1 OIE CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES Regional Information Seminar for Recently Appointed OIE Delegates 18 – 20 February 2014, Brussels, Belgium Dr Mara Gonzalez OIE Regional Activities Department

Capacity Building, Specific Activities, Projects and Programs PVS Gap Analysis PVS Evaluation PVS Pathway Follow-Up Missions Veterinary Legislation Public / Private Partnerships Veterinary Education Laboratories « Diagnosis »« Prescription » « Treatment » The OIE collaborates with governments, donors and other stakeholders including Veterinary Services’ Strategic Priorities

33 OIE capacity building activities “The treatment ” Capacity building programme for OIE Focal Points and New Delegates Activities of Reference Laboratories and Collaborating Centres Twining projects

44 OIE capacity building activities “The treatment ” Capacity building programme for OIE Focal Points and New Delegates Activities of Reference Laboratories and Collaborating Centres Twining projects To assist the OIE Delegate to exercise their rights and to comply with responsibilities

seminars/workshops organised up to seminars/workshops to be realised in 2014 AfricaAmericas Asia & Pacific Europe Middle East Global WAHIS Joint Africa- Middle East Joint America- Middle East Seminars/ workshops Capacity Building Programme for OIE Focal Points and New Delegates Actions currently carried out by the OIE AfricaAmericas Asia & Pacific Europe Middle East Global WAHIS Joint Africa- Middle East Joint America- Middle East Seminars/ workshops

66 Forthcoming events in the region OIE regional seminar for New Delegates OIE regional seminar for New Delegates  Belgium, February 2014 OIE regional seminars for national Focal Points OIE regional seminar for National Focal Points on Wildlife  Russia, April 2014 OIE regional seminar for National Focal Points on Communication  Estonia, 1-3 July 2014 OIE regional seminar for National Focal Points on animal disease notification (WAHIS)  Moldavia (tbc), October 2014 OIE regional seminar for National Focal Points on Veterinary Products  FYROM, November 2014

77 Capacity building programme for OIE Focal Points and New Delegates Activities of Reference Laboratories (RL) and Collaborating Centres (CC) Twining projects RL: world reference Centres of expertise on designated pathogens or diseases CC: world reference Centres of excellence on cross-cutting issues RL: world reference Centres of expertise on designated pathogens or diseases CC: world reference Centres of excellence on cross-cutting issues OIE capacity building activities “The treatment ”

88 Centres of expertise in animal diseases OIE Reference Laboratories Develop, conduct and validate diagnostic tests Store and distribute reference reagents Organise inter-laboratory proficiency testing Coordinate technical and scientific studies Provide technical and scientific training

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10 Help to develop procedures for updating and promoting international standards and guidelines on animal health and welfare Coordinate scientific studies Organise training workshops Organise and host technical meetings in collaboration with the OIE OIE Collaborating Centres Centres of excellence on cross-cutting issues

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12 Capacity building programme for OIE Focal Points and New Delegates Activities of Reference Laboratories and Collaborating Centres OIE Twining projects Laboratory twining Veterinary Education Establishment Veterinary Statutory Body Laboratory twining Veterinary Education Establishment Veterinary Statutory Body OIE capacity building activities “The treatment ”

13 Laboratory Twining facilitate capacity building and networking build expertise for the most important animal diseases and zoonoses in priority regions provide a more balanced north-south distribution of advanced expertise, allowing more countries to access high quality diagnostic testing and technical knowledge

14 Laboratory Twining formulate science-based animal health control strategies and support the standard setting process of the OIE. links an existing OIE Reference Laboratory with a selected candidate laboratory. Knowledge and skills are exchanged

15 VSBs ensure the control of veterinarians and veterinary para-professionnals The strengthening of the VSBs is strategically important for improving the implementation of OIE international standards Capacity building activity for developing and in transition countries Consists of a transfer of knowledge, training and expertise from a ‘Parent VSB’ to a ‘Candidate VSB’ Veterinary Statutory Body Twining

16 Flexible and adaptable approach, to take into account the diversity of situations: a country with no VSB and no legislation for the establishment of such VSB ‘advanced’ VSB but need to develop a new function (such as involvement in veterinary education) Veterinary Statutory Body Twining

17 Objectives -To improve compliance with OIE standards on the quality of VS -To improve: -Licensing / registration of veterinarians and veterinary para-professionals -Deontology in the veterinary profession -Quality of veterinary education -It is expected that the ‘candidate’ VSB can become a ‘parent’ VSB and/or ‘regional referent’. Veterinary Statutory Body Twining

18 Veterinary Education Twining The OIE and the international community recognise the crucial role of veterinarians throughout national animal health systems/Veterinary Services. Furthermore, they recognise the need to ensure an optimal level of fundamental skills to overcome problems related to the surveillance and control of OIE-listed diseases. Twinning’ has been adopted by the OIE as a method for improving institutional capacity and expertise in developing and in-transition countries.

19 Veterinary Education Twining Based on: o OIE Guidelines on Veterinary Education Core Curriculum o OIE recommendations on the Competencies of graduating veterinarians (‘Day 1 graduates’) o the lessons learned from the OIE Veterinary Laboratory Twinning Programme. Involves the creation and supporting a link that facilitates the exchange of knowledge, ideas and experience between two Veterinary Education Establishments. Aims to create more centres of excellence for veterinary education in geographic areas that are currently under- represented, to achieve a better balance in the global distribution of well-educated veterinarians.

20 Veterinary Education Twining Each twinning project is a partnership between one or more recognised and preferably accredited Veterinary Education Establishments and a Candidate Veterinary Education Establishment. The first will provide technical assistance, guidance and training. The Candidate Establishment may wish at a later stage to eventually achieve accreditation under an existing, well-established accreditation body. Objectives for each twinning project are jointly agreed by the OIE and the Directors/Deans of the participants (i.e. the Parent and Candidate Establishments) and endorsed by the National Delegates to the OIE of the countries concerned.

21 Veterinary Education Twining Twinning aims to upgrade veterinary education, especially in relation to the needs of national Veterinary Services, to meet satisfactorily the international standards established by the OIE. Twinning is part of the wider OIE initiative to improve the capacity of Veterinary Services in developing countries; it therefore has synergy with the OIE PVS Pathway and the complementary OIE Laboratory Twinning Programme.

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