Duration of the project: January 2020 - January 2022

Strengthening regional laboratory cooperation, 04-05 September 2025, Skopje, North Macedonia

As part of the ADEWB II project, a workshop on Further develop and maintain the regional laboratory network was held on 04-05 September 2025 at Hotel Panoramika, Skopje.

The workshop targeted National Reference Laboratories (NRLs) from the Western Balkans, with the aim of strengthening their cooperation with European Union Reference Laboratories (EURLs) and supporting alignment with EU animal health standards.

The presentations with the adopted agenda may be downloaded with the credentials.

Workshop report can be downloaded here.

Workshop – Organisation of Competent Authorities in compliance with Official Control Regulation (EU) 2017/625 (OCR), Pristina, KO, 15-16 May 2025.

According to the project work plan, Activity A2 – Basic structure of the organization of the competent authorities, ADEWB II project organised the Workshop on – Organization of Competent Authorities in compliance with Regulation (EU) 207/625 (OCR), held 15-16 May 2025 in Pristina, Kosovo*1.

The workshop was dedicated for nominated national experts, technical staff of the veterinary competent authorities from beneficiary countries (BCs).

The aim of the workshop was to strengthen the capacity of veterinary competent authorities in implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 (OCR), focusing on audit systems, conflict management, staffing models, and interagency collaboration for effective disease outbreak response.

The speaker was Ms Ane Surkole, SNKE on organisation of veterinary service, supported by the ADEWB II Project team.

The presentation may be downloaded here.

Workshop report with adopted Agenda, on Organisation of Competent Authorities in compliance with Official Control Regulation EU 2017/625 (OCR) held in Pristina, Kosovo, 15-16 May 2025, can be downloaded here.

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The project “EU Regional action on animal disease eradication in the Western Balkans”, EuropeAid140314/DH/SER/Multi - SANTE/2018-G-046, is financially supported by the European Union (EU) to facilitate trade with the EU for the Western Balkan Countries by achieving the same animal disease status as EU Member States at accession and building capacity in the veterinary authorities of the beneficiary countries. The project started in January 2020 and will last until January 2022.

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