WORLD TRADE  
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G/SPS/GEN/1098 
24 June 2011 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English/ 
 French/  Spanish 
 
  
REPORT OF THE WORLD ORGANIZATION FOR ANIMAL HEALTH (OIE)  
ON ITS CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES 
  
The following communication, received on 22 June 2011, is being circulated at the request of 
the OIE. 
 
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 1. The OIE is pleased to provide this report on its  SPS-related capacity building activities to the 
fifty-first meeting of the WTO SPS Committee. 
I. THE OIE PVS PATHWAY 
2. The OIE PVS Pathway is a global programme for the sustainable improvement of a country's 
Veterinary Services' compliance with OIE standard s, particularly on the quality of Veterinary 
Services.  This is an important foundation for improving animal and public  health and enhancing 
compliance with SPS standards, at the national, re gional and international level.  It should be 
remembered that the activities of the Veterina ry Services are a global public good and are 
consequently eligible for appropr iate national, regional or inte rnational public funding support. 
3. Since 2006, the OIE has progressively developed the PVS Pathway, which includes the initial 
country PVS Evaluation, PVS Gap Analysis and PV S Pathway follow-up missions as first steps and 
integrating them into a comprehensive, staged appr oach providing targeted support for the systematic 
strengthening of Veterinary Services. 
4. Ongoing improvement in 2010 of the OIE-PVS Tool for the Evaluation of Performance of 
Veterinary Services  included the introduction of new critical competencies on animal welfare and in 
the field of management.  The OIE is currently  extending the PVS Pathway, with appropriate 
modification, to national Aquatic Animal He alth Services.  The 2010 editions of the OIE-PVS Tool  
(5th edition), the Manual of the PVS Assessor, the PVS Gap Analysis Tool , and of the PVS Gap 
Analysis Experts' Manual  (volumes I and II) were also de veloped and pub lished in 2010. 
5. In addition to carrying out PVS Gap Analysis missions and associated steps, at the request of 
OIE Members, the OIE provides support in the prep aration of country strategic plans and the conduct 
of round tables with donors for the preparation of  investment programmes, in cooperation with the 
FAO, donors, including the World Bank, and reques ting countries.  Support for the organization of 
donor round tables is due to commence in 2011. 
6. As part of the PVS Pathway, the OIE provides support for the modernization of country 
veterinary legislation using the OIE Guidelines on ve terinary legislation.  Some work on veterinary G/SPS/GEN/1098 
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  legislation has also been undertaken at the regiona l level, with the goal of  promoting harmonization 
and facilitating safe trade in animals and animal products at the regional level. 
7. The current state of play of PVS Evaluation missions, PVS Gap Analys is missions and PVS 
Legislation missions is summarised in Annexes 1, 2 and 3, respectively. 
II. OTHER CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES 
8. Capacity building activities, including regi onal workshops for policy makers, national 
delegates to the OIE (representatives appointed by Government) and national OIE focal points 
(contact persons for relations with the OIE) are carri ed out in the following fields:  (i) animal health 
information systems;  (ii) animal production food safety;  (iii) veterinary medicinal and biological products;  (iv) aquatic animal diseases;  (v) animal welfare;  (vi) wildlife;  (vii) communication;  and 
(viii) laboratories. 
9. These activities are mainly focused on the righ ts and obligations of member countries in 
accordance with the WTO-SPS Agreemen t, public-private partnerships and alliances with the private 
sector (farmers, veterinarians, industry), and also aim to raise awareness of the OIE's global animal 
welfare standards. 
10. The OIE laboratory twinning programme has been adopted as a method for improving 
laboratory capacity and expertise in developing and in-transition countries.  This programme creates opportunities for developing and in-transition countries  to develop scientifically competent laboratory 
diagnostic methods, to progress towards meeting the in ternational standards of the OIE, and in certain 
cases to become an OIE reference laboratory.  This  activity contributes to the strengthening of the 
national veterinary scientific community, which is a cornerstone for the preparation of standards. 
11. The successful approach to twinning of laboratories is being used as the basis for similar 
programmes with application to veterinary educa tion establishments and veterinary statutory bodies 
(the organization responsible for the quality  of practice of the veterinary profession). 
12. The OIE, as a founding member of the WTO Standards and Trade De velopment Facility 
(STDF), collaborates closely with the STDF and other partner organizations in seminars for member 
countries, with the objective of raising awareness and training participants on SPS measures and other 
matters relevant to the WTO SPS Agreement. 
13. In addition, the OIE convenes and participates in  a large number of international meetings, 
seminars, conferences and workshops on s ubjects relevant to the WTO SPS Agreement. 
