WTO/SPS Technical Assistance and Capacity Building

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WTO/SPS Technical Assistance andCapacity Building
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Countries Affliated with the Inter-American
Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)
COUNTRIES AFFILIATED
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Four Progressive Levels of Technical Assistance
Information/ Awareness
Assessment/ Consensus
Functional Capacity
Sustainable Leadership
Passive
Dynamic
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Examples of Technical Seminars

• North America Food Safety, HACCP, Equivalence
• Central America SPS, HACCP, BSE, FMD, Food
  Safety
• Andean BSE, Equivalence, SPS, Risk Analysis,
• Food Safety
• Caribbean Food Safety, Legislation, Risk
  Analysis,
• Modernization
• South America Equivalence, Traceability,
  Modernization,
• BSE

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Examples of Information Disseminated
48 countries covered
Access
Saninet
3000 daily accesses
4000 registered users
http//www.Infoagro.net/salud
Caraphin
AgriSalud
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Progressive Levels of Technical
AssistanceAssessment and Consensus Building
Information/ Awareness
Assessment/ Consensus
Functional Capacity
Sustainable Leadership
Passive
Dynamic
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The Multiple Roles of Agricultural Health and
Food Safety
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Desired Objectives to Assess and Build Consensus

• An approach that is easy to understand and use
• An approach that facilitates dialogue between
  the different
• public sectors and between public and
  private sectors
• A methodology that is adaptable and low cost
• A methodology that tracks changes over time and
  enhances
• resource usage

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Example of Articulation ofAgricultural Health
and Food Safety Systems
OPTIMAL
-6 country average-
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40
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MINIMUM
Market access
Technical capacity
Financial and human capital
Private sector interaction
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Components that Determine Market Access
STANDARDS COMPLIANCE
SETTING OF STANDARDS
REGIONALIZATION
CERTIFICATION
HARMONIZATION
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Assessing the Level of Advancement
forEquivalence (Market Access)
Authority to negotiate agreements
Authority to negotiate agreements
Authority to approve negotiated agreements
Authority to negotiate agreements
Exists the technical capacity to execute the
agreement
Authority to approve negotiated qgreements
Authority to approve negotiated agreements
Exists the technical capacity to execute the
agreement
Authority to implement approved agreements
Authority to negotiate agreements
MINIMUM
OPTIMAL
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Progressive Levels of Technical
AssistanceFunctional Capacity
Information/ Awareness
Assessment/ Consensus
Functional Capacity
Sustainable Leadership
Passive
Dynamic
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Formation of a Caribbean AgriculturalHealth and
Food Safety Agency (CAHFSA)
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Caribbean Agricultural Health and Food Safety
Agency (CAHFSA)
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Caribbean Agricultural Health and Food Safety
Agency (CAHFSA)

• Specific Functions
• To promote the development and use of regional
  and
• international SPS standards
• To promote the harmonization of technical
  procedures,
• such as inspection, certification, risk
  assessment,
• GAP, GMP and laboratory analysis
• To provide a forum for exchange of agricultural
  health
• and food safety information

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Caribbean Agricultural Health and Food Safety
Agency (CAHFSA)

• Specific Functions
• Harmonize regional strategies for agricultural
  health
• and food safety emergencies and emerging
  issues
• Provide regional networking of laboratories
• and expertise
• Enhance the Caribbean voice in international
  SPS fora

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Progressive Levels of Technical
AssistanceSustainable Leadership
Information/ Awareness
Assessment/ Consensus
Functional Capacity
Sustainable Leadership
Passive
Dynamic
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Countries Represented in theExecutive Leadership
in Food Safety (ELFS) Series
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1. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
2. ANTIGUA
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3. BARBADOS
4. TRINIDAD TOBAGO
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5. GUYANA
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COUNTRIES REPRESENTED
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Typical Learning Environment for Technical
Assistance
TECHNICAL SEMINAR
INDIVIDUAL
REFERENCE MATERIAL
SPEAKERS
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Executive Leadership in Food Safety (ELFS)
Series Environment
FOUR MODULES
GROUP INTERACTION
SPEAKERS
INDIVIDUAL
REFERENCE MATERIAL
MENTORS
PROJECT
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Tangible Results from the Executive Leadership in
Food Safety Series (ELFS)
PROJECTS
JOINT INITIATIVES
ALLIANCES
INDIVIDUAL
RESOURCE NETWORK
COMMUNITY ACTIONS
ENHANCED LEADERSHIP
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Impact of the Executive Leadership in Food Safety
(ELFS)Series
In our country ELFS has been a fundamental
element in being able to implement and put in
practice a public-private sector alliance
-Minister of Agriculture I urge you to
continue carrying out this type of program ELFS
that leads to benefits and improvements within
the actions of our own countries -Minister of
Agriculture What before seemed difficult now
seems easy. I feel that I can take-on just about
any challenge -Participant The program
changed my lifes agenda" -Participant
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Conclusions
Functional Capacity
Sustainable Leadership
Assessment/ Consensus
Information/ Awareness

• There are progressive levels to technical
  assistance
• and capacity building (TACB)
• TACB is more than providing information and
  money
• Sustainable TACB requires creativity and
  leadership