FAO/WHO Training Workshop on Understanding Regional Standards
Tokyo, Japan - 4th November 2012
Session I: Introduction
- Welcome and Introduction(PDF:289KB)
- Role of the Coordinating Committees (PDF:847KB)
- Coordinating Committee for Asia(PDF:462KB)
- Terms of Reference for CCASIA
- The Regional Strategic Plan
Session II: Regional Standards
- How to prepare and submit proposals for new work(PDF:640KB)
- Procedures and steps
- Existing criteria for consideration as a regional standard
- Issues to consider when elaborating new proposals
- Regional priorities
- Data requirements for regional standards
- Volume of trade of the food product, market value, distribution, etc
- Others
- Questions and answers
- Open discussion (Facilitator – FAO/WHO)
- Examples of activities related to regional standards to guide the discussion
Session III: Group Exercise
- Working group exercise to identify topics of common interest, that are suitable for development of regional standards 4 groups (PDF:366KB)
- Presentation to the plenary of the 4 groups discussions (8-10 min each)
- Explanation/ justification of the selected topic
- Open discussion (Facilitator – FAO/WHO)
- Identification of possible topics for regional standards
- Identification of challenges in developing sound proposal on the identified topics
- Identification of solutions to overcome these challenges (including possible collaborations among countries)
- Conclusions
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