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Grow Your Plant Health Expertise: Discover the IPPC Plant Health Campus


Wednesday, 11 June 2025 | 10:00 – 11:30 (CEST)

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What if every plant protection expert and enthusiast had free, best-in-class capacity development materials at their fingertips — available anytime, anywhere, even with limited internet access?

High-quality, accessible, and inclusive capacity development is essential for building strong, sustainable phytosanitary systems. That’s why the IPPC Secretariat — in collaboration with the FAO elearning Academy and with support from the European Union — has developed the IPPC Plant Health Campus.

This new multilingual platform provides free, certified e-learning courses, practical guides, and capacity development tools developed to support the learning needs of plant health professionals, national and regional plant protection organizations, academic institutions and plant health stakeholders globally.

Why Attend?

  • Get a full overview of the platform, including a live demonstration of its key features
  • Learn how NPPOs and other stakeholders are already using the IPPC Plant Campus in their daily work
  • Explore how the Campus can be integrated into national training efforts and academic programs
  • Connect with others working to strengthen phytosanitary capacity globally

Who Should Join?

This webinar is open to the entire plant health and development community, including:

  • National and regional plant protection organizations (NPPOs & RPPOs)
  • Research institutes and academia
  • Development partners and donor agencies
  • FAO staff and international organizations
  • Plant health educators, researchers, and agricultural policymakers

The webinar will be held in English with simultaneous interpretation available in French.

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WEBINAR AGENDA:

Moderator: Sarah Brunel, Implementation and Facilitation Unit Lead, IPPC Secretariat, FAO
Time Description Speakers
10:00 – 10:05 Opening Yurdi Yasmi, Director, Plant Production and Protection Division, FAO
10:05 – 10:15 Introduction to the IPPC Plant Health Campus Sarah Brunel, Implementation and Facilitation Unit (IFU) Lead, IPPC Secretariat
10:15 – 10:25 Demonstration of the IPPC Plant Health Campus and key features Cristina Petracchi, Head of the FAO elearning Academy
10:25 – 10:55 Reflections from the Field - Perspectives from: Moderated Panel

  • Saliou Niassy, Coordinator, African Union Inter-African Phytosanitary Council

  • Temarama Anguna – Kamana – CPM Bureau Representative, Southwest Pacific and Head of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Cook Islands

  • Mweene Kambombi – National Phytosanitary Evaluation Coordinator and Plant Health Inspector, Zambia Agriculture Research Institute (ZARI)

  • Claude Bragard – Professor and Plant Health Specialist, Catholic University of Louvain
10:55 – 11:20 Q&A All panelists
11:20 – 11:30 Closing statement from the Delegation of the European Union to the Holy See, the Sovereign Order of Malta, the UN Organisations in Rome and the Republic of San Marino His Excellency Martin Selmayr Ambassador of the European Union