| dc.description.abstract | The European Commission supported the continent-wide fight against rinderpest, through the
Pan African Rinderpest Campaign (PARC), which ended on 31 March 1999, after thirteen
years of successful implementation. Ghana participated in the PARC from June1992 and by
September 1997, Ghana declared provisional freedom from rinderpest. Implementation of
PARC Ghana ended in March 1999. The final report on PARC Ghana was submitted to the
Delegation of the European Commission in Ghana at the end of 1999.
The European Union and the Organization of African Unity (OAU) have developed a new
programme, the Pan African Programme for the Control of Epizootics (PACE). The PACE
Programme will build on the achievements of PARC to finally eradicate rinderpest and to set
up a Pan African network for the control of epizootics.
A Memorandum of Understanding, between the Regional Authorizing Officer of the
European Development Fund (EDF) for the PACE Programme and the National Authorizing
Officer of the EDF in Ghana, is to be signed on 16 October 2000 for the sum of Euro 996 890.
This indicative sum will be used to fund Ghana's activities under its National PACE
Programme, which is described in the Global Plan. The PACE Advisory Committee
considered Ghana's Global Plan at its second meeting in July 2000.
Through the PACE Programme, the OAU/IBAR will offer a range of common technical
services to the national PACE programmes. A team of regionally based technical assistants
will deliver these Common Services. The team's areas of expertise include:
Communications
'Economics
Epidemiology
Wildlife epidemiology
Legislation and privatization
Veterinary vaccines and laboratory diagnostics
Community-based animal health workers
Other Common Services will include financial control, research and environmental
monitoring. | |
