18th Meeting of the Panel on PRA Development
York, GB, 2009-12-14/17
The 18th Meeting of the Panel on PRA Development was held in York, United Kingdom, on 2009-12-14/17 in the newly created Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera, British National Plant Protection). The Panel followed a different procedure than in previous years, as the work was focused on reviewing the first results of the EU project on PRA, “PRATIQUE” in which EPPO is involved (see https://secure.fera.defra.gov.uk/pratique/). The meeting therefore aimed at providing guidance for further work, but no change would be implemented in the EPPO decision-support scheme (EPPO DSS, PM5/3(4)) before the end of the PRATIQUE project in March 2010.
The results of the following Work Packages (WP) within PRATIQUE were presented to the Panel members:
- WP 1 – Identifying and integrating key national and international datasets
About 800 datasets have been gathered containing information on the pest in its current area of distribution, on pathways, on production and economic datasets, on the area under consideration for the PRA and on the pest management. The quality and usefulness of these datasets were assessed. The data sources have been integrated into a dataset explorer (a system that stores the datasets in a database and provides ready access) and are currently available as Excel spreadsheets on the PRATIQUE website.
- WP 2 – Enhancing techniques for economic, environmental and social impacts
One of the tasks of WP2 is to determine the key indicators required for impact assessment and to develop a quantitative scoring system for these indicators that can be related to the five levels of scoring required for each question in the EPPO PRA scheme (minimal, minor, moderate, major or massive). Basic principles for elaborating indicators and scoring systems (the use of logarithmic scales, time dependency, etc.) as well as the re-ordering of questions were discussed and will allow further developments.
- WP 3 – Enhancing techniques for standardising and summarising pest risk assessments & dealing with uncertainty
PRA structure flowcharts for the entry and establishment parts of the EPPO DSS were discussed and approved by the Panel. As rating guidance is necessary to provide consistency in the different assessments performed with the EPPO DSS, some have been developed for entry and establishment. The Panel welcomed in particular the inclusion of examples in the rating guidance. Techniques for summarizing risks and quantifying and communicating uncertainty in pest risk assessment were presented: the knowledge based approach (KBA), the Bayesian Belief Network (BBN), and the Invasive Risk Impact Simulator (IRIS) a tool developed within the Great Britain non-native risk analysis Panel process.
WP 6 - Project validation and dissemination with the development of a web-based PRA scheme
A computer programme called CAPRA (Computer Assisted PRA) which had been developed by the EPPO Secretariat was presented to the Panel. The computer programme is a web downloadable standalone version that has to be installed on individual computers. All sections of the EPPO Decision-Support Scheme for quarantine pests are included and hyperlinks to the definitions of terms of the Glossary of phytosanitary terms (ISPM No.5) are available. The different sections of the EPPO DSS can be performed independently and no longer need to be completed in a fixed sequence. The programme is at present only available for download to PRATIQUE partners, EPPO Panels and Expert Working Group.
Participants
Karadjova Olia (Ms)
Plant Protection Institute, 35 P. Volov St., 2230 Kostinbrod (BG) - +359-72166061 - +359-72166062 – oliakaradjova@abv.bg
Karahan Aynur (Ms)
