Projects

A3 - ID/Traceability

A1 - Legislation

Develop a mathematical model that calcualtes the number of staff needed for different tasks of veterinary service (A2.4)

Evluate existing systems for early detection system and indicate gaps. (A4.3)

A5 - Animal Health emergency preparedness

A6 - Support for the vaccination programmes

Technical asisstance to develop an action plan to implement the AHL and OCR in the countries

A8 - Information management systems:

Establish a procedure to ensure that laboratories are officially designated by the authorities as National Reference Laboratories that comply with ISO standards (A9.1)

A10 - Maintain and further develop cross border cooperation of veterinary services of neighbouring Western Balkan and EU countries, in the animal disease control

Support for becoming authorised to export animals and animal products to the EU and become recognized with disease free status by OIE for certain animal diseases:

A7 Reinforcement of the ABP system

A2 - Basic structures of the organisation of the competent authorities

Give support to develop quality check systems with SOP for veterinary staff (A2.1)

Establish a system for verification and internal auditing procedures (A2.2)

Give support to establish effective and formalised collaboration arrangements with other competent authorities (A2.3)

Support preparation national surveillance plans for transboundary diseases aligned with the regional strategy approach ((A4.1)

Develop procedures to implement surveillance programs 8passive and active) A4.2)

Evluate existing systems for early detection system and indicate gaps. (A4.3)

A9 - Improvement of the epidemiological work performed by the laboratories as regards important animal diseases in the whole of the Western Balkans

Development of labortory contingency plans and laboratory simulation exercises (A9.2)

Implementation and quality check of the developed procedure for safe collection and transport of samples to the laboratory (A9.3)

Further develop and maintain the regional laboratory network established under ADEWB in cooperation with the EU reference Laboratories (A9.4)

A5 - Animal Health emergency preparedness

Review the existing contingency plans with focus on their implemetation including involvement of local and regional levels

Design and develop 2-3 simulation exercises

Organise a communication campaign amongst veterinarian and farmers to underline the importance of surveillance and identification and registration of animals and farms

A1- Support to develop an AH control system aligned with EU standards that would comply with the accession requirements:

Explore the existing legislation to reveal if the veterinary services have the necessary power to enforce the needed actions during an animal disease outbreak

A7 Reinforcement of the ABP system

Explore the possibilities for establishment of rendering plants

Cooperation with the environment service to pre-evaluate designated areas where carcasses could be buried during a large outbreak

Support the implementation of vaccination strategies for relevant animal diseases as develop framework of the ADEWB project

Support the countries to implement a procedure for procurement of vaccines

Explore the existing animal identification, registration and traceability systems and evaluate if the existing collection of data is sufficient

Biosecurity

Organise a communication campaign amongst veterinarians and farmers to underline the importance of surveillance and identification and registration of animals and farms (A3.2)

To run and facilitate simulation exercises to ensure that the legisaltion is well implemented at all levels of veterinary services. Neighbouring countries included.

Development check lists (backyard, commercial farm), Guidance and Description of biosecurity requirements and inspection