Transcript The OIE Regional Commissions

OIE Regional Commissions
REGIONAL INFORMATION SEMINAR
FOR RECENTLY APPOINTED OIE
DELEGATES
Brussels 18 – 20.02.2014
Dr Ago Pärtel
OIE Regional Commission for Europe
CONTENTS
• OIE Regional Commissions:
• Regions, composition, mission
• Meetings of the Regional Commissions
during the OIE General Session
• Conferences of the Regional Commissions
• Interaction with Regional and SubRegional Representations
OIE Regional Commissions
• Five Regional Commissions to express specific
issues:
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Africa 52
Americas 30
Asia, Far East and Oceania 36
Europe 53
Middle East 20
• The Regional Commissions are composed of the
Delegates from the region and act as regional
institutional bodies of the OIE
OIE Regional Commissions
• The members of the Bureau of the Regional
Commissions – president, 2 vicepresidents and
secretary general are elected for a 3-year period
• The current members of the Bureau were introduced and elected
during the 80th General Session for a three-year term of office
2012-2015
OIE Regional Commissions
President
Africa
Dr Marosi
Molomo
(Lesotho)
Americas
Dr John Clifford
(United States
of America)
Asia, the Far
East and
Oceania
Vice-President
Vice-President
Secretary
Dr Theogen
Rutagwenda
(Rwanda)
Dr Ahmed K.
Boughalem
(Algeria)
Dr Guilherme
H. Figueiredo
Marques
(Brazil)
Dr Miguel
Ángel Azañón
Robles
(Guatemala)
Dr Mark
Trotman
(Barbados)
Dr Zhang
Zhongqiu
(People’s Rep.
of China)
Dr Davinio
Catbagan
(Philippines)
Dr Sen
Sovann
(Cambodia)
Dr Matthew
Stone
(New
Zealand)
Europe
Dr Ago
Pärtel
(Estonia)
Dr Ivan
Bisiuk
(Ukraine)
Dr Lucio
Carbajo Goñi
(Spain)
Dr Nihat
Pakdil
(Turkey)
Middle East
Dr Kassem
Al-Qahtani
(Qatar)
Dr Ali
Abdullah
Al-Sahmi
(Oman)
Dr Abdulghani
Y. Al Fadhl
(Saudi Arabia)
Dr Salah
Fadhil Abbas
(Iraq)
The OIE Regional Commissions
Basic Texts
Terms of reference:
•to hold Regional conferences
Examine regional issues
Produce recommendations
to contribute to strengthening the capacities of
the Veterinary Services
to contribute to the harmonization: sanitary –
trade
to increase the contribution of livestock in
economies
to give an advisory opinion on the headquarters
of the Regional Representation
to examine applications from Member Countries Reference Centers
Meetings of the Regional Commissions
during the OIE General Session
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Opportunity for the members of the Regional Commission to meet and discuss:
• The Bureau of the Regional Commission reports on their activities.
• The Regional Representation and Sub-Regional Representations report on their activities.
• Technical items are proposed.
• Lessons learnt from the Conference of the Regional Commission are proposed: recommendations, next
Conference.
• Issues of regional relevance: priority diseases; GF-TADs; new Collaborating Centres proposed.
• Financial aspects.
• Direct interaction with the members of the Specialist Commissions and the OIE Headquarters.
• Regional and International Organisations having signed a cooperation agreement with the OIE.
Conferences of the Regional
Commissions
• Each Regional Commission organises a
Conference every two years in a country of the
region.
• These Conferences are devoted to technical items and regional
cooperation for animal disease control.
• The OIE 25th Conference of the OIE Regional Commission for Europe took place in
Fleesensee/Germany from September 18 to 21 2012.
• 26th Regional Conference of the OIE Regional Commission for Europe, 22-26 September 2014,
Bern / Switzerland
Conferences of the Regional
Commissions
Technical Item I
The role of wildlife in the control of domestic animal
diseases
Technical Item II
Regional steps towards common
Animal Welfare approach in Europe
OIE regional seminars for national Focal Points
28-30 April 2014
OIE regional seminar
for National Focal
Points on Wildlife
1-3 July 2014
OIE regional seminar
for National Focal
Points on
Communication
13-17 October 2014
OIE regional seminar
for National Focal
Points on in charge of
animal disease
notification to the OIE
(WAHIS)
17-19 November 2014 OIE regional seminar
for National Focal
Points on Veterinary
Products
Russia
Estonia
Moldavi
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Interaction with Regional and Sub-Regional
Representations
• The Regional Commission works closely with
the Regional Representation (RR) and the SubRegional Representations (SRRs):
• RR and SRRs participate in the meetings of the Bureau,
particularly the regional meeting held during the General
Session;
• RR and SRRs support the Bureau in drafting the report;
• RR and SRRs report to the Commission;
• RR and SRRs participate in the preparation of the
Regional Conference in collaboration with the Regional
Activities Department.
Regional and Subregional Representations
Dr Yacouba Samaké
Dr Luis Barcos
Dr. Hirofumi Kugita
Dr Nikola Belev
Dr Ghazi Yehia
Moscow
Dr Neo
Mapiste
Dr Filiberto
Frago
Dr Rachid
Bouguedour
Dr Walter
Masiga
Dr Ronello
Abila
Dr Nadege
Leboucq
Dr. Kazimieras
Lukauskas
Thank you for your kind attention
Ago Pärtel
[email protected]
Organisation
Mondiale
de la Santé
Animale
World
Organisation
for Animal
Health
Organización
Mundial
de Sanidad
Animal
12 rue de Prony, 75017 Paris, France - www.oie.int – [email protected]