http://repository.au-ibar.org/handle/123456789/1108 2026-04-20T12:02:32Z http://repository.au-ibar.org/handle/123456789/714 An evaluation of the alternatives and possibilities for countries in sub-Saharan Africa to meet the sanitary standards for entry into the international trade in animals and animal products African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources http://repository.au-ibar.org/handle/123456789/373 Technical assistance contract. African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources Rinderpest was first introduced to the African continent in 1841 and it first appeared south of t Sahara in 1884, after infected cattle were imported from India. The resulting epidemic killed ov 90% of the indigenous cattle and wildlife population in Sub-Saharan Africa and up to 75% Egyptian cattle and buffaloes. During the 1960s and 1970s, the Joint Project Campaign (JP15) resulted in the vaccination of ov 70 million cattle with the tissue culture vaccine. The JP15 campaign ended in 1969 and 1976 West Africa and East Africa, respectively; by this time, the number of rinderpest outbreaks 11 dropped substantially. As it became clear that rinderpest was spreading once again througho Africa, OAU/IBAR expressed its concern for the need to renew control efforts. After wide-rangii consultations between national governments and donors, especially the European Communities, ti Pan-African Rinderpest Campaign (PARC) was officially launched as a continent-wide contr campaign. The Pan-African Rinderpest Campaign (PARC) was financed from 1986 by the European Union, principally through Regional and National Programmes of the European Development Fund (EDF). It consisted of two parts: one part supported the Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources (IBAR) the Organisation of African Unity (OAU ), which was responsible for the co-ordination of the project; the other part was a collection of programmes at a national level which were negotiated on case by case basis with individual countries. In total, 35 countries from West, Central and East Africa were involved in the PARC programme under various funding agreements. The aim of the programme was to : (i) control and ultimately eradicate rinderpest from the continent ; (ii) revitalize and restructure livestock services, through dialogue with nation governments, to make them self-sustaining ;and (iii) provide appropriate improvments to husbandry methods. By 1999, more than 12 years after PARC started, 465 5 million doses of rinderpest vaccine had bee used and no rinderpest has been reported in West and Central Africa for more than ten years. T1] number of countries officially known to harbour rinderpest or to be suspected to have unreporte cases dropped from 18 in 1986 (when PARC started) to just two in 1998. By 1999, seventeen countries had declared complete or zonal provisional freedom from rinderpest according to the OIE pathway. There was also significant progress on policy reforms and privatization of animal health services: 23 of the 35 countries have adopted cost recovery measures while in 20 countries, some form ofprivatization was initiated, including the use of community-based delivery systems of veterinar services. An economic impact assessment of PARC showed that rinderpest is a disease of major economic importance in the African continent. http://repository.au-ibar.org/handle/123456789/350 Sheikh Technical Veterinary School Curriculum Development (Nairobi and Bologna Workshops). African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources The development of a curriculum for the Sheikh Technical Veterinary School (STVS) is one of the most important activities of the first phase of the project. There are different approaches to identify and develop a school curriculum: analysis of existing curricula, views of recent graduates, copying it from institutions with similar educational goals or operating in analogous socio-economic environment and then adapt it to local circumstances. In the case of STVS, the development of a new curriculum is perceived as a necessary means to involve Somali tutors in a critical evaluation of educational needs in the veterinary sector and in the analysis of peculiarities of the Somali livestock industry. In the absence of any academic institution for more than ten years, the development of a common and shared vision among Somali academicians is perceived as an important step for the re-establishment of a tertiary educational system. This should also contributes to foster the intellectual ownership of the school among Somali communities. Finally, it should also enhance relevance of educational objectives of STVS, http://repository.au-ibar.org/handle/123456789/346 Provision of technical assistance to farming in tsetse controlled areas. African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources Provision of technical assistance to farming in tsetse controlled areas..PDF http://repository.au-ibar.org/handle/123456789/339 CTTB financing agreement. African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources CTTB financing agreement.. http://repository.au-ibar.org/handle/123456789/342 Technical proposal