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Activities of the OIE Regional Commissionfor Europe and Regional Representation for
Eastern Europe
(May 2009 - May 2010)
Prof. Dr. Nikola T. Belev
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In Memoriam:
Dr. Petro Verbitskiy
1953 - 2010On February 12th, 2010passed away an honourable
man, taken too soon hewill be greatly missed andalways remembered
1999 - 2005 -CVO of
Ukraine and OIEDelegate
Since January 2009 -
CVO and OIE Delegate 2003 - 2006
A Secretary General of
the OIE RegionalCommission for Europe
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Table of contents:
Introduction
Regional Commission for Europe - Activities
Regional Representation for Eastern Europe (RR-EE) - Activities
Missions carried out by the OIE Regional Representation
Meetings organised with the support of the OIE RR-EE
Meetings attended by RR-EE representing the OIE
Future activities
Conclusions and Proposals
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Introduction:
53 Members of the OIE Regional Commission for Europe:
Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia andHerzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,Finland, Former Yug. Rep. of Macedonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece,Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia,Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldavia, Montenegro,Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia,Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey,
Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan.
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Geographic coverage of the OIE Regional
Commission for Europe
(currently includes 53 Members)
http://www.rr-europe.oie.int/
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Regional Commission for Europe -
ActivitiesRe-election of the Bureau of the OIE Regional Commission for Europeduring the 77-th OIE General Assembly of Delegates in May 2009 for a
new 3-year mandate.
PresidentVice-President
Vice-PresidentSecretary General
Dr Nikola T. Belev
(Bulgaria)
Dr Kazimieras Lukauskas
(Lithuania)
Dr Patrick Rogan
(Ireland)
Dr Nihat Pakdil
(Turkey)
The OIE Regional Commission for Europe supported the efforts aimingat increasing of public awareness toward rabies. On September 28th,2009, all Members of the Region were invited to organize a special
event in line with World Rabies Day initiative of the Alliance for RabiesControl (ARC).
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Regional Commission for Europe -
ActivitiesA meeting of the Bureau of the OIE Regional Commission forEurope took place in Sofia (Bulgaria) on September 30th, 2009,kindly hosted by the Bulgarian Ministry of Agriculture and Food.
During the meeting following topics were discussed:
-Accomplishment of the 4-thOIE Strategic Plan (2006-2010) andpreparation of the 5-thOIE Strategic Plan (2011-2015);
- Discussion of the amendments to the OIE Basic Texts;
- Epizootic Situation within the countries of the European Region;- Education of Veterinary Specialists;- Animal Welfare;- Food Safety within the frames of OIE mandate;
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Regional Commission for Europe-
Activities
- Aspects of use of the OIE World Animal Health Information System
(WAHIS) and arrears of notification regarding epizootic situation;- Structure of National Veterinary Services of the countries of the
European Region;
- Proposal for organizing of Working Group for Evaluation of the
economic losses due to animal infectious diseases headed by Dr. RomanoMarabelli;
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Epizootic situation in Europe
- Main concerns of the Region in regard with the epizootic situation fromMay 2009 to May 2010 were Bluetongue, Brucellosis, Rabies, African
swine fever (ASF) and Classical swine fever (CSF).
- Some sporadic cases of Avian Influenza - H5N1 showed that the threat
has still not disappeared.
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Introduction of the RR for Eastern
Europe (1)
Main objectives of the OIE Regional Representationfor Eastern Europe have been as follows:
- Implementation of the 4th OIE Strategic Plan.
- Improvement of competence and expertise of veterinarians(capacity-building programmes).
- Meetings with members of Governments and Parliaments ofthe following OIE Members: Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Russia andBulgaria.
- Distribution of permanent updated information regarding theoutcome of the OIE General Session, Regional Projects, Seminarsand other important regional and global activities to the PrimeMinisters and CVOs of all Member countries from the region.
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Main objectives of RR-EE (2)
- Updating the Web site with the activities of the OIE Regional
Commission for Europe.
- Application of the PVS Tool for evaluation of national VeterinaryServices in some OIE Members in Eastern Europe.
- Increased contacts and cooperation with mass media.
