IPPC Secretariat held training for facilitators in Phytosanitary Capacity Evaluation
Posted on Wed, 14 Dec 2022, 12:45
Rome, 13 December 2022. The IPPC Secretariate held the face-to-face portion of the 2022 Phytosanitary Capacity Evaluation (PCE) facilitator training course in Castel Gandolfo, south of Rome, from 28 November to 7 December 2022. Nine trainees from eight countries …
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IPPC Implementation Committee concludes first in-person meeting to review progress
Posted on Wed, 14 Dec 2022, 12:36
Rome, 12 December 2022. The Implementation Committee (IC) of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) met in Rome on 21-25 November to review the progress of the Committee’s workplan for the year. This was the IC’s first in-person meeting …
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Secretary of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), Osama El-Lissy, meets with senior officials in Ottawa and Washington, DC
Posted on Tue, 13 Dec 2022, 08:03
07/12/2022 Washington, DC – Osama El-Lissy, Secretary of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), held high-level meetings during the week of November 28 in Ottawa, Canada and Washington, DC.
In discussions with leaders of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Agriculture …
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IPPC governing bodies meet to take stock and plan for next annual session
Posted on Mon, 28 Nov 2022, 12:57
Rome, 28 November 2022. The Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM) Bureau, held its first in-person meeting since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic to discuss key IPPC activities in preparation for the CPM 17th session to be held …
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The IPPC Technical Panel on Glossary to hold annual meeting in Chile
Posted on Fri, 25 Nov 2022, 09:01
Rome, 24 November 2022. The Technical Panel on Glossary (TPG) of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) is gathering for its annual meeting from 28 November to 2 December 2022 at the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) …
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IPPC EWG Meeting: Reorganization and revision of pest risk analysis standards
Posted on Fri, 18 Nov 2022, 08:53
Milan, 11 November 2022 – The Expert Working Group (EWG) for the reorganization and revision of pest risk analysis (PRA) standards completed their task based on the approved Specification 72.
The Standards Committee (SC) decided it was time to …
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Technical Panel on Diagnostic Protocols advances its work on plant pest diagnosis
Posted on Tue, 15 Nov 2022, 13:37
Paris, 04 November 2022. The IPPC Technical Panel on Diagnostic Protocols (TPDP) concluded its face-to-face meeting from 31 October to 04 November 2022, hosted at the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO) after three years without in-person work due …
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IPPC joins WTO launch of SPS Transparency Champions Course
Posted on Tue, 25 Oct 2022, 07:34
Geneva, 20 October 2022. The Secretariat of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) joined the Secretariat of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) in launching the 2022 edition of the Transparency Champions Course in Switzerland …
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Latin American Region successfully concluded its 2022 IPPC Regional Workshop
Posted on Tue, 25 Oct 2022, 07:30
Rome, 21 October 2022. The 2022 IPPC Regional Workshop (RW) for Latin America was conducted from August 29 to September 1, 2022, in Lima, Peru, hosted by the General Secretariat of the Andean Community as one of the three …
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Vision of an Africa phytosanitary program presented at the 2022 IPPC Regional Workshop
Posted on Tue, 25 Oct 2022, 07:24
Rome, 21 October 2022. The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Regional Workshop for Africa was held from 6-8 September 2022 in Nairobi, Kenya, organized by the IPPC Secretariat in collaboration with the Inter-African Phytosanitary Council of the African Union …
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IPPC Regional Workshop successfully held in the Pacific region
Posted on Tue, 25 Oct 2022, 07:21
Nadi, 21 October 2022. The annual regional workshop for the Southwest Pacific region was held in Nadi, Fiji, where participants formulated regional comments on draft International Standards on Phytosanitary Measures (ISPMs) and discussed further updates and regional priorities on plant …
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Joint IPPC and IAG ePhyto webinar concluded in the Philippines
Posted on Fri, 14 Oct 2022, 11:55
Rome, 10 October 2022. More than 175 people from the Philippines’ industry and government agencies participated in the joint webinar of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) and the ePhyto Industry Advisory Group (IAG) on the IPPC ePhyto Solution …
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Partnerships crucial for protecting plant health
Posted on Fri, 07 Oct 2022, 14:57
Insights from the CGIAR Plant Health Initiative reached new audiences at the first ever International Plant Health Conference.
CGIAR research centers involved in the OneCGIAR Plant Health Initiative joined forces at the International Plant Health Conference in London on September …
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Supply chains must mitigate threat of invasive species, for all our sakes
Posted on Tue, 04 Oct 2022, 14:23
Interview with IPPC Secretary for The Loadstar.
Climate change and international trade are combining to put the very existence of life on Earth at risk. That is not a crazy unfounded risk assessment by a dogmatic green activist, but …
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