FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia

Regional Expert Consultation for Europe and Central Asia on plant health and protection

Hybrid Event, 12/12/2017 - 14/12/2017

The overall objective of the workshop is raising awareness and mobilizing action of Member countries to identify new plant health risks and manage pest outbreaks and already distributed pest by new development approaches in plant health and plant protection. The expert consultation aims to identify ways for and actions to promote building networks and partnership through cross-sectoral dialogue, more coordinated planning, involvement of private sector and farmers, and opportunities to strengthen the evidence base for decision making in plant protection sectors.
The best experts in the region including experts from National Plant Protection Organizations (NPPOs), plant protection departments/divisions private sector and academia involved in prevention of pest introduction and management. It is expected that the expert consultation will provide a forum to raise the national, regional and global awareness about plant health.

The third day of the expert consultation will focus on the results and the closing of the regional project of the REU “TCP/RER/3503 Strengthening capacities of the national phytosanitary control services in 4 Eastern European countries”