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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/GEN/650 
24 March 2006 
 (06-1345) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English/ 
 French/  Spanish 
 
  
LIST OF SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS AND TECHNICAL MEETINGS 
ORGANIZED BY THE OIE IN 2005 AND PLANNED FOR 2006 
 
Communication from the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE)
 
 
 
 The following communication, received on 22 Marc h 2006, is being circulated at the request 
of the OIE. 
 
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List of seminars, worksh ops and technical meetings organised by the OIE in 2005 and planned for 2006  
Seminars and workshops in each region 
 
Title Purpose Date Pa rticipants Location 
Meetings of the OIE Regional 
Representatives  To exchange opinions and information between the 
OIE Central Bureau and Regional Representations in 
order to better promote OIE policies with OIE 
Member Countries 10-12 January 
2005 
15-16 December 
2005 All OIE Regional Representatives 
(Africa, Americas, Asia and the 
Pacific, Eastern Europe, Middle East) 
and the SEAFMD Project CoordinatorParis 
(OIE 
Headquarters) 
Pilot Seminar on the Training of 
Delegates 
Organised by the OIE and ENSV 
(OIE Collaborating Centre for the 
Training of Official Veterinarians) Presentation of the OIE 
The WTO and the SPS Agreement - Presentation and 
critical study of the SPS Agreement 
The sanitary Codes  and Manuals  
Risk analysis within the framework of the WTO and 
the SPS Agreement – concepts and limits 
General considerations - notification and 
epidemiological information 
Responsibilities of importing and exporting countries Quality of the Veterinary Services - principles and 
assessment 
Communication with the media 4th OIE Strategic Plan 4-6 April 2005 OIE Regional Representative, a 
recently appointed Delegate and an 
experienced OIE Delegate from each 
OIE Region OIE 
Headquarters 
Paris (France) 
  
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Title Purpose Date Pa rticipants Location 
16th Conference of the OIE 
Regional Commission for Africa 
  
 
  Items discussed: 
- Socio-economic and animal health impact of 
transhumance 
- The implications of genetically modified 
organisms (GMOs) for the livestock industry in 
Africa 
- Animal health situation of Member Countries for 
the year 2004 
- 4th OIE Strategic Plan (2006-2010) 
- Alive and GF-TADs projects 
Four recommendations were approved by the 
participants 7-10 February 
2005 
  
 
 110 participants from 22 Member 
Countries and 6 International and 
Regional Organisations attended the conference 
 
  Khartoum 
(Republic of 
Sudan) 
 
 
 
Workshop on the Quality Control 
of Veterinary Medicinal Products 
in Sub-Saharan Africa  Topics discussed: 
- Legislation and regulations of veterinary 
medicinal products 
- Trade and quality control of veterinary medicinal 
products 
- Food security in relation to residues of veterinary 
medicinal products  
 22-25 February 
2005 Close to one hundred participants 
attended: Directors of Veterinary 
Services, National Coordinators of PACE
1 and private veterinarians 
from Benin, Cameroon, Guinea, 
Mali, Niger, Togo, OIE Regional Representation for Africa and OIE 
AFSSA
2-ANMV Collaborating 
Centre, UEMOA3, Regional PACE 
Coordination, Laboratory for the 
Control of Veterinary Medicinal 
Products of Dakar (LACOMEV), National Health Laboratory of Mali 
(LNS Laboratory for the Evaluation 
of Veterinary Medicinal Residues and Disinfectants (LERMVD 
AFSSA), pharmaceutical companies Bamako (Mali)  
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Title Purpose Date Pa rticipants Location 
Training of OIE Delegates Information on: 
OIE aims and missions 
OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code  21 May 2005 Nearly all the Delegates of the 50 
Member Countries of Africa OIE 
Headquarters 
Paris (France) 
Regional Seminar on the WTO 
SPS Agreement and OIE Seminar on Train the Trainers 
For French-speaking countries of 
Western Africa  Topics discussed: 
- Essential elements of the WTO 
- Main lines of the SPS Agreement 
- Analysis of sanitary and phytosanitary animal 
health risks  
- Missions and activities of the OIE 
- OIE Animal Health Codes and Manuals 
- Epidemiological notification and information  
- Responsibility of importing and exporting 
countries 
- Quality of Veterinary Services: principles and 
evaluation 
- 4th OIE Strategic Plan 
An identical seminar is scheduled to take place in 
Botswana in 2006 for the English-speaking countries 
of Africa 3-7 October 2005 French-speaking countries of 
Western Africa: De legates or their 
representatives from Benin, Burkina 
Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Guinea-
Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, 
Senegal and Togo Bamako (Mali) 
OIE/AU-IBAR4/FAO Regional 
Seminar on Animal Health 
Policies, Evaluation of Veterinary 
Services and the Role of Livestock Breeders in the Surveillance of 
Animal Diseases 
This seminar was organised by the 
OIE, the AU-IBAR and the FAO Topics discussed:  
OIE policies, good governance, strengthening and 
evaluation of Veterinary Services.  
The Alive
5 concept and the need to update policies of 
Veterinary Services in compliance with international 
standards 
AU/IBAR : Activities of the PACE Programme 
including evaluation of Veterinary Services  
FAO : Networking in the diagnostic component of 
surveillance  
1. Animal disease surveillance policies in Africa:  
1.1: The role of Veterinary Administrations  13-15 February 
2006 OIE Delegates or their 
representatives from 13 OIE Member 
Countries from all sub regions of the 
African continent, representatives of breeder associations, private 
veterinarians and Chairpersons of 
Veterinary Statutory Bodies of Africa  
Several international and regional 
organisations: AU-IBAR/PACE, CEBEVIRHA
6, CIRAD7, EISMV8, 
European Commission, French 
Ministry of Foreign Affairs  N'Djamena 
(Chad)  
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 1.2: The role of private veterinarians 
1.3: Involvement of livestock breeders in epidemio-
surveillance in Africa   
1.4: Animal health serv ices delivery in Africa 
2. Evaluation of Veterinary Services: 
2.1: Evaluation of the network of epidemio-
surveillance within Veterinary Services in Africa  
2.2: Auto-evaluation of Veterinary Services  2.3: Presentation of the Performance Vision Strategy 
(PVS): an OIE tool for auto and external evaluation 
of Veterinary Services  
2.4: Strategic implication of Veterinary Services 
evaluation Introduction to working groups on the use 
of the PVS/OIE tool    
6th Meeting of the Executive 
Committee of ALive To discuss the Alive Project 26-27 April 2006 A ll OIE Member Countries of Africa Bamako (Mali) 
First OIE/FAO Regional Steering 
Committee Meeting of the Global Framework on Progressive 
Control of Transboundary Animal 
Diseases  (GF-TADs) in Africa To ensure coherence of and provide guidelines for 
animal health policies, global activities and programmes in the region in terms of transboundary 
animal diseases 27-28 April 
2006 
 Members of the Steering Committee, 
composed of CVOs of the region, FAO (Headquarters and Regional 
Office), OIE (Central Bureau and 
Regional Representative), together with potential donors and 
stakeholders; International 
Organisations. Bamako (Mali)  
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Title Purpose Date Pa rticipants Location 
Regional Seminar on the WTO 
SPS Agreement and OIE Seminar 
on Train the Trainers 
For English-speaking countries of 
Africa Topics to be discussed: 
- Essential elements of the WTO 
- Main lines of the SPS Agreement 
- Analysis of sanitary and phytosanitary animal 
health risks  
- Missions and activities of the OIE 
- OIE Animal Health Codes and Manuals 
- Epidemiological notification and information  
- Responsibility of importing and exporting 
countries 
- Quality of Veterinary Services: principles and 
evaluation 
4th OIE Strategic Plan 2006 English-speaking countries of Africa Botswana 
 