Plant Protection Central Research Institute, Gayret Mahaalesi fatih Sultan Mehmet Bulvarı No: 66, 06172 Yenimahalle Ankara (TR) - +90-3123447994 ext 152 - +90-3123151531 - akarahan@zmmae.gov.tr
Levi Tami (Ms)
Plant Protection and Inspection Service (PPIS), P.O.Box 78, 50250 Bet Dagan (IL) - +972-3968158516 ; +972-506241765 - +972-39681571 – tamil@moag.gov.il
Lielmane Irena (Ms)
National Phytosanitary Laboratory, Lielvardes str.36/38, 1006 Riga (LV) - +371-7550930 - +371-7543201 – irena.lielmane@vaad.gov.lv
MacLeod Alan (Mr)
Food and Environment Research Agency, Sand Hutton, Y041 1LZ York (GB) - +44-1904462350 - +44-1904462250 – alan.macleod@fera.gsi.gov.uk
Mironova Maryam (Ms)
Russian Plant Quarantine Centre, Pogranichnaya str., 32, 140150 Moscow Region, Bykovo (RU) - +7-4957879054 - +7-4952237241 – mironam@mail.ru
Rafoss Trond (Mr)
Bioforsk – Norwegian Institute of Agriculture and Environmental Research, Hogskoleveien 7, 1430 As (NO) - +47-90026519 - +47-64946110 – trond.rafoss@bioforsk.no
Reynaud Philippe (Mr)
Laboratoire National de Protection des Végétaux, Station d’Angers, 7 rue Dixméras, 49044 Angers Cedex 01 (FR) - +33-241199688 - +33-241482285 – philippe.reynaud@agriculture.gouv.fr
Schrader Gritta (Ms)
Julius Kühn Institut (JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for National and International Plant Health, Messeweg 11/12, 38104 Braunschweig (DE) - +49-5312993375 - +49-5312993007 – gritta.schrader@jki.bund.de
Steffek Robert (Mr)
Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Institute for Plant Health, Spargelfeldstrasse 191, 1226 Vienna (AT) - +43-5055533341 - +43-5055533303 – robert.steffek@ages.at
Taluntyte Loreta (Ms)
State Plant Protection Service, Phytosanitary Research Laboratory, Sukileliu str. 9A, LT-11351 Vilnius (LT) - +370-5 2616801 - +370-5 2616801 – vaatlo@vaat.lt
Van der Gaag Dirk Jan (Mr)
Plant Protection Service, Geertjesweg 15, 6706 EA Wageningen (NL) - +31-317496823 - +31-317421701 - d.j.van.der.gaag@minlnv.nl
EPPO
Petter Françoise (Ms)
Brunel Sarah (Ms)
Griessinger Damien (Mr)
OEPP/EPPO, 1 rue le Nôtre, 75016 Paris (EPPO) - +33-145207794 - +33-142248943 - hq@eppo.fr
PRATIQUE Observers
ANDERSON Helen (Ms)
Food and Environment Research Agency, Sand Hutton, Y041 1LZ York (GB) - +44-1904462098 +44-1904462250 helen.anderson@fera.gsi.gov.uk
BAKER Richard (Mr)
PRATIQUE coordinator, Food and Environment Research Agency, Sand Hutton, Y041 1LZ York (GB) - +44-1904462220 +44-1904462250 richard.baker@fera.gsi.gov.uk
Bremmer Johan (Mr)
LEI Wageningen UR, Alexanderveld 5, 2585 DB The Hague (NL) - +31-703358209 - +31-703615624 - Johan.Bremmer@wur.nl
Cheek Sharon (Ms)
EFSA, DUS B 00/001, Largo N. Palli 5/a, I-43100 Parma (IT) - +39 0521036829 - +39 05210360829 – Sharon.cheek@efsa.europa.eu
Dumouchel Louise (Ms)
Unité d'évaluation des risques phytosanitaires, Division de la Science de la santé des plantes, ACIA, Piece T1-1-339, 1400 Chemin Merivale, K1A 0Y9 Ottawa, ON (CA) - 613-7735254 - +613-7735391 – Louise.dumouchel@inspection.gc.ca
Hennen Wil (Mr)
LEI Wageningen, Alexanderveld 5, 2585 DB The Hague (NL) - +31-703358216 - +31-703615624 - Wil.hennen@wur.nl
Holt John (Mr)
Imperial College, Silwood Park Campus, Ascot, SL5 7PY Berks (GB) - +44-1843865720 - holt.john@binternet.com
Kenis Marc (Mr)
CABI Europe-Switzerland, 1 rue des Grillons, 2800 Delémont (CH) - +41-324214884 - +41-324214871 - m.Kenis@cabi.org
Leach A.W. (Mr)
Centre for Environment Policy, Imperial College London, Silwood Park, Ascot, SL5 7PY Berks (GB) - +44-1557331337 - a.w.leach@imperial.ac.uk
Mumford John (Mr)
Imperial College London, Silwood Park, Ascot, SL5 7PY Berks (GB) - +44-2075942206 - +44-2075942308 - j.mumford@imperial.ac.uk
Roelofs Willem (Mr)
Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA), Sand Hutton, YO41 1LZ York (GB) - +44-1904462495 - willem.roelofs@fera.gsi.gov.uk