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The PPPO-3 meeting
recommended that:
Agenda Item 8 – Fruit Fly Management in the
Pacific
SPC/FFM continue with activities
as recommended by the Fourth Fruit Fly Steering Committee Meeting and
Technical review and as reflected in the work plan for 2001 to ensure that
fruit fly management is maintained and enhanced nationally and regionally,
the issues of sustainability of
the fruit fly programme in Pacific Island Countries and Territories are raised
at the PHALPS meeting in June,
to ensure the continuation of the
Steering Committee, meetings be carried out whenever possible back-to-back
with Regional Technical Meetings such as PPPO and RTMPP and annually with the
Executive Committee meetings of PPPO,
Agenda Item 9 –
NZA Pest Management in the Pacific
the PPPO endorses the concept of
PMP and recommends that members review the Project Design Document (PDD) and
brief their PICT representative (Directors of agriculture or equivalent
officers) on the PMP-Project coordinating Committee (PCC) which is to meet in
May 2001,
Agenda Item 10
– EU SPC Pacific Protection Service Phase 2 Plan
European Union funds the second
phase of PPPS so that it continues to build capacity of national quarantine
services and supporting plant protection services and to assist quarantine
services to facilitate trade under global and regional free trade agreements,
(PPPO-3 recommends strongly that)
funding is provided to give an uninterrupted transition between phases I and
II of PPPS,
funding is provided in PPPS-II to
facilitate early consultation with ACP and OCT countries to formulate detailed
work plans to provide for the quarantine and plant protection needs of target
countries,
Agenda Item 11
– PPPO Work Programme 1998-2000
SPC publishes COGENT Guidelines
for the Safe Movement of Germplasm into and within the Asia-Pacific Region,
Agenda Item 12
– Regional Emergency Response Planning
PPPO secretariat finalises the
draft "regional emergency response-coordinating plan" within the
first half of 2001, omitting the national ERP elements, followed by
distribution of electronic version to PICTs for review,
depending on available funding SPC-PPS
facilitates planning for national emergency response within the framework of
the regional plan, incorporating the fruit fly and other high-priority pest
response plans,
Agenda Item 13
– Quarantine Training Programme 2001–2003: IRA and ERP
SPC PPS continues IRA phase-1
training for all PICTs that require it and following the conduct of an audit
continues on to phase 2 based on the needs of the countries concerned,
SPC-PPS develops IRA a computer–based
decision support system,
Agenda Item 14 -
Proposed Standardized Format for Legislation, Risk Analysis and Operational
Manuals
SPC-PPS investigates the needs of
PICTs for legislation reviews in agricultural quarantine and environment, with
a view to producing a single set of Biosecurity Legislation Drafting
Guidelines that include provisions for plant, animal, human health and the
environment,
Agenda Item 15
– A Model Regional Operational Manual
SPC develops guidelines for a
standardised format for operational manuals that could be used for national
adoption, and consider the content of such a manual from the viewpoint of
regional harmonisation, standardisation of training and the development of a
competency standard for Quarantine Inspectors,
Agenda Item 16
– Cost-effectiveness of Regional Consultation
the PPPO Secretariat in
consultation with the Executive explores whether there are more cost-effective
means of regional and sub-regional consultation; and that meanwhile the
Secretariat continues to seek donor support,
the PPPO continues to implement
the original purpose, for which it was established ("PPPO focuses on
improving the capacity of Pacific nations to comply with global quarantine and
trade standards, and links the region to international organizations such as
the WTO, and to the Food and Agriculture Organization’s Interim Commission
for Phytosanitary Measures and Asia Pacific Plant Protection Commission (APPPC)"),
the PPPO puts forward the Pacific
region’s concern with respect to the Rome meetings, through its Chairperson,
Agenda Item 17
– Bilateral/Multilateral Assistance for National Quarantine Service
in the interests of developing
harmonised quarantine services based on regional norms, PPPO requests members
to be transparent about their requests for bilateral donor support and to
inform donors about the regional role of PPPO, and to ensure that providers
consult PPPO Secretariat on regionally harmonised quarantine systems and
standards,
Agenda Item 18
– Import Requirements for Pacific products destined for Australia and New
Zealand
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SPC continues to facilitate
provision of technical advice and information in the area of generic
treatments for fresh fruit and vegetables,
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importing countries be requested
to expedite the provision of information on import requirements,
Agenda Item 19
– Quarantine Risks of Germplasm movement in the Region
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Quarantine Services of PPPO
members explore and, if appropriate, facilitate the movement of Taro and Yam
tissue culture between countries to assist with breeding for taro blight and
yam anthracnose resistance and conservation of taro and yam in the Regional
Germplasm Centre in Suva, without compromising quarantine standards,
Agenda Item 20
– Biosafety Protocol Update
PPPO member countries participate
in the biosecurity model law project,
PPPO member countries assess and
comment on any draft standards that are developed by the ISC (Interim
Standards Committee) of the ICPM,
PPPO member countries identify
capacity building needs in this area by completing the survey questionnaire
available on the web site: http://icpm.massey.ac.nz
or that PPPO provides the questionnaire as hard copy to be filled out by PPPO
member countries,
ICPM members (as defined:
"The members of the Commission are the contracting parties to the
Convention and are the governing body as established in the New Revised Text (NRT)
of the IPPC") participate wherever possible as in ICPM exploratory
working group recommendation 15,
Agenda Item 21
– Methyl Bromide Phase-out and Alternatives
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PPPO Secretariat advises members
on any changes to the Montreal Protocol that are likely to adversely affect
PICTs with regard to MB availability,
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PPPO recommends that the Pacific
Islands quarantine services reduce methyl bromide fumigation to the minimum,
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PPPO Secretariat continues to
seek donor funding for the Pacific-specific studies on cost-effective
alternatives to methyl bromide,
Agenda Item 22
– Outcome of RPPO San Diego 11-13 October, 2000
SPC to consider the introduction
of Cryptoleamus montrouzieri against Pink mealybug (Maconellicoccus
hirsutus) in co-operation with infested countries,
a survey of current status of wood
packing regulations and practices is carried out by PPPO Secretariat with a
view to taking action to reduce the associated quarantine risk,
PPPO Secretariat seeks funding to
assist members to attend RPPO13, Auckland 2001,
Agenda Item 23
– Regional Quarantine Policies on Quarantine Items in Transit and Re-exports
PPPO Executive
Committee forms working groups to draft a regional policy on re-export shipments
for review by countries, to be finalised by September 2001,
Agenda Item 24
– Policy on Assistance with National Import Risk Assessment (IRA)
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PPPO endorses the SPC-Plant
Protection Services IRA assistance policy,
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SPC makes provisions in future
work programmes and in its requests for donor support to provide additional
IRA services on a regional basis, especially to countries in which the
provisions of national resources to conduct IRAs would not be
cost-effective,
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PPPO strongly supports efforts
of countries to make available datasheets on pests derived from completed
PRAs for PICTs to support their conduct of PRAs,
Agenda Item 25
– PPS Web Site
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SPC PPS continues development of
the PPS Web site
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PPS continues to distribute its
Web site contents by CD ROM to those PICTs staff that do not have good
low-cost direct access to the Internet,
Agenda Item 26
– Draft ISPMs
PICTs become contracting parties
to the IPPC.
