Information Exchange and the IPPC

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Information Exchange and the IPPC

• 22-26 September, 2003
• Braunschweig, Germany
• INVASIVE ALIEN SPECIES AND THE IPPC
• An expert consultation of phytosanitary services
  and environmental protection agencies
• Brent Larson
• IPPC Secretariat
• Rome,Italy

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Contracting Party Obligations

• Official contact point - Article VII 2
• Description of NPPO and changes - Article IV 4
• Non-compliance - Article VII 2(f)
• List of regulated pests - Article VII 2(i)
• Pest reporting - Article IV 2(b)
• Exchange of information on plant pests,
  particularly the reporting of the occurrence,
  outbreak or spread - Article VIII 1(a)

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Contracting Party Obligations

• Technical and biological information necessary
  for PRA - Article VIII 1(a)
• Specified points of entry - Article VII 2(d)
• Organizational arrangements for plant protection
  - Article IV
• Emergency action - Article VII 6
• Phytosanitary requirements, restrictions and
  prohibitions - Article VII 2(b)
• Adequate information on pest status - Article VII
  2(j)
• Rationale for phytosanitary requirements,
  restrictions and prohibitions - Article VII 2(c)

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Basic Requirements to Meet these Obligations

• Internet based
• International Phytosanitary Portal (IPP)
• CD version for those without Internet access
• Secure and remote access
• NPPOs RPPOs maintain their own information
• Eliminate or reduce duplication of data entry

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IPP Status

• Developed and being navigation is being piloted
  in English
• documents served in all 5 FAO languages
• Future navigation to be in French and Spanish

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IPP Status

• August 2002 release of live interactive database
  website ( www.ippc.int )
• February 2003, users identified navigation issues
  so front facade was redesigned
• Summer 2003, restructuring of file directories,
  filling gaps and updating and correcting content
  in existing documents
• Draft data entry manual developed

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Future of the IPP

• IPP Support Group meeting in Prague, Czech
  Republic 25-29 November, 2003
• Review data entry manual and pilot NPPO data
  entry
• Develop plan for the IPP, identifying user needs

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How to get involved

• Provide IPPC Secretariat with Official NPPO
  contact information
• Nominate an IPP support group member
• Gather documents that help meet the IPPC
  obligations in preparation for posting on the IPP