 
AMERICAS 
Title Purpose Date Pa rticipants Location 
Meeting of the Executive Board of 
the OIE Regional Commission for 
the Americas Review and follow-up of pending topics treated 
during the last Conferen ce of the OIE Regional 
Commission for the Americas, held in Panama in 
November 2004 2-3 March 2005 Executive Board Members of the OIE 
Regional Commission for the 
Americas Houston, Texas 
(United States 
of America) 
Meeting  of the Executive Board of  
the Inter-American Committee on 
Avian Health (CISA)  Among other conclusions, suggestions were made 
regarding compartmentalization and regionalization 4 March 2005 OIE Executive Board Members of the 
OIE Regional Commission for the 
Americas, as well as CISA's  avian 
health private sector members   Houston, Texas 
(United States 
of America)  
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Meeting of the Permanent 
Commission for the Americas on 
TSEs in animals (COPEA) Discussions focused on the latest proposals on the 
OIE Terrestrial Animal Code  raised at the OIE Code 
Commission Meeting on BSE. It was agreed to 
organise in the OIE Collaborating Centre for Epidemiology and Animal Health (CEAH) in Fort 
Collins, Colorado (United States of America) a 
meeting of  the Ad-hoc Group of the Americas on TSEs in animals, in order to elaborate a proposal on 
the BSE surveillance system, type B, for presentation 
to the OIE 12-13 April 2005 Twenty eight  representatives from 
both the official and private sector of 
10 countries of the region and 
fourteen representatives of international organisms attended the 
meeting Buenos Aires 
(Argentina) 
First Meeting of the OIE/FAO 
Regional Steering Committee of 
the Global Framework on 
Progressive Control of 
Transboundary Animal Diseases (GF-TADs) for the Americas  To ensure coherence of and provide guidelines for 
animal health policies, global activities and programs 
in the region in terms of transboundary animal diseases. 
Besides the election of the Regional Steering 
Committee members, the strategic vision and the donors meetings for the next 12 months were 
discussed. Duties and responsibilities of the Regional 
Steering Committee and th e Permanent Secretariat 
were defined. 14-15 April 2005 13 representatives from the official 
sector  participated as members of the 
Steering Committee and 19 representatives from the official and 
private sector and from international 
organisations participated as observers Buenos Aires 
(Argentina) 
Meeting of the Inter-American Committee on Avian Health 
(CISA)  The modifications proposed by the OIE Terrestrial 
Code Commission to the avian influenza chapter 
were reviewed and suggestions were made regarding 
compartmentalisation and country, zone or 
compartment free with vaccination 26-27 April 2005 13 representatives from the official 
sector of 7 countries of the region and 
11 representatives of the private 
sector from 8 countries 1 attended the 
meeting Lima (Peru) 
11th Joint OIE/CAMEVET9 
Seminar on Harmonisation and Control of Veterinary Medicinal 
Products To continue harmonisation of registration and control 
of veterinary medicinal products through technical guidelines. 
 
