In early 2019 the concept of an FAO Plant Health Team was formulated and a concept note (posted below) was developed to highlight the benefits of promoting cooperation among the FAO Regional and Sub-regional offices, AGP and the IPPC Secretariat. On going efforts are being made to strengthen this collaboration.

For the name and contact details of the FAO Regional and Sub-Regional Plant Protection Officers , please open the relevant document posted below.

AFRICA, (Regional Office – RAF), 47 countries: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo (DR), Congo (Rep), Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome & Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Multi-Disciplinary Team - West Africa (RAF), 15 countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo

Central Africa, (Sub-regional Office - SFC), 8 countries: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (DR), Congo (Rep), Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Sao Tome & Principe

Eastern Africa,(Sub-regional Office - SFE),8 countries: Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda

Northern Africa, (Sub-regional Office – SNE), 5 countries: Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia

2018-09 update on Projects:

• With IPPC and NEPPO : conducting a PCE for Tunisia (2018).
• With IPPC : Started formulation of EU Project (3 million euro) : Programme d’appui à la compétitivité et aux exportations des produits de l’agriculture et de la pêche de la Tunisie (PACE). The project FAO-UE will be signed before the end 2018
• With NEPPO and UMA : capacity building of NPPOs to manage and prevent the introduction transboundary pest and diseases : XF, RPW, FAW through the development of a regional Phytosanitary database (5 countries of the Maghreb) (2017-2018) https://www.neppo.org/
• With IPPC; UMA and NEPPO, organizing subregional workshop to exchange on FAW; RPW, XF; cochineal of cactus (Morocco); Green pit scale insect on date palm in Libya (2017-2018).
• EU-IOM-FAO project in Libya to manage green pit scale insect on date palm (2017-2018).
• TCP Emergency in Morocco to manage the cochineal of cactus: Dactylopius opuntiae (2017-2018)
• Formulation of TCP Facilty to prevent the introduction of FAW in Morocco (2018-2019).

Southern Africa, (Sub-regional office - SFS),16 countries: Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Eritrea, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

ASIA AND PACIFIC, (Regional Office - RAP), 45 countries: Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, France, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kiribati, Korea (DPR), Korea (Rep), Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mongolia, Japan, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Niue, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Philippines, Russian Federation, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, United States of America, Vanuatu, Viet Nam.

Pacific Islands, (Sub-regional Office - SAP), 15 countries: Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tokelau, Tuvalu, Vanuatu

EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA, (Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia – REU), 17 countries: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Georgia, Macedonia, Moldova, Russia, Serbia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan.

2018-09 update on Projects:

• Establishment of a National Disease-free Seed Potato Production System in Azerbaijan (2018)
• Support for the enhancement of national plant pest surveillance and phytosanitary certification systems in seven countries, scope being revised (2018)
• National systems for the development of phytosanitary contingency plans in the region (2019)
• Enhancement of the national phytosanitary certification systems, including ePhyto in the region (2019)
• Use of remote sensing in plant pests surveillance and management in the region (2019)

Central Asia, (Sub-regional Office - SEC), 7 countries: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

2018-09 update on Projects:

• sub-regional project on Strengthening capacities of the national phytosanitary control services in Central Asia ( TCP/SEC/3403, 2013-2015) that supported PCEs in: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
• project on Strengthening Phytosanitary Control and Diagnostic Services in Azerbaijan (MTF/AZE/007/STF, 2016-2018).
• project to support the improvement of the national seed, plant variety protection and phytosanitary legislation in Uzbekistan (TCP/UZB/3602, 2017-2018)
• a project preperation grant from STDF was used to develop a proposal to increase market access by strengthening the capacity of phytosanitary inspection and diagnostic of the State Service on Phytosanitary Inspection and Plant Quarantine of Tajikistan (2017).

LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN,(Regional Office - RLC), 33 countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela

Caribbean, (Sub-regional Office - SLC), 14 countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago

2018-09 update on Projects:

• Strengthening quarantine services for plant and animal health in three countries of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS): Dominica, Grenada and St. Kitts and Nevis (TCP/SLC/3605, 2017-2019). Implemented via a Letter of Agreement with the Caribbean Agricultural Health and Food Safety Agency (CAHFSA), the new RPPO for the Caribbean.
• Technical Assistance for Strengthening Sanitary & Phytosanitary Legislation in Barbados (TCP/BAR/3601 – C1) (in partnership with IICA, an EU-funded SPS Project and the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO), 2016-18). Phytosanitary Capacity Evaluation (PCE) conducted in Barbados (2017-2018) with the support of the IPPC Secretariat under project STDF 401 (http://www.standardsfacility.org/PG-401)
• Protocols for the Conservation and Propagation of Sweet Potato Planting Material through tissue culture (TCP/BAR/3702, 2018-2019)
• Cassava Industry – Market Assessment & Technology Validation and Dissemination in three beneficiary countries: Dominica, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago. (GCP/SLC/010/CDB, 2016-2019).

Meso America, (Sub-regional Office - SLM), 9 countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá , Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico

NEAR EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, (Regional Office - RNE), 19 countries: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

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