« Global and Regional Technical Support, including Interagency Technical Cooperation »

1. Dr Gardner Murray President of the OIE Regional Commission for Asia, Far-East and Oceania Dr Joseph Domenech CVO and Chief of the Animal Health Service FAO «Global and Regional Technical Support, including Interagency Technical Cooperation» Technical Meeting on Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Rome, 27-29 June 2007

2. Disease Risk • Zoonosis and transboundary animal diseases • Predisposing factors • Socio Economic factors • International / Regional Coordination and Networks

3. OIE / FAO - COMPLEMENTARITIES and SYNERGIES 21 February 2007 Good Farming Practices Guidelines and Strategies Good Farming Practices & Strategies Animal Health Standards and Guidelines setting and Adoption Standards and Guidelines Setting Expertise on Animal Health Expertise Official Disease Information Animal Disease Informationand Intelligence Disease Tracking Disease intelligence Animal Health Publications Technical and Scientific Publications Global Capacity Building Programmeson Animal Health onstandards and guidelines implementation Regional National Global Development programmes on Animal Health Regional National Expertise for Development Programmes on Animal Health Expertise for Development Programmes on AH

4. Priority actions: Global • Coordination, alliances and partnerships between relevant international Organisations, stakeholders from private sector and consumers • Support for regional programs mirroring global level activities • promotion of the International Public Good component • Harmonisation of communication policies

5. Tools at Global and Regional Levels • GF-TADs initiative • Specific OIE tools: World Trust Fund / PVS, Vaccine banks • Specific FAO tools: SFERA, ECTAD • Joint tools at the Global Level: GLEWS, SMC, OFFLU • Joint tools at the Regional Level: Regional Animal Health Centres, Regional Networks.

6. Global Framework for the progressive control of Transboundary Animal Diseases (GF-TADs) • Agreement between OIE and FAO (Paris 24-05-2004) • It allows complementarities and synergies to be put into practice for activities and programs including • Coordination • Early warning systems • Collection, analysis and communication of the animal health information • Design and implementation of global, regional and national strategies for disease control • Promotion of research • Five permanent GF-TADs regional steering committees

7. The FAO/OIE/WHO Global Early Warning System (GLEWS) AIM: • Assist in predicting and preventing animal livestock disease threats THROUGH: • Sharing of information • Epidemiological analysis • Joint mission • Intelligence gathering

8. GLEWS OIE, FAO WHO Outbreak Tracking Systems FAO data, AH official information OIE data, AH Official information FAO, OIE, WHO Global Early Warning System Other FAO and UN data, Epidemiological Analysis Prediction, Warning, Alert Urgent Intervention Immediate Response Targeted Capacity Building and Strengthening VS

9. FAO / OIE Crisis Management • FAO Reorganisation: SFERA, CVO, ECTAD • FAO OIE Crisis Management Centre • Enhanced coordination of the HPAI emergency management • Rapid response teams • Rapid assessment missions • OIE Liaison Officer • Coordination with WHO Alert and Response Operations • Vaccine bank

10. Steering Committee Scientific Collaborators Secr Scientific committee OIE/FAO Network for Avian Influenza (2005) WHO Influenza Network • An OIE/FAO pool of expertise • Share virus strains and data • Collaborate with the WHO network • Support early preparation of human vaccines

11. Regional and Sub-Regional Networks • Networks of national laboratories • Networks of national epidemo-surveillance teams • Networks of socio-economic, farming systems and biodiversity experts

12. Regional Animal Health Centres Partnership OIE, FAO and Regional Organisations • Technical coordination of regional policies and programmes • Assessment and technical support to national activities • Preparation of National projects • Centres of quality for evaluation of Veterinary Services, • Capacity building

13. Some observations • Success achieved/building blocks sound • Critical importance of farmer/industry/national cooperation and cultural differences • Animal Health Services key success factors-PVS Tool • Up to date science inputs into policy/strategic planning essential • One medicine and inter-disciplinary approaches

14. Conclusions • Approaches have achieved results • Critical that we engage in a continuous improvement process • Critical that political/high level decision makers and industry do not become complacent • And understand H5N1 still poses a problem; and risks of emerging and re-emerging disease are high • Continuing support for FAO/OIE and others is essential

15. UNSIC WHO UNICEF Regional Org: AU-IBAR, ASEAN, SADC, IICA, PAHO, SARC World Bank EC Private Sector Donors OIE delegates NGO’s Priority Partnerships