OIE Platform on Animal Welfare for Europe

82nd OIE General Session in Paris OIE Regional Commission for Europe, 26 May 2014

Dr. Nadège LEBOUCQ and Dr. Stanislav RALCHEV

OIE SRR Brussels

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Background

81st OIE General Session (2013)

• Presentation of the OIE Platform

• Endorsement of the Concept Note by the OIE Regional Commission for Europe

- considering the discussion of the 25th Conference of the OIE Regional Commission for Europe

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Governance of the Platform

• Steering Group (SG) composition • Members

o OIE: HQs (Chair), RR in Sofia, RR in Moscow and SRR in Brussels (Secretariat)

o 3 (non EU) Member countries – Serbia, Russia and Turkey

o 2 (EU) Member countries – Ireland and Spain

o European Commission – DG SANCO

o OIE Collaborating Centre on AW – IZSAM Teramo

o Donor – France (decision taken during the SG2)

• Observers o OIE Member countries with an interest on AW

o Partners having cooperation agreement with the OIE

• Meetings of the SG o 2013 – SG1 in Paris (FRANCE)

o 2014 – SG2 in Moscow (RUSSIA)

– SG3 in Brussels (BELGIUM)

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1st Steering Group Meeting (Paris, December 2013)

• Official launching of the Platform

• Discussion and validation of the 3 year Action Plan for 2014 – 2016

• Agreement on the Modus operandi of the Platform

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Action Plan for 2014 – 2016 (1)

• Ultimate goal • To improve Animal Welfare in Europe

• Strategic objective • To empower VS to actions in Animal Welfare

• Specific objectives • To raise awareness and achieve high level of

understanding of AW in Europe • To progressively advance with the

implementation of the OIE standards on AW • To encourage the participation of Member

Countries from Europe in the OIE standards setting process

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Action Plan for 2014 – 2016 (2)

• Logical Framework Approach based

• Designed considering 4 potential risks • Weak Veterinary Governance to implement OIE standards on animal welfare

• Unsustainable financial support to implement the Platform activities

• Insufficient collaboration among Partners and stakeholders in the region

• Duplication of activities on animal welfare

• Indicators (for impact and result)

• Chronogram and budget per activity

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Key activities in 2014

• Website of the Platform • Development (Technical specification) • Translation of documents in Russian • Collate best practices on AW • Involve national focal points (e-forum-tbc)

• Workshop on stray dog management in Romania • an idea for follow-up

• Awareness campaigns on stray dogs • Concept Note – under development

• Governance activities • SG 2 and SG3 meetings • Newsletter

(test version discussed during SG2)

(www.rr-europe.oie.int)

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Key activities in 2015 -2016

• Training(s) on transport and slaughter in 2015

• Training(s) on transport in 2016 • Continuing activities launched in 2014

• Website of the Platform and translation of documents in Russian language • Governance activities

o SG4, SG5, SG6 and SG7 o Newsletters

• Activities launched in 2014 that could be repeated (tbc) • Workshop on stray dog management • Awareness campaigns on stray dogs

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Budget of the Action Plan

• Estimated budget - approximately 550.000 Euro

• Contributors - EU, France, Germany and hosting countries of events

• Financial mechanism - OIE World Animal Health and Welfare Fund

• Additional donors are welcomed

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2nd Steering Group Meeting (Moscow, May 2014)

• Main outcomes

• Website – launching before 26th

Conference of the OIE RC in Bern • Progress in the translation of documents

in Russian language • Workshop on stray dog population –

validation of methodology and agenda

• Awareness campaign – discussion on the future Concept Note

• Advocacy document attracting donors – discussion on the first draft

• Newsletter – on annual basis

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Documents of the Platform

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26th Conference of the OIE Regional Commission for Europe in Bern

• The OIE Platform in the Agenda

• Presentation on the progress of ongoing

and planned activities

• Demonstrate the website of the Platform

• Conclusions from Workshop on stray dogs

• Present and distribute the Advocacy

document

• General agreement on the Platform

activities

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Thank you for your attention!