14. A list of relevant regional and global activ ities carried out in 2010 is at Annex 4.  
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PVS Evaluations - State of Play up to 16 May 2011 
 OIE 
Members  PVS Evaluations 
requests received PVS Evaluations 
missions completedDraft PVS Evaluations 
reports received Reports available for 
(restricted) 
distribution to Donors 
and Partners Publication on 
the OIE website
Africa 52 49 44 43 35 3 
Americas 29 21 20 20 15 6 
Asia, the Far East 
and  Oceania 32 17 14 14 11 1 
Europe 53 14 13 13 10 0 
Middle East 12 12 11 11 5 1 
TOTAL 178 113 102 101 76 11 
Aquatic PVS missions requests:  Mozambique, Vietnam 
  
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ANNEX 2 
PVS Gap Analysis - State of Play up to 16 May 2011 
 OIE Members  PVS Gap Analysis 
requests received PVS Gap Analysis 
missions completed PVS Gap Analysis 
missions reports 
received Reports available for 
(restricted) 
distribution to 
Donors and Partners
Africa 52 31 19 18 5 
Americas 29 11 5 5 1 
Asia, the Far East and Oceania 32 12 7 7 2 
Europe 53 6 4 3 0 
Middle East 12 7 2 2 0 
TOTAL 178 67 37 35 8 
  
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ANNEX 3 
Veterinary Legislation missions - State-of-Play up to 16 May 2011 
 OIE Members  Veterinary Legislation 
missions requests receivedVeterinary Legislation 
missions completed Veterinary Legislation 
document received 
Africa 52 18 10 10 
Americas 29 4 2 2 
Asia, the Far East and Oceania 32 4 3 3 
Europe 53 3 1 1 
Middle East 12 4 4 4 
TOTAL 178 33 20 20 
Non including (Pilot project) Botswana, South Africa and 1st mission in Zambia G/SPS/GEN/1098 
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  ANNEX 4 
Meetings and Visits - 2010 
Title Venue Date 
Implementation of avian influenza surveillance on 
wild birds and domestic animals along migratory flyways under the OIE/JTF Project for strengthening HPAI control in Asia  Nam Dinh 
province, Vietnam 14-22 January 
Opening of the programme "Panama free from bovine 
brucellosis"  San Sebastián de 
Ocú, Panama 15 January 
9th Meeting of Upper Mekong Working Group 
(UMWG) for FMD Zoning and Animal Movement Management  Hanoi, Vietnam 20-22 January 
Avian Influenza Study Mission for the 9th Meeting of 
UMWG for FMD Zoning and Animal Movement 
Management  Hanoi, Vietnam 20-22 January 
United Nations System Workshop on Avian and 
Pandemic Influenza  Bangkok, Thailand 27-29 January 
47th Plenary Meeting of the Panel on Animal Health 
and Animal Welfare of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)  Parma, Italy 28-29 January 
Workshop for OIE National Focal Points for Animal 
Production Food Safety  Kuwait City, 
Kuwait 2-4 February  
PSVS Sub-Regional Workshop on the OIE PVS 
Pathway  Chiang Mai, 
Thailand 8-9 February 
OIE National Hands-on Training Workshop on 
Diagnosis of HPAI with a Real-Time PCR System  Kandy, Sri Lanka 9-11 February 
Intensive training workshop on regional integration 
(SPS measures in Africa)  Dakar, Senegal 9-10 February 
Trilateral Conference for the Control of Foot and 
Mouth Disease in Pakistan and Afghanistan  Islamabad, Pakistan 16-17 February 
SPS-WTO Regional Seminar for Central Europe and 
Central Asia  Tashkent, 
Uzbekistan 16-19 February 
Symposium: "Practical Alternatives to Reduce Animal 
Testing in Quality Control of Veterinary Biologicals in the Americas"  Buenos Aires, 
Argentina 18-19 February 
Meeting of the SEAFMD Epidemiology Network 
(EpiNet)  Tagaytay City, 
Philippines 23-24 February 
GF-TADs Regional Steering Committee for Europe  Brussels, Belgium 24-25 February 
4th OIE/FAO-APHCA Regional Workshop and 
Working Group Meeting on BSE and Other Prion Diseases  Seoul, Republic of 
Korea 24-26 February 
OIE Regional Hands-on Training Workshop on 
Genetic Analysis (Sequencing) of HPAI Viruses  Kathmandu, Nepal 24 February – 2 March 
OIE National Hands-on Training Workshop on 
Diagnosis of HPAI with a Real-Time PCR System  Kathmandu, Nepal 3-5 March 
Implementation of avian influenza surveillance on 
wild birds and domestic animals along migratory 
flyways under the OIE/JTF Project for strengthening HPAI control in Asia  Vientiane Province, 
Laos 2-10 March  G/SPS/GEN/1098 
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  Title Venue Date 
Inception Workshop for ASEAN-ADB Project on 
Strengthening Regional Coordination in the Control 
and Eradication of HPAI in ASEAN  Bali, Indonesia 3-5 March 
Implementation of avian influenza surveillance on 
wild birds and domestic animals along migratory 
flyways under the OIE/JTF Project for strengthening HPAI control in Asia  Bac Lieu Province, 
Vietnam 7-16 March 
Meeting organised by DG Sanco for veterinary 
students in the frame of the EU Veterinary Week 2010 Brussels, Belgium 8-9 March 
Workshop for OIE National Focal Points for Animal 
Production Food Safety  Buenos Aires, 
Argentina 9-11 March 
Regional Information Seminar for Recently Appointed 
OIE Delegates  Gaborone, 
Botswana 9-12 March 
PAN-SPSO Programme 3rd Steering Committee 
Meeting  Douala, Cameroon 11 March 
5th Sub-Regional Meeting of the SEAFMD 
Laboratory Network  Vientiane, Laos 11-12 March 
Start-up meeting of the Project "Implementation of 
surveillance, prophylaxis and contingency plans for brucellosis, tuberculosis, rabies, foot and mouth 
