1. The international year
of plant health:
an overview

In 2015, the Tenth Session of the Commission of Phytosanitary Measures (CPM-10) supported Finland’s proposal to establish an International Year of Plant Health (IYPH) in 2020. The following year, CPM-11 (2016) agreed to form an IYPH Steering Committee (SC). Following the official proclamation of the IYPH and based on a decision by CPM-14 (2019), the former IYPH Steering Committee transformed into the IYPH Technical Advisory Board (TAB).

The IYPH Technical Advisory Board took over the role of the former Steering Committee, with new tasks to produce technical publications and to assist in the development of communication materials. The IYPH TAB also served as the programme committee for the new IYPH International Steering Committee (ISC). It helped to guide the programming for the International Plant Health Conference (IPHC), scheduled to take place in 2022, and to develop the proceedings coming out of the IPHC.

Membership

The IYPH TAB consisted of up to 25 members, including:

• 1 member and 1 alternate from IPPC contracting parties in each of the seven FAO regions;
• 5 to 7 members from partner organizations, including regional plant protection organizations;
• 3 representatives from IPPC governance and subsidiary bodies; and
• 1 representative from the IPPC Secretariat.

Membership lists of the IYPH ISC and TAB are noted in Annex B.