Once the Standards Committee (SC) approves a specification and resources are identified to hold an expert working group (EWG) meeting, the IPPC Secretariat contacts national plant protection organizations (NPPOs) and Regional Plant Protection Organizations (RPPOs) to nominate experts to be members of the EWG to develop a draft ISPM.
The SC selects the technical experts identified by the NPPOs and RPPOs for the EWG. The EWG meets and produces a draft ISPM and a meeting report. The draft ISPM is then approved for consultation by the SC.
EWGs have 6–10 participants that represent a wide geographic area (including proportional developing country participation) and a member from the SC, if possible (e.g. a steward).
Meeting Reports from EWG meetings are posted below.