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G/SPS/GEN/521/Rev.7 
5 March 2012 
 (12-1230) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  
 
 
 
SPS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AN D TRAINING ACTIVITIES 
1 SEPTEMBER 1994 TO 31 DECEMBER 2011 
 
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 2011. 
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, 242 SPS training activities have been undertaken by the WTO Secretariat from 
1 September 1994 to 31 December 2011.  In 2011,  21 SPS training activities were undertaken:  four 
regional or sub-regional workshops , ten national seminars, six othe r activities (including one Special 
SPS workshop held back to back  with the October SPS Committee meeting) and one Advanced SPS 
Course.
2 
5. For each of these 242 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 Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), and the International Plant Protection Co nvention (IPPC) Secretariat participated in the 
activity. 
                                                      
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. 
2 The Advanced SPS Course includes a follow-up activity which is held back-to-back with the July 
SPS Committee meeting of the following year. G/SPS/GEN/521/Rev.7 
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  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 in cludes other types of SPS-specific activities 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 Introd uction 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 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, IPPC and the OIE), as well 
as with regional organizations, when appropriate.  Since 1994, the Codex has participated in 88 
activities, while the IPPC Secretariat participat ed in 75 activities and the OIE in 87 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 of fered each year since 2005.  This Advanced SPS  
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 Advanced SPS course is sch eduled for October 2012, and it will be held in 
French. 
10. In addition to the above-menti oned 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:  English, French and Spanish.  
11. At the beginning of 2011, Members were in formed of all planned technical assistance 
activities and interested officials were invite d to submit applications for specific events 
(G/SPS/GEN/997/Rev.1).
3 The Codex, IPPC and OIE secretariats also drew attention to this 
information on SPS training activities in their respectiv e meetings.  More than 300 applications were 
received for the six SPS-related activities, other th an national seminars and E-Learning, that were 
offered by the WTO Secretariat in 2011; 231 candidates were selected in total.4  For the Advanced 
SPS course, candidates were required to have prev iously completed the WTO E-Learning course on 
the SPS Agreement.  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.  Applicants were requested to provi de information that indicated how their professional 
responsibilities were related to the SPS Agreement,  and the endorsement of Members' permanent 
                                                      
3Starting in 2010, the Secretariat in troduced a more structured appr oach for its SPS training activities 
whereby Members are informed of all planned technical assistance activities at the beginning of the year and 
interested official are invited to submit applications for specific events  (as contained in G/SPS/GEN/997 and 
subsequent revisions).  
4 In the case of the Regional Work shop for the Caribbean, very few applications were initially received 
from interested government officials and as such, th e Inter-American Developmen t Bank (IDB) assisted in 
further disseminating information on the workshop, resulting in additional officials being nominated to 
participate in this Regional Workshop.   G/SPS/GEN/521/Rev.7 
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  representations to the WTO was sought before the fi nal selection of participants.  The Secretariat 
endeavoured to ensure that the selected particip ants represented 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 nati onal notification authorities; and other officials 
responsible for coordination of WTO trade issu es and SPS matters within their governments.   
12. The Secretariat considers that this more "d emand-driven" approach, based on applications 
from interested officials, together with the pre-re quisite of completion of the SPS E-Learning course, 
has resulted in a more homogeneous and higher leve l of background knowledge by participants, and 
permitted the delivery of more a dvanced and effective training ac tivities during 2010 and 2011.  The 
Secretariat will organize its 2012 training activiti es in this manner, as indicated in document 
G/SPS/GEN/997/Rev.2. 
13. Chart 1 below lists the breakdown of the type  of activities undertaken in 2011 and Chart 2 
shows the number of activities per year. 
Chart 1 - SPS Technical Assistance Activities 2011 
 
 
 
Chart 2 - SPS Technical Assistance  Activities per year, 1994-2011 
 
 
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  Chart 3 - Type of SPS Technical Assistance Activities, 1994-2011 
 
 
 