disease and anthrax in CIS countries"  Kiev, Ukraine 11-12 March 
Meeting on STDF  Douala, Cameroon 12 March 
16th Meeting of the OIE Sub-Commission for Foot 
and Mouth Disease in South-East Asia  Vientiane, Laos 15-19 March 
79th Session of the Executive Committee of the 
European Commission for the Control of Foot and 
Mouth Disease (EuFMD)  Stockholm, Sweden 16-17 March 
OIE National Hands-on Training Workshop on 
Diagnosis of HPAI with a Real-Time PCR System  Thimphu, Bhutan 16-18 March 
Training Workshop for OIE National Focal Points for 
Wildlife  Arusha, Tanzania 16-19 March 
OIE National Hands-on Training Workshop on 
Diagnosis of HPAI with a Real-Time PCR System  Dhaka, Bangladesh 22-24 March 
Workshop on animal welfare organised by the 
Federation of Veterinarians of Europe (FVE) and TAIEX  Belgrade, Serbia 24-25 March 
5th Steering Committee Meeting of the GF-TADs for 
Africa  Addis Ababa, 
Ethiopia 5-6 April 
6th Steering Committee Meeting of SPINAP-AHI 
Programme  Addis Ababa, 
Ethiopia 6-7 April  
Workshop for OIE National Focal Points for Animal 
Welfare  Bangkok, Thailand 5-7 April 
15th Meeting of the Executive Committee (EC15) of 
ALive  Addis Ababa, 
Ethiopia 7-8 April 
Regional Information Seminar for Recently Appointed 
OIE Delegates  Bangkok, Thailand 8-9 April 
5th Ordinary General Assembly (GA5) of ALive  Addis Ababa, 
Ethiopia 9 April 
Coordination meeting of the Regional Animal Health 
Centre for Southern Africa  Gaborone, 
Botswana 11 April  G/SPS/GEN/1098 
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  Title Venue Date 
FMD International Symposiu m and Workshop  Melbourne, 
Australia 12-14 April 
OIE Regional Seminar on Communication  Muscat, Oman 20-21 April 
WECARD Workshop on prioritizing research items 
for animal health in Western and Central Africa  Saly Portudal, 
Sénégal 22-23 April 
Integrated Regional Coordination Mechanism (IRCM) 
Consultative Meeting, organised by AU-IBAR  Gaborone, 
Botswana 23-24 April 
3rd PSVS Sub-Regional Workshop on Veterinary 
Legislation and Governance  Bangkok, Thailand 26-27 April 
USAID Meeting on Emerging Pandemic Threats 
(EPT) Programme  Kampala, Uganda 26-28 April 
TAIEX meeting of Chief Veterinary Officers on the 
IPA Project on the eradication, monitoring and control 
of classical swine fever and rabies in Western Balkan 
Countries  Mokra Gora, Serbia 27-28 April 
SADC Livestock Technical Committee Meeting  Gaborone, 
Botswana 27-30 April 
Regional Animal Welfare Strategy (RAWS) 
Implementation Workshop  Bangkok, Thailand 28-29 April 
Mission to support the establishment of the OIE Sub-
Regional Representation for Eastern Africa and the Horn of Africa  Nairobi, Kenya 29 April – 6 May 
USAID Meeting on Emerging Pandemic Threats 
(EPT) Programme (official launch of the programme in Central Africa)  Kinshasa, Dem. 
Rep. of the Congo 30 April 
WHO-EU Joint Action on Biorisk Management: 
Laboratory Biorisk Management Awareness Training 
Workshop and Infectious  Substances Shipping 
Training Workshop  Muscat, Oman 2-6 May 
SADC–ICP core group meeting  Gaborone, 
Botswana 6 May 
2nd Pan-African CVOs Meeting on Africa’s 
coordinated position on animal health standards, organised by AU-IBAR  Entebbe, Uganda 6-8 May 
GF-TADs Coordination meeting for Western Balkan 
Countries  Sofia, Bulgaria 11 May 
Mission to South Africa including a meeting with the 
Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Science of the University of Pretoria on the subject of harmonisation of veterinary education between veterinary education 
establishments within the SADC Region, a meeting 
with the OIE Collaborating Centre on Training in Integrated Livestock and Wildlife Health and Management, and a meeting at the South African Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 
(DAFF)  Pretoria, South 
Africa 11-12 May 
27th FAO Regional Conference for Europe  Erevan, Armenia 11-12 May 
36th Session of the FAO European Commission on 
Agriculture (ECA)  Erevan, Armenia 13-14 May 
8th Conference of Ministers responsible for Animal 
Resources in Africa  Entebbe, Uganda 13-14 May  G/SPS/GEN/1098 
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  Title Venue Date 
Regional Information Seminar for Recently Appointed 
OIE Delegates  Paris, France 23 May 
Joint FAO/OIE/WHO Meeting on the ‘Identify’ 
Project (component of the EPT Programme) for the 
Congo Region  Brazzaville, Rep. of 
the Congo 8-10 June 
PVS Gap Analysis Feedback Session  Paris, France 15-16 June 
3rd OIE Regional Expert Group Meeting for 
Implementation of the Programme on Surveillance of 
Wild Birds and Domestic Animals along Migratory Flyways (under the OIE/JTF Project for Strengthening HPAI Control in Asia)  Tokyo, Japan 16-17 June 
Regional Training Seminar for OIE National Focal 
Points for Aquatic Animals  Swakopmund,Nami
bia 15-19 June 
FAO Training Workshop on risk analysis and health 
information system in aquaculture (in collaboration with WorldFish)  Lusaka, Zambia 28 June – 2 July 
Joint FAO/OIE/WHO Meeting on the ‘Identify’ 
Project (component of the EPT Programme) for the 
South-East Asia Region  Bangkok, Thailand 28-29 June 
Workshop for OIE National Focal Points for Animal 
Welfare  Santiago, Chile 29 June – 1 July 
1st Meeting of the HPED Steering Committee  Bangkok, Thailand 1 July 2010 
