The IPPC Secretariat brainstorms on the Plant Health and Environmental Protection at its 2018 Mid-Year Meeting

Posted on jeu, 12 Jul 2018, 06:43

A specific session took place during the IPPC Secretariat 2018 Mid-Year meeting on Friday, 6 July 2018 to brainstorming on activities related to environmental protection and plant health. Environmental protection is at the core of the mandate of the IPPC. …

The 2018 Mid-year Meeting of the IPPC Secretariat Held in Rome Italy

Posted on mer, 11 Jul 2018, 08:17

The 2018 Mid-year meeting of the IPPC Secretariat was held on 6 July 2018 at the FAO HQs in Rome, Italy. The main objectives of the meeting were to review the major achievements of the IPPC Secretariat for in the …

The important development of Phytosanitary Treatments continues as the TPPT close their annual meeting

Posted on mar, 10 Jul 2018, 07:16

The Technical Panel for Phytosanitary Treatments (TPPT) just ended their annual meeting in Shenzhen, China (25 - 29 June 2018). The IPPC Standard Setting Unit organized the meeting that was kindly hosted by the Shenzhen Academy of Inspection and Quarantine. …

The IPPC Secretariat meets representatives from the European Commission for strengthening bilateral cooperation

Posted on mer, 27 Jui 2018, 12:15

Meeting with DG TRADE and DG SANTE

The Secretariat of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) has very strong cooperation with the European Commission (EC). For the past decade, the EC has provided generous and continuous financial support to the …

The IPPC Participation in the 9th InforMEA Initiative Steering Committee held in Montreux Switzerland

Posted on mar, 26 Jui 2018, 08:36

The 9th InforMEA Initiative Steering Committee meeting was held from 5-8 June 2018 in Montreux, Switzerland. Ms Paola Sentinelli, Information Management Officer of the IPPC Secretariat, attended the meeting on the IPPC behalf.

The InforMEA Initiative brings together Multilateral Environmental …

The IPPC Secretariat delivers for the third time the training course on Developing national phytosanitary capacities at CIHEAM - Bari Italy

Posted on lun, 25 Jui 2018, 12:11

© CIHEAM- 2018: All participants of the 2018 IPPC-CIHEAM-Bari Training Course on Developing Phytosanitary Capacities

For the third time, the IPPC Secretariat, delivered the IPPC-CIHEAM Bari training course on Developing national phytosanitary capacities at the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute (CIHEAM-Bari) from …

The Secretariat of the International Plant Protection Convention IPPC) and the World Customs Organization WCO) join forces to facilitate trade whilst protecting societies from undesirable effects

Posted on ven, 22 Jui 2018, 07:54

Dr. Jingyuan Xia, Secretary of the International Plant Protection Convention, and Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), signed an agreement at the WCO Headquarters in Brussels on 19 June 2018 to promote cooperation on matters …

The June 2018 CPM Bureau meeting held in Rome Italy

Posted on jeu, 21 Jui 2018, 09:44

The June 2018 CPM Bureau meeting was held on 11-15 June 2018 in Rome, Italy with participation of all seven Bureau members as well as all core team members of the IPPC Secretariat. The meeting was chaired by the CPM …

The IPPC Financial Committee FC) meeting held in Rome - new membership continuing the good work

Posted on jeu, 14 Jui 2018, 07:32

The IPPC Financial Committee (FC) meeting was held from 7-8 June, 2018, at FAO-HQ, Rome, Italy, just before the CPM Bureau meeting which commenced on 11 June, 2018. The meeting was chaired by Greg WOLFF (Canada - new FC Chair), …

ePhyto Project Technical Committee Meets in Dublin

Posted on mer, 06 Jui 2018, 11:02

The ePhyto Project Technical Committee(PTC)/ePhyto Steering Group (ESG) met during the week of May 28 in Dublin, Ireland. The meeting was graciously hosted by the Irish Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine. The meeting was successful on a number …

Be ready for the 2018 IPPC Regional Workshops!

Posted on ven, 01 Jui 2018, 15:08

The IPPC Secretariat started the process of coordinating the organization of the 2018 IPPC Regional Workshops since January. This year again, IPPC Regional Workshops shall be organized in the following seven regions: Africa, Asia, Latin America, Near East and North …

The IPPC Implementation and Capacity Development Committee sets its house in order

Posted on mar, 29 Mai 2018, 12:58

The 2nd meeting of the IPPC Implementation Capacity and Development Committee (IC) was held between 21 and 25 May 2018 at FAO-HQ in Rome, Italy with Ms Olga LAVRENTJEVA (Estonia) presiding as the IC Chairperson.

The IC discussed thoroughly the …

Fumigation requirements and amendments to ISPM 5 draft ISPMs for another round of IPPC***s member comments!

Posted on ven, 25 Mai 2018, 10:08

The Standards Committee working group (SC-7), met on 21-23 May 2018 in Rome and had intense and fruitful discussions on two draft ISPMs. The 2018 SC-7 was led by Mr Nico Horn (The Netherlands) as the chairperson for this …

The IPPC Standards Committee approves four draft standards for first consultation!

Posted on lun, 21 Mai 2018, 14:14

The IPPC Standards Committee (SC), with 27 participants representing all seven FAO regions and led by their Chairperson, Mr Ezequiel FERRO (Argentina) met on 14-18 May 2018 in Rome for yet another intense and productive week.

The SC reviewed four …