14. Chart 3 presents a breakdown of the type of  activity undertaken since 1994:  106 national 
seminars, 77 regional or sub-regional workshops, 52  "other" activities and seven advanced courses on 
the SPS Agreement. 
Chart 4 - SPS Technical Assistance Activities per Region, 1994-2011 
 
 
 
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 SPS TA and training activities per region and per type 
of activity.  Overall, a total of 9,335 people have been given training by the WTO Secretariat on the 
SPS Agreement since 1994.  G/SPS/GEN/521/Rev.7 
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  Chart 5 - Participants per Region, 1994-2011 
 
 
 
 
Chart 6 - Breakdown of country participation from 1994 to 2011 
 
 
 
16. As shown in Chart 6, 32 per cent of the bene ficiaries of all SPS TA and training activities 
undertaken by the Secretariat have been from least-developed countries (LDCs), 66 per cent from 
developing countries, and two pe r cent from developed countries. G/SPS/GEN/521/Rev.7 
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  Chart 7 - Language breakdown of SPS Technical Assistance activities - 1994-2011 
 
 
 
17. Chart 7 presents the language breakdown of all SPS TA and training activities that have been 
undertaken.  Overall, 64 per cent of activities have be en conducted in English, 18 per cent in Spanish, 
and 11 per cent in French.  The remaining seven per cent have been undertaken in other languages, 
including Arabic, Portuguese, Turkish and Russian.5 
 
                                                      
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 excep tion of activities conducted in Portuguese).  
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SPS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AN D TRAINING ACTIVITIES 
(1 SEPTEMBER 1994 TO 31 DECEMBER 2011) 
 
