thailand’s achievements and reflections
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The Regional Project End Workshop on
Facilitating Trade for Agricultural Goods in ASEAN
26 November 2019, Siem Reap, Cambodia
THAILAND’S ACHIEVEMENTS AND REFLECTIONS:
EXPERIENCES & LESSONS LEARNED, WAY FORWARD AND RECOMMENDATIONS
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EXPERIENCES AND LESSONS LEARNED
National and regional
platforms as a starting point
for dialogue among relevant
agencies/stakeholders at
national and among countries
Foster exchange of information
and enhance better/common
understanding, transparency, and peer-to-peer learnings
Strengthen cooperation
and networking among
agencies/stakeholders at
national and among countries
Allow relevant
agencies/stakeholders
and countries to identify challenges and gaps
Recommended
activities are develop to
overcome challenges/gaps
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NATIONAL WORKSHOP WITH STAKEHOLDERS FROM RELEVANT AGENCIES
National Workshop was attended by government departments from National Bureau of
Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards, Department of Agriculture, Customs,
Food and Drug Administration, Department of Foreign Trade, and shipping association.
Representative from private sector raised their views and issues to
government during the panel discussion at the seminar workshop. The
event was attended by different government departments under the
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives and representatives from private
sector.
EXPERIENCES AND LESSONS LEARNED
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BRIDGING THE GAP/CAPACITY BUILDING : CAMBODIA THAILAND AND VIETNAM
Regional Training Workshop on Pest Risk Analysis and Quarantine Pest
20-24 August 2018, Bangkok, Thailand
EXPERIENCES AND LESSONS LEARNED
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BRIDGING THE GAP/CAPACITY BUILDING
Regional Training Workshop on Phytosanitary Inspection
25-30 March 2019, Bangkok-Chathaburi & Ho Chi Minh-Binh Phuoc
EXPERIENCES AND LESSONS LEARNED
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National Consultation Workshop on SOP for PQ officer
DEVELOPING PHYTOSANITARY STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES (SOP)
National SOP Workshop on Plant Phytosanitary for DOA
working group to leans on SOP principle and SOP template,
training by International SOP expert
EXPERIENCES AND LESSONS LEARNED
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SHARING EXPERIENCES ON SOP DEVELOPMENT WITH VIETNAM TRAINING ON PEST RISK ANALYSIS TO CAMBODIA
EXPERIENCES AND LESSONS LEARNED
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Developed standard operating procedures (sop) for import & export
Serve as a tool for plant quarantine officers for effective, consistent and transparent work operations at the plant quarantine check point
Shared experience on SOP development process with other countries
Trade flow on agricultural goods in ASEAN improved concerning phytosanitary measures
Faster phytosanitary Inspection3
SOP is
a tool for PQ
inspector at
boarder working
effectively and
align with
international
standard
Outcome
Output
HIGHLIGHT ACHIEVEMENT: THAILAND
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REMAINING ISSUES AND CHALLENGES: THAILAND
▪ Plant quarantine inspectors have different level of experience in
performing phytosanitary inspection
▪ More cooperation and communication between relevant
stakeholders in Thailand: Customs, Food and Drug Administration,
Department of Foreign Trade, and Department of Agriculture
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WAY FORWARD AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Thailand
• Need to improve transparency & build trust on capacity ‘s staff and government supervision
• Dept. of Agriculture will officially launch SOPs and will continue to improve and maintain SOPs
• Increase capacity building for new PQ officers
• Improve cooperation between relevant stakeholders in Thailand:
• Refine NSW system (between Customs and relevant stakeholders e.g. DOA, FDA)
• Share/disseminate useful info among stakeholders concerning trade
• More Coordinate on relevant trade issues with partner countries
• Thailand shared and exchange experiences and lessons learned in developing SOP to other AMS
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THANK YOU!