- Enhanced collaboration between the office of the OIE Sub-Regional Representation in Brussels and the European Union.
OIE R i l R t ti f
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OIE Regional Representation for
Eastern Europe
Prof. Dr. Nikola T. Belev - Regional Representative, e-mail: [email protected] tel: (+359) 2 985 11 311
Dr. Caroline Plant Sub Regional Representative, e-mail: [email protected] tel: (+32) 2 235 86 13
Mrs. Rina Kostova - Secretary, e-mail: [email protected] tel: (+359) 2 985 11 310
Dr. Stanislav Ralchev - Expert, e-mail: [email protected] tel: (+359) 2 985 11 309
Dr. Anatoly Vlasov - Expert, e-mail: [email protected] tel: (+359) 2 985 11 309
Mr. Mustafa Kichuk supplier and assistant
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Official visits and
governmental meetingsCountry Departure date Return date Name/purpose of the activity
Russia 4 June 6 June 2009
Meeting with Governmental officials, including
the Minister of Agriculture Mrs. Elena Skrinik andthe Head of the Federal Service for Veterinary andPhytosanitary Surveillance Mr. Sergey Dankvert
Bulgaria 25 July 2009 31 July 2009
Meeting with Mr Suleimenov, Chairman of the
State Inspection Committee in the agro-industrialcomplex in the Ministry of Agriculture ofKazakhstan and Dr. M. Naidenov, Minister ofAgriculture and Food of Bulgaria
Bulgaria22 October 2009 22 October 2009
Meeting with the Prime Minister of Bulgaria, Mr.Boyko Borissov, initiated by the Minister of
Agriculture and Foods, Dr. Miroslav Naydenov inorder to represent the OIE structure and RR-EEactivities, to discuss the epizootic situation inEurope, food safety of the products of animalorigin, animal welfare, environmental protectionand OIE WAHIS System.
France25 November
200927 November 2009
Meeting with the new-elected UNESCO SecretaryGeneral Mme Irina Bokova
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Official visits and
governmental meetings
Country Departure date Return date Name/purpose of the activity
Ukraine 09 March 13 March 2010
Meeting with the new-appointed Minister of
Agricultural Policy of Ukraine, Mr. MikolaPrisyajnuk, his deputies and representatives of
the Ukrainian Academy of Agricultural Science
Serbia 19 April 19 April 2010
Meeting with the OIE Delegate of Serbia, Dr. Zoran
Micovic, Dr. Zvonimir Rot Adviser of the CVOand Dr. Budimir Plavsic Head of Animal health
and Welfare Department at the Veterinary
Directorate of Serbia
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Meetings, organised with the support
of the OIE RR-EE
Meeting Country Dates Purpose of the meeting
OIE Seminar onAnimal Welfare
Turkey 16-17 July 2009
Presentation of the latest OIE standards andregulations in respect to Animal Welfare toOIE Delegates and Focal Points. Also, itcreated an opportunity for the Delegates andFocal Point to present their practicalexperience and opinion in regard to thismatter
Meeting of theBureau of the OIE
RegionalCommission for
Europe
Bulgaria30 September
2009
Discussion of variety aspects of theactivities of the Regional Commission inregard to Fulfilment of the OIE 4th StrategicPlan, preparations of the next OIE StrategicPlan, International Cooperation Programmes,Epizootic Situation, Food Safety,Contribution, and several other topics.
Workshop for OIENational Focal
Points forWildlife
France4-6 November
2009
To provide training for National Focal Pointsfor Wildlife in regard to fulfilment of the OIEMember obligations.
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Meetings, organised with the support
of the RR-EE
Meeting Country Dates Purpose of the meeting
Kick-off Meeting of theIZS Teramo Project on
Implementation ofsurveillance,prophylaxis and
contingency plans forbrucellosis,
tuberculosis, rabies,foot and mouth
diseases, and anthraxin CIS countries"
Ukraine 11-12 March 2010
The main project objectives are to support
participating countries in the planning andimplementation of surveillance and control
activities of mentioned animal diseases. The
list of beneficiary countries includes:
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan,
Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan,
Armenia, Georgia and Ukraine.