 9-12 August 2005 161 participants from the official and 
private veterinary sectors and representatives from the Chambers of 
Veterinary Products, from 19 
countries of the region Montevideo 
(Uruguay)  
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Title Purpose Date Pa rticipants Location 
Meeting of the OIE Ad-hoc group 
for developing a proposal on the 
BSE Surveillance System, Type B, 
in collaboration with the OIE Collaborating Centre of Fort 
Collins, Colorado (United States of 
America)  Some recommendations for the definition of and 
description of Type B surveillance for BSE were  
developed by the participants for guidelines to 
determine when a country should move from Type A surveillance to Type B surveillance 30 August-
September 2005 15 participants representing the 
Veterinary Services' Focal Points on 
BSE risk analysis and surveillance of 
6 countries of the Americas and representatives from OIRSA
10 and 
IICA11 participated in the meeting    Fort Collins, 
Colorado 
(United States 
of America) 
Second meeting of the Inter-
American Committee on Avian 
Health (CISA) was held within the 
framework of the XIX Inter-
American Congress on Avian 
Health  The proposal of modification to the chapter of the 
OIE Terrestrial Animal Code  on Avian Influenza 
made by the OIE Terrestrial Code Commission 
during its meeting of September 2005 was discussed. 
It was agreed to elaborate an Action Plan including  financial resources within the GF-TADs framework, 
for discussion in the next CISA meeting, aiming to 
pursue financial contributions from the Private Avian 
Sector of the Americas 4 October 2005 73 participants representing the 
official and private sector of the 
Americas attended the meeting Panama City 
(Republic of 
Panama) 
Meeting of the Executive Board of the OIE Regional Commission for 
the Americas The OIE Regional Representative for the Americas 
gave a detailed report on the Regional Representation 
activities for the year 2005  and those forecast for 
2006, as well as on the Representation relationship 
with international organisations of the region 12-13 October 
2005 Two members of the Executive Board 
Members of the OIE Regional 
Commission for the Americas, as 
well as two members of the OIE 
Administrative Commission attended 
the meeting. Buenos Aires 
(Argentina)  
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Extraordinary GF-TADs Meeting 
on Avian Influenza  The purpose of this meeting was to set up Strategic 
Outlines for AI Prevention on the American 
Continent, analyze, assess and discuss the role of 
International Organisations within the GF-TADs of AI, and to acknowledge World Bank and IADB 
developed actions on this issue 9-10 February 
2006 The following organisations 
participated:  
OIRSA, PANAFTOSA/PAHO
12, OIE 
Regional Commission for the Americas, IICA, CARICOM
13, CVP, 
World Bank (WB), IADB14, OIE 
Regional Representative for the Americas, as Secretary of the 
meeting, with the collaboration of the 
Regional FAO Office for Latin 
America and Caribbean. Additionally 
64 representatives of both the public and private sectors from 25 countries 
(Argentina, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, 
Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El 
Salvador, Grenad a, Guatemala, 
Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, St. Vincent & 
Granadines, Trinidad & Tobago, 
Turks and Caicos Islands, United States of America, Uruguay, 
Venezuela) attended the meeting Buenos Aires, 
Argentina  
12th Joint OIE/CAMEVET Seminar on Harmonisation and Control of Veterinary Medicinal 
Products To continue harmonisation of registration and control 
of veterinary medicinal products through technical guidelines. 
 
