The report of the STDF Working Group meeting is now available

Posted on Thu, 03 Dec 2020, 18:02

The Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) is a global partnership to facilitate safe trade, contributing to sustainable economic growth, poverty reduction and food security. It promotes improved food safety, animal and plant health capacity in developing countries.

The report …

Experts meet virtually to begin the development of new guidance materials which will help with the implementation of plant health standards

Posted on Tue, 24 Nov 2020, 16:02

e-Learning on Pest Risk Analysis (2020-002) and e-Learning on phytosanitary export certification systems (2020-003): Both of these working groups met for the first time in September 2020 and development of these new e-learning resources is now well underway. The Europe-Africa-Caribbean-Pacific …

Plant health factsheet series now available in all FAO official languages

Posted on Tue, 24 Nov 2020, 08:41

Back in 2015, the IPPC community adopted annual themes leading up to the International Year of Plant Health to highlight the importance of plant health towards the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and particularly Sustainable Development Goals 1, 2, …

Vacancy Announcement - Secretary, Commission on Phytosanitary Measures of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC)

Posted on Fri, 20 Nov 2020, 15:34

Job Posting: 20/Nov/2020

Closure Date: 10/Jan/2021, 11:59:00 PM

Organizational Unit: NSP

Job Type: Staff position

Type of Requisition: Senior-level

Grade Level: D-1

Primary Location: Italy-Rome

Duration: Fixed term: two years with possibility of extension

Under the overall guidance of …

The report of the October TPDP virtual meeting is now available on the IPP!

Posted on Thu, 19 Nov 2020, 09:43

The report of the TPDP virtual meeting held on 21 October 2020 is now posted and available here: https://www.ippc.int/en/publications/89085/

Uganda are now live on the IPPC ePhyto Solution!

Posted on Wed, 18 Nov 2020, 16:11

Uganda are the latest country to go live on the the IPPC ePhyto Solution using the Generic System (GeNS) and from 30th November they will use the GeNS to issue phytosanitary certificates for a number of commodities.

The IPPC Secretariat …

IPPC Standards Committee approved three new Specifications

Posted on Tue, 17 Nov 2020, 14:58

Rome, 17 November 2020. Three new Specifications have been approved by the IPPC Standards Committee (SC) during its 37th meeting this week. The newly validated Specifications are:

• Specification 70: Annex to ISPM 38: Annex 1 - Design and use of …

Registration open for the brainstorming session on sustainability options for the IPPC ePhyto Solution

Posted on Wed, 11 Nov 2020, 15:31

The IPPC Secretariat will be hosting a 90-minute brainstorming session on sustainability options for the IPPC ePhyto Solution. The session is being held on Tuesday, November 24 at 21:00 (9:00PM) Central European Time. The intent is to gather any …

We are hiring- CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST - IPPC- Phytosanitary Technical Specialist

Posted on Tue, 10 Nov 2020, 13:24

We are hiring- CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST - IPPC- Phytosanitary Technical Specialist

Short term consultancy based at the IPPC, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) HQs in Rome.

To apply please click here: https://jobs.fao.org/careersection/fao_external/jobdetail.ftl?job=2002597&tz=GMT%2B01%3A00&tzname=

Deadline for …

SPG report is now posted!

Posted on Tue, 10 Nov 2020, 08:43

The SPG report is now available at https://www.ippc.int/core-activities/governance/strategic-planning-group/. Direct link here.

IPPC Guides are now available in more languages thanks to collaboration with COLEACP

Posted on Fri, 06 Nov 2020, 08:00

We are pleased to inform you that French versions of eight IPPC Guides have been published in collaboration with the Europe-Africa-Caribbean-Pacific Liaison Committee (COLEACP). We would like to take this opportunity to thank COLEACP for their collaboration in helping to …

Message on IYPH delivered at CFS High-Level Special Event

Posted on Tue, 27 Oct 2020, 11:56

At the occasion of the CFS High-Level Special Event, Mr Bommakanti Rajender, Alternate Permanent Representative of the Indian Mission to FAO and newly appointed Chairperson of COAG, delivered the following message highlighting the relationship between plant health and food security: …

Additional session – CPM Strategic Planning Group (SPG) agenda is now available!

Posted on Thu, 22 Oct 2020, 09:49

The provisional agenda for the upcoming Additional session – CPM Strategic Planning Group (SPG) is now available here: https://www.ippc.int/en/core-activities/governance/strategic-planning-group/spg-2020-extra/

Posted IRSS report on the Authorizing entities to perform phytosanitary actions

Posted on Fri, 16 Oct 2020, 15:34

The IRSS report on the Authorizing entities to perform phytosanitary actions:an overview of the current use of authorization by national plant protection organizations is now available at a temporary link on IPP: https://www.ippc.int/static/media/files/publication/en/2020/10/IRSS_AuthorizationStudy_2020-10-16.pdf

The report will be further formatted, but …