4th Regional Steering Committee Meeting on GF-
TADs for Asia and the Pacific  Bangkok, Thailand 1-2 July 2010 
Regional Information Seminar for Recently Appointed 
OIE Delegates  Minsk, Belarus 1-2 July 2010 
SADC-ICP Joint Task Force FANR Thematic Meeting Gaborone, 
Botswana 2 July 2010 
Workshop for OIE National Focal Points for Wildlife  Bamako, Mali 5-8 July 2010 
WHO 5th Meeting of the Asia Pacific Strategy on 
Emerging Diseases (APSED) Technical Advisory 
Group  Manila, Philippines 6-9 July 2010 
7th International Conference on Emerging Infectious 
Diseases (ICEID)  Atlanta, Georgia, 
USA 11-14 July 2010 
OIE/FAO-APHCA Regional Workshop on Animal 
Feed Safety   Tokyo and 
Saitama-city, Japan 12-15 July 2010 
Exploratory Meeting on Sub-Regional Control of 
Classical Swine Fever in Andean Countries  Medellín, 
Colombia 14-16 July 2010 
Implementation of avian influenza surveillance 
programme in Mongolia in 2010  Ulan Bator, 
Mongolia 14-17 July 2010 and 
29-30 July 2010 
SADC/ICP Joint Task Force Meeting and Core Group Meeting  Gaborone, 
Botswana 15 July 2010 
Public Scientific Meeting for the US National 
Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS)  Atlanta, Georgia, 
USA 15-16 July 2010 
AU-IBAR Livestock Trade Workshop  United Arab 
Emirates 19-20 July 2010 G/SPS/GEN/1098 
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  Title Venue Date 
1st Meeting of Deans of Schools and Faculties of 
Veterinary Medicine or Sciences in Southern and 
Eastern Africa  University of 
Pretoria, 
Onderstepoort, 
South Africa  19-23 July 2010 
Meeting of the Permanent Veterinary Committee for 
South Cone (CVP)  Montevideo, 
Uruguay 20-22 July 2010 
Consultative meeting of ASEAN region laboratory 
partners  Bangkok, Thailand 20-21 July 2010 
1st Congress of the South East Asia Veterinary 
Schools Association (SEAVSA)  Bogor, Indonesia 20-22 July 2010 
Quarantine status assessment Bossaso and 
Berbera (Somalia) and Djibouti  20-24 July 2010 
IRCM briefing and planning meeting  Nairobi, Kenya 22 July 2010 
2nd REPIVET regional coordination meeting within 
the framework of the REMESA  Porto, Portugal  23 July 2010 
Workshop for OIE National Focal Points for 
Veterinary Products  Belgrade, Serbia  26-28 July 2010 
6th Interagency Meeting on Strategic Communication 
for Avian and Human Pandemic Influenza  San José, Costa 
Rica 27-28 July 2010 
AU-IBAR Workshop for Livestock Stakeholders on 
Animal Health Certification and Trade  Dubai, United Arab 
Emirates 2-4 August 2010 
FMD Vaccination Workshop  Siem Reap, 
Cambodia 3-4 August 2010 
OIE/PANAFTOSA Meeting on the OIE-PVS 'One 
Health' Pilot Activities  Rio de Janeiro, 
Brazil 4-5 August 2010 
13th SEACFMD National Coordina tors Meeting  Siem Reap, 
Cambodia 5-6 August 2010 
Meeting with the authorities of the National Animal 
Health Service (SENASA) of Costa Rica, Veterinary Academic sector (supporting programme for 
Veterinary Services in Costa Rica)  San José, Costa 
Rica 6-13 August 2010 
IRCM stocktaking meeting  Nairobi, Kenya 9-10 August 2010 
FAO regional evaluation of ADERPs  Bangkok, Thailand 9-10 August 2010 
ACIAR/AB-CRC/OIE Biosecurity Research and 
Development Workshop  Siem Reap, 
Cambodia 10-13 August 2010 
Preparatory meeting for the Workshop of OIE 
National Focal Points for Animal Production Food 
Safety  Singapore 11 August 2010 
3rd SAARC Meeting of Chief Veterinary Officers  Kandy, Sri Lanka 16-17 August 2010 
Visit to Rhodes University, South Africa, in view of 
possible recognition as OIE Collaborating Centre for 
the training of veterinarians on aquatic animal diseases Rhodes University, 
Grahamstown (Port 
Elisabeth), South 
Africa 17 August 2010 
WHO/SEARO Regional Meeting on Public Health 
Research Agenda for Influenza  New Delhi, India 18-20 August 2010 
Annual Conference of the  Southern African Society 
for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (SASVEPM)  Lynnwood, 
Pretoria, South Africa 18-20 August 2010  G/SPS/GEN/1098 
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  Title Venue Date 
Meeting of Directors of National Programmes for 
Rabies Control in Latin America (REDIPRA)  Buenos Aires, 
Argentina 24-26 August 2010 
ECTAD CVOs Meeting  Zanzibar, Tanzania 24-26 August 2010 
FANRPAN Annual High Level Regional Food 
Security Policy Dialogue  Windhoek, 
Namibia 30 August – 
3 September 2010 
Training course for OIE National Focal Points on animal diseases notification  Gaborone, 
Botswana 31 August – 
3 September 2010 
FAO-APHCA/OIE Regional Workshop on BSE Risk Status Recognition (under the context of WTO-SPS 
Agreement) and Interim BSE Working Group Meeting Chiang Mai, 
Thailand 31 August – 3 
September 2010 
2nd Steering Committee meeting of the VACNADA 
Project  Nairobi, Kenya 3 September 2010 
Experts meeting on the formulation of an IRCM for 
emerging infectious diseases, transboundary animal 
diseases and zoonosis in Africa  Nairobi, Kenya 6-8 September 2010 
Africa Animal Welfare Action Conference  Nairobi, Kenya 6-9 September 2010 
Closing meeting of the twinning agreement for 
contagious bovine pleuropneumonia between BNVL and CESME  Sebele, Botswana 7 September 2010 
3rd Regional Stakeholder Assembly on Sanitary and 
Phytosanitary Measures in the SADC region  Gaborone, 
Botswana 7-10 September 2010 