 August 2006 Official and private veterinary sectors 
and representatives from the Chambers of Veterinary Products Central America 
18th Conference of the OIE 
Regional Commission for the 
Americas Two technical items: 
- Animal welfare in the Americas 
- Formation of networks of diagnostic laboratories 28 November- 
2 December 2006 OIE Member Countries of the 
Americas Florianopolis 
(Brazil)  
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EUROPE 
Title Purpose Date Pa rticipants Location 
OIE/FAO International 
Conference on Avian Influenza  
In collaboration with the WHOxv The main topics included: ecology and epidemiology; 
pathogenesis; human health implications; 
diagnostics; control; improvement of managements tools 7-8 April 2005 259 participants from 54 countries 
attended, including the OIE Regional 
Representatives and international organizations (FAO, WHO, European 
Commission, IABs
xvi) OIE 
Headquarters, 
Paris (France) 
26th Conference of CISxvii 
countries  The topics discussed were: the animal health 
situation in the countries in compliance with the principles of the OIE Standards, the role of 
Veterinary Services in fo od safety issues, animal 
welfare and environmental protection 20-21 April 2005 72 specialists from 17 countries Minsk (Belarus) 
International Conference  on 
Rabies in Europe 
Organised by the OIE in 
collaboration with the WHO, EC and 
AFFSA   To discuss the problem with eradication and 
prophylaxis in Europe   
43 oral presentations on epidemiology, diagnosis of 
rabies, animal rabies control, human rabies 
prevention, vaccinology, immunology and rabies in 
bats,  were given 15-18 June 2005 
 IABs and other stakeholders, as well 
as 160 participants from 38 countries 
took part Kiev (Ukraine) 
60th Anniversary of the National 
Veterinary Research Institute in 
Pulawy, Poland (OIE Reference 
Laboratory for Classical Swine Fever)  The official celebration included a ceremony, at 
which the OIE Representative for East European 
Countries gave an address on behalf of the Director 
General of the OIE 23-25 June 
2005 Polish authorities and researchers Pulawy (Poland) 
OIE Seminar on the Structure of  
the National Veterinary Services 
(NVS) of Member Countries in Europe 
Organised by the OIE and the 
Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Russian Federation  Topics discussed: the National Veterinary Services; 
OIE standards and their application; an example of 
National Veterinary Services in Europe complying with the OIE standards; human resources of National 
Veterinary Services; involvement of National 
Veterinary Services in food safety; animal welfare and environmental protection; compliance of 
legislation with the OIE Terrestrial  and Aquatic 
Animal Health Codes ; proposals to improve the 
current situation at both national and regional level 12-14 September 
2005 All CVOs of OIE Mermber Countries 
of Europe  
 Suzdal 
(Russia)  
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First OIE/EC/TAIEXxviii Seminar 
on the dialogue and common 
activities between the OIE 
Member Countries of the EU and the other OIE Member Countries 
of the Regional Commission for 
Europe Under the auspices of the President of the Republic 
of Bulgaria, Mr Georgy Parvanov 
To discuss collaboration between OIE Member-
Countries and provide information on EC veterinary legislation, food safety, animal welfare and public 
health sector, international codes and standards, and 
guidelines and procedures of the OIE 28-29 September 
2005 A total of 215 participants, including: 
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, 
Secretary to the President of the 
Agrarian Policy, Chairman of the Parliament Commission of 
Agriculture and Forestry, members of 
Parliament, different associations, researchers, veterinary faculties, 
private practitioners, stakeholders, 
pharmaceutical sector, mass media, 
National Veterinary Services of 
Bulgaria, Romania and FRY Macedonia, European Commission, 
TAIEX Sofia (Bulgaria) 
First meeting of the OIE/FAO 
Regional Steering Committee Meeting of the Global Framework 
on Progressive Control of 
Transboundary Animal Diseases (GF-TADs) in Europe 
 To ensure coherence of and provide guidelines for 
animal health policies, global activities and programs in the region in terms of transboundary animal 
diseases.  
The main objectives of the meeting were: GF-TADs 
initiative, the ongoing activities and objectives of the 
RSC; the regional diagnostic laboratories; 
coordination of research; terms of reference and composition of the RSC (members and observers); 
nomination and election of the Steering Committee – 
Chair and Vice-Chairman of the First Regional Steering Committee; Regional Organisations and 
Donors 13-14 October 
2005 
 Members of the Steering Committee, 
composed of CVOs of the region, FAO (Headquarters and Regional 
Office), OIE (Central Bureau and 
Regional Representative), together with potential donors and 
stakeholders; international 
organisations. OIE 
Headquarters, Paris (France)  
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Title Purpose Date Pa rticipants Location 
Seminar on the New OIE World 
Animal Health Information System 
(WAHIS) 
Organised by the OIE and the 
Ministry of Agriculture of Georgia.  A speech was given by Mr M. Machavariani, Vice-
Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia, Mr M. 
Shimonishvili, Minister of Agriculture, and Mr 
Giorgi Kheviashvilli, Chairman of the Agrarian Issues Committee in the Parliament of Georgia. The 
topics discussed were the new obligations of Member 
Countries for animal health notification to the OIE following the respective Codes; general presentation 
of the WAHIS internet application – functions and 
rules, output of WAHIS on the OIE Web-site; 
WAHIS database interface as well as the 
improvement of the National Veterinary Services to comply with the OIE rights and obligations 23-26 October 
2005 65 participants from 24 OIE Member 
Countries, EC and FAO took part in 
the event Tbilisi (Georgia) 
OIE/EC/TAIEX Seminar on the 
dialogue and common activities 
between the OIE Member Countries of the EU and the other 
OIE Member Countries of the 
Regional Commission for Europe Under the auspices of the Prime Minister of 
Romania, Mr Calin P. Tariceanu 
To discuss collaboration between OIE Member-
Countries and provide information on EC veterinary 
legislation, food safety, animal welfare and public 
health sector, international codes and standards, and guidelines and procedures of the OIE 7-8 November 
2005 A total of 252 participants, including: 
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and 
Rural Development, Secretary to the President of the Agrarian Policy, 
Chairman of the Parliament 
Commission of Agriculture and Forestry, members of Parliament, 
different associations, researchers, 
veterinary faculties, private practitioners, stakeholders, 
pharmaceutical sector, mass media, 
National Veterinary Services of Romania, Ukraine and Moldavia, 
European Commission, TAIEX Poiana 
(Romania)  
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OIE/EC/TAIEX Seminar on the 
dialogue and common activities 
between the OIE Member 
Countries of the EU and the other OIE Member Countries of the 
Regional Commission for Europe Under the auspices of the Prime Minister of Turkey, 
Mr Erdogan 
To discuss collaboration between OIE Member-
Countries and provide information on EC veterinary legislation, food safety, animal welfare and public 
health sector, international codes and standards, and 
guidelines and procedures of the OIE 21-22 November 
2005 A total of 372 participants, including: 
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and 
Rural Development, Secretary to the 
President of the Agrarian Policy, Chairman of the Parliament 
Commission of Agriculture and 
Forestry, members of Parliament, different associations, researchers, 
veterinary faculties, private 
practitioners, stakeholders, 
pharmaceutical sector, mass media, 
National Veterinary Services of Romania, Ukraine and Moldavia, 
European Commission, TAIEX Ankara (Turkey) 
OIE/EC/TAIEX Seminar on the 
dialogue and common activities between the OIE Member 
Countries of the EU and the other 
OIE Member Countries of the Regional Commission for Europe To discuss collaboration between OIE Member-
Countries and provide information on EC veterinary legislation, food safety, animal welfare and public 
health sector, international codes and standards, and 
guidelines and procedures of the OIE 4-5 April 2006 All countries of Europe Macedonia 
OIE/EC/TAIEX Seminar on the 
dialogue and common activities 
between the OIE Member Countries of the EU and the other 
OIE Member Countries of the 
Regional Commission for Europe To discuss collaboration between OIE Member-
Countries and provide information on EC veterinary 
legislation, food safety, animal welfare and public health sector, international codes and standards, and 
guidelines and procedures of the OIE 6-7 April 2006 All countries of Europe Albania 
OIE/EC/TAIEX Seminar on the 
dialogue and common activities 
between the OIE Member 
Countries of the EU and the other 
OIE Member Countries of the 
Regional Commission for Europe To discuss collaboration between OIE Member-
Countries and provide information on EC veterinary 
legislation, food safety, animal welfare and public 
health sector, international codes and standards, and 
guidelines and procedures of the OIE 4-5 May 2006 All countries of Europe Serbia and 
Montenegro  
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Title Purpose Date Pa rticipants Location 
OIE/EC/TAIEX Seminar on the 
dialogue and common activities 
between the OIE Member 
Countries of the EU and the other OIE Member Countries of the 
Regional Commission for Europe To discuss collaboration between OIE Member-
Countries and provide information on EC veterinary 
legislation, food safety, animal welfare and public 
health sector, international codes and standards, and guidelines and procedures of the OIE 27-28 June 2006 All countries of Europe Croatia 
OIE/EC/TAIEX Seminar on the 
dialogue and common activities between the OIE Member 
Countries of the EU and the other 
OIE Member Countries of the 
Regional Commission for Europe To discuss collaboration between OIE Member-
Countries and provide information on EC veterinary legislation, food safety, animal welfare and public 
health sector, international codes and standards, and 
guidelines and procedures of the OIE 29-30 June 2006 All countries of Europe Bosnia and 
Herzegovina 
22nd Conference of the OIE Regional Commission for Europe Two technical items: 
- Epidemiological surveillance and on-farm inspections: rural veterinary network, public-private 
sector relations, training of farmers and veterinarians 
- Live animals and food smuggling: current practices and prevention and means of repression 26-29 September 
2005 OIE Member Countries of Europe Lyon (France) 
OIE/EC/TAIEX Seminar on the 
dialogue and common activities 
between the OIE Member Countries of the EU and the other 
OIE Member Countries of the 
Regional Commission for Europe To discuss collaboration between OIE Member-
Countries and provide information on EC veterinary 
legislation, food safety, animal welfare and public health sector, international codes and standards, and 
guidelines and procedures of the OIE 2-3 October 2006 All countries of Europe Georgia 
OIE/EC/TAIEX Seminar on the 
dialogue and common activities 
between the OIE Member 
Countries of the EU and the other OIE Member Countries of the 
Regional Commission for Europe To discuss collaboration between OIE Member-
Countries and provide information on EC veterinary 
legislation, food safety, animal welfare and public 
health sector, international codes and standards, and guidelines and procedures of the OIE 4-5 October 2006 All countries of Europe Armenia  
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OIE/EC/TAIEX Seminar on the 
dialogue and common activities 
between the OIE Member 
Countries of the EU and the other OIE Member Countries of the 
Regional Commission for Europe To discuss collaboration between OIE Member-
Countries and provide information on EC veterinary 
legislation, food safety, animal welfare and public 
health sector, international codes and standards, and guidelines and procedures of the OIE 6-7 October 2006 All countries of Europe Azerbaijan 
First OIE Global Conference on 
Aquatic Animal Health: Defining Roles and Responsibilities" with 
the subtitle ‘A conference towards 
improved cooperation between 
veterinary and fisheries 
authorities'  
In collaboration with the FAO   Proposal made at the 21st Conference of the OIE 
Regional Commission for Europe, held in Avila (Spain) in November 2004 9-12 October 
2006 OIE/FAO Member Countries Bergen 
(Norway) 
  
