Internship position at IAEA Laboratories in Seibersdorf Austria): Post-Harvest Experiments 

Posted on Fri, 04 Aug 2017, 09:10

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has advertised an internship position on Post-Harvest Experiments at IAEA Laboratories in Seibersdorf, Austria. The intern will take part in the fruit fly phytosanitary treatment project. The deadline for application is 11 August 2017 …

Presentations for the 2017 IPPC Regional Workshop and unofficial translations in Russian of draft ISPMs under the first consultation are now available

Posted on Tue, 01 Aug 2017, 15:18

The presentations of the 2017 IPPC Regional Workshops and the unofficial translations in Russian of the draft ISPMs sent for first consultation (thanks to EPPO) are now available at https://www.ippc.int/en/core-activities/capacity-development/regional-ippc-workshops/2017-ippc-regional-workshops/

June 2017 Bureau report is available now.

Posted on Tue, 01 Aug 2017, 12:00

June 2017 Bureau report is available now and you can find it here.

New documents of the Eurasian Economic Union in plant quarantine will come into effect

Posted on Mon, 31 Jul 2017, 14:58

New documents of the Eurasian Economic Union in plant quarantine will come into effect from 1 July 2017:

1. the Single quarantine phytosanitary requirements for regulated products and quarantine objects on the customs border and in the customs territory of the …

Technical resources out now on the IPPC Phytosanitary Resources page!

Posted on Thu, 13 Jul 2017, 13:48

G.N. Alit Susanta Wirya 2014 - Glenea chlorospila known as the stem borer pest.

Reviewed and approved by the Capacity Development Committee (CDC), the IPPC has now published the following phytosanitary technical resources on the phytosanitary page. The IPPC and …

IPPC Financial Committee Report posted

Posted on Tue, 11 Jul 2017, 14:31

The report of the latest Financial Committee Report held in June in Washington DC was posted and is available here.

Arabic reformatted standards

Posted on Tue, 04 Jul 2017, 07:42

The IPPC Secretariat is very pleased to inform its stakeholders that all ISPMs in Arabic, that were affected by the CPM-10 (2015) decision on revoking of standards, have been amended to include various sets of ink amendments previously noted in …

IPP call for Opening of consultation periods in En Fr Es

Posted on Fri, 30 Jun 2017, 12:36

The 2017 consultations on draft ISPMs has opened today, 30 June, and will close on 30 September 2017.

The 2017 consultation on draft specifications also started today, 30 June, and will close on 31 August 2017.

The following draft ISPMs …

CBD call for information

Posted on Thu, 22 Jun 2017, 07:05

NPPOs are encouraged to provide information in response to a call by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) on the following issues:

a) Addressing the risks associated with trade in wildlife, invasive alien species sold via e-commerce, and invasive alien …

ISPMs adopted at CPM-12 posted in languages

Posted on Wed, 21 Jun 2017, 07:01

This is to announce that all ISPMs adopted by CPM-12 were posted in all languages (ISPM 20, ISPM 38, ISPM 39, ISPM 40, ISPM 41 and PTs 22 to 31). To read them, please visit https://www.ippc.int/en/core-activities/standards-setting/ispms/

Vacancy announcement - Technical Officer P-2)

Posted on Fri, 09 Jun 2017, 09:24

The IPPC Secretariat is hiring a Technical Officer (P2) to work with the standard setting unit. Main tasks relate to facilitating the development of standards and publishing of standards in the official FAO languages.

Read more about the duties of …

CDC report posted

Posted on Wed, 07 Jun 2017, 13:47

The report of the tenth IPPC Capacity Development Committee held in Tokyo on 15-19 May has been posted to the Capacity development page on the IPP. The direct link can be found here.

Call for NPPO experts from small island developing States in the Caribbean to join a CBD workshop.

Posted on Tue, 06 Jun 2017, 09:00

The Secretariat to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is holding a capacity-building workshop towards achieving Aichi Biodiversity Target 9, scheduled to take place from 18 to 22 September 2017 in Kingston, Jamaica. This workshop is open to CBD Parties …

Limited travel funds are available for researchers to attend Phytosanitary Measures Research Group meeting in July 2017

Posted on Fri, 02 Jun 2017, 08:16

PMRG

The Phytosanitary Measures Research Group (PMRG) provides a mechanism where critical phytosanitary treatment issues can be addressed through discussion and collaborative research. The group is comprised of around 75 researchers and regulators and meets approximately every two years. It …