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eminar on technical assistance and capacity building related to the SPS agreement
The WTO Secretariat organized a seminar on technical assistance and capacity building on 5 November 2002, before the 25th meeting of the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Committee.
The workshop was chaired by the Secretariat. You can find here the PowerPoint presentations and the programme of the seminar. A summary report of the meeting will be available shortly.
Programme
A. Opening Statement
09:30 |
Technical
Assistance and Capacity Building in the WTO
— Mr.
Chiedu Osakwe, Director, WTO Technical Cooperation Division |
B.
Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Activities related to SPS
Measures — International Organizations
09:45 |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); World Health Organization (WHO); Codex Alimentarius (Codex); International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) — Representative(s) of the Secretariat > download
FAO powerpoint presentation, 115KB |
10:15 |
Office International des Epizooties (OIE) — Mr. Alex Thierman, Chairman of the OIE Code Commission > download
powerpoint presentation, 507KB |
10:30 |
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) — Mr. René Vossenaar, Chief, Trade, Environment & Development Section > download
powerpoint presentation, 878KB |
10:45 |
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) — Dr. Bernardo Calzadilla-Sarmiento, Senior Adviser >
download
powerpoint presentation, 542KB |
11:00 |
World Bank — Mr. Ceese de Han, Lead Economist, Rural Development Department >
download
powerpoint presentation, 50KB |
11:15 |
Discussions/Questions |
C. Technical Assistance and Capacity Building — Example of an international
diagnostic tool
11:45 |
The Phytosanitary Capacity Evaluation (CPE) — Dr. Felipe Canale, Chairman Interim Commission on Phytosanitary Measures >
download powerpoint presentation,
620KB |
12:10 |
Discussions/Questions |
D. Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Activities related to SPS
Measures — Regional Organizations
14:30 |
Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) — Dr. Bonaventure Mtei, Livestock and Food Expert, Agriculture and Natural Resource Directorate >
download powerpoint presentation,
112KB |
14:45 |
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) — Dr. Juan José Zavala Elías, Director Sanitary and Phytosanitary Negotiations, “Secretaría de Economia”, Mexico >
download powerpoint presentation,
362KB |
15:00 |
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) — Mr. Kevin Walker, Director, Agricultural Health and Food Safety >
download powerpoint presentation,
1151KB |
15:15 |
Discussions/Questions |
E. Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Activities related to SPS
Measures — Selected developing countries' experiences
15:35 |
Kenya
— Dr. C.J. Kedera, Managing Director, Kenya Plant Health
Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) |
15:55 |
The Philippines — Dr. Director Gilberto F. Layese, Director, Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Product Standards (BAFPS), Department of Agriculture >
download
powerpoint presentation, 161KB |
16:15 |
Mauritius — Dr. Mghespren Chinappen, Principal Research and Development Officer, Division of Plant Pathology & Quarantine, Ministry of Agriculture >
download
powerpoint presentation, 115KB |
16:35 |
Discussions/Questions |
F. Concluding Remarks