http://repository.au-ibar.org/handle/123456789/125 Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:35:48 GMT 2026-04-23T11:35:48Z http://repository.au-ibar.org/handle/123456789/355 Work programme _ cost estimate Nigeria national PACE programme for the period 1st December, 2000 to 30th November, 2001. African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources; AU-IBAR The Nigerian Pan African Rinderpest Campaign (PARC) project came to being through the preparation and approval of a work programme that was considered and endorsed by the Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources of the Organization of African Unity (OAU/IBAR) Nairobi. The Project (PARC) was an assistance by the European Economic Commission (EEC) in supporting African countries to, among other things, control Rinderpest and to a certain extent Contagious Bovine Pleuro-Pneumonia (CBPP) while at the same time enhancing the national capacity in the control of other diseases of economic importance. The Nigerian PARC project was executed as PARC I between July 1989 and May 1995. Following the successful completion of the PARC project in Africa in March 1999, the OAU/IBAR further solicited for support from the European Union (EEC/EU) for another project, Pan African Control of Epizootics (PACE) which is also to be executed in many African countries. It is expected that the PACE project will be built on the gains of PARC and will result in the final eradication of Rinderpest. Substanctial progress would also be made in the knowledge of the status of some transboundary animal diseases along with the improvement of the capacities of both public and private veterinarians, paraveterinarians and livestock farmers. Nigeria is to benefit the sum of Two million six hundred and fifty eight thousand One hundred and twenty-eight Euro (2, 658,128 Euro) during the five years (2000-2005) of the PACE project. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) is to be signed between the Regional Authorizing Officer (RAO) of the OAU/IBAR on behalf of the EU and the Nigerian National Authorizing Officer (NAO) on behalf of the Federal Government of Nigeria to facilitate the implementation of the project in Nigeria. http://repository.au-ibar.org/handle/123456789/355 http://repository.au-ibar.org/handle/123456789/357 Annual work programme _ cost estimate for PACE Tanzania(1st November 2002 to 31st October 2003). African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources; AU-IBAR This is a second Annual Work Plan and Cost Estimate for the PACE (Tanzania) Component which is part of the Regional Pan-African Programme for the Control of Epizootics (PACE) under the Organization of African Unity Inter-African Bureau of Animal Resources (AU-IBAR). The first Annual Work Plan and Cost Estimate was approved and funded Tsh.1, 004,080,000 equivalent to Euro 1,81,271 running from 1stNovember 2001 to 31stOctober 2002.. The Tanzanian Component got on board late and thus the lost time of one year is incorporated in this Year 2 Work Plan by combining Year 2 and 3 Cost Estimates and Activities indicated in the Global Plan, which is re-submitted as an accompanying document. The Government of Tanzania (GOT) has met the requirement that National Budgets to Epidemio-surveillance activities should show an increasing trend and that countries should be committed towards compliancy to the OIE Pathway in the eradication of Rinderpest. In the fiscal year 2001/2002 besides Personnel Emoluments indicated in Year 1 Work Plan of Tsh.182, 000,000 the government released Tsh 847,700,000 to PACE (17) related activities, which mostly were for CBPP control (Tsh.434, 000,000) and Other Veterinary Services (Tsh 413,700,000). In year 2002/2003 the government budget to Epidemio-surveillance and control of epizootic diseases of high economic significance is envisaged to increase following the adopted Target Oriented Budgeting System and the inclusion of Animal Diseases Control Programme as one of the Intervesion logic in the Agriculture Sector Development Strategy (ASDS) The first year of PACE (17) was mostly a capacity building and inception phase of the programme. Implementation of the planned activities and funds utilization up to July 31st2002 will reach good levels. A developed Performance Management System (PPM) spearheaded project performance in year 1 Work Plan. http://repository.au-ibar.org/handle/123456789/357 http://repository.au-ibar.org/handle/123456789/343 Provision of Technical Assistance to National PACE Projects. African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources; AU-IBAR Provision of Technical Assistance to National PACE Projects. http://repository.au-ibar.org/handle/123456789/343 http://repository.au-ibar.org/handle/123456789/320 Work programme _ cost estimate national PACE programme of Ghana for the