28th Technical Consultation among Regional Plant Protection Organization

Published on 13/11/2016

The 28th Technical Consultation among Regional Plant Protection Organizations (RPPO) will be held in Rabat (Kingdom of Morocco) on November 14-18, 2016. Will particpate 9 RPPO (APPPC, CAN, COSAVE, IASPC, EPPO, NAPPO, OIRSA, PPPO), CAHFSA, IPPC Secretariat and CPM Bureau.

IPPC regional workshop

Published on 18/07/2016

The IPPC regional workshop for North Africa and Near East will be held in Algier (Algeria) on September 5-8, 2016

Governing Council meeting

Date : 19/10/2016

NEPPO will organise its 4th Governing Council on October 19-21, 2016 in Rabat (Morocco Kingdom). It will be preceded by the Executive Committee meeting on October 18, 2016.

Consultations on draft ISPMs: 1 July to 30 September 2016.

Published on 18/07/2016

Following the revision of the IPPC standard setting procedure adopted by CPM-11 (2016), consultations on draft ISPMs will last 90 days and will take place from 1 July to 30 September 2016. The following draft ISPMs including diagnostic protocols (DP) will be available for consultation through the new Online Comment System (OCS). First consultation (English, […]

Call for expression of interests to join Informal Working Group meeting on the IPPC implementation pilot on surveillance on 11- 12 June 2016, Thailand

Published on 13/05/2016

The call is open to contracting parties, regional plant protection organizations (RPPOs) and other scientific organizations wishing to be involved in the IPPC Implementation pilot project on surveillance, for specific work on three example pests of interest: Xylella fastidiosa Bactrocera dorsalis species complex Invasive ants The deadline for expression of interest is 24 May, […]

The FAO-IPPC-CIHEAM International Workshop on Xylella fastidiosa successfully held in Bari, Italy

Date : 19/04/2016

The FAO-IPPC-CIHEAM International Workshop on Xylella fastidiosa & the Olive Quick Decline Syndrome (OQDS) was successfully held from 19-22 April 2016, in Bari, Italy. The Workshop was organized by FAO, IPPC and CIHEAM (the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies), with support of the Near East Plant Protection Organization (NEPPO) and the European Plant […]

2016 April call for discussion papers for the Focus Group to establish a new IPPC subsidiary body on Implementation

Published on 04/05/2016

The Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM) 11 supported the creation of the new oversight body on implementation, but agreed it was premature to create the new body with the proposed Terms of Reference (ToR) and Rules of Procedure (RoP) prepared by the IPPC Secretariat. At a small group meeting convened at the side of CPM, […]

International Workshop on Xylella fastidiosa and the Olive Quick Decline Syndrome (OQDS). 19-22 April 2016, Bari, Italy

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1. Background The bacterium Xylella fastidiosa is a devastating pathogen which affects more than 300 plant hosts belonging to crop, ornamental, forestry and natural vegetation species. Among them Citrus, grapes, almonds and olive are of main importance in the Near East and North Africa region. Following the outbreaks of X. fastidiosa associated to the olive […]