Plant disease outbreaks - Contingency planning for priority pests

The overall objective of this eLearning course is to provide a clear, comprehensive and harmonised understanding of the key elements on plant disease outbreaks, in particular with respect to the obligation for contingency planning for priority pests, with emphasis on the requirements for such plans, their definition, structure and operational elements.

The learning objectives of this eLearning module are:

• to provide for a common understanding of the current state of play of suitable tools and approaches to address outbreaks of priority pests in the EU territory and the identification of generic (and specific) reaction measures.
• to give the opportunity to compare key elements of contingency plans and other preparedness elements elaborated by Member States.
• to raw on the experience of other sectors where contingency planning already exists e.g. animal health and food crisis preparedness.

• 365 days access
• Average duration: 8h
• 10 units
• Self-Paced