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1                             AFRICAN UNION                  UNION AFRICAINE                                           UNIÃO AFRICANA             Yaoundé, CAMEROUN     P. O. Box 4170      Téléphone   221 19 69      Fax : 221 19 67     E-mail : au-cpi@au-appo.org INTER-AFRICAN PHYTOSANITARY COUNCIL CONSEIL PHYTOSANITAIRE INTERAFRIC WORKSHOP ON THE HARMONIZATION OF PESTICIDES REGULATION IN AFRICA,  TUNISIA IST TO 3TH OCTOBER 2013 GENERAL REPORT    Mr. ZAFACK Joseph Assistant of the SSO-Entomology Charged with Migrants Pests  October 2013 2  Contents                                                                                                                                                                              Introduction ………………………………………………………..  Proceedings…………………………………………………………  Opening Ceremony …………………………………………………  Presentations ……………………………………………………….  Country Presentations ………………………………………………   Review of the draft harmonized pesticides registration in Africa….   Recommendations …………………………………………………..  Closing session ……………………………………………………..  Annexes ………………………………………………………………                      3  1. Introduction               As a part of the Budget programs’ activities to be implemented by the Inter-African Phytosanitary Council of African Union (AU-IAPSC) for the year 2013, a three days workshop on the harmonization of pesticides registration in Africa was organized in Tunis from 1st - 3th October 2013.   The workshop was attended by 09 country representatives over 10 invited. Participants came from National Plant Protection Organizations (NPPOs) of Burundi, Chad, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Malawi, Sudan, Togo, Tunisia and some experts (Annex 2).  2. Objective of the workshop  The objective of the workshop was to consolidate the draft of the harmonized pesticides registration prepared during the experts meeting held in Alexandria – Egypt in 2012 and reviewed in Addis Ababa in 2013 during the meeting of some African countries.    The specific objectives were: - To review, consolidate and validate the draft harmonized pesticides registration;  - To identify strategies and key actions needed to further streamline and harmonize registration of pesticides and to promote information exchange and work-sharing amongst  African member States pesticides registration authorities: - To set priorities after the validation of the draft registration.     The proposed agenda was adopted with minor modifications (Annex1).  3. Opening session  3.1. Welcome remarks  The welcome address was delivered by Mrs Amel Nafti; Counselor of the Tunisian Minister of Agriculture. In her remarks she thanked AU-IAPSC for organizing the workshop in Tunisia, and wished successful deliberations and a good and peaceful stay of participants in Tunisia. She assured all necessary assistance from the Tunisian government.    This was followed by the opening speech of the Director of AU-IAPSC. On his speech the Director thanked the participants for responding positively to the invitation to attend the workshop. He recalled that the establishment of a common pesticide regulation for Africa is one of the recommendations of the member countries during AU-IAPSC’s general assemblies.            The Director of the AU-IAPSC then outlined the steps already completed in the process of developing the document. Finally, he stated the issue of the meeting, which was mainly to achieve the objectives of the workshop.  3.2. Opening speech  The opening speech was presented by Mr Jamel Maabane; General Director of Protection and quality control of Agricultural products of the republic of Tunisia. He argued that Tunisia was an essentially agricultural country, faced like other African countries with 4  the problems of pesticides. He hoped that the establishment of an overarching provision for pesticide management will provide good solutions to many problems of pesticides faced by many African countries. He also expressed his gratitude to the African Union Commission (AUC), to participants and encouraged them to come up with suggestions that will pave the way to further consolidating the document and raising awareness of pesticides management in Africa. The General Director then declared the workshop officially opened.  4. Proceedings  4.1. Special presentation  A series of interventions on power point began with two presentations that threw light on the necessity and importance of a harmonized system of pesticides management in Africa, presented by Prof. Salah A. Soliman, Professor of Pesticide, Chemistry & Toxicology at Alexandria University for the first presentation, and the second on the Tunisian experience in obsolete products disposal, shared with participants by Mr Aabdelbaki laabidi, Head of Department of Chemical analysis, Laboratory Pesticides of Tunisia.     