Malaysia sees the Guidelines helpful for defining the data requirements for registration of BCA The Philippines see the Guidelines as giving direction in development of a BCA regulatory system. The representative also pointed out that on the national level, it will be very helpful to bring the regulators, academics (experts), and the private sector together. Thailand values the new experiences gained during collaboration with the other AMS, and sees the Guidelines becoming a platform for exchange of knowledge and experiences between AMS. The Guidelines will help to refine the scope of data requirements for registration and provide clear and practical advice in the application of BCA at national level. Vietnam mentioned that the Guidelines provide suggestions on the proposed special policy for On the second day of the meeting, regulators and application experts formulated topics for an action programme in each country that should be further developed and implemented in the second phase of the ABC Project. With regard to application, it was proposed that parts of the IPM strategies proposed in the Guidelines should find their way into good agricultural codes of practice that have been or are being developed in AMS. In Thailand, for instance, the use of BCA is already considered under the Thai GAP scheme; however, there is still potential for improvement of biology-based pest management strategies. In Indonesia, BCA are included and actively promoted under GAP by the government. The Philippines are considering the inclusion of BCA into good agricultural codes of practice once the supply can be secured. Supply and availability are issues where the ABC database on BCA can be particularly helpful in the future. 54 at a national level. BCA. They will also be helpful to set up the regulatory framework for BCA in Vietnam. The following table summarises some of the future actions proposed by participating experts: Table 2: Future actions proposed by ASEAN experts for regulation and use of BCA Country Regulation Application Brunei Darussalam Better coordination between government, importers, and distributors; raising public awareness; training for government and the private sector on proper labelling; Integrating the Guidelines into national IPM or GAP plans/programmes; adopting the field protocol to conduct further research and trials on BCA; developing Demo Plots for training purposes (DoAA officers, extensionists, and eventually farmers). Cambodia Inform and encourage producers and distributors (collaboration between government and private sector); training of government departments (e.g. law); Raising public awareness through mass media; field trials; collaboration with NGOs and the private sector; link to other projects (e.g. ADB, USAID); Indonesia Training of the Pesticide Committee, university experts and Support of association of BCA producers and distributors;
Implementing Biological Control Agents in the ASEAN Region
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