F

ederation of

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eterinarians of

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urope 1

The Federation of Veterinarians of Europe

• Who we are • What we do • Our goals • Strategy and actions 2

FVE is a Federation of 42 veterinary organisations in 37 European countries Through its members, FVE represents approximately 200 000 veterinarians 3

Austria Belgium Bosnia & Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France FYR of Macedonia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Serbia/Montenegro Slovak Republic Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom

Albania Ukraine

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FVE includes four specialised groups: 1. Veterinary Practitioners (UEVP) 2. Hygienists and Public Health Veterinarians (UEVH) 3. Veterinary State Officers (EASVO) 4. Veterinarians in industry, research and education (EVERI) 6

FVE strongly believes in the need for good cooperation between veterinarians in various positions

• private and public • practitioner and official veterinarian • in practice, food hygiene, education, research, industry …etc. etc.

Synergy is our strength !

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One Profession One Vision One Voice

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FVE’s objective

Representing the Veterinary Profession at the European level in order to: • Promote

Veterinary Medicine

• Support

veterinarians

in delivering their services and their responsibilities towards our societies 10

Society

v

Animals

Science Knowledge / Skills Ethics / Attitude Objective Independent Impartial

Owners / Keepers

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A N I M A l L H E A L T H Veterinary medicine P U B L I C H E A L T H A N I M A L W E L F A R E

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FVE structure: General Assembly (2 X per year) Board of Directors (5 persons; 2 year mandate) Brussels office Several working groups 13

Main areas of activity are: • • • Animal health Animal welfare Veterinary public health • • Exercise of the veterinary profession Veterinary education (pre and post grad) 14

Animal health • to promote disease monitoring and surveillance • to maintain the relation: Examination  diagnosis  intervention • availability of veterinary medicinal products • pharmacovigilance 15

Animal welfare • to raise the awareness of individual veterinarians on their responsibility • strengthen the position of animal welfare in veterinary curricula and CPD • to promote animal welfare in a practical way 16

Veterinary public health • to concentrate on the implementation of the EU hygiene package • to promote that veterinarians only certify issues for which veterinary expertise is essential and which they have verified as being correct • to draw more attention to “ common ” food born infections 17

FVE has good contacts with organisations as: • • • • • • • • • OIE EU Institutions CVOs WVA WHO FAO EAEVE EBVS and many veterinary professional organisations and NGO ’ s 18

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Further information: Tel (+ 32) 2 533 70 20 [email protected]

www.fve.org

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“

Hominum Animaliumque Saluti”

Thank you for your attention!

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