1. THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF PLANT HEALTH and other future challenges for the IPPC Ralf Lopian Consultant to the IPPC Secretariat (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland)

2. Content A)International Year of Plant Health History and future Concept Specific Objectives Outputs Preliminary programme considerations Future activities B) Electronic Certification Benefits The E-Phyto hub Strategic advantages C) IPPC Emergency Programmes Current situation Possible future scenarios

3. A) THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF PLANT HEALTH (IYPH 2020)

4. HISTORY OF THE INITIATIVE OF PROCLAIMING AN IYPH 2020 CPM-9 (2014) proposed International Day of Plant Health Financial Committee (FC) in June 2014 recommended International Year and as “champion” IPPC Secretary FC in October 2014 appointed R. Lopian lead/champion for IYPH 2020 December 2014 research and production of background study February 2015 Finland decided to act as champion for IYPH 2020 CPM-10 (2015) decided to support IYPH based on proposal by Finland 39 th FAO Conference welcomed IYPH 2020 proposal by Finland

5. FUTURE STEPS TO PROCLAIM IYPH 2020  Finland to propose officially to DG of FAO (2015)  Proposal to be “processed” in Programme & Finance Committees and FAO Council  Resolution by 40 th FAO Conference in 2017  Proposal to UN Economic and Social Council in 2017 (Finland)  Proposal to UN General Assembly 2018 (Finland)  Implementation of IYPH 2020

6. CONCEPT OF AN INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF PLANT HEALTH 2020 (IYPH 2020) Preliminary Objective "Celebration of the International Year of Plant Health will raise awareness of the importance of plant health in addressing issues of global concern, including hunger, poverty and threats to the environment."

7. CONCEPTS OF IYPH 2020 Preliminary Specific Objectives A. Raising the awareness of the public and political decision makers on global, regional and national levels about plant health and its contributions to:

8. CONCEPTS OF IYPH 2020 Preliminary Specific Objectives A1. Protecting sustainable agriculture and thus enhancing global food security through the prevention of pest spread

9. CONCEPTS OF IYPH 2020 Preliminary Specific Objectives A2. Protecting the environment, forests and biodiversity from plant pests and thus contributing to the prevention of biodiversity loss

10. CONCEPTS OF IYPH 2020 Preliminary Specific Objectives A3. Facilitating economic and trade development through the promotion of globally harmonized scientifically based phytosanitary measures

11. CONCEPTS OF IYPH 2020 Preliminary Specific Objectives B. Promoting a strengthening of global, regional and national plant health efforts in light of increasing trade and new pest risks caused through climate change.

12. CONCEPTS OF IYPH 2020 Preliminary Specific Objectives C. Rallying global, regional and national political support for plant health.

13. CONCEPTS OF IYPH 2020 Preliminary Specific Objectives D. Increasing global, regional and national resources for plant health policies and systems.

14. PRELIMINARY OUTPUTS OF THE IYPH 2020 (1) Increased public awareness about plant health (numbers of popular publications, articles, etc.) Adoption of a new IPPC Plant Health Strategy for 2020-2030 Adoption and publication of the "Review of the Status of Plant Protection in the World“ Commitments on sustainable financing of national plant health systems

15. PRELIMINARY OUTPUTS OF THE IYPH 2020 (2) Increased donor commitments to IPPC and plant health capacity building Increased reflection of phytosanitary matters in national academic curricula Greater stakeholder involvement in national plant health decision-making Establishment of a financing system for the IPPC Establishment of the 6th December 2021 as an international day of plant health

16. FUTURE STEPS TO PROCLAIM IYPH 2020 Decision/Declaration by CPM FAO Programme/Finance C./FAO Council Decision by FAO Conference United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Decision by UN General Assembly

17. TIME-LINE TO PROCLAIM IYPH 2020 CPM 2015 FAO 2017 UN 2018 IYPH 2020

18. B) THE IPPC AND ELECTRONIC CERTIFICATION

19. THE ROLE OF THE IPPC IN ELECTRONIC CERTIFICATION BENEFITS increase efficiency by enabling electronically gathered phytosanitary data to be submitted to the importing country electronically, and increase efficiency by storing and accessing data electronically without manual data entry reduce costs associated with printing and shipping paper certificates, and reduce those costs associated with sorting, distributing, retrieving and archiving paper documents expedite communication on specific phytosanitary certificates between exporting and importing NPPOs, including increasing ease and transparency of reissued certificates decrease fraudulent certificates and increase transparency of certificates that have been issued and received between NPPOs.

20. THE IPPC E-PHYTO HUB Many to Many

21. THE IPPC E-PHYTO HUB One to Many

22. THE ROLE OF THE IPPC IN ELECTRONIC CERTIFICATION STRATEGIC ADVANTAGES Driving force within the SPS context (active since 2001) System operated through the IPPC not customs Ensuring developing countries interest Establishment of a service providing branch which can be utilized for other services Paving the way towards direct CP financing of the IPPC.

23. C) THE IPPC AND EMERGENCY PROGRAMMES

24. IPPC AND EMERGENCY PROGRAMMES IPPC deals primarily with regulated pests IPPC doesn’t coordinate any supranational actions with regard to regulated pests For many dev. countries coordinated emergency actions maybe of advantage Fast regional or international emergency programms maybe more effective

25. IPPC AND EMERGENCY PROGRAMMES Possible Future Scenarios Creation of an international phytosanitary emergency fund Partial incorporation of EMPRES Plant Protection into IPPC Focus on new and ”exotic” pests Priority for regional/international surveillance and eradication programmes

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