03/200 1 09/03/2001 Angola, Democratic 
Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, 
Mozambique, Tanzania, 
Zambia Botswana, Mauritius, 
Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, 
Swaziland,  Zimbabwe  25 No No No English 
2001 Africa National 
Seminar Egypt Cairo 05/02/2001 05/02/2001   Egypt  40 No No No English 
2001 Africa (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Egypt Cairo 31/01/2001 31/01/2001 Mauritani a, Sudan Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, 
Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, 
Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia,Tunisia, United 
Arab Emirates   n.a. No No No English 
2001 Africa National 
Seminar Democratic 
Republic of the 
Congo Kinshasa 15/01/2001 19/01/2001 Democratic Republic of 
the Congo    40 No No No English 
2001 Asia and the 
Pacific National 
Seminar Chinese Taipei Taipei 03/12/2001 06/12/2001   Chinese Taipei  n.a. No No No English  
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Codex OIE IPPCLanguage 
2001 Central and 
Eastern Europe and 
Central Asia (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Iran Tehran 05/03/2001 08/03/2001   Albania, Armenia, 
Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and 
Herzegovina, Croatia, 
FYR of Macedonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, 
Kyrgyz Republic, 
Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, 
Turkmenistan, Ukraine, 
Uzbekistan  130 Yes Yes Yes English 
2000 Africa Other Morocco Casablanca 13/11/2000 13/11/2000   Morocco  n.a. No No No French 
2000 Africa (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Côte d'Ivoire Abidjan 16/05/2000 17/05/2000 Burkina Faso , Mali  Côte d'Ivoire  8 Yes Yes Yes French 
2000 Africa National 
Seminar Mali Bamako 03/04/2000 07/04/2000 Mali    n.a. No No No French 
2000 Africa Other Senegal Dakar 24/01/2000 26/ 01/2000 Benin, Burkina Faso, 
Guinea, Mali, Niger, 
Senegal, Togo Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, 
Mauritius,  Nigeria  70 Yes Yes Yes French 
2000 Arab and 
Middle East 
Countries National 
Seminar Turkey Ankara 21/09/2000 21/09/2000   Turkey  60 No No No English/ 
Turkish 
2000 Arab and 
Middle East Countries National 
Seminar Jordan Amman 05/06/2000 06/06/2000   Jordan  130 No No No English 
2000 Arab and 
Middle East 
Countries Other United Arab 
Emirates Dubai  28/03/2000 29/03/2000   Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, 
Qatar, Saudi Arabia, 
United Arab Emirates  n.a. Yes No No English 
2000 Asia and the 
Pacific Other Belarus Minsk 14/12/2000 14/12/ 2000   Armenia, Azerbaijan, 
Belarus, Georgia, 
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, 
Russia, Ukraine, 
Uzbekistan  n.a. No No No English 
2000 Asia and the 
Pacific Other Philippines Manila 20/11/2000 20/11/2000   Philippines  40 Yes No No English  
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the standard-setting 
organizations Year Region SPS TA 
Activity Host Country Location From To 
LDCs Developing Developed Participants 
Codex OIE IPPCLanguage 
2000 Asia and the 
Pacific (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Australia Adelaide 21/02/2000 25/02/2000   Argentina, Brazil, Chile, 
China, Cuba, Egypt, India, Korea, Malaysia, 
Morocco, Nigeria, 
Philippines, Singapore, Swaziland, Thailand, 
Uruguay, Viet Nam Canada, 
European Communities 60 Yes No No English 
2000 Europe National 
Seminar Portugal Lisbon n.a. n.a.      n.a. No No No Portuguese 
2000 Latin America 
and the 
Caribbean National 
Seminar Panama Panama City 17/10/2000 18/10/2000   Panama  50 Yes No No Spanish 
2000 Latin America 
and the Caribbean (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Uruguay Montevideo 10/10/2000 11/10/2000   Argentina, Brazil, 
Panama, Uruguay  n.a. n.a. n.a.  n.a. Spanish 
2000 Latin America 
and the 
Caribbean Other Brazil Fortaleza 08/08/2000 10/08/2000 n.a. Brazil n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 
2000 Latin America 
and the 
Caribbean National 
Seminar Cuba La Habana 29/05/2000 30/05/2000   Cuba  n.a. Yes No No Spanish 
1999 Africa (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Namibia Windhoek 29/03/1999 01/04/ 1999 Angola, Democratic 
Republic of the Congo, 
Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, 
Zambia Botswana, Mauritius, 
Namibia, Seychelles, 
South Africa, Swaziland, Zimbabwe  74 Yes Yes Yes English 
1999 Arab and 
Middle East 
Countries National 
Seminar Jordan Amman 24/11/1999 25/11/1999   Jordan  20 No No No English 
1999 Arab and 
Middle East Countries National 
Seminar Bahrain Manama 22/11/1999 22/11/1999   Bahrain  20 No No No English 
1999 Asia and the 
Pacific National 
Seminar Mongolia Ulaanbaatar 16/09/1999 17/09/1999   Mongolia  15 No No No English 
1999 Asia and the 
Pacific Other Australia Melbourne 25/02/1999 26/02/1999 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. English 
1999 Latin America 
and the 
Caribbean (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Costa Rica San Jose 24/02/1999 25/02/1999   Costa Rica, Dominican 
Republic, El Salvador, 
Guatemala, Honduras, 
Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama  26 No No No Spanish  
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1998 Africa National 
