Activities of COSAVE

23º Technical Consultation among ORPF, August 2011

Agr. Eng. M.Sc. Hernán M. FunesTechnical assistant

Coordination Secretariat of COSAVE

Presidency and Secretariat Coordination

August 2011

President of COSAVEAgr. Eng. Diego Quiroga

Secretary CoordinatorAgr. Eng. Ezequiel Ferro

Administrative assistanceEmilia Ibarra

Technical assistance Agr. Eng. Hernán Funes

Unidad Nacional de Sanidad Vegetal

Dirección de Protección Vegetal

Dirección Nacional de Protección Vegetal

Dirección General de Servicios Agrícolas

Departamento de Sanidad Vegetal

División Protección Agrícola y Forestal

C O S A V E

M e m b e r s

August 2011

Strategic guidelines 2010-2011

1. To consolidate and expand a regional phytosanitary

strategy supporting sustainable development of

agricultural and forestry production.

• Regional Workshop to prevent the introduction of absent

pest important for the agricultural and forestry

production

• Cooperation with others relevant Regional Organizations

2. Support the region and its contracting parties in the

International Phytosanitary Negotiation.

• Participation on meetings like CPM, EWG y TP from IPPC.

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3. Implement coordinated actions intended to protect and

improve the regional phytosanitary status of agricultural

and forestry production, as well as native flora of the region,

emphasizing the equivalence of measures.

• Harmonization of Phytosanitary Procedures

• Maintain and update the list of quarantine pests absent in the

region

4. Promote, as RPPO and through its NPPO’s, a greater

interaction and participation with the private sector.

Strategic guidelines 2010-2011

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5. Make available regional capacities to deal with crisis

Phytosanitary situations, aimed at strengthening

regional Phytosanitary capacity

• Regional Workshops.

6. Strengthen relationships with other RPPO and NPPO.

Conduct information exchange activities among NPPO and

the IPPC.

7. Make available regional capacities to deal with crisis phytosanitary situations.

Strategic guidelines 2010-2011

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Work Plan 2011

COSAVE 2011 Work Plan includes:

• 11 Technical Group meetings.

• 3 Directive Committee meetings.

• 2 Council of Ministers meetings.

• 2 Regional workshops

• Participate in international events: Technical Panels,

Workshops, Expert Working Groups, Technical

Consultations, Standard Committee, Focus Group and

Commission on Phytosanitary Measures meetings.

• Annual Operational Program for Technical Cooperation

with IICA

August 2011

Principal Issues for Technical Group of COSAVE

TG Pest Risk Analysis• Standarization of a procedure for a National PRA

• Harmonization a Regional Dossier (information necessary for initiating a PRA)

• Designing a Regional Workshop for application of PRA

TG Issues of CPMAnalysis of drafts ISPM 2011:

• Pest risk analysis for plants as quarantine pest

• Amends to ISPM 5 Glossary of Phytosanitary terms

• Revision to ISPM 5 Glossary of Phytosanitary terms Supplement Nº 1: Guidelines on the interpretation and application of the concept of official control for regulated pests.

• Annex 4 Pest Risk Analysis for plants as quarantine pest to ISPM 11:2004

• Revision of Annex 1 to ISPM 15 Approved treatments associated with wood packaging material

• Annex to ISPM 27:2006 Trogoderma granarium

• Annex to ISPM 28:2007 Vapour heat treatment of Cucummis melo var reticulatus for Bractocera reticulatus

• Annex to ISPM 28:2007 Heat treatment of wood packaging material using dielectric heat

August 2011

TG Plant Quarantine• Harmonization phytosanitary requirements for propagation material

• Actualization of regional Pest List

• Actualization of Regional Standards of Phytosanitary Protection 3.15 with emphasis on risk categories

• Pest prioritization to conduct regional PRA, contingency plans, monitoring, etc.

TG Forest Health• Information actualization of National Phytosanitary status in Pinus

and Eucalyptus

• Analyze and share available technologies for forest pest management

• Design of specific surveillance activities for Lymantria dispar

• Regional Control Plan of Thaumastocoris peregrinus

August 2011

Principal Issues for Technical Group of COSAVE

TG Sampling, Inspection and Certification • Harmonize the inspection and certification operational

procedures

TG Phytosanitary Surveillance• Regional Plan for HLB

• Evaluation of regional application maps of risk areas and advances of emerging pests: HLB, Lobesia, Mycosphaerella fijiensis

• Harmonize a Regional Dossier (information necessary for initiating a PRA)

August 2011

Principal Issues for Technical Group of COSAVE

August 2011

TG Pesticides

• Labeling of pesticides

• Actualization of Regional Standards of Phytosanitary Protection 6.7

Principal Issues for Technical Group of COSAVE

August 2011

Regional Workshops:

• RW of Phytosanitary inspection

• RW on Prevention and Control of Lobesia botrana

• RW on Electronic Certification

• RW on PRA

Other activities

Other Regional development program

• Regional Program for control of cotton boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis)

Web site

www.cosave.orgAugust 2011

Possible new web site

August 2011

Thanks

Agr. Eng. M.Sc. Hernán M. Funeshfunes@cosave.org(+5411) 4121-5350