for organization of African unity- IBRA. African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources This proposal has been prepared for ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNITYINTERAFRICAN BUREAU FOR ANIMAL RESOURCES with reference to invitation to tender REF NO: OAU-IBRA/ADMIN 38/126 Our proposal is based upon providing OAU-IBRA with a fully integrated software solution, which meets with the operational needs of the business and we would anticipate implementing the proposed system within the time scales required. Our proposal will provide OAU-IBRA with industry proven software throughout, mounted on an advanced Microsoft Windows based platform. The proposal is complete and includes a final cost schedule. http://repository.au-ibar.org/handle/123456789/331 Project Cycle Management Training Handbook. African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources This handbook is intended as an accompaniment to the Project Cycle Management training programme nm by SCR Evaluation Unit for RELEX services (DGs IA, IB and VIII) and the SCR. It also serves as a post-course support to the application of techniques and approaches learnt during training. The objectives of this handbook therefore reflect those of the training programme itself, and in particular the Basic and Advanced modules. This handbook is aimed primarily at those of you attending PCM seminars and workshops — which includes Commission staff from all levels of management at headquarters and delegations; project planners and managers from counterpart governments and agencies; and consultants, project managers and others involved in the implementation of RELEX projects. http://repository.au-ibar.org/handle/123456789/330 Third workplan and budget FITCA -TANGA first quartely report. African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources The overall objective of FITCA Tanzania is to increase household income through improving livestock productivity for people dwelling in tsetse infested areas. The project purpose is to enhance the capacity of the target communities to control tsetse and trypanosomosis by supporting activities already being undertaken by populations living in tsetse infested areas in Tanga and Kagera Region, and utilising low cost, effective and environmentally benign techniques. The project supports the development of affordable, manageable and effective tsetse and trypanosomosis control methods that can be applied by the communities. Disease control is put in the wider perspective of rural development and poverty alleviation of communities living in tsetse infested areas. The envisaged total project duration was 48 months but -for reasons beyond control of the Tanga Component- the actual work programmes will cover a period of 28,5 months only (AWPB I: May '02 - April '03, AWPB II: May '03 — Dec.'03, AWPB III 15thApril — Dec. 2004). The extension year was required to consolidate the outputs achieved by Dec 2003, to produce concrete results and to promote positive outcomes. The aim of the AWPB III is to complete ongoing trials and to publish results. The Tanga Component's activities cover two of Tanga Region's six districts that are affected by Tsetse flies, namely Handeni and Pangani. The project area and target group are far from homogeneous, with predominantly small-scale dairy farmers in the coastal plains and mountainous areas of the Pangani, Muheza and Tanga District and pastoralists in the more arid areas of Handeni District. The options for tsetse / trypanosomosis control vary between the districts, and will be evaluated together with the communities for technical and socio-economical appropriateness http://repository.au-ibar.org/handle/123456789/323 Paper to discuss the immediate and future funding of PARC co-ordination and national programmes. African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources This document is to facilitate the discussions between the PARC-advisers and the representatives of the Commission of the European Union and the Delegation of the EC (Kenya), as outlined in the attached Agenda. In order to ensure the immediate and mid-term sustainability of the ongoing PARC-programme, the following issues - described below, and in detail in the Annexes, and visualised in the attached Gantt-chart - ought to be addressed (figures are - in most cases - prudent estimates. Dates and durations of projects are approximative): 1. CO-ORDINATION: The regional PARC Co-ordination units (Nairobi and Bamako) do urgently need bridging funds to cover the period 1/4/97 to 31/3/99. An amount of 4,5 million ECU is therefore requested (an includes additional funds 0.73 million ECU to support the Epidemiology component from May '89 to April '99). The Communication component will embark on the formulation of a Prodoc. for Phase III to cope with the delays in the implementation of Phase II. 2. NATIONAL PARC PROGRAMMES: East-Africa: Apart from Eritrea and Uganda which have just started a new programme, the other countries (Tanzania, Ethiopia, Kenya, Djibouti) do need an urgent revision, evaluation and/or signing of the project agreement in view of the imminent end of the present phase. Conflict-prone