Mooketsa Ramasodi - Standards and Trade Development Facility

Public-Private Private Partnerships in Support of
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Capacity:
A South African Case Study
MOOKETSA RAMASODI

Agenda
The PPPs concept in South Africa
The SPS environmental scan
PPPs at a glance
Market Access Working Group
Areas for PPPs
Questions

Background
• “South Africa is proudly amongst the leading countries in the world in the
law, policy and systems we have established for public private partnerships. Our
public service delivery record has been enriched through PPPs in recent years,
and our PPP project pipeline continues to grow, both in numbers and in the
innovative value-for-money solutions it contains.”
Trevor Manuel: Ex Minister of Finance; South Africa
• Regulation 16 to the Public Finance Management Act, 1999 (PFMA) is the
regulation governing PPPs in South Africa
• Code of good practice also guides the establishment of PPPs
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Key aspects of PPPs
• The institution’s roles and responsibilities
• The approach to PPP agreement management
• Partnership management
• Service delivery management
• PPP agreement administration
• Key challenges and tasks of PPP agreement management
• The PPP agreement management plan and the PPP agreement management manual
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Agenda
The PPPs concept in South Africa
The SPS environmental scan
PPPs at a glance
Market Access Working Group
Areas for PPPs
Questions

Elements of the regulatory functions
Multilateral Trading Framework National Regulatory Framework Product Master
Designation of Control
Assumption of Control over
Product or Service
Recognition of product
Control over Product Import
Control over sale of Product
Control over Product Export
Power of Entry, Inspection,
Surveillance and Investigation
Test and Trials
Registration of Facilities and
Controlled Areas
Offences Appeals Secrecy

Food Safety and Biosecurity
WTO
Food Safety
Biosecurity
Agreements
(SPS/TBT)
S TBT PS ZS
Directorates
Policy
FS & QA BS PH VS
VPH
Operations
Inspection Services
APIS

SPS Performance Matrix: PVS Evaluation
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Agenda
The PPPs concept in South Africa
The SPS environmental scan
PPPs at a glance
Market Access Working Group
Areas for PPPs
Questions

The SPS partnerships
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Agenda
The PPPs concept in South Africa
The SPS environmental scan
PPPs at a glance
Market Access Working Group
Areas for PPPs
Questions

The MAWG
The focus of MAWG
• Technical market access and
maintenance issues
- New markets
- Compliance to existing
market requirements
• Phytosanitary control measures
• Supporting export driven job creation
• Research
The stakeholders
• The Department of Agriculture, Forestry
and Fisheries
• Citrus Growers Association
• Citrus Research International South
Africa
• Deciduous Fruit Producers Trust ; now
Hortgro
• South African Table Grape Industry
• Subtropical Fruit Industry
• Alternative Fruit Industry
• Fresh Produce Exporters’ Forum
• Perishable Products Export Control Board
(Assignee and State Owned Enterprise)

Main destinations of South African citrus and
export value (2008)
US dollars
$140,000,000
$120,000,000
$100,000,000
$80,000,000
$60,000,000
$40,000,000
$20,000,000
$0
Belgium
Canada
China, HK
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
Russian Federation
Saudi Arabia
Spain
UAE
UK
USA
Trade Value
1.00
0.90
0.80
0.70
0.60
0.50
0.40
0.30
0.20
0.10
0.00
Export value ($/kg)
$/kg
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The SA-EU CBS question
The gist and chronology of
events
• SA position:
- The citrus growing areas in the
Community do not have a climate
suitable for the establishment of CBS
- Citrus fruit is an unlikely pathway for
introducing CBS
• The matter was triggered in 1997,
culminating in SA forwarding the first of
the scientific positions in 2000 with
ensuing exchange of information between
the EU and SA to date
• The PPPs involvement has been in the
fields of scientific and technical
justification, legal and governance
The EU interceptions
Production Year
Number of
interceptions
2006 22
2007 42
2008 78
2009 13

Agenda
The PPPs concept in South Africa
The SPS environmental scan
PPPs at a glance
Market Access Working Group
Areas for PPPs
Questions

SPS - PPPs interface
Areas of intervention
Basic rights and obligations
Harmonisation
Equivalence
Assessment of risk and determination of
ALOP
Adaptation to regional conditions
Transparency
Control, inspection and approval
Technical assistance
Special and differential treatment
Consultation and dispute settlement
Type of Intervention
Legal and scientific capacity
Scientific and technical capacity
Scientific capacity
Scientific capacity
Strategic regional partnerships
Governance mechanisms
Legal and technical capacity
New technologies, research, infrastructure,
training, financial assistance
Acceptance of the phased approach
towards least developed countries
Legal and scientific positions
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Agenda
The PPPs concept in South Africa
The SPS environmental scan
PPPs at a glance
Market Access Working Group
Areas for PPPs
Questions

THANK YOU
The presentation would not have been possible without contributions from my
colleagues within the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and
stakeholders within the SPS environment in South Africa. Special thanks to Mr. Dermot
Cassidy for sharing his experiences to enrich this presentation.

Supporting slide: Abbreviations and
Acronyms
• ALOP: Appropriate Level of Protection
• BS: Biosafety
• CBS: Citrus Black Spot
• EU: European Union
• FS&QA: Food Safety and Quality
Assurance
• IMQAS: International Meat Quality
Assurance System
• ISPM: International Standards for
Phytosanitary Measures
• MAWG: Market Access Working Group
• PH: Plant Health
• PM: Project Manager
• PPPs: Public-Private Partnerships
• PS: Phytosanitary
• SPS: Sanitary and Phytosanitary
• PFMA: Public Finance Management Act
• S: Sanitary
• SAPPO: South African Pork Producers
Organisation
• SAPA: South African Poultry Association
• TBT: Technical Barriers to Trade
• VS: Veterinary Services
• VPH: Veterinary Quarantine and Public
Health