period May 2003 TO April 2004. African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources; AU-IBAR Rinderpest disease resurfaced in Ghana in 1985 after earlier attempts to eradicate it from West Africa through the JP15 project. Ghana continued annual vaccinations of cattle against rinderpest until 1996 even though the last outbreak oft he disease was reported i n August 1988. The sustained vaccination campaign was made possible through the assistance received from the European Union under the Pan African Rinderpest Campaign project (PARC). Ghana was granted rinderpest disease free status on 25 th February 2003 by the OIE The main objectives of Pan African Programme for the control of Epizootics (PACE) are i. to contribute to rural development and poverty alleviation by raising the incomes of livestock producers, particularly those of smallholders, ii. to reduce the country's increasing dependence on imports of livestock and livestock products, and to reduce the financial burden on the government of services it provides The specific objectives of PACE, Ghana in the third year are: i. to strengthen livestock farmers associations ii. to increase the income of farmers through adequate disease control measures iii. to improve on the participation of the private sector to bring about effective and efficient animal health delivery in the country iv. to strengthen two main laboratories in Accra and Pong-Tamale for effective and accurate disease diagnoses v. to strengthen women groups in livestock areas to be more active in livestock development Outputs of objectives • Meetings with 20 farmers associations in the Upper West and Upper East regions formed under PARC reactivated and functional December 2003 • Out breaks of PPR and NCD c ontrolled and farmers e am more incomes from s ales o f chicken and small ruminants by January 2004 • Private veterinarians involved in disease surveillance and reporting by March 2004 • Laboratories in Accra and Pong-Tamale equipped with computers and reagents for disease diagnoses by March 2004 • 20 women groups facilitated to improve rural poultry production by April 2004 http://repository.au-ibar.org/handle/123456789/320 http://repository.au-ibar.org/handle/123456789/314 3rd Year workplan and cost estimates for Pan-African Control of Epizootics (PACE) Uganda national PACE programme. African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources; AU-IBAR The Pan African Programme for the Control of Epizootics (PACE) is a major player in the eradication of rinderpest from the last endemic areas located in East Africa. The four-year PACE programme is currently being implemented in 29 Sub-Saharan Africa Countries. The idea behind the PACE programme is to continue on the headway made in the campaign against rinderpest under the Pan African Rinderpest Campaign (PARC) project in order to establish national and continental epidemiological surveillance networks for the main animal diseases. Furthermore, PACE is providing the countries with the capacities needed to organise economically and technically justified disease control programmes and developing an effective and sustainable distribution of veterinary services with private sector participation. The Inter African Bureau for Animal Resources (IBAR) of the African Union (AU) facilitates the execution of PACE programmes. PACE Uganda national component is funded by EDF and Government of Uganda (GoU). http://repository.au-ibar.org/handle/123456789/314 http://repository.au-ibar.org/handle/123456789/319 Final Evaluation of the Pan-African Programme for the Control of Epizootics (PACE). African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources; AU-IBAR This Final Evaluation provides an external evaluation of the PACE programme process, achievements and impacts measured against the Programme's Logical Framework. From July 2nd to July 26th 2006, the Final Evaluation Mission undertook in-depth evaluations, including field visits, in 9 PACE countries including Guinea, Senegal, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Mali, Cameroon, Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania. The Final Evaluation Mission had also working sessions with PACE Kenya and the Somali Ecosystem Rinderpest Eradication Co-ordination Unit (SERECU). During the 6th Annual Co-ordination Meeting for all National PACE countries in Mombassa from June 27th to 30th 2006, the Mission had discussions with the PACE National Co-ordinators from Burundi, Sudan, Nigeria, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Eritrea and Ethiopia. The PACE programme is a major development programme in the field of animal health covering 30 African countries. It was originally planned to cover 32 countries but, because of their economic and political situation, Sierra Leone and Liberia did not continue in the