areas as Sudan and Somalia do need provisions for immediate assistance when an improved situation would occur, and assistance do deal with the prsent situation, and a relaxation of administrative rules for advisers on mission. West & Central Africa: 24 countries are concerned by the PARC programme. One group of 10 countries has a PARC programme running. Three of them (Cote d'Ivoire, Mali and Guinee Bissau), however, are to terminate by the end of '97 and '98. The other remaining 7 countries are covered until the year 2000. As far as these countries are concerned, and pending on their present status, the focus of discussions will be on a) alignment of national implementation with the EU-evaluation report (e.g. stopping vaccinations), b) the formulation of a follow-up PARC programme (e.g. Cote d'Ivoire, Mali and Guinee Bissau). Mali will undergo a mid-term evaluation in 1997. Discussion will be held with CAR, Guinee-Conakry, Chad, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal to anticipate the cessation of vaccinations and set-up of a epidemio-surveillance system. The issue of emergency funds is to be tackled urgently. Fourteen countries have no active PARC programme. However, ten among them, received PARC-funding in the past (Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda and Togo). The EU should give special attention to sonic of them, in view of their geographic or strategic location as far as the eradication of Rinderpest (and CBPP) is concerned: Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria and Cameroon, and in Central Africa, Rwanda and Burundi. http://repository.au-ibar.org/handle/123456789/313 Service Contract financed under the 8th European Development Fund - Project Nr 8ACPTPS 32. African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources The report covers the period July to December 2003. During this period, two changes were made in the assignment of TAs to country/region of assignment, notably in Tanzania and Cameroon. In Tanzania, Dr Philippe Leppere took over from Dr Wolfgang Boehle in November 2003, whereas Dr. Hanns-Achim Krebs took over from Dr. John Woodford as TA in the Anglophone West/Central Africa region. The mandate and/or role (s) of the TAs has so far remained unchanged except in Tchad which has also seen changes in technical structure. Since October 31st2003, the expert plays the role of PACE coordinator, managing the project in close collaboration with a National Counterpart (Homologue Veterinaire Tchadien) and under the auspices of the Directorate for Veterinary Services. He is therefore responsible for PACE activities as foreseen by the audit missions held in April and July 2003. Over the last six months, both national and regional TAs went on various missions/visits in their areas of jurisdiction. Regular visits to the various countries were especially important in regional programmes for purposes of activity monitoring and evaluation besides acting as boosters and motivators. Consequently, the TA in charge of West African Coastal Countries and based in Mali visited each of the seven countries under his mandate at least once. Togo and Benin have been already visited twice. The TA in charge of six West African Sahelian Francophone countries has over the last six months visited each country at least once. Two countries should have initiated a new WP on 01 November 2003. Mali did but Senegal's WP approval was delayed until January 31st2004 in order to allow the full de-commitment of unused funds. During the reporting period the TAs participated in diverse international meetings/workshops. All the TAs attended the 8thAdvisory Committee Meeting in Bamako (November 4 — 6th, 2003), followed by the workshop on the harmonisation of epidemiology and control strategies, jointly organised by the PEU and GTZ-IS/SATEC (November 7 — 8th, 2003). The main problems experienced during the reporting period are varied. The problem of insecurity was particularly common in Northern Uganda, Ivory Coast, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Central African Republic. In Kenya the main problems experienced were related to delayed 2ndyear funding and conflicting interpretation of EDF rules (also in Tanzania and Ethiopia), resulting in unpaid year 2 commitments; postponement of applied epidemiology training for field staff; Rinderpest outbreak and lack of project transport. The main setback in Ethiopia and Tanzania was delayed procurement of equipment. In Ethiopia the tenders for cars, computers and car spare parts failed due to non-competitiveness and non-conformity with the EC rules of the analysis of the offers. It was necessary to change the tender documents in conformity with the EDF regulations. Activities planned for the next period are varied. Disease surveillance activities will continue with the aim of achieving a rinderpest free status. The TAs plan to assist closing current WP/CE and prepare new ones or necessary addenda for the remainder of the phase, i.e. till October 31, 2004. Plans include attendance of various meetings/workshops relating to aspects of disease control and management issues as build-up to the next Annual PACE Conference in Gabon ( June 2004).