Nicaragua

5.3 - Test procedures

Articles 5.3.15.3.25.3.3
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Indicative date of implementation 22 February 2022
Definitive date of implementation 22 December 2025
Deadline for extension request, if required 24 August 2025
Extension of time
Request received
16 July 2025
Original definitive date
22 December 2025
New date requested
22 June 2027
Date approved
Reason
Se informa que a la fecha no se ha recibido asistencia técnica y apoyo para la creación de la capacidad, por lo que los requerimientos continúan vigentes: El Instituto de Protección y Sanidad Agropecuaria (IPSA), requiere de asistencia y creación de capacidad para mejorar las técnicas de diagnóstico a través de la validación y acreditación de los métodos de ensayo, así como para implementar un sistema de gestión de la calidad en el Laboratorio Nacional de Diagnostico Fitosanitario y Calidad de Semillas y estandarizar las metodologías a los laboratorios regionales esto como requisito previo a la acreditación en los laboratorios centrales bajo la norma ISO/IEC 17025:2017
Committee approval:
Pending
Link to notification

Request received
1 March 2024
Original definitive date
22 June 2024
New date requested
22 December 2025
Date approved
22 December 2025
Reason
Se informa que a la fecha no se ha recibido asistencia técnica y apoyo para la creación de la capacidad, por lo que los requerimientos continúan vigentes: El Instituto de Protección y Sanidad Agropecuaria (IPSA), requiere de asistencia y creación de capacidad para mejorar las técnicas de diagnóstico a través de la validación y acreditación de los métodos de ensayo, así como para implementar un sistema de gestión de la calidad en el Laboratorio Nacional de Diagnostico Fitosanitario y Calidad de Semillas y estandarizar las metodologías a los laboratorios regionales esto como requisito previo a la acreditación en los laboratorios centrales bajo la norma ISO/IEC 17025:2017
Committee approval:
Approved
Link to notification

Request received
12 August 2020
Original definitive date
22 December 2022
New date requested
22 June 2024
Date approved
22 June 2024
Reason
- Complementaria a la asistencia notificada el Instituto de Protección y Sanidad Agropecuaria (IPSA), requiere de asistencia y creación de capacidad para mejorar las técnicas de diagnóstico a través de la validación y acreditación de los métodos de ensayo, así como para implementar un sistema de gestión de la calidad en el Laboratorio Nacional de Diagnostico Fitosanitario y Calidad de Semillas y estandarizar las metodologías a los laboratorios regionales esto como requisito previo a la acreditación en los laboratorios centrales bajo la norma ISO/IEC 17025:2017
Committee approval:
Approved
Link to notification
Assistance required for implementation Capacity building to improve phytosanitary diagnostic laboratories in the departments of Managua, Estelí, León, and Rivas, and the national chemical and biological residues laboratory, through the acquisition of equipment, materials and reagents, the enhanced implementation of diagnostic methods, staff training, and the strengthening of regional laboratory infrastructure, with a view to better serving exporters and importers of products and by-products of plant origin.
Details of financial assistance:
Reagents, consumables and equipment for central and regional laboratories: US$700,000.
Strengthening of the diagnostic and technical capacity of personnel (diploma-based training, workshops, specialized courses, post-graduate courses, internships, etc.): US$100,000.
Remodelling and refitting of three regional phytosanitary diagnostic laboratories in the departments of Estelí, León and Rivas: US$300,000.
TOTAL: US$ 1,100,000

Tags: Infrastructure and equipment, Human resources and training

Donor / Agency

To be determined

Progress reported
12 August 2020 — G/TFA/N/NIC/4  
Nicaragua has not yet received assistance or capacity building support from donors to implement the provisions of Article 5.3.The notified requirements therefore still apply:
1. Capacity building to improve phytosanitary diagnostic laboratories in the departments of Managua, Estelí, León and Rivas, and the national chemical and biological residues laboratory, through the acquisition of equipment, materials and reagents, the enhanced implementation of diagnostic methods, staff training, and the strengthening of regional laboratory infrastructure, with a view to better serving exporters and importers of products and by-products of plant origin.
Details of financial assistance:
• Reagents, consumables and equipment for central and regional laboratories.
• Strengthening of the diagnostic and technical capacity of personnel (diploma-based training, workshops, specialized courses, post-graduate courses, internships, etc.).
• Remodelling and refitting of three regional phytosanitary diagnostic laboratories in the departments of Estelí, León and Rivas.
Additional assistance and capacity building:
2. Assistance and capacity building support to improve diagnostic techniques though the validation and accreditation of test methods, as well as to implement a quality management system at the National Laboratory for Phytosanitary Diagnostics and Seed Quality and standardize the methodologies of regional laboratories as a prerequisite for accreditation in central laboratories under ISO/IEC 17025:2017.

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