First Reg onai PACE Co- ination Meeting for Easters Africa Entebbe, Uganda 29th. 31st August 2001

This overview outlines the current situation, main undertaking to launch the Pan-African Programme for the Control of Epizootics (PACE) in East Africa, since its inception. The national PACE projects in the region were gradually launched and, consequently, this paper indicates their state of progress. The 0A11-1BAR has appointed a member of its staff to the post of PACE Programme Coordinator and the programme began on 1 November 1999, with the arrival of the Main Technical Assistant as stipulated in the Financing Agreement. The financial Controller arrived early November 1999. The financial support ends on 31 October 2004 with a financial support of 72 millions Euros.