FOA-Strengthening
West African Community Phytosanitary Practices
(USDA-FAS-10960-0700-10-20-0027); July 31, 2020
Agency
US
Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service
(FAS)
Description
USDA/FAS
is seeking partners with whom to collaborate throughout the West Africa region.
Objectives focused on improving the regions phytosanitary systems are:
Successfully
provide regional assistance to ECOWAS countries to accomplish objectives and
activities laid out in the ECOWAS Regional Action Plan,
Provide
teaching to foreign governments to enable their capacity to harmonize import and
export inspection procedures and protocols in West Africa,
and
Improve
coordination for regional harmonization and compliance with international
standards and regional participation in setting international
standards.
Develop
guidance documents and other communication materials on improving regional phytosanitary systems that can be shared widely across the
continent.
The
Priority activities/deliverables are to conduct at least three regional
activities with ECOWAS to include:
Training of NPPOs on identification, detection, pest surveillance and response
to invasive pests
Training on risk-based inspections and phytosanitary
certification
Training on conducting quarantine treatments and application, including
instruction on conducting treatments safely
Strengthening the infrastructure of the NPPOs
Strengthening information sharing among the NPPOs within the
region
Developing standard operational procedures (SOPs) for phytosanitary measures (or building upon possible current
efforts in region or within the international community).
Work closely with USDA APHIS colleagues to help facilitate technical exchanges
of African experts to travel to the US to learn about harmonization of phytosanitary practices, including inspection and other
regulatory border activities, and improved food security and agricultural
resilience from invasive pests. Activities would be conducted on a regional
basis through the Africa regional plant protection organization, Inter-African
Phytosanitary Council
(AU/IAPSC).
Provide technical trainings on science-based systems to gather analyze and
disseminate information on the presence and prevalence of high-risk diseases,
pests, or food safety hazards in the region.
Provide technical assistance to conduct a survey to identify institutional gaps
and pinpoint in adequacies that hinder the development of establishing an Africa
NPPO plant health safeguarding capacity building program.
Monitoring the program, evaluating progress in achieving objectives, and
reporting outcomes.
The
separate USDA-FAS-10960-0700-10-20-0028 opportunity focuses on East African
Community Phytosanitary
Priorities.
Announcement
Number
USDA-FAS-10960-0700-10-20-0027
Closing
Date
July
31, 2020
Link
to Full Announcement
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=327962
Contact
Information
Mary
Ensch
202-791-8483