MIDDLE EAST 
Title Purpose Date Pa rticipants Location 
Training on Epidemiology and 
Diagnostic Measures for Rift 
Valley fever (RVF)  
Joint organisation with AOADxix Presentation of the OIE role to control the disease 
in the region 26 February-3 
March 2005 All the countries of the region Muscat (Oman) 
Training on Epidemiology and 
Diagnostic Measures for 
Brucellosis 
Joint organisation with AOAD  Presentation of the OIE role to control the disease 
in the region 28 March-3 April 
2005 All the countries of the region Damascus 
(Syria) 
Training on Epidemiology and Diagnostic Measures for Foot and 
Mouth Disease (FMD) 
Joint organisation with AOAD  Presentation of the OIE role to control the disease 
in the region 2-8 May 2005 All the countries of the region Casablanca 
(Morocco)  
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Title Purpose Date Pa rticipants Location 
8th Conference of the OIE 
Regional Commission for the 
Middle East   
 Important discussions were held, especially on actual 
worldwide important issues such as avian influenza 
and animal welfare, and included: 
- Capacity-building of the Veterinary Services of 
Middle East countries. 
- Registration of veterinary medicinal products and 
biologicals. 
- Food-borne diseases in products of animal origin. 
- Control of horse movements in Middle Eastern countries. 
- OIE activities related to aquatic animals .  
Three recommendations were approved by the 
participants . 26-29 September 
2005 A total of 72 participants, 
comprising representatives of 17 
Member and Observer Countries of 
the Region, high level representatives from Australia, 
Eritrea, France and the United States 
of America, and se nior officers from 
5 regional and international 
organisations attended the 
conference Manama 
(Bahrain) 
Joint WHO/MZCP-OIE/RRME 
International Workshop on Food 
Safety and Food-borne Diseases Management (HACCP Systems 
and Tools) 
In collaboration with meat and 
Livestock Australia/Middle East 
Africa Regions  To introduce food safety management and the 
concept of HACCP 27-30 November 
2005 The following countries and regional 
organisations attended the 
workshop: Bahrain, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Egypt, 
Greece, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, 
Syria and Turkey; WHO/MZCP 
OIE/RRME, FAO/NENA, 
WHO/EMRO Experts from Australia, Egypt, 
Greece, Lebanon, Serbia and Tunisia 
also attended Cairo (Egypt) 
Workshop on the Global 
Rinderpest Eradication 
Programme To support countries to enter into and follow the OIE 
Pathway to achieve accred itation of rinderpest 
freedom  November 2005 All the countries of the region and 
relevant international and regional 
organisations, FAO, GREP Beirut (Lebanon)  
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First OIE/FAO Regional Steering 
Committee Meeting of the Global 
Framework on Progressive 
Control of Transboundary Animal Diseases  
(GF-TADs) in the Middle East To ensure coherence of and provide guidelines for 
animal health policies, global activities and 
programmes in the region in terms of transboundary 
animal diseases 6-7 April 2006 
 Members of the Steering Committee, 
composed of CVOs of the region, 
FAO (Headquarters and Regional 
Office), OIE (Central Bureau and Regional Representative), together 
with potential donors and 
stakeholders; International Organisations. Beirut (Lebanon) 
Second Joint WHO/MZCP-
OIE/RRME International 
Workshop on Food Safety and 
Food-borne Diseases Management 
(HACCP Systems and Tools)  To introduce food safety management and the 
concept of HACCP – as a follow-up to the First 
Workshop held in Cairo in November 2005 November 2006 Most countries of the region and 
some regional organisations Venue not yet 
finalised 
 
