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Members of Panel from member countries met in Bogor to review the IPC Agreement
The members of panel from member countries met in Bogor from 10th - 11th October 2016 to review the Agreement Establishing and other related Rules and Regulations following the decisions made at the 43rd Session of IPC.
The 2nd Meeting of Panel organized jointly by the Ministry of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia and the IPC Secretariat was attended by official representatives from the IPC member countries of Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Vietnam.
Iman Pambagyo, Chairman of IPC (2015-2016) in a discussion with Executive Director of IPC, WDL Gunaratne during the Panel Meeting held in Bogor from 10-11 May 2016
Mr. Iman Pambagyo, the Chairman of the International Pepper Community (2015-2016), who is also the Director General of the International Trade Negotiation of the Ministry of Trade, Republic of Indonesia in his welcoming Speech mentioned the importance of IPC as the commodity organization of pepper producing countries and requested all the panel members to discuss carefully and come up with the finalized draft of the Revised Agreement and Rules of IPC to protect the interest of the member countries.
The meeting agreed to propose some amendments to the Agreement Establishing International Pepper Community; the Rules of Procedures; Financial Regulations and Staff Rules and Regulations. The Meeting further decided to propose the change of the name of Agreement Establishing International Pepper Community to International Pepper Community Agreement.
Under the IPC Staff Rules and Regulations, the Term of References for the post of Executive Director and Professional Staff were also discussed and considered and all the members after lengthy discussion have come into agreement to revise the Terms of Reference
Chairman of IPC Iman Pambagyo, WDL Gunaratne, Executive Director of IPC (4th left) with other panel members (left to right) Dr. Agus Wahyudi (Indonesia), Dr. MAP Seneviratne (Sri Lanka), Iman Pambagyo (Chairman of IPC), WDL Gunaratne (Executive Director IPC), Tan Beng Swee (Malaysia), Nguyen Mai Oanh (Vietnam) and other participants during the Meeting
The draft of revised Agreement along with the other Rules and Regulations of IPC will be circulated to the member countries and further placed for consideration at the next Session of IPC to be held in Indonesia this year.
Previous Publications
- Pepper/Spice Exhibition at Kandy, Sri Lanka, 30th Oct. - 2nd Nov. 2017
- MPB Central Lab, Kuching, to host IPC Quality Training programme in September 2017
- Executive Director of the International Pepper Community to visit Cambodia in June 2017
- Sri Lanka to host the 45th Annual Session of the IPC during 30th Oct - 2nd Nov. 2017
- Sri Lanka's pepper now becomes one of most important spice crops for export after Cinnamon - Bandula Wickramarachchi
- Members to continue organizing the Pepper Day in 2017
- IPC revises Standard Specifications for Pepper and Pepper Products
- Iman Pambagyo, Director General seeks IPC member countries to strengthen collaborative works in responding to the quality related issues
- IPC GMP Book to be printed in different language of IPC member countries
- IPC Inter-lab Proficiency Testing Programme
- IPC Book on Good Manufacturing Practices for Pepper (P. nigrum L.) was launched
- The IPC Special Session held on 09th - 10th January 2017 in Jakarta, Indonesia
- Sri Lanka has confirmed to host the 45th Annual Session and other Meetings of the International Pepper Community in Kandy.
- Mrs. Mariam Ilias named as the Liaison Officer of Malaysia to IPC
- Lampung now has another modern pepper / spice processing unit
- 1st Forum Vietnam Pepper Outlook 2016 organized successfully in Phu Quoc
- VPA to organize 1st Forum Vietnam Pepper Outlook from 17th-19th November 2016
- IPC Executive Director visited Davao, Philippines and met Governor Claude Bautista
- ED attended the 47th APCC COCOTECH
- Dr. Agus Wahyudi named as Director of Spices and Seasonal Crops of the Agriculture Ministry of Indonesia
- Mr. Eng. BANDULA Wickramaarachchi Secretary of Ministry of Primary Industries of Sri Lanka, is the Chairman of IPC for 2016/2017
- Governor Bautista and other officials of Philippines visited Indonesia and Vietnam
- Dato Tan Sri William Mawan Ikom named as new Chairman and Dr. Harry Entebang as new Director General of Malaysian Pepper Board
- IPC announced the winners of the IPC Award Winners for the year 2015
- Minister of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia, urged IPC to strengthen the cooperation among the members on five strategic important issues.