Seminar Uganda Kampala n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. No Yes No English 
1998 Asia and the 
Pacific (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Philippines Manila 30/06/1998 03/07/1998 Cambodia, Myanmar, 
Samoa, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu Fiji, Indonesia, 
Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Chinese Taipei, 
Tonga, Viet Nam  New Zealand, 
United States 72 Yes Yes Yes English 
1997 Africa National 
Seminar Nigeria Abuja 19/11/1997 20/11/1997   Nigeria  n.a. Yes No No English 
1997 Africa National 
Seminar Kenya Nairobi 24/06/1997 24/06/1997   Kenya  n.a. No No No English 
1997 Africa National 
Seminar Ghana Accra 09/06/1997 09/06/1997   Ghana  40 No No No English 
1997 Asia and the 
Pacific (Sub) Regional 
Workshop India New Delhi 30/09/1997 01/10/1997 Bangladesh, Maldives, 
Nepal China, Pakistan, Sri 
Lanka  15 Yes Yes Yes English 
1997 Europe Other Switzerland Geneva 
(WTO) 26/03/1997 26/03/1997 Ha ïti, Senegal Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, 
Morocco   France n.a. n.a. n. a. n.a. French 
1997 Europe Other Switzerland Geneva 
(WTO) 12/03/1997 12/03/1997   Argentina, Brazil, Chile, 
Colombia, Ecuador, 
Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela Spain n.a. n.a. n. a. n.a. Spanish 
1997 Europe Other Switzerland Geneva 
(WTO) 06/03/1997 06/03/1997   Chile, Czech Republic, 
Egypt, India, Mauritius, Morocco, Pakistan, 
Philippines, Slovenia, 
South Africa,Thailand Canada, Spain, 
Norway n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. English 
1997 Latin America 
and the Caribbean (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Colombia Bogota n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. No Yes No Spanish 
1997 Latin America 
and the 
Caribbean National 
Seminar Venezuela Caracas 11/12/1997 11/12/1997   Venezuela  n.a. No No No Spanish  
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organizations Year Region SPS TA 
Activity Host Country Location From To 
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Codex OIE IPPCLanguage 
1997 Latin America 
and the Caribbean Other Trinidad & 
Tobago Port of Spain 09/12/1997 11/12/ 1997 Haïti Antigua and Barbuda, 
Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, 
Dominican Republic, 
Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Netherlands 
Antilles, Saint Kitts and 
Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the 
Grenadines, Suriname, 
Trinidad and Tobago   n.a. No Yes No English 
1997 Latin America 
and the Caribbean (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Mexico Mexico City 23/01/1997 23/01/1997 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. English 
1996 Africa (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Egypt Cairo 18/12/1996 19/12/1996   Egypt, Israel, Jordan, 
Morocco, Tunisia   60 Yes Yes Yes English 
1996 Africa (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Zimbabwe Harare 18/11/1996 22/11/1996 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. Yes No No English 
1996 Arab and 
Middle East 
Countries (Sub) Regional 
Workshop United Arab 
Emirates Dubai  15/12/1996 16/12/1996 Yeme n Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, 
Qatar, Saudi Arabia, 
United Arab Emirates  40 Yes Yes Yes English 
1996 Europe (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Russia Moscow 09/07/1996 10/07/1996   Belarus,  Kazakhstan, 
Moldova,  Russia, 
Ukraine  80 Yes Yes Yes English 
1996 Europe (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Czech Republic Prague 28/03/1996 29/ 03/1996   Albania, Bulgaria, 
Croatia, Czech 
Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, 
Lithuania, FYR of 
Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovak 
Republic, Slovenia United States 40 Yes Yes Yes English/ 
Czech 
1995 Africa (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Pretoria South Africa 07/11/1995 08/11/1995 Lesotho, Zambia Kenya, Mauritius, 
Namibia, South Africa, 
Swaziland,  Zimbabwe United States n.a. Yes Yes Yes English 
1995 Africa (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Senegal Dakar 02/11/1995 03/11/ 1995 Burkina Faso, Mali , 
Senegal    n.a. Yes Yes Yes French/ 
English  
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1995 Latin America 
and the Caribbean (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Mexico Mexico City 01/05/1996 01/05/1996   Argentina, Barbados, 
Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, 
Honduras, Mexico, 
Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Saint Lucia, 
Uruguay, Venezuela  Canada, United 
States 80 Yes Yes Yes English/ 
Spanish 
1995 Latin America 
and the 
Caribbean Other Honduras Tegucigalpa 30/ 11/1995 01/12/1995   Honduras  40 n.a. n.a. n.a. Spanish 
1995 Latin America 
and the Caribbean Other Colombia Bogota 19/07/1995 19/07/1995   Colombia  150 No Yes No English 
1994 Asia and the 
Pacific (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Thailand Bangkok 08/11/1994 09/11/199 4   Indonesia, Malaysia, 
Philippines, South 
Korea, Thailand  55 Yes Yes Yes English 
n.a.: information not available 
 a Also invited: Eritrea and Libya. 
 b Also invited: Bahamas. 
 
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