WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/GEN/306
12 March 2002
(02-1259)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English/
French/
Spanish
LIST OF SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS ORGANIZED BY
THE OFFICE INTERNATIONAL DES EPIZOOTIES (OIE) IN 2001
Seminars and workshops in each regionG/SPS/GEN/306
Page 2Title Purpose Date Participants and participating countries Location
AFRICA
No seminar or workshop was held in Africa in 2001.
AMERICAS
VII Latin American
Seminar onHarmonization and
Control of Veterinary
MedicineTo improve the harmonization of the
registration and control of veterinarymedicines6-10 August 38 participants from the public sectors and 65
participants from the private sector of Argentina,Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Chile,
Canada,  Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico,
Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Dominican Republic,USA and VenezuelaPeru
(Lima)
VII Seminar on Control ofVaccines*
The OIE only participated.
The Seminar was organizedby  the Pan-American Footand Mouth Disease CenterTo interchange experiences on the
official control of vaccine against FMDand discuss the results obtained in
different laboratories from 1994 to now10-14 September 70 participants from the official and private
sectors of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia,Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay and VenezuelaBrazil
(Rio de Janeiro)
International Seminar on
Tuberculosis in AnimalsExperiences in control and eradication
of tuberculosis
Immunology of tuberculosisMolecular epidemiology of bovine
tuberculosis
Genome of Mycobacterium
tuberculosis16 November 50 participants from Brazil, Mexico, Ireland and
ArgentinaArgentina
(Buenos Aires)
EUROPE
Seminar on the Diagnosis
and Prophylaxis of BSE inthe Baltic States and CIS
1To discuss the control and eradicationof FMD in CIS countries and situationon BSE in Europe28 April-1 May 36 participants from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus,
Moldova, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Uzbekistan,Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Turkmenistan,Azerbaijan, Armenia,  Mongolia,  GeorgiaFrance
(Paris, 'Indre' and 'Loire'via 'Tours')G/SPS/GEN/306
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OIE Seminar with CVOs
on the "Harmonization ofVeterinary Policies in
Eastern and Western
Europe"Vaccination of farm animals in the
context of animal disease prophylaxis
Identification of farm animals
Disposal of  carcasses and carcass parts
TSEs (BSE and Scrapie)20-25 October 45 participants from Eastern Europe, Central Asia
and EU (36 countries)Ireland, UK, Italy, Austria, Holland, Greece,
Sweden, Spain, Denmark, Germany, Finland,
France, Belgium, Portugal, Luxembourg,Bulgaria, Turkey, Hungary, Poland, CzechRepublic,Slovak Republic, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus,
Moldova, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Uzbekistan,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Turkmenistan,Azerbaijan, Armenia, Mongolia, GeorgiaGermany
(Walsrode)
MIDDLE EAST
Workshop on RiskAnalysis in the Trade ofAnimals and AnimalProductsTo inform and train participants on the
practical use of risk analysis(assessment, management andcommunication) to facilitate regional
trade, etc.9-12 April 38 participants from Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait,
Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sudan,Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen andPalestinian AuthoritiesUnited Arab Emirates
(Dubai)
ASIA
OIE Regional Seminar onNipah Virus Infectionjointly with theDepartment of Veterinary
Services of MalaysiaOverview and epidemiology of the
Nipah virus infection, etc.8-12 April 41 participants from Australia, Cambodia,
Indonesia, Japan, R. of Korea, Laos, Myanmar,Philippines, Singapore, Taipei China, Thailand,the United States, Vietnam, Malaysia,
FAO/APHCA
2 and ( OIE as organizer).Malaysia
(Kuala Lumpur)
OIE Workshop onFeasibility and Strategy toDevelop an FMD ControlZone on the MalayPeninsulaTo examine the feasibility and strategy
to develop an FMD control zone on theMalay Peninsula9-11 May 18 participants from Malaysia, Thailand,
