Successful webinar on International Year of Plant Health hosted by Italian Federation of Doctors in Agronomy and Forestry

Posted on Wed, 29 Apr 2020, 14:34

Rome, 24 April 2020. Mirko Montuori, Project Officer (International Year of Plant Health) spoke at a webinar organized by FIDAF, the Italian Federation of Doctors in Agronomy and Forestry. The webinar, attended by 101 participants, was organized by Nicola …

April Report of the CPM Bureau virtual meeting posted

Posted on Fri, 24 Apr 2020, 15:40

The Report of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM) Bureau April virtual meeting is now available at the following link:

https://www.ippc.int/static/media/files/publication/en/2020/04/Bureau_Report_2020-04-17.docx

“Plant Health TV”: a video contest by Euphresco and CIHEAM

Posted on Thu, 23 Apr 2020, 07:59

On the occasion of the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH) 2020, the Euphresco network for phytosanitary research coordination and funding and the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies of Bari (CIHEAM Bari) launched a call for a video …

IPPC ePhyto Solution Tele-training Takes Off

Posted on Thu, 23 Apr 2020, 07:13

21 April 2020, Rome. Taking full advantage of available technology, the IPPC ePhyto Global Solution team successfully provided the first in a series of training sessions on responsibilities of the individual roles for the ePhyto GeNS system to five …

The report from the Expert Working Group on Audit in the phytosanitary context is now available on the IPP!

Posted on Wed, 22 Apr 2020, 14:38

The report from the Expert Working Group that took place in Toronto, Canada to draft the ISPM on Audit in the phytosanitary context is now available at the following link:

https://www.ippc.int/en/publications/87497/

Guidance to NPPOs for Mitigating Impacts of COVID-19 Crisis on Plant Health from the CPM Bureau and the IPPC Secretariat

Posted on Tue, 21 Apr 2020, 12:51

In this unprecedented crisis of Covid-19, our first concern is always to ensure that our families, friends and colleagues are protected and safe; this includes looking after ourselves. The Bureau of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM), together with the …

IPPC Secretariat met virtually in full capacity to advance its work programme during the Covid-19 pandemic

Posted on Tue, 21 Apr 2020, 11:56

Rome, 17 April 2020. The IPPC Secretariat met virtually in full capacity to advance its work programme during the Covid-19 pandemic. The meeting was chaired by Mr Jingyuan Xia, IPPC Secretary, and attended by all 32 IPPC Secretariat members. Among …

Supporting developing countries to trade safely during the COVID-19 pandemic: STDF holds online Working Group

Posted on Mon, 20 Apr 2020, 10:54

Geneva, 7 April 2020. The impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic is pressing and affecting supply chains and global trade flows in an unprecedented way. Strengthening technical assistance for developing countries in ensuring safe trade is now more important …

The IPPC ePhyto Solution has gone live in Morocco!

Posted on Thu, 16 Apr 2020, 09:16

Morocco has gone live with the IPPC ePhyto Solution and are one of the first African countries to connect with the ePhyto Hub using their own national trade system.

At a time when digitalizing operations has become more important than …

The First CPM Bureau virtual meeting organized to move forward the IPPC work programme during the COVID-19 crisis

Posted on Fri, 10 Apr 2020, 13:57

9 April 2020, Rome. The Bureau of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM) held its first virtual meeting of 2020 to reorganise the IPPC’s work, following the postponement of CPM-15 due to the COVID-19 crisis. The meeting was chaired by …

Technical Panel on Diagnostic Protocols (TPDP) meeting report is now available on the IPP!

Posted on Thu, 09 Apr 2020, 12:43

The report from the Technical Panel on Diagnostic Protocols (TPDP) meeting that took place in Melbourne, Australia from 05-09 August 2019 is now available at the following link:

https://www.ippc.int/en/publications/88295/

Sixth IYPH ISC meeting report posted!

Posted on Tue, 07 Apr 2020, 09:33

The report of the sixth meeting of the IYPH International Steering Committee is now posted at https://www.ippc.int/en/ph/iyphisc/.

For further updates on IYPH 2020, please visit http://www.fao.org/plant-health-2020

Now all users can subscribe to receive notifications when News, Announcements and Calls are posted in the website.

Posted on Tue, 07 Apr 2020, 07:41

A new function has been released in the IPPC website, users now can subscribe to receive notifications when News, Announcements and Calls are posted in the website.

Users can subscribe/un-subscribe to any of these three categories.

The subscribe/un-subscribe buttons are …

The IPPC community contributes to development of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework

Posted on Fri, 03 Apr 2020, 13:02

Rome, 26 March 2020. A virtual meeting on the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) was convened by UNEP to seek input from Multilateral Environmental Agreements. The meeting, chaired by Ms Tita Korvenoja (UNEP) and Ms Diane Klaimi (UNEP), featured …