Operational Framework of the Implementation and Capacity Development Committee (IC) And

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TC-RPPO

30 October – 3 November, 2017

Paris, France

Operational framework of the Implementation and Capacity development Committee (IC) and the role of RPPOs

[1]The Capacity Development Committee (CDC) met in Japan on 15-19 May 2017[1] and considered the Terms of Reference (ToRs) and Rules of Procedure (RoP) of the Implementation and Capacity Development Committee (IC)[2] as well as the joint call for topics.

[2]The ToRs and Rules of Procedure of the IC were reviewed and are presented in document 26_TC-RPPO_2017_Nov.

[3]The IC will meet for the first time on 11-15 December 2017, at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Headquarters, in Rome Italy. The draft agenda of the upcoming meeting is provided as document 27_TC-RPPO_2017_Nov.

[4]The list of members to the Implementation and Capacity Development Committee (IC) 2017-2020 is as follows:

Role/Region / Name, Organization, Email
Member Representing: Africa / Ms. Faith NDUNGE
Head Biosafety And Phytosanitary Services.
Kenya/Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service
Email:
Member Representing: Asia / Mr. Yuji KITAHARA
Senior section chief, Bilateral Consultation on Plant Quarantine.
Japan / Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Email:
Member Representing: Caribbean and Latin America / Mr. Francisco GUTIEREZ
Technical Director Plant Health
Belize Agricultural Health Authority
Email:
Member Representing: Europe / Ms. Olga LAVRENTJEVA
Adviser in phytosanitary questions, Plant Health Department.
Estonia/ Ministry of Rural Affairs
Email:
Member Representing: Near East / Mr. Mamoun ALBAKRI
Head of Phytosanitary Labs.
Jordan / Ministry of Agriculture
Email:
Member Representing: North America / Mr. Dominique PELLETIER
International Plant Health Standards Officer
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Email:
Member Representing: Southwest Pacific / Mr. Ngatoko NGATOKO
Director of Biosecurity Service
Ministry of Agriculture Cook Islands
Email:
Expert Representing: Africa / Mr. Kenneth MSISKA
Principal Agriculture Research Officer/IPPC Contact
Email:
Expert Representing: Asia / Mr. Dilli Ram SHARMA
Program Director (Joint Secretary)
Plant Protection Directorate, NPPO, Nepal
Hariharbhawan, Lalitpur, Nepal
Email:
Expert Representing: Caribbean and Latin America / Ms. Magda GONZALEZ ARROYO
Head of Standards and Regulations DPT.
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganaderia, Costa Rica
Email:
Expert Representing: South west Pacific / Mr. Christopher John DALE
Program manager, International Plant health Surveillance Program
Department of Agriculture (DAWR)
Email:
Expert Representing: South West Pacific / Ms. Sally JENNINGS
Senior Policy Analyst
New Zealand, Ministry for Primary Industries
Email:
Alternate member: Africa / Mr. Philip Karonjo NJOROGE
Head of Trade and Standards
Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS)
Email:
Alternate member: Caribbean and Latin America / Mr. Nelson LAVILLE
Head of Plant Protection and Quarantine services.
Commonwealth of Dominica / Ministry of Agriculture
Email:
Alternate member: Near East / Mr. Ahmed M. ABDELLAH
Plant Health Officer
Near east region (Qatar)
Email: ;
Alternate member: North America / Ms. Wendy BELTZ
National Field Operations Director
United States/USDA-APHIS-PPQ
Email:
Alternate member: Southwest Pacific / Mr. Nathan Andrew REID
A/g Director, Compliance partnerships.
Department of Agriculture (DAWR)
Email:
Alternate member: Asia / TBD
Alternate member: Europe / TBD

[5]The IC will be meeting to set its operational framework, discuss on Implementation and Capacity Development Strategies and determine IC Work Plan.

[6]The IC will be meeting bi-annually. The first meeting isheld in May hosted by a contracting party, and the second is held in December at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Headquarters, in Rome Italy.

[7]On the basis of these 2 documents, the TC-RPPO is invited to:

-Suggest a mechanism to liaise and share information with the IC members in their region

-Agree on the RPPO representation principles atIC meetings, particularly for the out of Rome sessions

-Consider how the RPPOs and TC-RPPO could contribute to implementation actions through the IC based on the operational framework envisioned.

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[1]The report of the 10th meeting of the IPPC Capacity development Capacity is available at

[2]Preparatory Meeting for the Implementation and Capacity Development Committee (IC)