SADC/ICP Core Group meeting  Gaborone, 
Botswana 8 September 2010 
3rd OIE Regional Meeting on Strengthening Animal 
Health Information Networking in Asia  Tokyo, Japan 15-16 September 2010 
ASEAN/ADB Project on Strengthening Regional 
Coordination in the Control and Eradication of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in ASEAN  Kota Kinabalu, 
Malaysia 20-21 September 2010 
24th Conference of the OIE Regional Commission for 
Europe  Astana, Kazakhstan 20-24 September 2010 
Workshop for OIE National Focal Points for 
Veterinary Products  Cartagena de 
Indias, Colombia 20-22 September 2010 
16th CAMEVET Seminar on Harmonization of 
Registration and Control of Veterinary Medicines  Cartagena de 
Indias, Colombia 22-24 September 2010 
FAO Global Conference on Aquaculture 2010  Phuket, Thailand 22-25 September 2010 
Technical meeting on "Official FMD country status: 
advantages for North African countries"  Tunis, Tunisia  23-24 September 2010 
HPED Workshop "How to make the most of the OIE 
PVS pathway in the SAARC countries?"  Kathmandu, Nepal  23-24 September 2010 
1st LABIOFAM International Congress  Havana, Cuba  27 September 2010 
Workshop for OIE National Focal Points for Aquatic 
Animals  Dubai, United Arab 
Emirates 27-29 September 2010 
80th Executive Committee Meeting of EuFMD  Vienna, Austria  27-28 September 2010 
Bilateral meeting with the ECTAD 'Identify' Project 
Focal Point for the Congo Basin Region  Bamako, Mali 27-29 September 2010 G/SPS/GEN/1098 
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  Title Venue Date 
ADB/FAO project for Transboundary Animal Disease 
Control for Poverty Reduction in the Greater Mekong 
Subregion Steering Committee Meeting  Bangkok, Thailand 27-28 September 2010 
Animal Health Workshop 2010 –  Hong Kong SAR, 
People's Republic 
of China 28 September 2010 
ADIS Steering Committee 4th Meeting  Paris, France 29 September 2010 
30th FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the 
Pacific  Gyeongju, Korea 27 September – 
1 October 2010 
Meeting on the FAO component of the HPED regional cooperation programme in South Asia (SAARC)  Colombo, Sri 
Lanka 30 September – 
1 October 2010 
IRCM Consultative Seminar with the Member States of CEN-SAD, UMA and COMESA Cairo, Egypt  3-4 October 2010  
Meeting with Veterinary Authorities from non-
member countries of the OIE  4-15 October 2010 (4 October:  Montserrat;  
5 October:  Antigua;  6-7 October:  St Kitts;  8-9 October:  Dominica;  10-11 October:  St Lucia;  12-13 October:  St Vincent;  14 October:  Grenada;  15 October:  Trinidad 
and Tobago) 
FAO/OIE Sub-Regional Laboratory Network for HPAI Diagnosis Meeting and Training  Ipoh, Malaysia 4-6 October 2010 
Meeting of the SADC-FANR Sub-Committee on 
Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety (VPH&FS)  Maseru, Lesotho 5-7 October 2010 
Workshop for OIE National Focal Points for Wildlife  Bangkok, Thailand 5-7 October 2010 
OIE Regional Seminar on Communication  Rabat, Morocco  7-8 October 2010 
Implementation of avian influenza surveillance in 
domestic animals in the southern part of Vietnam 
(under the OIE/JTF Project on HPAI control in Asia)  Vietnam 10-16 October 2010 
11th Session of the CIC Coordination Forum for 
Central and Eastern Europe  Sofia, Bulgaria 11 October 2010 
WAEMU Veterinary Committee Meeting for the 
validation of the WAEMU Strategic Plan on 
Veterinary Services capacity building Ouagadougou, 
Burkina Faso 11-13 October 2010 -
//- 11-13 octobre 2010 
Workshop for OIE National Focal Points for Animal 
Production Food Safety  Singapore 12-14 October 2010 
1st Chilean Conference on Salmon Farming 
Biosecurity  Puerto Montt, Chile 18–19 October 2010 
PVS gap analysis training session  Paris, France 21-22 October 2010 
18th Annual Conference of the Flemish Society for 
Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (FSVEE)  Katho, Roeselare, 
Belgium 22 October 2010 
34th Session of APHCA and FAO-APHCA-DFID 
Workshop on Pro-Poor HPAI Risk Reduction: "Lessons from Southeast Asia and Africa"  Phuket, Thailand 25-27 October 2010 
Annual Meeting of the OIE Regional and Sub-
Regional Representations Paris, France 26-29 October 2010 
PSVS Workshop on "Progress and Directions" in 
Strengthening Veterinary Services in South-East Asia  Bangkok, Thailand 2 November 2010 
TAIEX/FVE workshop on strengthening livestock 
sector and Veterinary Services in Ukraine  Kiev, Ukraine 2-3 November 2010  G/SPS/GEN/1098 
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  Title Venue Date 
FAO/OIE/WHO Joint Congo Region Laboratory 
Capacity Building and Networking Stakeholders' 
Meeting  Entebbe, Uganda  2-4 November 2010 
IDB/INTAL-WTO Regional Workshop on the 
agreement on sanitary and phytosanitary measures for 
Latin America  Lima, Peru 2-5 November 2010  
Meeting for launching the Network of the National 
Laboratories of the Veterinary Services of the Americas  Panama City, 
Panama  3-5 de noviembre de 
2010 
SADC Livestock Technical Committee Meeting  Gaborone, 
Botswana 3-5 November 2010 
PSVS Sub-Regional Workshop on Enhancing 
Capacities for Sustainable Animal Health Communication (3rd PSVS Communication 
Workshop)  Phuket, Thailand 8-9 November 2010 
Meeting of the Asia Regional Advisory Group on 
Aquatic Animal Health (AGM-9), organised by 
