The overall objectives of the BTSF Training Programme/Course on EU plant health regime are:
- Provide knowledge for a common and understanding of EU plant health regime
- Increase the level of expertise with regard to the rules introduced by the PHR
- Improve the level of consistency of their implementation across the EU
- Foster a correct, harmonised, and unambiguous understanding across MS
- Favour exchange of information and experience amongst MS
- Disseminate best practices for official controls in the plant health area
- Update requirements and state of the art on PHR
The course addresses the following topics:
- International and EU legal framework
- Introduction to the Plant Health Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 (PHR)
- Updates on PHR - Introduction better protection and proactive action
- Official Controls Regulation (EU) 2017/625 (OCR)
- OCR Implementing and Delegated Acts
- Pest concepts and categorization
- Import control regime
- Practical elements for Import control
- Wood packaging material (WPM)
- Surveillance
- Outbreaks of pests management
- Overview relevant pests for agriculture and horticulture
- Overview relevant pests for forestry, natural environments
- Internal movement regime
- Internal controls practical
- Measures and certification for export
- Information campaigns. Stakeholders and citizens
- Notification and information of findings
This Training Programme has been designed for the profiles and positions described below. Please verify compliance with the selection criteria before submitting or validating applications.
- Representatives from relevant competent authorities involved in policy making, planning and control activities (preferably at central or regional level)
- Field inspectors involved in official control activities
- Official staff and inspectors involved in import controls or in charge of planning/targeting import controls
- Advisable: “hands-on” experience
- Proficiency in English language
- Compromised to disseminate the learnings gained and to inform via a survey on which are the dissemination activities implemented
Calendar and locations
PHASE II
| Session | Start date | End date | City | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 01/10/2021 | 08/10/2021 | Virtual course | - |
| 2 | 08/11/2021 | 12/11/2021 | Virtual course> | - |
| 3 | 25/02/2022 | 04/03/2022 | Virtual course | - |
| 4 | 16/05/2022 | 20/05/2022 | Alicante | Spain |
| 5 | Cancelled | td> | - | - |
| 6 | 19/09/2022 | 23/09/2022 | Tallinn | Estonia |
| 7 | 17/10/2022 | 21/10/2022 | Torino | Italy |
| 8 | 12/12/2022 | 16/12/2022 | Barcelona | Spain |
| 9 | 27/03/2023 | 31/03/2023 | Nice | France |
PHASE II
| Session | Start Date | End Date | City | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24/06/2024 | 28/06/2024 | Ljubljana | Slovenia- |
| 2 | 23/09/2024 | 27/09/2024 | Riga | Latvia |
| 3 | 21/10/2024 | 25/10/2024 | Emilia Romana | Italy |
| 4 | 09/12/2024 | 13/12/2024 | Málaga | Spain |
| 5 | 17/02/2025 | 21/02/2025 | Alicante | Spain |
| 6 | 05/05/2025 | 09/05/2025 | Tallin | Estonia |
| 7 | 26/05/2025 | 30/05/2025 | Campana | Italy |
| 8 | 29/09/2025 | 03/10/2025 | Riga | Latvia |
