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U.S. Department of Agriculture: Strengthening West African Community Phytosanitary Practices

Tony Whitten Conservation Award 2021 (five awards of GBP 2,000 each)

Deadline: 31-Jul-20

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), Office of Capacity Building and Development (OCBD) seeks to strengthen and further the technical assistance to the West Africa region to increase governmental capacity to meet international phytosanitary standards.

The project aims to provide teaching to the National Plant Protection Officers (or their delegates) in strong collaboration with Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and other regional stakeholders.
This project will enable the ability of ECOWAS countries to meet some of the objectives laid out in the action plan to improve regional phytosanitary systems by supporting international collaboration between countries as well as between ECOWAS and member countries. This project enhances the ability for West Africa to work collectively as a region to harmonize standards, procedures to better facilitate trade by initiating technical working groups among other activities. The selected recipient will work with ECOWAS, NPPOs and USDA/FAS to build the capacity of ECOWAS member states to meet international phytosanitary standards and better harmonize and recognize phytosanitary systems within the region. These efforts will also help West African countries achieve their objectives under the African Continental Free Trade Area and contributions to the African Union’s Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Policy Framework for Africa.
Objectives
USDA/FAS is seeking partners with whom to collaborate throughout the West Africa region. Objectives focused on improving the region’s phytosanitary systems are:
The Priority activities/deliverables are to conduct at least three regional activities with ECOWAS to include:
Funding Information
Eligibility Criteria

For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=327962

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