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
2011 Africa National 
seminar Burundi Bujumbura 25/1/2011 28/1/2011 Burundi     40 No No No French 
2011 Africa National 
seminar Senegal Dakar 3/10/2011 5/ 10/2011 Senegal     30 No No No French 
2011 Africa National 
seminar Namibia Windhoek 18/10/2011 19/10/2011   Namibia   23 No No No English 
2011 Africa National 
seminar Gabon Libreville 5/12/2011 7/12/2011   Gabon   49 No No No French 
2011 Africa (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Mali Bamako 15/11/2011 18/11/2011 Angola, Benin, Burkina 
Faso, Burundi, Central 
African Republic, 
Comoros, Democratic 
Rep. of the Congo, 
Madagascar, Mali, Sao 
Tomé and Principe, 
Senegal, Togo Gabon, Morocco   52 Yes Yes Yes French 
2011 Africa (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Kenya Nairobi 22/11/2011 25/11/2011 Ethiopia, Lesotho, 
Malawi, Tanzania, 
Uganda, Zambia Botswana, Egypt, Ghana, 
Kenya, Nigeria, Seychelles, 
Swaziland, Zimbabwe   51 Yes Yes Yes English 
2011 Arab and 
Middle East 
Countries (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Qatar Doha 27/11/2011 30/ 11/2011 Sudan, Yemen Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, 
Oman, Qatar, Tunisia   43 Yes Yes Yes English, 
Arabic 
2011 Asia and the 
Pacific National 
seminar Chinese 
Taipei Taipei 27/09/2011 29/09/2011   Chinese Taipei   58 No No No English 
2011 Asia and the 
Pacific National 
seminar Samoa Apia 1/11/2011 3/11/2011 Samoa     38 No No No English 
2011 Central and 
Eastern 
Europe and 
Central Asia National 
seminar Iran, Islamic 
Republic of Tehran 13/06/2011 15/06/2011   Iran, Islamic Republic of   88 No No No English 
2011 Central and 
Eastern 
Europe and 
Central Asia Other Sweden Stockholm 2/2/ 2011 4/2/2011   Iraq   28 No No No English  
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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
2011 Central and 
Eastern 
Europe and 
Central Asia Other Sweden Stockholm 9/ 3/2011 11/3/2011   Bosnia and Herzegovina, 
Georgia, The former 
Yugoslav Republic of 
Macedonia, Moldova   24 No No No English 
2011 Global Advanced SPS 
Course Switzerland Geneva 10/10/2011 28/10/2011 Central African 
Republic, Malawi, 
Mozambique, Nepal, 
Tanzania, Togo Barbados, Belize, 
Botswana, Egypt, 
Guatemala, Honduras, 
Jamaica, Jordan, 
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz 
Republic, Mauritius, 
Mexico, Panama, 
Seychelles, Swaziland, 
Syrian Arab Republic, 
Ukraine, Zimbabwe   24 Yes Yes Yes English 
2011 Global Special SPS 
Workshop Switzerland Geneva 17/10/2011 21/10/2011 Angola, Benin, Bhutan, 
Burkina Faso, Burundi, 
Central African 
Republic, Comoros, 
Democratic Rep. of the 
Congo, Lao People's 
Democratic Rep., 
Lesotho, Madagascar, 
Malawi, Malí, Nepal, 
Sao Tome and Principe, 
Senegal, Sudan, Togo, 
Uganda, Zambia Argentina, Belize, 
Botswana, Brazil, Chile, 
China, Colombia, Egypt, 
Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, 
Honduras, Kazakhstan, 
Morocco, Pakistan, 
Panama, Paraguay, Peru, 
Philippines, Serbia, 
Seychelles, Syrian Arab 
Republic, Chinese Taipei, 
Tanzania, Thailand, 
Trinidad and Tobago, 
Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine   54 Yes Yes Yes English, 
French, 
Spanish 
2011 Global Other Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 15/3/2011 17/3/2011 Bangladesh Azerbaijan, Brunei, Iran, 
Kyrgyz Republic, 
Malaysia, Maldives, 
Suriname, Turkey, 
Uzbekistan   35 No No No English 
2011 Global Other Sweden Stockholm 30/ 03/2011  31/03/2011 Yemen Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, 
Morocco, Palestinian 
Authority, Syrian Arab 
Republic, Tunisia   29 No No No English 
2011 Latin America 
and the 
Caribbean National 
seminar Colombia Bogota 8/4/2011 8/4/2011   Colombia   28 No No No Spanish 
2011 Latin America 
and the 
Caribbean National 
seminar Nicaragua Managua 28/09/2011 30/09/2011   Nicaragua   35 No No No Spanish  
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Activity Host   Location  From To Participants Participants Participation of 
representatives from 
the standard-setting 
organizations Language 
LDCs Developing Developed Codex OIE IPPC
2011 Latin America 
and the 
Caribbean National 
seminar Panama Panama City 5/10/2011 7/10/2011   Panama   30 No Yes No Spanish 
2011 Latin America 
and the 
Caribbean Other Argentina Buenos Aires 30/05/2011 31/05/2011   Argentina,  Brazil, Mexico, 
Uruguay   41 No No No Spanish 
2011 Latin America 
and the 
