FOA-Strengthening
East African Community Phytosanitary Practices
(USDA-FAS-10960-0700-10-20-0028); July 31, 2020
Agency
US
Department of Agriculture – Foreign Agricultural Service
(FAS)
Description
EAC
Partner States (Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda) have
many challenges in handling Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) matters at the national level, with
differing ability to address the challenges from country to country. The U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA), Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), Office of
Capacity Building and Development (OCBD) seeks to stimulate and support the
capacity of EAC countries to adopt and implement international phytosanitary
standards and improve trade and food security in the region. The activities
supported by OCBD enhance the ability for EAC countries to work collectively as
a region to harmonize standards, including procedures to better facilitate trade
and prevent unnecessary delays and rejections at regional border crossings. The
selected recipient will work with EAC, NPPOs and USDA/FAS to build the capacity
of EAC member states to meet international phytosanitary standards and better harmonize and recognize
phytosanitary systems within the
region.
Examples of activities that may assist in achieving these outcomes
are:
➢ Review
of current efforts on plant disease prevention, surveillance and mitigation in
the region with a view of developing a comprehensive plan of action to protect
the region from the negative consequences of plant pests and
diseases
➢ In coordination with the EAC, regional NPPOs, and other
stakeholders, develop a road map for the development of a regional plant pest
and disease prevention, surveillance and mitigation plan that will take into
account the financial, human capacity and technical needs of the
region.
➢
Analysis of current practices of integrated plant disease control and management
with a view to scaling up the best lessons learnt in the EAC
region.
➢
Creation of a coordination and communication protocol to help EAC for the
management of plant disease outbreaks in a timely and efficient manner whenever
they occur.
➢ To
establish a symbiotic relationship between all plant disease and wider plant
protection activities in the region in an integrated manner, taking into
consideration various public instruments such as sanitary and phytosanitary
(SPS) regulation and relevant texts that are in place at the continental,
regional and national levels and Stakeholders.
The
separate USDA-FAS-10960-0700-10-20-0027 opportunity focuses on West African
Community Phytosanitary
Priorities.
Announcement
Number
USDA-FAS-10960-0700-10-20-0028
Closing
Date
July
31, 2020
Link
to Full Announcement
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=327964
Contact
Information
Mary
Ensch
202-791-8483