programme. The structure of the PACE Programme includes national operations planned and implemented in each country and regionally co-ordinated under the auspices of the Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources of the African Union (AU-IBAR). The PACE Programme includes a Programme Co-ordination Unit (PCU) in Nairobi and a Regional Coordination Unit in Bamako for West and Central Africa. The PACE Programme is funded by the European Union (EU). The PACE Financing Agreement (FA) was signed on 5th July 1999 by the European Commission and on 30 August 1999 by the AU-IBAR respectively. The total EC contribution is EUR 77 million: 72 million for the PACE Programme from November 1999 to October 2004 and EUR 5 million to top-up the overall budget for the PACE Programme extension from November 2004 to February 2007. The Fund Commitment of EUR 72 million was from 7th and 8th European Development Fund (EDF) resources and the Fund Commitment of EUR 5 million is from 9th EDF resources. A total budget of EUR 51,680,000 was allocated to the National component (30 countries) and a total budget of EUR 25,320,000 to the Regional Component (PCU, Regional Co-ordination Unit Service Contracts, Audits/Consultancies and Research). The situation relating to commitments, expenditure and balances for the National and Regional Components is provided in Section 4.2. http://repository.au-ibar.org/handle/123456789/319 http://repository.au-ibar.org/handle/123456789/315 Work programme _ cost estimates No.6 of the PACE coordination _ common service units Nairobi, Kenya from 1st February 2005 to 31st May 2005. African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources; AU-IBAR The African Union, through its Commission for Rural Economy and Agriculture in April 20C requested an extension of the period for implementation of the Pan African Programme for tl Control of Epizootics (PACE), covered by Rider 1 to the Financing Agreement No 6125/REG to 28 February 2007, with an increase in the budget ceiling The original Financing Agreement wi due to terminate on 31stOctober 2004. The Deputy Chief Authorising officer of the EDF has agreed with the AU-IBAR's proposals 1 amend the financing Agreement No 6125/REG as follows: 1. Provision for an additional project number 9 ACP RPR 032 increasing the initial budget 1 EUR 5.000.000; 2. Commitment is fixed at Eur 77. 000.000 from 7th, 8th,and 9thEDF resources; 3. Completion of this agreement is set to end on 28, February 2007 at the latest. 1.2. Context The PACE Financing Agreement signed between the European Union and the African Unic started on 1stNovember 1999. The programme was expected to contribute to the goal of reducir poverty among those involved in stock farming by improving productivity, thereby improving the livelihoods and enhancing food security. The specific objectives of the program are as follows: • Build national capacity for analysis and action in the areas of epidemiology, animal healt communication and project management; • Improving the accessibility and distribution of drugs and services to stock breeders; • Eradicate rinderpest from Africa; • Control other epizootics. The Expected results are as follows : The outputs of the extension will be targeted on items that will lead to important sustainab results, regardless of the eventual levels of the recurrent budget allocated to livestock services afti PACE is ended. In order of importance, these results are deemed to be: • Verified eradication of Rinderpest in West and Central Africa through achievement ( the OIE Pathway's freedom from infection, • Eradication of Rinderpest in the Somali Eco-system, • Enhanced opportunity and support for the private sector to effectively participate in ti delivery of veterinary and animal health services, • Capacity building of IBAR http://repository.au-ibar.org/handle/123456789/315 http://repository.au-ibar.org/handle/123456789/316 Consolidated work programme _ cost estimate for national pace programmes of Ethiopia, Guinee Conakry, Mali, Rwanda, Senegal. African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources; AU-IBAR In Africa, the European Union supported a continent-wide fight against rinderpest, through the Pan-African Rinderpest Campaign (PARC), which ended on 31 October 1999, after thirteen years of successful implementation. The Commission of the European Communities and the Organization of African Unity Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources (OAU/IBAR) signed the Financing Agreement of the Pan-African Programme for the Control of Epizootics (PACE) on 57uly 1999 and 30 August 1999, respectively. The PACE Programme will build on tha achievements of PARC to eradicate rinderpest from Africa and set up a Pan-African network for the control of epizootics. The OAU/IBAR will co-ordinate the implementation of