Caribbean (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Barbados Bridgetown 26/07/2011 29/07/2011 Haiti Antigua & Barbuda, 
Bahamas, Barbados, 
Belize, Dominica, Grenada, 
Jamaica, St Vincent & the 
Grenadines, Suriname, 
Trinidad and Tobago   32 Yes Yes Yes English 
2010 Africa National 
seminar Nigeria  Abuja  26/07/2010 29/07/2010  Nigeria  50 No No No English 
2010 Africa National 
seminar Madagascar Antananarivo 30/03/2010 31/03/2010 Madagascar   61 No No No French 
2010 Africa National 
seminar Seychelles Mahé 25/03/2010 26/03/2010 Seychelles   19 No No No English 
2010 Arab and 
Middle East 
Countries Other Sweden  Stockholm  13/10/2010 15/10/2010  Iraq  24 No No No English 
2010 Asia and the 
Pacific National 
seminar Samoa  Apia  28/09/2010 29/09/2010 Samoa   19 No No No English 
2010 Asia and the 
Pacific National 
seminar China Yantal 15/09/2010 16/09/2010  China  20 No No No English 
2010 Arab and 
Middle East 
Countries Other Sweden  Stockholm  01/09/2010 03/09/2010  Iraq  28 No No No English 
2010 Asia and the 
Pacific and 
Central and 
Eastern 
European & 
Central Asian 
Countries Regional 
Workshop Sri Lanka  Colombo  23/11/2010 26/11/2010  Afghanistan, Armenia, 
Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, 
Cook Islands, Croatia, 
India, Indonesia, Israel, 
Korea, Kyrgyz Republic, 
Philippines, Chinese 
Taipei, Turkey, Viet Nam  45 Yes Yes Yes English  
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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
2010 Asia, 
Latin America, 
Pacific and 
Central and 
Eastern 
European, 
&Countries 
Caribbean Advanced SPS 
Course Switzerland Geneva 11/10/2010 29/10/2010 Bangladesh, Lao 
People's Democratic 
Rep., Sudan, Zambia, 
Bhutan Belarus, China, Ghana, 
India, Indonesia, Iran, 
Kenya, Mali, Namibia, 
Peru, Philippines, Sri 
Lanka, Suriname, 
Swaziland, Chinese Taipei,
Trinidad and Tobago, 
Turkey, Ukraine, Viet Nam 26 Yes Yes Yes English 
2010 Central and 
Eastern 
Europe and 
Central Asia National 
seminar Serbia Belgrade 26/05/2010 27/05/2010  Serbia  32 No No No English 
2010 Central and 
Eastern 
European & 
Central Asian 
Countries (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Uzbekistan  Tashkent   16/02/2010 19/02/2010  Armenia, Azerbaijan, 
Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, 
Kyrgyz Republic, Russian 
Federation, Tajikistan  38 Yes  Yes Yes English 
2010 Global Special SPS 
Workshop Switzerland  Geneva  18/10/2010 22/10/2010 Bangladesh, Burkina 
Faso, Burundi, 
Comoros, Guinea, 
Madagascar, Mali,  
Niger, Samoa, Senegal, 
Togo,  Uganda,  ZambiaArgentina,  Barbados, 
Belarus, Belize, Costa Rica, 
Egypt, El Salvador, Nepal, 
Ghana, Guatemala,  
Honduras, India, Indonesia, 
Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, 
Lao People's Democratic 
Rep., Morocco, Mauritius, 
Mozambique,  Nicaragua,  
Paraguay,  Peru, 
Philippines, Dominican 
Republic,  Sri Lanka, 
Chinese Taipei , Trinidad 
and Tobago, Ukraine, 
Yemen  150 Yes  Yes Yes English, 
French, 
Spanish 
2010 Latin America 
and the 
Caribbean National 
seminar Honduras  Tegucigalpa  08/12/2010 10/12/2010  Honduras  26 No No No Spanish 
2010 Latin America 
and the 
Caribbean National 
seminar El Salvador  San Salvador 25/11/2010 26/11/20 10  El Salvador  36  No No No Spanish  
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Activity Host   Location  From To Participants Participants Participation of 
representatives from 
the standard-setting 
organizations Language 
LDCs Developing Developed Codex OIE IPPC
2010 Latin America 
and the 
Caribbean National 
seminar Ecuador  Quito  09/11/2010 10/11/2010  Ecuador  35 No No No Spanish 
2010 Latin America 
and the 
Caribbean (Regional 
Workshop Peru  Lima  02/11/2010 05/11/2010  Argentina, Brazil, Chile, 
Colombia, Costa Rica, 
Dominican Republic, 
Ecuador, Guatemala,  
Honduras, Mexico, 
Nicaragua, Panama,  
Paraguay, Uruguay, 
Andean Community  49 Yes  Yes Yes Spanish 
2010 Latin America 
and the 
Caribbean National 
seminar Argentina Buenos Aires 30/08/2010 01/09/2010  Argentina  46 No No No Spanish 
2010 Latin America 
and the 
Caribbean National 
seminar Dominican 
Republic Santo Domingo 07/06/2010 10/06/2010  Dominican Republic  82 No No No Spanish 
2009 Africa National 
seminar Uganda Kampala 15/12/2009 16/12/2009 Uganda   25 No No No English 
2009 Africa National 
seminar Malawi Lilongwe 17/11/2009 18/11/2009 Malawi   22 No No No English 
2009 Africa (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Ghana Accra 03/11/2009 06/11/2009 Eritrea, Ethiopia, The 
