Euphresco: an opportunity for phytosanitary research coordination and funding in the <scp>EPPO</scp> region and abroad

Giovani, Baldissera; Steel, Elspeth; Anthoine, G.; Blümel, S.; Cruz, Leonor; Peña, A. de la; Kox, L. F. F.; Maes, Marc; Unger, Jens-Georg

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“…One possibility is to regulate pests and define quarantine measures, specific to world regions. For instance, a recent change in the EU plant health regulations now distinguishes quarantine pests (QP) and regulated non quarantine pests (RNQP), which has important repercussions in term of mandatory di agnostics in the control of plant material movement (Giovani et al, 2015(Giovani et al, , 2019Picard et al, 2017Picard et al, , 2018. In the current version of the ISTA RPL, 80/126 host-pest pairs involve pests already regulated, as indicated in the EPPO Global database.…”

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Seed pathway for pest dissemination: The ISTA Reference Pest List, a bibliographic resource in non‐vegetable crops

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Grimault²

2022

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Seed pathway for pest dissemination: The ISTA Reference Pest List, a bibliographic resource in non‐vegetable crops

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Grimault²

2022

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“…This is intended to address the challenges inherent to the internal changes incurred in the functioning of the European Union (EU), such as the introduction of the single market (1993) and the successive enlargements (1981, 1986, 1995, 2004, 2007 and 2013), but also the external threats such as expansion of trade volumes, change in trade patterns and climate change. In this context, the European Phytosanitary Research and Coordination network (Euphresco) was established in 2006 to ease the exchange of knowledge and information and to maximize the efficient use of limited resources available for research activities that focus on statutory plant health (quarantine pests and regulated nonquarantine pests) and emerging pests (Giovani et al, 2015). It appeared evident that a revision was needed, despite the successive amendments of the legislation and other initiatives to cope with the abovementioned challenges.…”

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“…It appeared evident that a revision was needed, despite the successive amendments of the legislation and other initiatives to cope with the abovementioned challenges. In this context, the European Phytosanitary Research and Coordination network (Euphresco) was established in 2006 to ease the exchange of knowledge and information and to maximize the efficient use of limited resources available for research activities that focus on statutory plant health (quarantine pests and regulated nonquarantine pests) and emerging pests (Giovani et al, 2015). This research coordination has been converted into concrete actions, such as the funding of more than 80 transnational research projects so far and the development of three common strategic research agendas.…”

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Transnational European research collaboration to tackle plant health threats: Euphresco and its contribution to the new EU Plant Health Regulation

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The new EU Plant Health Regulation published in December 2016 is intended to modernize the EU plant health regime and to address the challenges posed by globalization of trade and climate change, overcoming the limits of the previous Directive. The main weaknesses of the approach taken so far are linked to the discontinuous links between phytosanitary policy (determined at EU level) and research supporting such a policy, implemented at country level. Since 2006 Euphresco has developed a platform for research coordination that supports capacity building and streamlines the delivery and use of research evidence to support plant health policy. The paper provides an opinion on how Euphresco (research) activities could support the implementation of the new EU Plant Health Regulation.

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“…The success of the Euphresco network, hosted by EPPO since 2014 and described in Giovani et al (2015) has been recognised by the decision of Council to incorporate an allocation of funding into the main EPPO budget. At the opening session we welcomed a representative of Georgia whose recent accession takes the number of EPPO member countries to 51.…”

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“…The success of the Euphresco network, hosted by EPPO since 2014 and described in Giovani et al (2015) has been recognised by the decision of Council to incorporate an allocation of funding into the main EPPO budget. The success of the Euphresco network, hosted by EPPO since 2014 and described in Giovani et al (2015) has been recognised by the decision of Council to incorporate an allocation of funding into the main EPPO budget.…”

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2016

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Editorial I am writing this editorial the week after EPPO Council -the annual general meeting of our organization at which member countries receive reports of activities, approve the budget and agree the work programme. At the opening session we welcomed a representative of Georgia whose recent accession takes the number of EPPO member countries to 51. We look forward to working with their experts in our networks, including through a Panel meeting in Georgia in January 2017.A number of new and revised Standards were adopted by Council. The existing diagnostic protocol for Xylella fastidiosa has been updated and two new inspection Standards developed for the same pathogen. Consultation on the drafts of these three Standards was carried out in parallel so that common elements such as guidance on sample sizes and descriptions of symptoms could be kept aligned.One new Standard, on national regulatory control systems for Epitrix species damaging potato tubers, was subject to some discussion at Council. The key issue was whether to wait for better data to support key elements of the Standard such as the size of buffer zones around infested areas, or provide advice now to countries wanting to prepare for the possible arrival of Epitrix species on their territory. As a compromise it was agreed that the Standard would be revised as soon as possible in the light of new information. Another Standard which was adopted, on regulatory control systems for Popillia japonica, was based partly on very recent European experience. Within one or two years it will be possible to get a clearer view of the effectiveness of the measures being taken and an early revision may then be necessary for that Standard too. These and other adopted Standards are published in this issue of the Bulletin.Making recommendations in the face of uncertainties is part of EPPO's work, and a challenge shared by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). We are pleased to be working with EFSA on a workshop to be held in December 2016 on modelling in plant health; how models can support risk assessment and decision making. Models do not remove uncertainties, but they can clarify the relative importance of different sources of uncertainty. We are expecting to publish papers from this workshop in the August 2017 issue of the Bulletin.Research is one way of reducing uncertainty and international co-ordination of research helps make good use of limited budgets. The success of the Euphresco network, hosted by EPPO since 2014 and described in Giovani et al. (2015) has been recognised by the decision of Council to incorporate an allocation of funding into the main EPPO budget. This will cover about half of the costs of running the network with the rest coming from other participants in Euphresco who are not EPPO members. Congratulations to those who have worked for many years to put Euphresco onto this more sustainable basis.

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Euphresco: an opportunity for phytosanitary research coordination and funding in the EPPO region and abroad

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Seed pathway for pest dissemination: The ISTA Reference Pest List, a bibliographic resource in non‐vegetable crops

Seed pathway for pest dissemination: The ISTA Reference Pest List, a bibliographic resource in non‐vegetable crops

Transnational European research collaboration to tackle plant health threats: Euphresco and its contribution to the new EU Plant Health Regulation

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