IPPC contracting party PICTs
participate in the development of ISPM by reviewing and commenting on drafts
to ensure that the Pacific concerns be expressed to the working groups
developing the standards,
non-IPPC contracting party PICTs
participate in the development of ISPMs by reviewing and submitting their
comments to ISC through the PPPO Secretariat,
Agenda Item 27 -
ICPM Pilot Project
all countries that have access to
the Internet take the time to complete the Massey questionnaire,
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PPPO Secretariat provides copies
on disk or CD to distribute to countries,
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PPPO Secretariat request FAO to
put in a link to the technical assistance questionnaire (Massey website) on
their technical assistance and cooperation web page and that Massey be
approached to make this questionnaire able to be easily downloaded,
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assistance for capacity building
of PICTs be requested through ICPM by the PPPO Secretariat based on the
findings of the Landos report,
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IPPC/ICPM be requested by PPPO
Secretariat to distribute the results of the pilot study on capacity of
quarantine services carried out in the Asia Pacific region,
Agenda Item 28 -
Attachment Training Centres for Pacific quarantine personnel
SPC-PPS in collaboration with PPPO
executive and other Pacific Island countries concerned, facilitates the
establishment of suitable attachment training centres in the Pacific while
maintaining parallel programmes that will permit staff to interact with
counterpart and trade partners and appropriate senior quarantine staff to
adopt advanced quarantine technology,
Agenda Item 29 -
National Authorisation of Pest records for PALs
SPC with PPPO ensure regular
updating of the PALs.
the following procedure be
followed for a PAL that is revised or newly written:
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drafts go to the Head of Plant
Protection and Head of Quarantine of the countries mentioned in the pest
distribution lists and a covering letter to Foreign affairs,
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attached to this will be the
reference for the scientific publication that is the basis for the country
record,
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the country has 1 month to
accept, dispute or add to the record,
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SPC to send out a reminder
after the first month requesting a response within a month
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dispute of a record by a
country be resolved between SPC and country as soon as possible,
preferably within 30 days,
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should a country not respond
after one reminder or after the dispute is resolved SPC will proceed with
the publication,
Agenda Item 30 -
National Pest Records and Reports
PICTs supply and SPC gathers &
audits existing pest lists
[method: countries
process already existing records while SPC arranges identification of already
available specimens depending on availability of funds]
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country pest lists for the most
important crops (emphasis on crops with export potential) are updated by
surveys by 2004, with support from SPC,
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country / regional model
database(s) be developed jointly by SPC and countries,
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appropriate photographic records
be included where possible in the new PPPIS database to facilitate in
country pest identification,
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SPC-PPS considers the
development and publication of a handbook or handbooks on arthropod pests to
facilitate pest identification in the field, thereby complementing the
available weed and plant disease handbooks,
Agenda Item 31
National Needs in Quarantine and Plant Protection
SPC PPS in consultation with PICTs
takes the steps to identify and implement a programme to reduce the
information deficits identified by the survey and reports,
the information needs survey is
extended to more people, and to all 22 PICTs,
it is repeated annually perhaps in
a small version, to keep PPS up to date about its client’s needs,
Agenda Item 32
– Pacific Analytical Services
SPC-PPS in collaboration with the
PPPO executive and other stakeholders, including USP:
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establishes in collaboration
with PICTs whether there is a need for a centralised or network of quality
assurance laboratories that can provide minimal analytical services required
for traded commodities and food industries in the Pacific,
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examines the most cost-effective
and practical way to provide the analytical service, and if it is justified,
seeks funding to establish, operate and sustain the service, possibly on a
cost recovery basis,
Agenda Item 33
– Logo for PPPO
that the PPPO Executive &
Secretariat investigate and if possible proceed with the use of the logo on
letter heads and create a web site for the PPPO,
Agenda Item 33.2
PPPO endorses the development of
regional plant quarantine containment guidelines,
SPC/PPPO seeks funding assistance
for the development of RPQCS by a consultant from the member countries,
Agenda Item 33.3
- In Flight Movies
SPC-PPS assists PICTs to develop
videos for the purpose of raising public awareness of quarantine services and
the obligations of the public,
and / or
PNG moved that these
recommendations be accepted. Seconded by Fiji. Return
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