Gambia, Liberia, Sierra 
Leone, Sudan, Uganda Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, 
Nigeria  31 Yes Yes Yes English 
2009 Africa National 
seminar Zimbabwe Harare 08/09/2009 10/09/2009  Zimbabwe  42 No No No English 
2009 Africa Other Mali Bamako 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  
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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
2009 Africa Other Kenya Nairobi 13/07/2009 16/07/2009 Eritrea, Ethiopia, The 
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 (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Cameroon  Douala  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 (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Maseru Lesotho 08/06/2009 11/06/2009 Lesotho, Malawi, 
Mozambique, Zambia Botswana, Mauritius, 
Namibia, Seychelles, South 
Africa, Swaziland, 
Tanzania, Zimbabwe  44 Yes Yes Yes English 
2009 Africa National 
seminar Angola Luanda and 
Huambo 18/05/2009 21/05/2009 Angola   30 No No No Portuguese 
2009 Africa National 
seminar Mauritius Port Louis 15/05/2009 15/05/2009  Mauritius  25 No No No English 
2009 Arab and 
Middle East 
Countries National 
seminar Kingdom of 
Saudi Arabia Riyadh 16/05/2009 17/05/2009  Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  50 No No Yes English 
2009 Arab and 
Middle East 
Countries National 
seminar Oman Muscat 24/03/2009 25/03/2009  Oman  40 No No No English 
2009 Asia and the 
Pacific National 
seminar Chinese 
Taipei Chinese Taipei 08/12/2009 09/12/2009  Chinese Taipei  48 No No No English 
2009 Asia and the 
Pacific National 
seminar Indonesia Jakarta 06/10/2009 08/10/2009  Indonesia  140 No Yes No English 
2009 Asia and the 
Pacific National 
seminar Bangladesh Dhaka 10/08/2009 11/08/2009  Bangladesh  31 No No No English 
2009 Asia and the 
Pacific (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Lao, PDR Luang Prabang 03/06/2009 06/06/2009 Cambodia, Lao People's 
Democratic Rep., 
Myanmar China, Indonesia, Thailand, 
Viet Nam  29 Yes Yes Yes English 
2009 Asia and the 
Pacific National 
seminar Fiji Suva 13/02/2009 13/02/2009  Fiji  19 No No No English  
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Activity Host   Location  From To Participants Participants Participation of 
representatives from 
the standard-setting 
organizations Language 
LDCs Developing Developed Codex OIE IPPC
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 Central and 
Eastern 
Europe and 
Central Asia National 
seminar Lebanon Beirut 19/05/2009 20/05/2009  Lebanon  60 No No No English 
2009 Central and 
Eastern 
Europe and 
Central Asia National 
seminar Turkey Ankara 11/03/2009 12/03/2009  Turkey  80 No No No Turkish 
2009 Global SPS 
Specialized 
Trade Policy 
Course Geneva 
(WTO) Switzerland 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, 
Chinese Taipei  24 Yes Yes No Spanish 
2008 Africa National 
seminar Mozambique Maputo 29/10/2008 31/10/2008 Moza mbique   10 No No No Portuguese 
2008 Africa Other Sweden Stockholm 26/08/2008 27/08/2008    25 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 Africa National 
seminar Cape Verde Cidade da Praia 15/04/2008 17/04/2008 Cape Verde   16 No No No Portuguese 
2008 Arab and 
Middle East 
Countries (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Qatar Doha 18/11/2008 20/11/2008 Yemen Bahrain, Kingdom of, Iraq, 
Jordan, Kingdom of Saudi 
Arabia, Kuwait, Lebanon, 
Oman, Qatar, Syrian Arab 
Republic, United Arab 
Emirates  45 Yes Yes Yes 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 Asia and the 
Pacific National 
seminar India New Delhi 11/11/2008 14/11/2008  India  44 No No No English  
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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
2008 Asia and the 
Pacific Other Switzerland Geneva (WTO) 10/11/2008 11/ 11/2008  Viet Nam  7 No No No English 
2008 Asia and the 
Pacific Other Japan Tokyo 25/09/2008 26/09/2008   Japan 16 No No No English 
2008 Asia and the 
Pacific National 
seminar Indonesia Jakarta 29/07/2008 01/08/2008  I ndonesia  n.a. No No No English 
2008 Asia and the 
Pacific National 
seminar Lao, PDR Vientiane 11/06/2008 12/06/2008 Lao, PDR   20 No No No English 
2008 Europe Other Switzerland Geneva (WTO) 10/03/2008 10/ 03/2008  Ukraine  5 No No No English 
2008 Global SPS 
Specialized 
Trade Policy 
Course Switzerland Geneva (WTO) 29/09/2008 17/10/2008 Bangladesh, Bhutan, 
Lao People's 
Democratic Rep., 
Malawi, Mozambique, 
Samoa, Uganda, 
Yemen, Zambia Albania, Armenia, Bahrain, 
