1. Identifying needs and interacting with domestic stakeholders
Group 2

2. Constraints Handling comments Capacity building
Comment period relatively short
Completing translations on time
Collecting comments from stakeholders
Capacity building
Need for specialized training
Coordination of public agencies
Overlapping roles
Vertical organization

3. Constraints (2) Reaching rural stakeholders
Lack of engagement of stakeholders (particularly private sector)
Strategies for involvement
Limited resources (both human and financial)
Screening notifications
Time, volume, incomplete information, translations

4. Solutions Identifying stakeholders
Ideal self-select
Solicit smaller producer associations
Other governmental bodies, especially sub-national
Screen notifications – do not pass on everything to everyone
Comments balance private and public interest
Educate stakeholders
Aligning interests between public and private sector?
Analysis of why particular notification is relevant
Awareness of international rules and mechanisms

5. Solutions (2) Technological tools
Websites
alerts
Databases
(not always appropriate)
Clear and effective national coordination mechanism
Establishment of SPS sub-committee
Coordination among enquiry points