 
ASIA 
Title Purpose Date Pa rticipants Location 
Fourth Working Group Meeting 
on Animal Movement Management and Zoning for Foot 
and Mouth Disease Control in the 
Upper Mekong Basin 
 To identify animal movement patterns and to discuss 
control measures of FMD in the Upper Mekong Basin and to discuss actions to be undertaken in their 
member countries for the next 12 months. 25-29 January 
2005 40 participants from Lao PDR, 
Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and OIE Regional Representation for Asia and the 
Pacific and OIE Regional Coordination 
Unit (RCU) Kyaingtong 
(Myanmar) 
Second OIE/FAO Regional 
Meeting on Avian influenza 
Control in Asia  
This workshop was held in  
collaboration with the WHO,  the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural 
Development of Vietnam To review the current situation of Avian Influenza 
and to consider the further needs to enhance the 
design and implementation of veterinary standards, 
diagnostic methods, control measures, public health 
protection, industry rehabilitation and restructuring programmes 23-25 
February 2005 All OIE Delegates of the region and 
experts from international organisations, 
FAO, OIE, WHO Ho-Chi-Minh 
City (Vietnam)  
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Title Purpose Date Pa rticipants Location 
11th Meeting of the OIE Sub-
Commission for Foot and Mouth 
Disease in South-East Asia  
 To facilitate the implementation of the internationally 
coordinated campaign against Foot and Mouth 
Disease in South-East Asia. 
The main outcome of the meeting was the 
endorsement of the Business Plan for Phase III 
(2006-2008) and Donor's Meeting to get support for 
Phase III. Among the major discussions was the preparation of the tr ansition of the SEAFMD
xx 
campaign to ASEANxxi 27 February- 
2 March 
2005 OIE Delegates from Cambodia, 
Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, 
Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, 
Vietnam, China PR, experts from international and regional organizations 
(OIE, FAO) and donors representatives  Cebu 
(Philippines)  
First meeting of the OIE/FAO Regional Steering Committee 
Meeting of the Global Framework 
on Progressive Control of Transboundary Animal Diseases  
(GF-TADs) in Asia and the Pacific 
 To ensure coherence of and provide guidelines for 
animal health policies, global activities and programs 
in the region in terms of transboundary animal 
diseases.  
Discussions were held on the terms of references, 
creation of the regional support units and the 
development of activities 
The OIE Regional Representation for Asia and the 
Pacific served as the Perm anent Secretariat for the 
Regional Steering Committee which is a policy-making body of this programme for the Region 7-9 March 
2005 
 Members of the Steering Committee, 
composed of CVOs of the region, FAO, 
OIE, ASEAN and SAARC
xxii, together 
with potential donors and stakeholders, such as ADB
xxiii, World Bank, EUxxiv, 
AusAIDxxv, USDAxxvi, USAID and 
relevant Japanese bodies (JICAxxvii and 
JLTAxxviii); WHO and IFADxxix; 
representatives of regional projects 
working for TADs control, such as SEAFMD. 
 Tokyo (Japan) 
OIE/FAO-APHCAxxx/DLDxxxi 
Regional Workshop on Bovine 
Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) 
Diagnosis and Surveillance To provide hands-on training for laboratory staff on 
BSE diagnosis and surveillance, ELISA technique 
and immunohistochemistry 
 28-31 March 
2005 20 participants from Bangladesh, 
Bhutan, India, Iran, Nepal, Pakistan and 
Sri Lanka, Switzerland (speakers) and 
OIE and FAO Bangkok 
(Thailand)  
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Workshop for newly assigned OIE 
Delegates  in Asia and the Pacific 
Organised by the OIE Regional 
Representation for Asia and the Pacific 
 To provide new CVOs of As ia and the Pacific with 
information on OIE missions and activities in order 
to familiarise them with OIE functions and their 
responsibilities, and to encourage them to actively participate further in OIE activities.  
The Workshop also provided the participants with an 
opportunity to exchange current topics of terrestrial and aquatic animal health in their countries and to 
propose new activities from the region to the OIE 20-21 April 
2005 Newly assigned CVOs in the Region 
  Bangkok 
(Thailand) 
OIE/FAO/JICA Regional Workshop on Classical Swine 
Fever (CSF) in Asia  
Hosted by the Ministry of 
Agriculture and Fisheries of the 
Philippines  To update the situation of CSF in the Region  22-24 June 
2005 Many countries of the Region Manila 
(Philippines) 
OIE/FAO/WHO Consultation on Avian Influenza and Human Health; Risk Reduction Measures 
in Producing, Marketing and 
Living with Animals in Asia  
In collaboration with the Ministry of 
Agriculture and Agro-based Industry of Malaysia  To review the current situation of Avian Influenza 
and human health to consider the further needs to enhance the design and implementation of veterinary 
standards, diagnostic methods, control measures, 
public health protection 4-6 July 
2005 Many countries of the Region Kuala Lumpur 
(Malaysia) 
5th OIE/FAO-APHCA Regional 
Workshop on the WTO SPS 
Agreement  
in collaboration with the Faculty of 
Veterinary Medicine of Chiang Mai 
University, Thai Department of Livestock Development, and the 
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of 
the Free University of Berlin   To familiarise national government officials in Asia 
and the Pacific with the roles of the WTO-SPS 
Agreement and the OIE and Codex international standards; risk analysis and food safety  
 15-18 August 
2005 Participants from many countries of the 
Region, as well as some international 
and regional organisations  Chiang Mai 
(Thailand)  
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Title Purpose Date Pa rticipants Location 
Fourth Working Group Meeting 
on Animal Movement 
Management and Zoning for Foot 
and Mouth Disease Control in the Lower Mekong Basin  To clarify the boundaries of the zones and to 
recommend innovative and cost effective approaches 
to animal movement management and progress 
planning for the epidemio logical studies required 6-8 September 
2005 Participants from many countries of the 
Region, as well as some international 
and regional organisations Can Tho City 
(Vietnam) 
OIE/SAHMBAxxxii Joint Workshop 
