On June 26, 2018 at the premises of the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection the Fifth Steering Committee Meeting of the Twinning project “Approximation of Ukrainian legislation with the EU in the field of plant protection products and plant health and strengthening associated inspection and laboratory services” was conducted.
The Project is implemented in joint cooperation with the State Plant Protection Service of Latvia, Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture of Germany, Julius Kühn-Institute (Germany), State Plant Service of Lithuania under the Ministry of Agriculture.
The overall objective of the Project is creation of legislative and managerial frameworks for the proper use of plant protection products and the improvement of (accompanying) relating inspections and laboratory systems in accordance with the requirements of the EU.
Head of the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection, BC Project Leader Volodymyr Lapa in his opening remarks underlined the need for further harmonization of the Ukrainian legal base in accordance with the EU standards as well as proposed to approve the of the Minutes of the Fourth Steering Committee Meeting.
Resident Twinning Advisor Raivis Grosbardis presented the fifth quarterly report of the Project as well as made a brief overview of the work, identifying plans for the next reporting period. In particular, it was noted that during the reporting period (March–May, 2018), 10 expert missions were executed as well as one internship for laboratory specialists and two internships for specialists of the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection in the areas of monitoring of harmful organisms and plant health were carried out. Furthermore, it was proposed to print methodological recommendations on the phytosanitary monitoring for phytosanitary inspectors as an expense within the Visibility Budget Line.
Chief Specialist of the Plant Protection Division, RTA Counterpart Oksana Orlova presented a brief report on the results of study visits of representatives of the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection to Lithuania and Latvia that were organised within the framework of the Twinning project.
Director of the State Plant Protection Service of Latvia, MS Project Leader Kristine Lifanova and Deputy Director of the Phytosanitary Safety, Control in the Seed Area Department – Head of the Phytosanitary Safety Administration, BC Project Coordinator Vadym Chaikovskyi expressed the proposal of the Project prolongation due to the necessity to support the beneficiary with further harmonisation of the legal framework within the scope of the Component 1.
As a result of the meeting, the minutes of the Fourth Steering Committee Meeting and the fifth quarterly report of the Project were approved.
Representatives of the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection and Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine also took part in the event. On behalf of the Center for Adaptation of the Civil Service to the Standards of the European Union the Head of the TAIEX Coordination Division of the Projects Management Unit Olena Rachynska attended the event.
For reference:
according to the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ukraine “On Approval of the Procedure for Initiation, Preparation and Implementation of the Twinning Projects” as of 11 October, 2016 No 700 the National Agency of Ukraine on Civil Service coordinates the implementation of the institution building instrument of the European Union Twinning in Ukraine. Furthermore, in accordance with relevant legal acts the National Agency of Ukraine on Civil Service is the coordinator of institution building instrument TAIEX implementation in Ukraine. In order to provide effective coordination of Twinning and TAIEX the Twinning Program Administration Office in Ukraine was established, its functions are performed by the Center for Adaptation of the Civil Service to the Standards of the European Union.