NACA Bangkok, Thailand 8-10 November 2010 
BTSF Workshop on ‘animal welfare during religious 
slaughter practices’  Istanbul, Turkey 8-11 November 2010 
Workshop for OIE National Focal Points for Animal 
Welfare  Addis Abeba, 
Ethiopia 9-11 November 2010 
China International Food Safety & Quality Conference 
and Expo 2010  Shanghai, People's 
Rep. of China 10-11 November 2010 
Validation workshop of the study on the 
operationalization of the network of laboratories for quality control of veterinary medicines in WAEMU  Ouagadougou, 
Burkina Faso 10-12 November 2010 
9th Meeting of the Lower Mekong Working Group for 
FMD Zoning and Animal Movement Management  Pattaya, Thailand 10-12 November 2010 
Thailand National FMD Strategic Planning Work shop  Pattaya, Thailand 11-12 November 2010 
Visit to Beijing to assess FMD control programme in 
China and to discuss with ke y officials of the Chinese 
Veterinary Bureau regarding the SEACFMD Campaign and other OIE matters  Beijing, People's 
Republic of China  15-16 November 2010 
Workshop for OIE National Focal Points for Aquatic 
Animals  Dubrovnik, Croatia 16-18 November 2010 
20th Conference of the OIE Regional Commission for 
the Americas  Montevideo, 
Uruguay 16-19 November 2010 
Regional training workshops organised in the 
framework of WHO/EU Joint Action on Biorisk 
Management  New Delhi, India 16-19 November 2010 
High-Level Meeting on the BTSF programme  Brussels, Belgium 18-19 November 2010 
IRCM Meeting  Bamako, Mali 19-23 November 2010 
3rd OIE/FAO-APHCA Regional Workshop on 
Brucellosis Diagnosis and Control with an emphasis 
on Brucella melitensis  Sukhothai/Phitsanu
lok, Thailand 21-25 November 2010 
Workshop on strategies for the implementation of the 
OIE recommendations on r esponsible dog ownership 
and dog population control programmes  Buenos Aires, 
Argentina 23-24 November 2010 G/SPS/GEN/1098 
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  Title Venue Date 
Workshop for OIE National Focal Points for Animal 
Welfare  Beirut, Lebanon 23–25 November 2010 
Workshop for OIE National Focal Points for Aquatic 
Animals  Roatán, Honduras 23–25 November 2010 
Workshop for OIE National Focal Points for 
Veterinary Products  Johannesbourg, 
South Africa 23-26 November 2010 
5th OIE Inter-American Aquatic Animal Health 
Committee Meeting Roatán, Honduras 25-26 November 2010 
16th Executive Committee Meeting of ALive  Bamako, Mali 25-26 November 2010 
6th Meeting of the Myanmar Zoning Working Group 
(MZWG)  Inle Lake, Southern 
Shan State, 
Myanmar 25-26 November 2010 
BEVA/FVE Forum on "improving the welfare of 
horses during transport" Brussels, Belgium 29 November 2010 
Epidemiological surveillance,  a major issue for animal 
health in Europe (meeting organised jointly by CODA-
CERVA and FESASS)  Brussels, Belgium 1 December 2010 
APEC Capacity Building Workshop on Vaccination 
against Avian Influenza  Hanoi, Vietnam 1-2 December 2010 
Ministerial Conference on the Aid-for-Trade Roadmap 
for SPECA  Baku, Azerbaijan 1-2 December 2010 
4th Steering Committee of the Somali Livestock 
Certification Project (SOLICEP)  Hargeisa, 
Somaliland   5 December 2010 
1st OIE Global Conference on Veterinary Legi slation  Djerba, Tunisia 7-9 December 2010 
Mission for the OIE/J(S)TF Project for strengthening 
HPAI control in Asia  Mongolie 7-10 December 2010 
Training seminar for veterinary legislation experts  Djerba, Tunisia 10-11 December 2010 
2nd COHEFA Extraordinary Meeting  Rio de Janeiro, 
Brasil 14-15 December 2010 
Regional workshop on collaboration between human 
and animal health sectors on zoonosis prevention and control  Sapporo, Japan 16-18 December 2010 
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  ACRONYMS 
AB-CRC: Australian Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases 
– Centre de recherche coopératif d'Australia Biosecurity pour les maladies infectieuses 
émergentes – Centro cooperativo de Inves tigación de Australia Biosecurity para las 
enfermedades infecciosas emergentes 
ACIAR: Australian Center for International Agricultu ral Research – Centre australien pour la 
recherche agricole internationale – Cent ro australiano de investigación agrícola 
internacional 
ADB: Asian Development Bank – Banque  asiatique de développeme nt – Banco Asiático de 
Desarrollo 
ADERP: Animal Disease Emergency and Response Plan – Plan d'alerte et d'intervention pour 
les maladies animales – Plan de emergencia y respuesta para las enfermedades de los 
animales 
ADIS: Animal Disease Information System of the European Union – Système d'information 
zoosanitaire de l'Union européenne – Sist ema de Información de la Unión Europea 
sobre las Enfermedades de los Animales  
ALive: African Livestock – African Livestock. Partnership for Livestock Development, 
Poverty Alleviation and Sustainable Growth 
APEC: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation – Cooperación Económica Asia-Pacífico – 
Coopération économique  Asie-Pacifique 
APHCA: FAO Regional Animal Production and Health Commission for Asia and the Pacific – 
Commission de la FAO pour la production et la  santé animales dans la région Asie et 
Pacifique – Comisión Regional de la FAO para Producción y Sanidad Pecuarias para 
Asia y el Pacífico 
ASEAN: Association of South-East Asian Nations – Association des Nations de l'Asie du Sud 