on Animal Information Systems  The purpose of this Workshop was to provide 
updated information on the new OIE World Animal 
Health Information System (WAHIS) and to train 
government officials of ASEAN countries in the implementation of this animal health information 
system 12-13 
September 
2005 Representatives of ASEAN co untries Vientiane (Laos) 
OIE/FAO-APHCA Regional Avian 
Influenza Economic Assessment 
Workshop  
Hosted by the Livestock Services of 
Indonesia  To clarify the situation of avian influenza and the 
cost effective approaches to the disease in the Region  
 26-29 
September 
2005 Countries of the Region Bali (Indonesia) 
OIE Train the Trainers Project  To train OIE Delegates and future regional trainers 
responsible for supporting OIE Delegates 13-15 
October 
2005 OIE Delegates and experts Bangkok 
(Thailand) 
Fourth Meeting of the NACAxxxiii 
Advisory Group on Aquatic 
Animal Health Management  To assist aquatic animal health management 
programmes in the region 22-24 
October 
2005 Representatives from the NACA, FAO, 
OIE Tokyo, OIE AAHC, SEADFEC, 
Australia, Malaysia, PR China,  Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand 
attended the meeting  Colombo (Sri 
Lanka)  
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Joint FAO/WHO/OIE/World Bank 
Conference on Avian Influenza 
and Human Pandemic Influenza  The purpose of this meeting was to develop a 
common approach on Avian and Human Pandemic 
Influenza by all stakeholders to minimise the threat at 
source to both animal and human populations through rapid reduction of the viral burden and 
through international solidarity, as highly pathogenic 
avian influenza including the disease caused by the H5N1 strain has already established its foothold in 
Asian countries and spread to other regions including 
European countries 7-9 
November 
2005 Attended by Dr T. Fujita,  OIE Regional 
Representative for Asia and the Pacific, 
who represented the OIE 
About 600 delegates from more than 100 
countries, international/regional 
organizations, as well as NGOs 
participated in the meeting Geneva 
(Switzerland) 
OIE/SEAFDEC Regional Hands-
on Training on Important Viral 
Pathogens of Fish and Shrimp  The purpose of the Hands-on Training was to train 
technical staff from Asian countries for 
internationally standardised laboratory diagnostic technologies 14-30 
November 
2005 Staff from aquatic animal disease 
diagnostic laboratories from all ASEAN 
countries (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, 
Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam) took 
part in the training 
Two speakers from the OIE (OIE World 
Reference Laboratory for Fish Diseases 
in Japan and the OIE Regional Representation for Asia and the Pacific) 
also attended Iloilo 
(Philippines) 
24th Conference of the OIE 
Regional Commission of Asia, the 
Far East and Oceania  Technical items: 
- Avian influenza and emergi ng diseases of relevance 
in Asia 
- Avian influenza control in the Republic of Korea - Epidemiological analysis of bovine spongiform 
encephalopathy (BSE) 
Two recommendations were approved by the 
participants 15-18 
November 
2005 A total of 86 participants, comprising 
OIE Delegates and/or nominees of 19 
Member Countries and 5 Observer 
Countries and senior officers from 6 regional and international organizations 
attended the conference. In addition, 
representatives of the private sector and private veterinary organizations from 2 
countries were present Seoul (Republic 
of Korea)  
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Title Purpose Date Pa rticipants Location 
OIE/FAO-APHCA/NIAHxxxiv 
Regional Hands-on Training 
Workshop on BSE Diagnosis, 
including Western Blotting The purpose of the Workshop  was to train technical 
staff from Asian countries for the latest laboratory 
diagnostic technologies 
 30 
November- 
9 December 
2005 Technical staff from Asian countries Tsukuba Science 
City (Japan) 
Fifth Meeting of the Working 
Group on Zoning for FMD and 
Animal Movement Management in the Upper Mekong Region  To identify animal movement patterns and to discuss 
control measures of FMD in the Upper Mekong 
Basin and to discuss actions to be undertaken in their member countries for the next 12 months 11-13 
January 
2006 2 Delegates each from Lao PDR, 
Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. The 
OIE Tokyo office, the FAO Bangkok office, the ADB-FAO GMS-TADs 
Project, JICA, representatives from 
DAH
xxxv, MARD, NIVR, Navetco Hanoi (Vietnam) 
12th Meeting of the OIE Sub-
Commission for FMD Control in 
South East Asia   
Included the Special Meeting on the 
Control of Avian Influenza and other 
priority animal diseases and 
zoonoses in South East Asia  The meetings reviewed the achievements of 
SEAFMD, particularly of 8 components of the 
Project since the last Sub-Commission meeting held 
in Cebu, Philippines in March 2005 and refined programme directions of the SEAFMD.  The 
meetings included the major items of  
- transition of the responsibility of SEAFMD RCU to ASEAN  
- serious concerns about funding 
- possible expansion of its mandates of SEAFMD to include Avian Influenza, Classical Swine Fever and 
other transboundary animal diseases 
The meeting confirmed that transfer of SEAFMD to 
ASEAN has been delayed until December 2007 and 
that management of SEAFMD RCU will remain in 
the OIE until that date. Member countries are seeking to make available the funds to the ASEAN Animal 
Health Trust Fund ( AAHTF) to accelerate the 
process 26 February- 
3 March 
2006 70 participants from 8 SEAFMD 
member countries (Cambodia, Indonesia, 
Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, 
Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam),  the Steering Committee Members and 
Observers such as Australia, Japan, EU 
(EU Project in Cambodia), France, New Zealand, Singapore, Taipei China, Timor 
Leste, and international/regional 
organisations including ASEAN, Australian Agency for International 
Development; AusAID, Asian 
Development Bank, CIRAD, FAO, Japan International Cooperation Agency; 
JICA, VSF-CICDA and the OIE (Central 
Bureau, Regional Representation for Asia and the Pacific and SEAFMD 
Regional Coordination Unit; RCU), 
World Reference Laboratory for FMD, and the private sector: Intervet, Merial, 
Allana Centre and Rhone Ma Chiang Mai 
(Thailand) 
  