4.2. Country presentations   In this session, countries represented at the workshop presented their countries’ version of pesticides regulations, comments of the draft pesticides regulation forwarded to them earlier and proposed their inputs. The various inputs were gathered by the secretariat of the meeting (IAPSC) in a single document. Then submitted for discussion and improvements to two working groups: A group of French-speaking countries and another for English-speaking countries. The results of both groups were re-examined and synthesized by a mixed group, then presented in power point in a plenary session.  A series of questions and explanations followed, to allow AU-IAPSC staff and experts to better understand the different contributions for a faithful integration of inputs in the next draft.  4.3. Recommendations  Every year new pesticides are introduced to the global market. Before these new products are granted approval, distributed, and made available to users they must be rigorously assessed by national governments to ensure that they meet current health, environment and safety standards. Older pesticides already on the market are also re-evaluated to guarantee that they continue meeting these standards. This process of pesticide regulatory review and registration is mostly carried out by each country and hence is often duplicative and resource-intensive.   Building upon what has already been bilaterally or multilaterally achieved, we believe that, through strengthened cooperation, we will be able to achieve the following:   -The outcomes of this meeting are recommended to be a base block for the efforts that will be made by representatives of other regional blocks, so we all can come up at the end with a final system for harmonization of regulation of pesticides in Africa. However, data submitted for registration must include: Country information about residue analysis, Pre-Harvest Intervals (PHIs) and re-entry intervals;  5  Acceptable levels and standards of protection to humans, animals and environment;  - Data requirements (dossiers) for pesticide agents and their registration submission are coordinated globally by all stakeholders so that work-sharing between regulatory authorities in collaborating countries can be maximized;   -Regulatory systems for pesticides will be harmonized to the extent that data reviews for pesticides are prepared in a standardized format on a national or regional basis that can be used to support independent risk assessments and regulatory decisions made in other countries or regions; -Preparing and adopting a unified dossier format to be used by registrants when submitting data required for identifying product(s) and its risks; - The pesticide regulatory system must encourage licensing and regular training for involvement in important pesticide safe use and handling and application responsibilities, e.g. application, equipment etc.   -Making available national, regional, multilateral and international databases listing or prioritizing schedules for regulatory reviews of pesticides to all countries so that a government receiving a request and planning a review can identify if others have also reviewed the pesticide or who is planning to review it. This will lead to reducing time and cost to both governments and industries by not duplicating tedious, costly and time consuming preparations, retesting and re-evaluating common and integral data and reports.  -Quickly but efficiently introducing safer pesticide products and replacing the more hazardous ones in the market, in order to protect human health and the environment. Moreover, it will facilitate safe trans-boundary movements of agricultural commodities.    -Experimental protocols for different pesticides, including bio-pesticides, should be harmonized and be based on Good Experimental Practices. -A necessity of establishing and strengthening Quality Control laboratories for pesticide formulation in each African country. Countries are encouraged to establish their own national analytical laboratories measuring pesticides residues and build their own analytical capacity whenever possible. Countries which have established such capacity will be requested to assist  /cooperate with those lacking such capacity;   -As there are many different specialty / minor used crops produced in small cultivated areas or which are non economical interest for registrant in most African countries, attention must be paid to the importance of having a system to register pesticides for minor use.  -The registration system must allow for the use of some specific pesticides to combat pest of national important crops in case of there is no registrant for such pesticide, emergency use permit.  5. Closing ceremony  The closing ceremony was marked by the following four statements:    - The Senior Scientific Officer-Entomology at AU-IAPSC, Dr. Abdel Fattah reminded assembly of the methodology that was used to achieve the result;   - From Experts, represented by Professor Nabil;   - From Participants made by the representative of Ghana;   - From the Director of AU-IAPSC, who thanked the spirit of work and dedication shown by the participants and experts. He announced that the draft resulting from this meeting will be refined by experts, taking into account the contributions made by member countries and submitted to the most experienced technical and legal authorities on the matter for reading and formatting. 6    - From the Director General of Agriculture, who congratulated the participants and experts for their dedication to work; before declaring the workshop closed, he first wished a safe journey back to all to their respective localities.                    7  WORKSHOP ON THE HARMONIZATION OF PESTICIDES REGISTRATION IN AFRICA 1-3 SEPTEMBER 2013 TUNIS-TUNISIA DRAFT AGENDA  Time  Event   Presenter Day 1 09.00-10.00 Registration  10.00-11.00 Opening ceremony : *Speech of  AU-IAPSC Director  *Opening speech  *Group Photo   Tunisian Authorities 11.00-11.30  Coffee/Tea Beak Moderator 11.30-12.00 Welcome speech of the Senior Scientific Secretary and review of the agenda Dr .Amer 12.00-12.20 The importance of a harmonized pesticides management system Pr .Salah 12.00-12.30 The Tunisian experience in obsolete products disposal Mr. Aabdelbaki Laabidi 12.30-13.00 Discussions  13.00-14.30 Lunch  Countries’ presentation:  14.30-14.45 - Pesticides Management in  Algeria, comments and  inputs on the draft regulation   14.45-15.00 - Pesticides Management in  Burundi, comments and  inputs on the draft regulation  15.00-15.15 - Pesticides Management in  Gabon, comments and  inputs on the draft regulation  15.15-15.30 - Pesticides Management in  Ghana, comments and  inputs on the draft regulation  15.30-15.45 Coffee/Tea Break  15.45-16.00 - Pesticides Management in  Gambia, comments and  inputs on the draft regulation  16.00-16.15 - Pesticides Management in  Malawi, comments and  inputs on the draft regulation  16.15-16.30 - Pesticides Management in  Togo,  comments and  inputs on the draft regulation  16.30-16.45 - Pesticides Management in  Tunisia,  comments and  inputs on the draft regulation  16.45-17.00 - Pesticides Management in  Chad,  comments and  inputs on the draft regulation  17 00-17.15 - Pesticides Management in  Sudan,  comments and  inputs on the draft regulation  17.15-17.45 Discussion  Day 02 09.00-09.20 Presentation of the draft common  pesticide regulation for Africa   Pr .Nabil 9.20-9.30 Discussion  9.30-10.15 Presentation of the draft text’s revision procedure Pr .Salah 10.15-10- Coffee/Tea Break  8              30 10.30-11.45 Setting up of different working groups  11.45-13.15 Re-reading of draft regulation and participants’ inputs  13.15-14.45 Lunch  14.45-16.30 Re-reading of draft regulation and participants’s inputs  16.30-16.45 Coffee/Tea Break  16.45-18.00 Re-reading of draft regulation and participants’s inputs  Day 03 09.00-10.30 Revision of the draft regulation Pr Salah (moderator) 10.30-10.45 Coffee/Tea Break  10.45-11.00 Presentation of the draft regulation  11.00-11.30 Discussions  11.30-13.00 Recommendations  13.00-14.30 Lunch  14.30-15.30 Closing ceremony *Speech of SSO-E  *Speech of Experts *Speech of Country’s representative  * Speech of AU-IAPSC Director  *Closing speech    Dr Abdel Fattah Pr Nabil Mrs. ANSAH from Ghana Dr Mezui M’Ella  9  WORKSHOP ON THE HARMONIZATION OFPESTICIDES  REGISTRATION IN AFRICA 1-3 SEPTEMBER 2013 TUNIS-TUNISIA LIST OF PARTICIPANTS N° PAYS NOM ADRESSES 1 Burundi Monsieur SAKAYOYA Eliakim,  Directeur  Direction de la protection des Végétaux B.P. 114 Gitega, Burundi Tél/Bur : (257) 22 40 20 86 Mob: ( 257) 79 97 62 14 Fax : (257) 22 40 21 04 Email : sakayoyaeliakim@yahoo.fr dpvbdi@yahoo.fr   2 Gabon Mme. Séraphine MINKO,  Chef de Service de la Législation Phytosanitaire  Ministère de l’Agriculture, de l’Elevage, de la Pêche et du Développement Rural Libreville – Gabon B.P. 8952 Tél : (241) 06 63 47 95 / (241) 07 17 14 27 E-mail : minkoseraphine@yahoo.fr   3 Ghana Mrs. Felicia ANSAH - AMPROFI P.O.B. M37, Pokuase- Accra - Ghana Tel : 233 0244 951912 / 233 027135588 E-mail: fampronge@yahoo.com   4 Gambie Mr. Lamin S. Darboe, Scientific Officer Food Safety and Quality  Plant Protection Service Western Division – Banjul – Gambia Tel: (220) 70 76 025/ 9006025 E-mail: lsdarboe2004@yahoo.com / juladabo@gmail.com  5 Malawi Mr. Charles SINGANO, Chief agricultural Research Scientist    Department of Agriculture Research Services (DARS) P.O.Box. 30779,  Lilongwe 3 – Malawi Tel:+265 1 707010 Mob : +265 0 999 307 474 E-mail: chasinga2001@yahoo.co.uk / agric-research@sdnp.org.mw 6 Togo Monsieur TAGBA ATSU Secrétaire Permanent du Comité des Produits Phytopharmaceutiques du Togo Direction de la Protection des Végétaux et Secrétaire Permanent du Comité des Produits Phytopharmaceutiques Lomé - Togo Tel : 00228 90103687 10   E-mail : igotagba@gmail.com   7 Tunisia   Monsieur Chaabane Moussa Direction de la Protection et du Contrôle de la Qualité des Produits Agricoles Tunis – Tunisie Tel : (216) 97 61 99 63 E-mail : chaabanemoussa@yahoo.fr   8 Tunisia Monsieur Aabdelbaki laabidi  Chef de Service des analyses Chimiques, laboratoire des Pesticides  Direction de la Protection et du Contrôle de la Qualité des Produits Agricoles Tunis- Tunisie Tél : (216) 55 05 79 35 / (216) 27 84 65 83 E-mail : laabidiabdelbaki@gmail.com   9 Tunisia Madame Chaabane-Boujnah Hanène, Enseignant-Chercheur  Institut National Agronomique Tunis – Tunisie Tel : +216 98 42 74 76 E-mail : phytiatrie_pro@yahoo.fr     10 Tchad M. GOÏPAYE AKOUL IDRISS,  Directeur de la Protection des Végétaux et de Conditionnement   (DPVC) B.P. 1551  N’djamena (Tchad) Tél : (00235) 99991695/66839515   /Fax : (+235) 52 77 29 S/C  Mme Okala Neloumta Madibe Tél : +235 66 31 64 51 E-mail: neloum21@yahoo.fr  11 Soudan Mr. Khidir Gibril Musa Director General   Plant Protection Directorate P.O.Box 14 Khartoum (Sudan) Tel : (249) 1 85339458 Mob : (249) 912138939 Fax : 00249 1 85339423 Email : khidrigibrilmusa@yahoo.com  / ppdsudan@hotmail.com, appredoc@hotmail.com  neltayb@yahoo.com   12 Sudan Prof. Nabil H.H. Bashir, SETAC Africa President   Department of Pesticides & Toxicology Wad Medani P.O. Box. 20 Sudan Tel/Office: +249 511 841 623 ; Home: +249 511 849 944 Mobile: +249 918 22 35 69 Fax: +249 511 840 466/ 828835 E-mail: bashirnabil@hotmail.com / 11  bashirnabil@yahoo.com   13 Egypt Prof. Salah A. Soliman,  Professor of Pesticide Chemistry & Toxicology   Alexandria University, and Special Advisor El Shatby, Alexandria 21526 Egypt Tel: +(203) 483 9999  Ext. 5109 Mob: (+2) 0100 177 6987 Fax: +(203) 482 0470 E-mail: Salah.Soliman@bibalex.org 14 UA-CPI Dr. Jean Gérard MEZUI M’ELLA       Directeur B.P.  4170 Yaoundé – Cameroun Tél: + 237 22 21 19 69  Mob : + 237 94 89 93 40 Fax: + 237 22 21 19 67 E-mail: jeangerardmezuimella@yahoo.fr / au-cpi@au-appo.org    15 UA-CPI Dr. Abdel Fattah AMER MABROUK     Secrétaire Scientifique Principal - Entomologie B.P.  4170 Yaoundé – Cameroun Tél: + 237 22 21 19 69  Mob: + 237 77 65 31 38 Fax: + 237 22 21 19 67 E-mail: abdelfattahsalem@ymail.com   16 UA-CPI Monsieur Martin MUSAMALI    Responsable Financier et Administratif B.P.  4170 Yaoundé – Cameroun Tél: + 237 22 21 19 69  Mob: + 237 70 11 43 53 Fax: + 237 22 20 21 08 E-mail: m.musamali@yahoo.com     17 UA-CPI Monsieur Joseph ZAFACK  Assistant du Secrétaire Scientifique Principal Entomologie UA/CPI B.P.  4170 Yaoundé – Cameroun Tel: +237 22 21 19 69 Mobile: +237 99 54 42 05 Fax: +237 22 21 19 67 E-mail: jzafack@yahoo.fr   12   18 UA-CPI Mlle.  Delphine KANA FOTSA  Secrétaire UA/CPI B.P.  4170 Yaoundé – Cameroun Tel: +237 22 21 19 69 Mobile: +237 77 66 43 85 Fax: +237 22 21 19 67 E-mail: kanadfr@yahoo.fr  19 TUNISIA  M. NEJI  Aydi,  Ingénieur Protection des végétaux (Phyto) Ministère de l’Agriculture Tunis- Tunisie Tel /Mob : +216 21 62 42 12 E-mail : nejiaydi@yahoo.fr  20 TUNISIA   M. HAMDA Chebbi, Ingénieur / Défense des cultures Ministère de l’Agriculture Tunis- Tunisie Tel /Mob : +216 97 46 57 54 E-mail : chebihamda@yahoo.fr      AFRICAN UNION  UNION AFRICAINEAfrican Union Common Repository http://archives.au.intDepartment of Rural Economy and Agriculture (DREA) Inter-African Phytosanitary Council  (IAPSC) Collection2013Workshop on the harmonization ofpesticides regulation in Africa,Tunisia 1st to 3th october 2013AU-IAPSCAU-IAPSChttp://archives.au.int/handle/123456789/1860Downloaded from African Union Common Repository

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