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National Multi-Stakeholder Awareness and Technical
Training Workshop on Compliance with Sanitary and
Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) for Bhutan
Date
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22-25 December 2008 |
Venue
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Thimphu, Bhutan |
Organizer
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UNESCAP Trade and Investment Division
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Objective
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To train officials on implementation of WTO SPS/TBT requirements |
Documentation
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Presentations:
Monday, 22 December 2008
Session 1: Principles and concepts in the area of sanitary and
 phytosanitary standards and control
Digby Gascoine, UNESCAP Consultant
Session 2: Overview of Food & Agricultural Standards &
Related Institutional, Legislative Framework and Policies
in Bhutan
BAFRA
Session 3: Application and implementation of WTO disciplines
on SPS and TBT
Gretchen H. Stanton, Agriculture and Commodities
Division, WTO
Monday, 23 December 2008
Session 1: Import regulations related to Food and Agricultural
Standards in the EC
Sylvie Coulon, European Commission, DG-SANCO
Session 2: Formulating an SPS export market access strategy
for Bhutan
Digby Gascoine
SPS Related Market Access
Dorji Rinchen, AMS, Ministry of Agriculture
Monday, 24 December 2008
Session 4: Capacity Building for Standards Compliance and
Certification
Digby Gascoine
Capacity Building for Standards Compliance and
Certification: Application of FAO Biosecurity Toolkit
(SPS-Capacity Evaluation Toolkit)
Sithar Dorjee, BAFRA
Capacity Building for Standards Compliance and
Certification: Issues in Business
BCCI & BIO-BHUTAN
Session 5: Results of the FAO Study on Applying FAO Toolkit
on Capacity Assessment for Bhutan
Sithar Dorjee, BAFRA
Monday, 25 December 2008
Session 6: Methodologies and Information Management Systems
for the Identification and Assessment of Sanitary and
Phytosanitary Risks
Digby Gascoine
Session 6: Adoption of Risk-based Approach to SPS Management
Kala Bhandari, Seed Certification Officer, BAFRA
Session 7: Tools and techniques for managing a national
bio-security agency and its programmes
Digby Gascoine
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Participants
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Programme |
Contact
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Mr. Marc Proksch
Economic Affairs Officer
Trade Policy Section
Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP
Email: proksch.unescap@un.org |
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Last updated: 30 December 2008 |
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