1. Activities of COSAVE Agr. Eng. M.Sc. Hernán M. Funes
Technical assistant
Coordination Secretariat of COSAVE
23º Technical Consultation among ORPF, August 2011

2. Secretary Coordinator Administrative assistance
Presidency and Secretariat Coordination
President of COSAVE
Agr. Eng. Diego Quiroga
Secretary Coordinator
Agr. Eng. Ezequiel Ferro
Technical assistance
Agr. Eng. Hernán Funes
Administrative assistance
Emilia Ibarra
August 2011

3. C O S A V E M e m b e r s August 2011 Dirección de Protección Vegetal
Dirección Nacional de Protección Vegetal
M e m b e r s
Dirección General de Servicios Agrícolas
Departamento de Sanidad Vegetal
División Protección Agrícola y Forestal
Unidad Nacional de Sanidad Vegetal
August 2011

4. Strategic guidelines 2010-2011
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
Support the region and its contracting parties in the International Phytosanitary Negotiation.
Participation on meetings like CPM, EWG y TP from IPPC.
August 2011

5. Strategic guidelines 2010-2011
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
Promote, as RPPO and through its NPPO’s, a greater interaction and participation with the private sector.
August 2011

6. Strategic guidelines 2010-2011
Make available regional capacities to deal with crisis Phytosanitary situations, aimed at strengthening regional Phytosanitary capacity
Regional Workshops.
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.
August 2011

7. 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

8. 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 CPM
Analysis 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

9. Principal Issues for Technical Group of COSAVE
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

10. 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

11. Principal Issues for Technical Group of COSAVE
TG Pesticides
Labeling of pesticides
Actualization of Regional Standards of Phytosanitary Protection 6.7
August 2011

12. Other Regional development program
Other activities
Regional Workshops:
RW of Phytosanitary inspection
RW on Prevention and Control of Lobesia botrana
RW on Electronic Certification
RW on PRA
Other Regional development program
Regional Program for control of cotton boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis)
August 2011

13. Web site
August 2011

14. Possible new web site
August 2011

15. Agr. Eng. M.Sc. Hernán M. Funes
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