The FAO Regional Office for the Near East and Sub-Regional Office for GCC Countries & Yemen in cooperation with the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) and the Ministry of Municipalities and Urban Planning and Agriculture Affairs in Kingdom of Bahrain, are organizing a training workshop on Application of the Phytosanitary Measures related to the international trade. The training workshop will be held in Manama (Crowne Plaza Hotel), Kingdom of Bahrain, during the period 1to 4 July, 2012.

The IPPC aimed by developing the International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPMs) to provide guidelines and recommendations for unifying the phytosanitary measures at the global level that simplify and facilitate international trade of plant products; and to avoid any measures applied individually by the countries that might lead to unjustified barriers in International trade. The International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPMs) are also the basis for phytosanitary measures applied by members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) under the Convention on the application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS).

The training workshop aims at building the capacity of the plant quarantine officers, inspectors and private sector from Bahrain and participants from GCC countries and Yemen for better understanding of requirements and practical application of international standards related to international trade with focus on the (ISPM-15), regarding the regulation of wood packaging material in international trade and (ISMP-20), the guidelines for a phytosanitary import regulatory system.

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