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1 PACE:  Panafrican Programme for the Control of Epizootics 
2 AFFSA:  French Agency for Food Security 
3 UEMOA:  West African Economic and Monetary Union 
4 AU-IBAR:  African Union – Intera frican Bureau of Animal Resources 
5 Alive:  African Livestock Platform 
6 CEBEVIRHA:  Economic Community of Cattle, Meat and Fish Resources 
7 CIRAD:  Centre de cooperation internationale en recherché agronomique pour le développement 
8 EISMV:  Inter-State School of Veterinary Science and Medicine 
9 CAMEVET:  Committee of the Amer icas for Veterinary Medicines 
10 OIRSA:  Regional International Organization for Plant Protection and Animal Health  
11 IICA:  Inter-American Institute  for Cooperation on Agriculture 
12 PANAFTOSA/PAHO:  Pan-American Foot and Mouth Di sease Center / Pan-American Health Organization 
13 CARICOM:  Caribbean Community Secretariat 
14 IADB:  Inter-Ameri can Development Bank 
xv WHO:  World Health Organization 
xvi IABs:  International Association for Biologicals 
xvii CIS:  Commonwealth of Independent States 
xviii TAIEX:  Technical Assistance Information Exchange Instrument 
xix AOAD:  Arab Organization for Agricultural Development 
xx SEAFMD:  South-East Asia Foot and Mouth Disease Campaign 
xxi ASEAN:  Association of South-East Asian Nations 
xxii SAARC:  South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation 
xxiii ADB:  Asian Development Bank 
xxiv EU:  European Union 
xxv AusAID:  Australian Agency for International Development 
xxvi USDA:  United States Department of Agriculture 
xxvii JICA:  Japan International Cooperation Agency 
xxviii JLTA:  Japan Livestock Technology Association 
xxix IFAD:  International Fund for Agricultural Development 
xxx FAO-APHCA:  Food and Agriculture organization of the United Na tions – Animal Production and health Commission for Asia and the  Pacific 
xxxi DLD:  Department of Livestock Development (Thailand)   
xxxii SAHMBA:  Strengthening Animal Health Management and Biosecurity in ASEAN 
xxxiii NACA:  Network of Aquaculture in Asia Pacific 
xxxiv NIAH:  National Institute of Animal Health (Japan) 
xxxv DAH:  Department of Animal Health 
 
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