The IPPC recognizes the importance of maintaining strong links with organizations that share common interests. These relationships can range from informal, flexible arrangements to highly defined relationships. For example, the IPPC Secretariat has strong relationships with Regional and National Plant Protection Organizations and works with them to assist contracting parties in implementing the IPPC.
The IPPC Secretariat also cooperates with many other external partners and organizations to create synergy towards achieving common goals. The current partners of the IPPC Secretariat are listed below:
| No. | Organization | Abbr. | IPPC Contact Point | Partner Org Contact Point |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UN Organizations | |||
| 1 | Convention on Biological Diversity | CBD | Mr Avetik Nersisyan | Ms Junko Shimura |
| 2 | Codex Alimentarius | Codex | Mr Mirko Montuori | Ms Gracia Brisco |
| 3 | International Atomic Energy Agency | IAEA | Ms Adriana Moreira | Mr Rui Cardoso Pereira |
| 4 | International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture | ITPGRFA | Mr Avetik Nersisyan | |
| 5 | United Nations Environment | UNEP | Mr Mirko Montuori | Ms Niamh Brannigan |
| 6 | Biological and Toxic Weapons Convention | BWC | Mr Shoki AlDobai | |
| 7 | International Maritime Organization | IMO | Ms Ketevan Lomsadze | |
| 8 | Ozone Secretariat (UN Environment) | Ms Adriana Moreira | Ms Sophia Mylona | |
| 9 | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change | UNFCCC | Mr Mirko Montuori | |
| 2 | International Organizations | |||
| 1 | World Trade Organization SPS secretariat | WTO | Mr Jingyuan Xia | Ms Christiane Wolff |
| 2 | Standards Trade Development Facility | STDF | Mr Brent Larson | |
| 3 | World Customs Organization | WCO | Mr Craig Fedchock/Mr Brent Larson | |
| 4 | Inter American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture | IICA | Ms Sarah Brunel | Mr Robert Ahern |
| 5 | World Animal Health Organization | OIE | Mr Jingyuan Xia | |
| 6 | International Organization for Standardization | ISO | Ms Adriana Moreira | Mr Michael Sussman |
| 7 | Eurasian Economic Commission | EEC | Mr Avetik Nersisyan | |
| 7 | African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States | ACP | ||
| 3 | Industry/NGOs | |||
| 1 | International Grain Trade Coalition | IGTC | Mr Craig Fedchock | Ms Katy Lee |
| 2 | International Seed Federation | ISF | Ms Ketevan Lomsadze/Mr Mirko Montuori | Mr Dennis Johnson |
| 3 | Container Owners Association | COA | Ms Ketevan Lomsadze | Mr Michael Patrik Downes |
| 4 | Global Express Association | GSA | Ms Sarah Brunel | |
| 5 | International Seed Testing Association | ISTA | Mr Shoki AlDobai | Mr Andreas Wais |
| 6 | International Olive Council | IOC | Ms Sarah Brunel | |
| 7 | The Europe-Africa-Caribbean-Pacific Liaison Committee | COLEACP | Ms Sarah Brunel | |
| 4 | Academia/Research | |||
| 1 | Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International | CABI | Mr Brent Larson | Mr Washington Otieno |
| 2 | Centre international de hautes études agronomiques méditerranéennes | CIHEAM | Ms Sarah Brunel | |
| 3 | International Forestry Quarantine Research Group | IFQRG | Mr Brent Larson | Mr Eric Allen |
| 4 | Imperial College | Ms Ketevan Lomsadze | ||
| 5 | Phytosanitary Measures Research Group (PMRG) | PMRG | Ms Adriana Moreira | Mr Peter LEACH (Chairperson) and Ms Joanne Wilson (Secretary) |
| 6 | Global Taxonomy Initiative of the CBD | GTI/CBD | Ms Adriana Moreira | Ms Junko Shimura |
| 7 | International Advisory Group on Pest Risk Analysis | IAGPRA | Ms Sarah Brunel | |
| 8 | Erasmus Mundus Programme of PlantHealth | Mr Shoki AlDobai | ||
| 9 | International Society for Plant Pathology | ISPP | Mr Shoki AlDobai | Ms Lodovica Gullino, Mr Greg I Johnson |
| 10 | International Association for the Plant Protection Sciences | IAPPS | Mr Shoki AlDobai | |
| 11 | Entomological Society of America | ESA | Mr Shoki AlDobai | |
| 5 | Resource Organizations | |||
| 1 | European Union | EU | Mr Brent Larson | |
| 2 | World Bank | WB | Mr Craig Fedchock | |
If your organization would like to cooperate with the IPPC Secretariat, please contact us at ippc@fao.org. Your request should outline the areas of cooperation you think would be beneficial; and provide some background documentation on your organization (Charter, Terms of Reference, website etc.). Your request will then be submitted to the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM) Bureau for consideration and you will be contacted in due course.
