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NAPPO Contributions to Global ePhyto Development

NAPPO has actively supported the IPPC in the ePhyto initiative and raised awareness in the Americas. Highlights include workshops, discussions on requirements, and support for countries in setting up ePhyto systems. Future steps involve offering support to Caribbean countries and developing guidance for technologically challenged nations.

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NAPPO Contributions to Global ePhyto Development

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  1. NAPPO contributions to global ePhyto • Objective: • Contribute to the development of global electronic certificate exchange. • Support to IPPC on elaboration of Appendix 1 of ISPM 12; • “Spreading the word”: increasing awareness within the Americas

  2. NAPPO contributions to global ePhyto • Achievements: • Active participation in ePhyto Steering Committee until disbanded in June, 2013; • Active involvement in the organization of the workshop in Brazil: Introduction to the IPPC “ePhyto”; • NAPPO eCert Panel • helped IPPC steward answer country comments to Appendix 1 of ISPM 12; • Organized in collaboration with IICA and the GICSV an introductory workshop in Costa Rica.

  3. GICSV workshop: An introduction to the IPPC “ePhyto” • Highlights: • 46 participants (including speakers), representing 21 of the 34 countries in the Americas; • Participant profile: • 25% were IT specialists. • Some countries had both IT and plant specialists (Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay, and the 3 NAPPO countries). • One industry representative (Canadian forestry sector), one from trade (government of Colombia) and one representative from Customs (Paraguay).

  4. GICSV workshop: An introduction to the IPPC “ePhyto” • Highlights: • For the Caribbean countries, Ecuador and some others, this was the first exposure to the topic of IPPC ePhyto; • Repetition of basic aspects and having many discussion group opportunities was crucial to success; • Talk on “Minimum requirements for setting up ePhyto nationally” was of particular interest; • Steps forward by country and in the process were discussed; • Commitments to finalize FAQs (NAPPO) and a generic introductory presentation (COSAVE)

  5. NAPPO contributions to global ePhyto • Future steps: • Offer of support made to Caribbean countries – to be defined; • Possible development of a generic “how to” for countries with less technology; • Support if/when required by new ePhyto Steering Group

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