Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Capacity Building Program

Objective

To expand the capability of ASEAN focal countries to describe and manage animal and plant health and implement SPS measures, consistent with international standards and the expectations of trading partners.

Regional Contribution: Approximately A$3.9 million to ASEAN countries, except for Singapore and Brunei

Duration: 2005 - 2008

Participating Countries: Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.

Project Components

SPS-Trade linkages
To increase the understanding of and support for SPS issues by ASEAN focal countries.

Plant health
To build capacity for constructing national pest lists and undertaking pest risk analyses.

Animal health
To strengthen regional capacity in SPS measures to control trans-boundary animal diseases.

Program management
To manage the program effectively and efficiently.

Outcomes

Governments and the private sector will gain a better appreciation of SPS-trade linkages, and thereby allocate additional resources to those organisations (and initiatives) that will enhance SPS capacity;
Capacity within the region will be enhanced, primarily through training; and
The benefits of the training will be sustained, in the longer-tem, by (i) improving the networking of SPS-related organisations in the region, and (ii) enhancing the capacity of training institutions (and individuals) in the region.

Australian Managing Contractor (AMC): Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF)

Australian Team Leader (ATL)

Dr Ian Naumann
Director
SPS Capacity Building Program
Office of the Chief Plant Protection Officer
Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Tel. +61 2 6272 3442
Fax. +61 2 6272 5835
Ian.naumann@daff.gov.au

Ms Emma Lumb
Program Coordinator, SPS CBP
Department of Agriculture Fisheries & Forestry
GPO Box 858
Canberra
ACT 2601
AUSTRALIA
Emma.lumb@daff.gov.au
Tel. + 61 2 6272 5011
Fax. +61 2 6272 5835

Vietnamese Counterparts
Ms. Hoang Thi Dung
DDG
International Cooperation Department
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
N02 Ngoc Ha – Ba Dinh – Hanoi
Tel: 8437450/09135 51340
Fax: 7330752
htdung@netnam.vn / dungth@fpt.vn

AusAID Contact person

Mr Nguyen Quang Anh
Activity Manager, Governance Sector
No. 8 Dao Tan, Ba Dinh, Hanoi
Tel.: 84 4 8317754/ 55 ext 129
Fax: 84 4 8317706
quanganh.nguyen@dfat.gov.au

2008