<p><strong><u>Workshop on Biosecurity Implementation of South American Leaf Blight </u></strong><strong><u>of Rubber in the Asia-Pacific Region, from 12 to 16 January 2015, Bangkok, Thaland at Anantara Bangkok Riverside Resort & Spa. For more information please visit <a href="http://www.apppc.org/node/1110848">Plant Quarantine </a>page</u></strong></p>
<div>The purpose of this workshop is to improve the knowledge of the trainees on pest information management and data base system, as well as to develop the capacity to design useful pest information management system.</div><div>The training workshop will focus on introduction of information management system of the project participating countries as well as NPPO of Korea and basic lectures and practices related to information management, which will be followed by discussion session on desirable management system to be developed for every participating country.</div>
<div>The purpose of this workshop is to improve the knowledge of the trainees on pest information management and data base system, as well as to develop the capacity to design useful pest information management system.</div><div>The training workshop will focus on introduction of information management system of the project participating countries as well as NPPO of Korea and basic lectures and practices related to information management, which will be followed by discussion session on desirable management system to be developed for every participating country.</div>
<p>Based on the training schedule agreed among participating countries at the Project Inception Workshop, the third regional expertise training workshop on pest surveillance is going to be held in Cambodia as a hosting country in November 2014.</p><p>The training workshop will focus on technical and practical survey and identification on “fungi” as a subsequent subject to “fruit-fly” and “stored product insect pest” adressed in the 2<sup>nd</sup> expertise training workshop.</p><p>About thirty participants including 25 trainees from six participating countries are expected to take part in the workshop.</p>
<p>Based on the training schedule agreed among participating countries at the Project Inception Workshop, the third regional expertise training workshop on pest surveillance is going to be held in Cambodia as a hosting country in November 2014.</p><p>The training workshop will focus on technical and practical survey and identification on “fungi” as a subsequent subject to “fruit-fly” and “stored product insect pest” adressed in the 2<sup>nd</sup> expertise training workshop.</p><p>About thirty participants including 25 trainees from six participating countries are expected to take part in the workshop.</p>
<p><strong><em><strong>During the APPPC Workshop on Building Understanding and Preparedness for Electronic Phytosanitary Certification it was agreed to establish the APPPC ePhyto Working Group. </strong></em></strong></p><p><strong><em>Purpose of the working group</em></strong></p><p><em>The aim of the APPPC ePhyto Working Group is to ensure the development and implementation of ePhyto solutions throughout the Asia/Pacific region that are consistent with the IPPC.</em></p><p><strong><em>Membership</em></strong></p><p><em>Membership will consist of representatives from countries within the APPPC regions who have or are developing ePhyto solutions. Participating countries will nominate a principle ePhyto contact who will be the Working Group member. A secondary ePhyto contact may be nominated to provide support to the principle Working Group member.</em></p><p><em>Participating countries at present are: Australia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Rep of Korea, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand. Australia has accepted the initial chair position with Korea offering vice-chair support.</em></p><p><em>It is open to other countries to participate in the working group.</em></p><p><em><strong>Several Recommendations on an action plan from the APPPC workshop on ePhyto were developed. You can download the file with recommendations below. </strong></em></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: rgb(35, 31, 32); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">This workshop is aimed to ensure that members have a common understanding and preparedness for Electronic Phytosanitary Certification as well as to discuss some practical aspects of operating of an ePhyto system</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: rgb(35, 31, 32); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">This workshop is aimed to ensure that members have a common understanding and preparedness for Electronic Phytosanitary Certification as well as to discuss some practical aspects of operating of an ePhyto system</span></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-NZ" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><font color="#000000">Participants APPPC Workshop on Building Understanding and Preparedness for Electronic Phytosanitary Certification provided recommendations on actions and next steps that are required to progress the development of an IPPC ePhyto system. This was considered at several levels – action at an individual country level, action at a regional APPPC level, action at the ePhytos Steering Group level, and action at the CPM level. The recommendations for action, divided in each section into Primary (with an imperative requirement for action) and related (where action associated with the primary actions is needed), you can download the file with recommendations below. </font></span></p><p> </p>
