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Due to the diversity of APEC economies, there is “no one size fits all” in terms of capacity building needs in food safety laboratory testing. This multi-year APEC project, “Building Convergence in Food Safety Standards and Regulatory Systems”, helps facilitate trade through the strengthening of food safety laboratory practices. Following successful completion of the 9th Conference on Good Regulatory Practice (GRP) by Economic Committee in August 2016, SCSC will work on the organizing the 10th GRP meeting in 2017 led by Viet Nam, 2017 Host economy.Ī project to build food safety laboratory testing capacity in the region led by the Australia, China, and United States is underway. The conference discussed key issues and recommended actions on: single online location for regulatory information Periodic Review and Prospective Regulatory Planning Capacity Building on GRP and Best Practices and the Challenges faced by MSMEs for Inclusive Growth. The 8th Conference on Good Regulatory Practice (GRP) was held on 27-28 August 2015 in Cebu, Philippines. Starting in 2015, the SCSC and the Economic Committee have been the alternating hosts for the annual GRP Conferences. GRP also supports the Committee on Trade and Investment’s ongoing work on regulatory coherence. The SCSC’s work on Good Regulatory Practices (GRP) led to the 2011 APEC Leader’s Declaration to strengthen implantation of GRP in economies (Annex D). The report presents the results of the survey responded by fourteen member economies. The recently completed self-funded project by the Philippines, “APEC Survey on Packaging and Labelling Requirements for Pre-packaged Food Products” contributes to the achievement of these goals. capacity building activities oriented to training businesses, especially SMEs, to improve their knowledge, expertise and skills on standards and conformance matters, including the conduct of public consultations.Sharing standards and conformance learning materials and.Ğxchanging information on packaging and labelling requirements.Collaborating with the SMEWG, the SCSC endorsed a work plan that specifies the following work streams to be pursued by the sub-committee: Subsequently, the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Ministers recognized the promotion of standards and conformance as one of the priorities of the SME Working Group (SMEWG) for 2015. A study by the APEC Policy Support Unit in 2014 revealed that SMEs in both developed, newly industrialized, and developing economies indicated weakness in integrating into global value chains in terms of standards and certificates for agriculture and food processing. Highlights of Select Current Projects and Deliverables:įostering SMEs’ Participation in Regional and Global EconomyĪ number of trade barriers could impede SMEs participation in the international trade in the APEC region including the problems of navigating various legal, regulatory and technical requirements. The SCSC also promotes open regionalism and market-driven economic interdependence by encouraging greater alignment of APEC member economies' standards with international standards. In this way, the SCSC assists the Committee on Trade and Investment (CTI) to achieve APEC's trade and investment liberalisation and facilitation agenda. The Sub-Committee on Standards and Conformance (SCSC) was established in 1994 to help reduce the negative effects that differing standards and conformance arrangements have on trade and investment flows in the Asia-Pacific region. Harmonised standards and conformance procedures improve the efficiency of production and facilitate the conduct of international trade, resulting in more rapid trade flows, reduced costs and greater integration of production networks. From 19 to 20 February 2017, there will be two main meetings related to Sub-Committee on Standards and Conformance in Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa Province, aligning with the APEC SOM I 2017.