Est – Asociación de las Naci ones del Sud-Este Asiático 
AusAID: The Australian Government's overseas aid programme – Agence australienne de 
développement international – Agencia aust raliana para el desarrollo internacional 
AU-IBAR: African Union – Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources – Union africaine – Bureau 
interafricain des ressources animales – Unión Africana – Oficina Interafricana de 
Recursos Pecuarios 
BEVA: British Equine Veterinary Association – Association britannique de médecine 
vétérinaire équine – Asociación Británi ca de Medicina Veterinaria Equina 
BID: Banque interaméricaine de développement  – Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo 
BNVL: Botswana National Veterinary Laboratory 
BSE: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy 
BTSF: "Better training for safer food" – "Une meilleure formation pour des denrées 
alimentaires plus sûres" – "Una Mejo r Formación para Alimentos más Seguros" 
CAMEVET: Americas Committee for Veterinary Medicines – Comité des Amériques pour les 
médicaments vétérinaires – Comité de las Américas de Medicame ntos Veterinarios 
CEI: Communauté des Etats indépendants – Co munidad de Estados Independientes G/SPS/GEN/1098 
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  CEN-SAD: Communauté des Etats sahélo-sahariens – Community of Sahel-Saharan States – 
Comunidad de Estados sahelosaharianos 
CERVA: voir CODA-SERVA 
CESME: Centro Studi Malattie Esotiche, Istituto Zo oprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e 
del Molise "G.Caporale", Italia 
CIC: International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation – Conseil International de 
la Chasse et de la Conservation du Gibier  – Consejo Internacional de la Caza y 
Conservación de la Fauna 
CIS: Commonwealth of Independent States 
CODA-
CERVA: Centre d'étude et de recherche vétérina ires et agrochimiques – Veterinary and 
Agrochemical Research Centre – Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones Veterinarias y 
Agroquímicas 
COHEFA: Hemispheric Committee on the Eradication of Foot and Mouth Disease – Comité 
Hemisférico de Erradicación de la Fiebre Af tosa – Comité américain pour l'éradication 
de la fièvre aphteuse 
COMESA: Marché commun de l’Afrique orientale et australe – Common Market for Eastern and 
Southern Africa – Mercado Común de África Oriental y Austral 
CORAF: Conseil ouest et centre africain pour la re cherche et le développement agricoles – 
Consejo oeste y centroafricano para la investigación y el desarrollo agrícola 
CRC: Cooperative Research Centre – Centre de re cherche coopératif – Ce ntro cooperativo de 
Investigación 
CVOs: Chief Veterinary Officers – Chefs des Services vétérinaires – Jefes de Servicios 
Veterinarios 
DAFF: Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, South Africa 
DFID: Department of International Development of  the United Kingdom -//- Departamento de 
Reino Unido para el Desarrollo Internaci onal -//- Département du Royaume-Uni pour 
le développement international  
DG Sanco: Directorate General for Health and Consumers – Direction générale de la santé et des 
consommateurs – Dirección General de la Sanidad y los Consumidores 
ECTAD: FAO Emergency Center for Transboundary Anim al Diseases – Centre d'urgence de la 
FAO pour les maladies animales transfronta lières – Centro de Emergencia de FAO 
para las Enfermedades Transfronterizas de los Animales 
EEB: Encefalopatía Espongiforme Bovina 
EPT: Emerging Pandemic Threat s (USAID programme) 
ESB: Encéphalopathie spongiforme bovine 
EU: European Union 
FANDC: Fonds pour l'application des norm es et le développement du commerce 
FANFC: Fondo para la Aplicación de Normas y el Fomento del Comercio 
FANR: Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources – Ressources alimentaires, agricoles et 
naturelles – Recursos Alimentarios, Agrícolas y Naturales   G/SPS/GEN/1098 
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  FANRPAN: Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Po licy Analysis Network – Réseau d'analyse 
des politiques en matière de ressources alimen taires, agricoles et naturelles – Red de 
análisis de las políticas en materia de recu rsos alimentarios, agrícolas y naturales 
FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – Organisation des Nations 
Unies pour l'Alimentation et l'Agriculture – Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación 
FAVA: Federation of Asian Vete rinary Associations 
FESASS: Fédération européenne pour la santé animale et la sécurité sanitaire - European 
Federation for Animal Health and Sanitary  Security – Federación Europea para la 
sanidad animal y la seguridad sanitaria 
FMD: Foot and mouth disease 
FVE: Fédération des vétérinaires d'Europe – Fe deration of Veterinarians of Europe – 
Federación de Veterinarios de Europa 
GF-TADs: FAO/OIE Global Framework for the Progressive Control of Transboundary Animal 
Diseases – Plan-cadre mondial FAO/OIE pour la lutte progressive contre les maladies animales transfontalières – Marco Global F AO/OIE para el Control Progresivo de las 
Enfermedades Transfronterizas de los Animales 
HPAI: Highly pathogenic avian influenza  
HPED: European Union-funded cooperation progr amme on highly pathogenic and emerging 
