OIE Platform on Animal Welfare for Europe OIE Regional Workshop on (national strategy) stray dog population management for Balkan countries Bucharest, Romania, 17-19 June 2014 Dr. Stanislav RALCHEV OIE SRR Brussels
Background OIE Regional Seminar for National Focal Points on Animal Welfare (Kiev, Ukraine, March 2012) An idea for common initiative 25th Conference of the OIE Regional Commission for Europe (Fleesensee / Germany, Sept 2012) A Concept Note document 2
Background 81 st 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 25 th Conference of the OIE Regional Commission for Europe 3
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) 4
1 st 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 5
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 6
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 7
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) A package of activities focusing on stray dog population control (www.rr-europe.oie.int) Governance activities SG 2 and SG3 meetings Newsletter (test version discussed during SG2) 8
Stray dogs control package Workshop on stray dog management in Romania With an idea for follow-up (tbc) o o Measure the progress annually Workshops on biannual basis OIE Workshop for National Focal Points on Communication in Tallinn, Estonia in July 2014 Awareness campaign on stray dogs is in the agenda Awareness campaigns on stray dogs Concept Note under development With an idea for follow-up (tbc) 9
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 10
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 11
Main outcomes 2 nd Steering Group Meeting (Moscow, May 2014) Website launching before 26 th 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 12
Documents of the Platform 13
26 th Conference of the OIE Regional Commission for Europe in Bern The OIE Platform is 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 14
Thank you for your attention! 15