the PACE Programme, which will cover 32 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The Technical and Administrative Provisions of the Programme's Financing Agreement stipulate that the programme should start with the arrival of the Main Technical Assistant of PACE on 31 October 1999. He arrived in Nairobi on 30 October 1999. The Programme will end on 31 October 2004. The bulk of the Programme's EDF funds (67%) will support national operations that will be planned and implemented in each country. These operations will be provided with a range of Common Services, which OAU/IBAR will co-ordinate at sub-regional and regional levels. The PACE Programme will contribute to the goal of reducing poverty among those involved in stock farming by improving productivity, thereby improving their livelihoods and enhancing food security. The Programme's vision is improved prevention and progressive control of the major epizootic diseases by providing a sound technical basis and enhanced national decision support and for strategic animal health management, at national and regional levels. The purpose of the PACE Programme is to revitalize animal health services through strengthening national and regional capabilities to-sustain surveillance as well as strategic control of major animal diseases and to improve animal health care, in 32 sub-Saharan countries. This consolidated work programme and cost estimate is the first of the series of work programmes for the PACE Programme's national components. http://repository.au-ibar.org/handle/123456789/316 http://repository.au-ibar.org/handle/123456789/305 7th advisory committee meeting of the PACE programme 2-5 April 2003 Nairobi, Kenya. African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources; AU-IBAR 7th advisory committee meeting of the PACE programme 2-5 April 2003 Nairobi, Kenya. http://repository.au-ibar.org/handle/123456789/305 http://repository.au-ibar.org/handle/123456789/304 Proposal For OAU-IBAR PACE Database Management Information System. African Union Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources; AU-IBAR The incidence of poverty in Africa is not a new phenomenon. It has been there for as long as Africa itself has been there. But the people of Africa have forever used their land as the source of survival through cultivation and herding. The practice is now threatened by the increasing population, which particularly comes with it a reduction in the amount of land available for herding. An outbreak of disease for animals means that migration of the animals to un-infected grounds is no longer possible. This therefore implies that the animals would have to receive treatment or the already meager wealth will disappear in no time. The delivery of veterinary services is critical to successful elimination of poverty in Africa. OAU/IBAR understands the critical nature of this problem and has therefore conceived the PACE programme which address animal health information collection, analysis, reporting and dissemination. Indeed, the dissemination of information on disease patterns, the tracking of disease incidence and the elimination of poverty among livestock producers in Africa are all intertwined into one. For the achievement of the trio viz: disease elimination, tracking of incidence of disease and hence the initiation of elimination of the same, and the elimination of poverty or at least its alleviation can only be achieved if a centralized data collection, analysis, information generation and sharing is given a prominent role in the integrated effort. The need to monitor the incidence of livestock disease patterns is critical and requires concerted reporting for effective preparedness and early warning. On-line dissemination of information especially at this time where the level of technological advancement has become a necessary tool in management and decision making, it is not only a necessary, but also an essential, vehicle for the achievement of the desired goal of the PACE database management information system. As indicated in the ToR Belcom CT will seek to meet the desired project goals of: • Assessing of data types for best structured database • Evaluation of the proposed analytical tools • Proposing the best operational platform • Phased design of the operational database MIS • Production of a working prototype • Testing of operational prototype • Incorporating comments gathered to produce the final version • Translating of a French version for the country database MIS • Preparing a complete operational system manual • Provision Of Technical Support It is our pledge that what we have proposed in this proposal shall be implemented, using our time tested local resources and experience that shall be our guide as we seek to achieve the desired goals. http://repository.au-ibar.org/handle/123456789/304