and re-emerging diseases in Asia – Progra mme de coopération financé par l'Union 
Européenne sur l'influenza aviaire hautemen t pathogène et les maladies émergentes et 
réémergentes en Asie – Programa de c ooperación financiado por  la Unión Europea 
sobre influenza aviar altamente patógena y las enfermedades emergentes y reemergentes en Asia  
IAP: Instrument d’aide de préadhésion de l’Union européenne 
ICPs: International Cooperating Partners (institu tion donors and international technical 
agencies) – Partenaires de coopération intern ationale (bailleurs de  fonds institutionnels 
et agences techniques internationales) – Socios para la cooperación internacional 
(donantes institucionales y agen cias técnicas internacionales) 
IDB: Inter-American Development Bank 
INTAL: Instituto para la Integración de Améric a Latina y el Caribe – Institute for the 
Integration of Latin America and the Cari bbean – Institut pour l'intégration de 
l'Amérique latine et des Caraïbes 
IPA: European Union Instrument for Pre-accessi on Assistance – Instrumento de Ayuda de 
Preadhesión 
IRCM: Integrated Regional Coordination Mechanis m – Mécanisme régional de coordination 
intégrée – Mecanismo regional de coordinación integrada  
JTF: Japan Trust Fund – Fonds fiduciaire du Japon – Fondo Fiduciario de Japón 
J(S)TF: Japan (Special) Trust Fund – Fonds fiduciaire (spécial) du Japon – Fondo Fiduciario 
(Especial) de Japón 
MSF: Medidas sanitarias y fitosanitarias 
NACA: Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Paci fic – Red de Centros Acuícolas de Asia y 
del Pacífico – Réseau des centres d' aquaculture d'Asie et du Pacífique G/SPS/GEN/1098 
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  OMC: Organisation mondiale du commerce – Organización Mundial del Comercio 
OMS: Organisation mondiale de la santé – Organización Mundial de la Salud 
PAN-SPSO: Participation of African countries to san itary and phytosanitay standards setting 
organizations – Participation des nations a fricaines aux activités des organisations de 
normalisation sanitaire et phytosanitaire – Pa rticipación de las naciones africanas en 
las actividades de las organizaciones que est ablecen normas sanitarias y fitosanitarias 
PCR: Polymerase chain reaction – amplification en chaîne par la polymérase – reacción en 
cadena de la polimerasa 
PSVS: OIE/AusAID Programme for Strengthenin g Veterinary Services – Programa de 
OIE/AusAID para el refuerzo de los Serv icios veterinarios – Programme OIE/AusAID 
pour le renforcement des Services vétérinaires 
PVMA: Philippine Veterinary Medical Association  
PVS: Performance of Veterinary Services – performances des Services vétérinaires – 
prestaciones de los Servicios Veterinarios 
RAWS: Regional Animal Welfare Strategy 
REMESA: Mediterranean Network for Animal Health for North Africa – Réseau Méditerranéen 
de Santé Animale pour l’Afrique du Nord – Red Mediterránea de Salud Animal para 
África del Norte 
SAARC: South Asian Association for Regional Coope ration – Association Sud-Asiatique de 
Coopération Régionale – Asociación del Asia Meridional para la Cooperación 
Regional 
SADC: Southern African Development Community  – Communauté de développement de 
l’Afrique australe – Comunidad para  el desarrollo del África meridional 
SEAFMD: South-East Asia Foot and Mouth Disease Campaign – Campagne de lutte contre la 
fièvre aphteuse en Asie du Sud-Est – Campaña de lucha contra la fiebre aftosa en el 
Sudeste AsiáticoSEARO: South-East Asia Regional Office – Bureau régional pour le 
Sud-Est asiatique – Oficina Regional para el Sudeste Asiático 
SOLICEP: Somali Livestock Certification Project – Projet de certification du bétail somali – 
Proyecto de certificación del ganado somalí 
SPECA: UN Special Programme for the Economies of Central Asia – Programme spécial des 
Nations Unies pour les économies d'Asie Ce ntrale – Programa Especial de Naciones 
Unidas para las Economías de Asia Central 
SPINAP-AHI: Support Programme to Integrated National Action Plans for Avian and Human 
Influenza – Programme de soutien à des pl ans nationaux de lutte contre la grippe 
aviaire et humaine – Programa de apoyo a planes nacionales de lucha contra la influenza aviar y humana 
SPS: Sanitary and phytosanitary measures – mesures sanitaires et phytosanitaires 
STDF: Standards and Trade Development Facility 
TAIEX: Technical Assistance and Information Excha nge Instrument – Instrument d’assistance 
technique et d’échange d’informations – Instrumento de asistencia técnica e intercambio de información 
UE: Union européenne  G/SPS/GEN/1098 
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  UEMOA: Union économique et monétaire ouest-africaine – Unión Económica y Monetaria de 
África Occidental 
UMA: Union du Maghreb arabe – Unión del Magreb Árabe – Arab Maghreb Union 
USAID: United States Agency for International Development 
VACNADA: Vaccines for the Control of Neglected Anim al Diseases in Africa – Vaccins pour le 
contrôle des maladies animales négligées en  Afrique – Vacunas para la lucha contra 
las enfermedades desatendidas en África 
WAEMU: West African Economic and Monetary Union 
WECARD: West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development 
WHO: World Health Organization 
WTO: World Trade Organization 
 
 
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