Myanmar, (Australia, OIE/RCU
3 and OIE-RR4,
Tokyo, as facilitator and organizer).Thailand
(Bangkok)G/SPS/GEN/306
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OIE Workshop on Animal
Movement Managementand FMD Control in the
Lower Mekong BasinTo review the first meeting held in
Bangkok, Thailand in 1999, to identifythe main trading routes in the Lower
Mekong Basin and to identify the
components and objectives of animalmovement management to bedeveloped in the subregion4-8 June 20 participants from Cambodia, Laos, Thailand,
Vietnam (the EU-Project, the OIE-RCU
 and OIE-
RR  as organizer)Laos
(Khamkeut andVientiane)
OIE/FAO-APHCARegional Workshop on
WTO's SPS Agreement (in
Cooperation with theDLD
5, FU-Berlin6, FVM-
CMU7 and JLTA8)To train government officers (at
technical level) in the Asia-Pacific
Region on important regulations, roles
and risk assessment of WTO’s SPSAgreement, the OIE Animal HealthCode and Manual and the FAO CodexAlimentarius, etc9-12 July 36 participants from Bangladesh, Cambodia,
India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Papua
New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand,
Vietnam (Germany, Egypt, Switzerland,FAO/APHCA, OIE as resource persons andorganizers)Thailand
(Chiang Mai)
OIE Regional Workshop
on Animal Health
Information Systems withEmphasis on AnimalHealth Economics inCollaboration with DAHP
9To acquaint participants with basic
knowledge of animal health economies
and data to be collected for economicassessment of animal diseases6-7 November 21 participants from Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos,
Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand,
Vietnam (New Zealand, United Kingdom andOIE as resource persons and organizer)Cambodia
(Phnom Penh)
OIE/FAO-APHCA/DLD
Regional Workshop onBovine SpongiformEncephalopathy (BSE)Diagnosis and SurveillanceTo review the BSE situation world-
wide and to train laboratory staff forlaboratory diagnosis in the twodifferent fields including molecularELISA and histo-pathology and alsofor the development of surveillance
programmes of BSE19-22 November 41 participants from Hong Kong, Korea
(Republic of), Malaysia, Philippines, TaipeiChina, Thailand, Vietnam (Switzerland, FAO-Italy, FAO-APHCA, OIE as resource persons andorganizers)Thailand
(Bangkok)
Regional Meeting onBovine SpongiformEncephalopathyReview the BSE situation worldwide
and to facilitate diagnosis, surveillance,risk assessment and communicationand other related measures26 November 60 participants from Australia, Bhutan, India,
Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar,Nepal, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Pakistan,Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Russia,Singapore, Taipei China Thailand, U.S.A.,
Vietnam, OIE, FAO and SPC.Nepal
(Kathmandu)G/SPS/GEN/306
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OIE/SEAFDEC10 Joint
Seminar/Workshop onDisease Control in Fish
and Shrimp Aquaculture
in South East Asia –Diagnosis and HusbandryTechniquesTo review the current research studies
and diagnostic techniques in viraldiseases of shrimps and marine fish in
South-East Asia;
To identify a proper training
programme for the Fish DiseaseProject;
To review the current research studies
and techniques in controlling shrimp
vibriosis and give a prospect forongoing research studies of the project4-6 December 45 participants from ASEAN member countries,
Japan, Norway, USA, OIE, NACA
11 and
SEAFDEC as resource persons and organizers)Philippines
(Iloilo)
1CIS:  Commonwealth of Independent States
2APHCA:  Animal Production and Health Comm ission in Asia and the Oceania of FAO
3OIE-RCU:  OIE Regional Coordination Unit for Foot and Mouth Disease Control in South-East Asia
4OIE-RR:  OIE Regional Representation for Asia and the Pacific
6FU-Berlin:  Free University of Berlin, Germany
7FVM-CMU:  Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
8JLTA:  Japan Livestock Technology Association, Japan
9DAHP:  Department of Animal Health and Production, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery, Cambodia
10SEAFDEC:  Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, Thailand
11NACA:  Network  of Aquacult ure Centres in Asia-Pacific
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