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Measures (CPM) meeting in late March at FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy.

The purpose of the TC-RPPO is to encourage inter-regional cooperation in the application of
harmonized phytosanitary measures and the implementation of international standards for
phytosanitary measures (ISPMs), and provides a forum for consultation and exchange of
phytosanitary intelligence among regions. The TC-RPPO contributes to the work program of the CPM,
specifically to the Implementation of the IPPC Strategic Framework (2020-2030) Development
Agenda items.

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NAPPO hopes to organize the first multi-day face-to-face TC-RPPO meeting since the 31 TC-RPPO
hosted by the Inter-African Phytosanitary Council (IAPSC) in Abuja, Nigeria in 2019. Tentative dates
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for the 35 TC-RPPO are 23-27 October 2023. Possible meeting venues being discussed with the
IPPC Secretariat include Bogotá, Colombia and Rome, Italy. Stay tuned for updates!

Meetings between NAPPO and the European and

Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization – EPPO

NAPPO Executive Committee members from Canada and the United States travelled alongside the
NAPPO Executive Director to attend a meeting with EPPO at their headquarters in Paris in mid-
January 2023. The EPPO-NAPPO meeting was organized in conjunction with the EPPO Panel on
Global Phytosanitary Affairs. Discussion topics included the latest information and planned workshop
on Sea Containers, the Implementation of the IPPC Strategic Framework (2020-2030) and its eight
Development Agenda Items, potential adjustments to the CPM Chairperson in 2024-2025, long-term
sustainable funding mechanism for ePhyto, climate change impacts of Pest Risk Analysis, One Health
and Plant Health, IPPC-ISPMs and Annexes to ISPMs under development, possible collaboration
between EPPO and NAPPO and future EPPO-NAPPO meetings, among others.
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The group agreed to reconvene in Rome on the Sunday before the 17 Commission on Phytosanitary
Measures (CPM-17) meeting in late March to examine and share CPM-17 regional positions. The
January 2024 EPPO-NAPPO meeting will be hosted by NAPPO and held somewhere in the United
States. In addition to strategic topics, the 2024 meeting hopes to include a technical issues section,
where NPPO experts from both regions can come together and address specific technical issues
identified by the regions.

Participants of the NAPPO-EPPO meeting at the EPPO Headquarters in Paris,
France

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