1. Day One
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Caribbean Agricultural Health & Food Safety Agency CAHFSA 28TH TC-RPPO November 2016 Rabat, Morocco
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2. SPECIFICITIES Original agreement -March 12, 2010.
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SPECIFICITIES
Original agreement -March 12, 2010.
Revised Agreement - February 25, 2011
Operational -In October 2014
Fully operational October 1, 2015
MEMBER STATES: Antigua and Barbuda. Bahamas. Barbados. Belize. Dominica. Grenada. Guyana. Haiti. Jamaica. Montserrat. Saint Lucia. St Vincent and the Grenadines. Suriname. Trinidad and Tobago.
ASSOCIATE MS: Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands
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4. Chief Executive Officer
Day One
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Council for Trade & Economic Development (COTED)
Board of Directors
Chief Executive Officer
Finance & Administrative Officer
Secretary
Food Safety Specialist
Animal Health Specialist
Plant Health Specialist
Technical Advisory Committees
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5. Mandate
CAHFSA is mandated to perform a coordinating and organizing role for the establishment of an effective and efficient regional sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) regime
Plant Health Division is mandated to safeguard the Region’s agriculture and natural resources from the introduction and spread of plant pests while facilitating safe trade of agricultural products among Member States.

6. TECHNICAL AND CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT AND ACHIEVEMENTS

7. Model plant health legislation Development of guidance documents
Guidelines for preparing a market access proposal
Guidelines on conducting plant import risk analysis
Guidelines for the movement of aggregate
Protocols for the safe movement of plant germplasm
Surveillance manual
Preparing national pest lists

8. Establishment of PRA Units Development of PRA training material
Regional Pest Identification training
Regional Plant Quarantine Training
Participation in Hemispheric and International Forums
CPM 11
GICSV (including working groups)
TPDP
PCE Facilitators training (3 individuals)

9. Emerging Pests
Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitate)
Frosty pod rot of cocoa (Moniliophthora roreri)
Lethal yellowing disease
Fusarium TR4
HLB

10. Surveillance Projects and Activities
Red palm weevil
Tephritidae
Ceratitis capitate
Anastrepha spp
Bactrocera spp

11. Proposal for future collaboration
Pest risk Analysis
Surveillance
Pest diagnosis

12. Merci
Dankjewel
Thank You