OIE Workshop forNational Focal Points
for Aquatic AnimalDiseases
Croatia 21-23 April 2010Postponed for November 2010 due to theunexpected volcanic eruption in Iceland andcancelling of all European flights.
Coordination Meeting
for Western Balkan
Countries
Bulgaria 11 May 2010
Better coordinate the current and future
actions in regard with major TADs in the
region, in particular CSF and Rabies
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Meetings, attended by RR-EE
representing OIE
Meeting Country Dates
77th General Session of OIE France 24-29 May 2009
World Grain Forum 2009 Russia 5-6 June 2009
FVE/TAIEX Conference on OneHealth: effective herd health
control.Bulgaria 23-24 June 2009
Veterinary Medicine DayCelebration
Ukraine 6 August 2009
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Meetings, attended by RREE
representing OIE
Meeting Country Dates
GTFS Tripartite Final ReviewMeeting, Controlling Trans-
boundary Animal Diseases inCentral Asian Countries
Turkey 5-6 October 2009
78th Session of the ExecutiveCommittee of the EU-FMD
CommissionTurkey 6-7 October 2009
West Eurasia FMD Control
Roadmap 2020 Turkey 7-9 October 2009
Evolving Veterinary Education forsafer world
France 12-14 October 2009
FVE/TAIEX Conference on OneHealth: Training on Zoonotic
DiseasesMontenegro 20 October 2009
TAIEX Workshop on: Assessmentof EU standards for Veterinary
Teaching EstablishmentsBulgaria 26 October 2009
Workshop for OIE National Focal
Points for WildlifeFrance 4-6 of November 2009
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Meetings, attended by RREE
representing OIE
Meeting Country Dates
Regional Workshop on the WTOAgreement on Sanitary andPhytosanitary Measures
Uzbekistan 16 19 February 2010
Third Meeting of the RegionalSteering Committee of the GF-TADs
for EuropeBelgium 24-25 February 2010
Opening ceremony of a new
Master program on VeterinaryAdministration in the Thracian
University
Bulgaria 04 March 2010
79thSESSION of the
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE of theEuropean Commission for the
Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease(EuFMD)
Sweden16 -17 March 2010
CVO meeting on IPA Project on theEradication monitoring and control
of Classical Swine Fever andRabies in Western Balkan
Serbia 26 27 April 2010
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Future activitiesCapacity building programme 2010
Country Estimated date Name/purpose of the activity
Belarus 30June2July2010 OIESeminarforNewDelegates
Serbia 2628July2010OIESeminarforVeterinaryMedicinalProducts
focalpoints
Kazakhstan 21
24
September
2010
24thConferenceoftheOIERegionalCommission
forEurope
Ukraine 35November2010 OIESeminaronthecostofanimaldiseases
CroatiaNovember2010 OIE Workshop for National Focal Points for
Aquatic Animals
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Conclusions and Proposals
- The problem of Veterinary Services structure still remains in some
countries in the Region and the main attention has to be furtherfocused on it (ex: establishment of minor food safety agencies or othersecondary structures).
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Conclusions and Proposals
- Necessity of stronger commitment of all member countries from theregion in the events organized or co-organized by the OIE (to include EU
member states, not only countries from East-European region); regular andon-time reporting on epizootic status and feed back to the initiatives underthe auspices of the OIE headquarter and RR-EE
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Conclusions and Proposals
- Rabies to be a further priority in 2010 and a necessity of unified rabiescontrol and eradication programme for Europe;
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Acknowledgements
The OIE RR-EE wants to express its thanks to Dr B.Vallat, OIE Director General, Dr M. Eloit, OIE
Deputy Director General, all Heads of Departments and their staff for their cooperation and constant
support rendered to the activities organized by the Regional Presentation.
We would like to extend our gratitude to the European Commission (DG SANCO and TAIEX Office),
FAO, World Bank and all intergovernmental, as well as NGOs for their cooperation and permanent
support rendered with regard to the implementation of the OIE program for the European region.
Our activities and their success depend, to a great extent, on the active participation and unceasing
support rendered by the Governments and OIE Delegates from Europe.
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Thank youfor your attention!
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