Kingdom of, Belarus, 
Ecuador, Fiji, Honduras, 
Hong Kong, China, Kyrgyz 
Rep., Macao, China, 
Mongolia, Nigeria, Serbia, 
South Africa  23 Yes Yes Yes English 
2008 Latin America 
and the 
Caribbean National 
seminar Chile Santiago 13/05/2008 15/05/2008  Chile  77 No No No Spanish 
2008 Latin America 
and the 
Caribbean (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Paraguay Asunción 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 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 Democratic Rep. of 
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  
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representatives from 
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organizations Language 
LDCs Developing Developed Codex OIE IPPC
2007 Africa Other Sweden Stockholm 24/01/2007 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 21/11/2007 Yemen   64 No No No English 
2007 Asia and the 
Pacific National Indonesia Jakarta 24/ 07/2007 25/07/2007  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 
2007 Asia and the 
Pacific National Sri Lanka Colombo 21/03/2007 22/03/20 07  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 
Caribbean (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  
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organizations Language 
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2007 Latin America 
and the 
Caribbean National 
Seminar Mexico Mexico City 
and Hermosillo12/02/2007 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 D jibouti   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 Angola   30 No No No Portuguese 
2006 Africa National 
Seminar Rwanda Kigali 28/02/2006 02/03/2006 Rwa nda   27 No No No English 
2006 Arab and 
Middle East 
Countries (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Egypt Cairo 12/06/2006 15/06/2006  Iraq, Libya, Syrian Arab 
Republic, Yemen, Bahrain, 
Kingdom of, Egypt, Jordan, 
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 
Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, 
Qatar, 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 Viet Nam Hanoi 10/10/2006 13/10/ 2006 Cambodia Viet Nam, Thailand  n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. English 
2006 Asia and the 
Pacific Other Sweden Stockholm 26/09/2006 28/09/2006 Cambodia, Lao People's 
Democratic Rep., NepalCambodia, China, 
Indonesia, Lao People's 
Democratic Rep., Malaysia, 
Nepal, Pakistan, 
Philippines, Sri Lanka, 
Thailand, Viet Nam  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 19/07/2006  Belarus,  Kazakhstan, 
Russian Federation, 
Ukraine, Armenia, Georgia, 
Moldova  22 Yes Yes Yes English  
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organizations Language 
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2006 Global SPS 
Specialized 
Trade Policy 
Course Switzerland Geneva (WTO) 16/10/2006 27/10/2006 Angola, Bhutan, Lao 
People's Democratic 
Rep., 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 
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, Bolivarian Rep. 
of Venezuela, Bolivia, 
Plurinational States of, 
Colombia, Brazil, Chile, 
Ecuador, Panama, 
Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay  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 01/08/2005 05/08/2005 Angola, Democratic 
Rep. 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 Johanne sburg 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  
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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 People's 
Democratic Rep., 
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 
2005 Asia and the 
Pacific National 
Seminar Chinese 
Taipei Chinese 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, Mozambique 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, Plurinational 
States of, 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  
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organizations Language 
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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 Rep. of the 
Congo, Djibouti, 
Madagascar, Rwanda Congo  50 Yes Yes No French 
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, Kingdom of, 
Jordan, ;Kingdom of Saudi 
Arabia, Lebanese Republic, 
Oman, Syrian Arab 
Republic, 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 02/12/2004 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, Nepa l 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  
