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SPS news  back to top

Events, workshops and training   back to top

2009

• STDF Workshop “Using economic analysis to inform SPS decision making”, 30 October 2009
• Workshop: The SPS Committee and the International Standard-Setting Organizations, 26 October 2009

2008

• Fourth Specialized SPS Course: 29 September–17 October 2008
• SPS/STDF/OECD Workshop on Good Practice in SPS-Related Technical Cooperation, 6 October 2008
  > News item
• STDF Information Session on Private Standards, 26 June 2008
• STDF Workshop on SPS-Related Capacity Evaluation Tools, 31 March 2008
  > News item

2007

• Workshop on Transparency, 15-16 October 2007
  > Report of the workshop
• Third Specialized SPS Course to be held in French on 22 October — 2 November 2007, following the October meeting of the SPS Committee
• Joint UNCTAD/WTO Informal Information Session on Private Standards, 25 June 2007

2006

• Workshop on the implementation of the SPS Agreement, 31 March 2006
  > Agenda of the workshop
  > Presentations made at the workshop
  > Summary report of the workshop
  > Report of the workshop
• Special meeting on the implementation of the SPS Agreement, March 2006: Report
• SPS enhanced informal meeting on Article 6 (regionalization), 30-31 January 2006

2005 and earlier

• Specialized Course on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, in Spanish only, 31 October-11 November 2005. (information currently not available).

• Special meeting on the operation of the SPS Enquiry Points, 31 October 2003

• Seminar on technical assistance and capacity building related to the SPS agreement, 5 November 2002

• Workshop on risk analysis, 19-20 June 2000

Material for training, etc  back to top

• Computer based training on the SPS Agreement

• Handbook: How to apply the transparency provisions of the SPS Agreement
  A practical guide for member governments’ officials on how to notify measures to the WTO, establish an enquiry point, and respond to enquiries. Download in MS Word (74 pages, 357KB, opens in a new window) or pdf format (74 pages, 278KB, opens in a new window). Published September 2002.
  > Interactive course: SPS Handbook

• Distance learning: multimedia presentations on Sanitary and phytosanitary measures — provides background on certain aspects of the SPS Agreement

• Mentoring system for national notification authorities and enquiry points

• Training materials collected from STDF partner agencies (coming soon).