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representatives from 
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organizations Language 
LDCs Developing Developed Codex OIE IPPC
2004 Asia and the 
Pacific Other Thailand Chiang Mai 12/07/2004 16/07/2004 Bangladesh, Bhutan, 
Cambodia, Lao People's 
Democratic Rep., 
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 
2004 Central and 
Eastern 
Europe and 
Central Asia (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Austria Vienna 27/07/2004 29/07/2004  Armenia, Azerbaijan, 
Belarus, Kazakhstan, 
Russian Federation, 
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 Sao Tomé & 
Principle Sao Tomé 07/09/2004 09/09/2004  Sao Tomé a nd Principe  25 No No No Portuguese 
2004 Latin America 
and the 
Caribbean (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Chile Santiago 09/03/2004 11/03/2004  Argentina, Bolivarian Rep. 
of Venezuela, Brazil, Chile, 
Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, 
Uruguay   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  Ni geria  30 No No No English 
2003 Africa National 
Seminar Gambia Banjul 01/10/2003 02/10/2003 The 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, 
Kingdom of Manama 14/10/2003 15/10/2003  Bahrain, Kingdom of  26 No No No English  
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2003 Arab and 
Middle East 
Countries National 
Seminar Lebanese 
Republic Beirut 04/09/2003 04/09/2003  Lebane se 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, Syrian 
Arab Republic  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 People's 
Democratic Rep., 
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 
2003 Asia and the 
Pacific (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Indonesia Jakarta 05/03/ 2003 07/03/2003 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 23/10/2003  Albania, Bosnia and 
Herzegovina, Bulgaria, 
Croatia, Former Yugoslav 
Rep. 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 Tbilisi 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, Former 
Yugoslav Rep. 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, Former Yugoslav 
Rep. of Macedonia, 
Moldova, Romania, Serbia 
and Montenegro  26 No No No English  
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organizations Language 
LDCs Developing Developed Codex OIE IPPC
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, 
Plurinational States of, 
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, Plurinational 
States of  n.a. No No No Spanish 
2003 Latin America 
and the 
Caribbean (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Ecuador Quito 28/04/2003 30/04/2003  Bolivarian Rep. of 
Venezuela, Bolivia, 
Plurinational States of, 
Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, 
Paraguay, Peru  41 Yes No Yes Spanish 
2003 Latin America 
and the 
Caribbean (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Dominican 
Republic Santo Domingo 24/03/2003 26/03/2003  Bolivarian Rep. of 
Venezuela, Cuba, 
Dominican Republic, El 
Salvador, Guatemala, 
Honduras, Nicaragua   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  
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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  Bahrain, Kingdom of, 
Kingdom of  Saudi Arabia, 
Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, 
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 
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 Russian 
Federation Moscow 03/09/2002 05/09/2002  Albania, Armenia, 
Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia 
and Herzegovina, Croatia, 
Former Yugoslav Rep. of 
Macedonia, Georgia, 
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz 
Republic, Moldova, 
Russian Federation, 
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  
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organizations Language 
LDCs Developing Developed Codex OIE IPPC
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 
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 NamAustralia, 
Japan, New 
Zealand, 
United 
States 50 No No No English 
2001 Africa National 
Seminar Kenya Nairobi 28/08/2001 29/08/2001  Ke nya  n.a. Yes Yes Yes English 
2001 Africa (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Cameroon Yaoundé 05/06/2001 07/06/2001 Central African 
Republic, Chad, 
Democratic Rep. of the 
Congo, Equatorial 
Guinea Cameroon,  Gabon  45 Yes Yes Yes French 
2001 Africa Other Botswana Gabor one 05/03/2001 09/03/2001 Angola, Democratic 
Rep. of the Congo, 
Lesotho, Malawi, 
Mozambique, Tanzania, 
Zambia Botswana, Mauritius, 
Namibia, Seychelles, South 
Africa, Swaziland,  
Zimbabwe  25 No No No English  
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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 Mauritania, Sudan Bahrain, Kingdom of, 
Egypt, Iran, Jordan, 
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 
Kuwait, Libya, Oman, 
Pakistan, Tunisia, United 
Arab Emirates  n.a. No No No English 
2001 Africa National 
Seminar Democratic 
Rep. of the 
Congo Kinshasa 15/01/2001 19/01/2001 Democratic Rep. of the 
Congo   40 No No No English 
2001 Asia and the 
Pacific National 
Seminar Chinese 
Taipei Chinese Taipei 03/12/2001 06/12/2001  Chines e Taipei  n.a. No No No English 
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, 
Former Yugoslav Rep. of 
Macedonia, Georgia, 
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz 
Republic, Moldova, 
Russian Federation, 
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 Fa so, 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 Daka r 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, Kingdom of, 
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 
Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, 
United Arab Emirates  n.a. Yes No No English  
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organizations Language 
LDCs Developing Developed Codex OIE IPPC
2000 Asia and the 
Pacific Other Belarus Minsk 14/12/2000 14/12/2000  Armenia, Azerbaijan, 
Belarus, Georgia, 
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz 
Republic, Moldova, 
Russian Federation, 
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 
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 
Communitie
s 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 Havana 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 
Rep. 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, 
Kingdom of Manama 22/11/1999 22/11/1999  Bahrain, Kingdom of  20 No No No English  
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Activity Host   Location  From To Participants Participants Participation of 
representatives from 
the standard-setting 
organizations Language 
LDCs Developing Developed Codex OIE IPPC
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 
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  Ni geria  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 Haiti, 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, Bolivarian Rep. 
of Venezuela, Brazil, Chile, 
Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, 
Uruguay 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 Bolivarian 
Rep. of 
Venezuela Caracas 11/12/1997 11/12/1997  Bolivarian Rep. of 
Venezuela  n.a. No No No Spanish  
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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
1997 Latin America 
and the 
Caribbean Other Trinidad & 
Tobago Port of Spain 09/12/1997 11/12/1997 Haiti 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 Yemen Bahrain, Kingdom of, 
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 
Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, 
United Arab Emirates  40 Yes Yes Yes English 
1996 Europe (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Russian 
Federation Moscow 09/07/1996 10/07/1996  Belarus, Kazakhstan, 
Moldova, Russian 
Federation, 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, 
Former Yugoslav Rep. of 
Macedonia, Poland, 
Romania, Slovak Republic, 
Slovenia United 
States 40 Yes Yes Yes English/ 
Czech 
1996 Latin America 
and the 
Caribbean (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Mexico Mexico City 01/05/1996 01/05/1996  Argentina, Barbados, 
Bolivarian Rep. of 
Venezuela, Brazil, Chile, 
Colombia, Costa Rica, El 
Salvador, Honduras, 
Mexico, Nicaragua, 
Panama, Peru, Saint Lucia, 
Uruguay Canada, 
United 
States 80 Yes Yes Yes English/ 
Spanish 
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  
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Activity Host   Location  From To Participants Participants Participation of 
representatives from 
the standard-setting 
organizations Language 
LDCs Developing Developed Codex OIE IPPC
1995 Africa (Sub) Regional 
Workshop Senegal Dakar 02/11/1995 03/11/1995 Burkina Faso, Mali , 
Senegal   n.a. Yes Yes Yes French/ 
English 
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 09/11/1994  Indonesia, Malaysia, 
Philippines, 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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