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APHCA Activities 1995 - 2007


APHCA'S ACTIVITIES DURING 1995 - 2007 (with member governments, FAO-HQ and other international agencies/organizations)

Under TCDC with member countries:

India
APHCA-Government of India - Regional workshop/training on diagnosis of major poultry diseases with a particular reference to gumboro disease, Namakkal, Southern India, 19 - 23 March l995.

Indonesia
APHCA/APCAS-GOI - Regional workshop on livestock statistics, Bogor, Indonesia, 23 - 29 October l995.

Sri Lanka
APHCA/Government of Sri Lanka - Regional training course on haemorrhagic septicaemia, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka 13 - 26 February 1999.

Thailand

  • APHCA/DLD - Regional training course on duck production, Bangkok and Chonburi, Thailand, November 1996.
  • APHCA/DLD - Regional training course animal quarantine management, Bangkok and Cha-am, Thailand, November 1996.
  • 2nd APHCA/Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chiang Mai University of Thailand/GTZ-BgVV/Free University of Berlin - Regional training course on serological diagnosis of important livestock diseases and zoonoses, and maintenance of laboratory equipment" in Chiang Mai, Thailand, 25 January - 12 February 1999.
  • 3rd APHCA/Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chiang Mai University of Thailand/GTZ-BgVV/Free University of Berlin - Regional training course on serological diagnosis of important livestock diseases and zoonoses, and maintenance of laboratory equipment" in Chiang Mai, Thailand, 25 October - 12 November 1999.
  • APHCA/Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chiang Mai University of Thailand/GTZ-BgVV - Regional training course in food microbiology and hygiene" in Chiang Mai, Thailand, 22 November - 3 December 1999.
  • APHCA/DLD - Regional training course on meat products canning in Chiang Mai, Thailand, 23 - 26 November 1999.
  • APHCA/DLD - Regional training on meat canning technology in Chiang Mai, Thailand, 7 - 11 November 2000.
  • Regional workshop on water buffalo development in cooperation with the Japan Livestock Technology Association (JLTA), and DLD of Thailand, in Surin, Thailand, 8 - 10 February 2001.
  • Coordinated with the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chiang Mai University (FVM-CMU), Thailand and the Free University of Berlin on the Master of Science on veterinary public health (M.Sc.-VPH) courses which accept students from APHCA countries since 2002.
  • FAO/DLD/JICA - Regional workshop on veterinary epidemiology and its application, Bangkok, Thailand 27 - 31 October 2003.
  • FAO/DLD - Regional laboratory training course on CSF, FMD, rinderpest and PPR, Bangkok and Pakchong, Thailand, 11 - 21 November 2003.
With AGA:
  • Regional workshop on area-wide integration of crop-livestock activities (AWI), Bangkok, Thailand, 18 - 20 June 1998.
  • APHCA/EMPRES Regional expert consultation on rinderpest control, Kandy, Sri Lanka, 8 - 10 February 1999.
  • APHCA/AGAL Regional workshop on area-wide integration (AWI) of crop and livestock activities in selected Asian countries including important outcomes of the previous AWI workshop, Bangkok, Thailand, 17 - 20 September 2001.
  • APHCA/AGAH Regional workshop on preparing for and managing disease emergency, Manila, Philippines, 25 September 2001.
  • Regional workshop on buffalo development, Manila, Philippines, 25 September 2001.
  • APHCA/AGAL Regional brainstorm workshop "fostering the policy dialogue in support of equitable, safe and clean livestock farming", Bangkok, Thailand, 19 - 22 February 2001.
  • APHCA/AGAP Expert consultation/workshop on protein sources for animal feed Industries, Bangkok, Thailand, 29 April - 3 May 2002.
  • APHCA/AGAP Regional workshop on feed and food safety, Subang Jaya, Malaysia, 25 August 2002.
  • Co-organized global environmental facility (GEF) AWI workshop to prepare a GEF-regional project development framework (PDF-B) for funding "East Asia livestock waste management project", Bangkok, Thailand, in March 2002.
  • Pro-poor livestock policy facility (PPLPF) workshop - public policy challenges in the Asian livestock sector: looking to 2030, Bangkok, Thailand, November 2002.
  • Pro-poor livestock policy facility (PPLPF) workshop - poverty alleviation, environment and public health: developing enabling policy environments for the livestock sector, Cambodia, June 2003. " APHCA/AGAH Regional consultation on progressive control of FMD and other TADs, Lahore, Pakistan, August 2003.
  • APHCA/LEAD/Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) - Structural changes in the livestock sector, Bangkok, Thailand, 27 - 30 January 2004.
  • APHCA/AGAP Workshop on small-scale dairying (SSD), Chiang Mai, Thailand, 29 September - 1 October 2004.
  • 1st Livestock waste management project implementation plan (PIP) preparation meeting, Thailand, 22 April 2005.
  • 2nd Livestock waste management project implementation plan (PIP) preparation meeting, Thailand, 27 April 2006.
  • Livestock in a changing landscape (LCL), global consultation and integrated analysis, Bangkok, Thailand, 27 November - 01 December 2006.

With OIE:

  • APHCA/EMPRES/OIE Regional workshop on animal disease contingency planning, Kochi, India, 4 - 6 September 1999.
  • APHCA/OIE Regional workshop on animal disease risk analysis, Kochi, India, 7 - 9 September 1999.
  • APHCA/OIE/APHISA Training workshop on information networking, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand, 13 - 16 December 1999.
  • APHCA/OIE/WHO Regional workshop on veterinary public health and zoonoses, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 6 - 7 November 2000.
  • APHCA/OIE Workshop on WTO's sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) agreement, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 8 - 9 November 2000.
  • APHCA/OIE 1st Regional workshop on WTO's SPS agreement [with full co-operation of the Thai Department of Livestock Development, Free University of Berlin, and Japan Livestock Technology Association], Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 9 - 12 July 2001.
  • 1st APHCA/OIE/DLD Regional hands-on training workshop on bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) diagnosis and surveillance, Bangkok, Thailand, 19 - 22 November 2001.
  • APHCA/OIE 2nd Regional workshop on WTO's SPS agreement, Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 8 - 12 July 2002.
  • APHCA/OIE 3rd Regional workshop on WTO's SPS agreement, Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 8 - 11 July 2003.
  • 2nd APHCA/OIE/DLD Regional hands-on training workshop on BSE diagnosis and surveillance, Bangkok, Thailand, 6 - 8 October 2003.
  • APHCA/OIE BSE workshop and consultation meeting on risk analysis and public awareness (in collaboration with JLTA, DLD and FUB), in Chiang Mai, Thailand, October 2003.
  • FAO-APHCA/OIE Sub-regional consultation on establishing a regional support unit for GF-TADs in South Asia, Kathmandu, Nepal, 26 - 30 April 2004.
  • APHCA/OIE 4th Regional workshop on WTO's SPS agreement, Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 12 - 16 July 2004.
  • APHCA/OIE/JLTA/DLD Regional workshop on feed and food safety, Bangkok, Thailand, 19 - 22 July 2004.
  • 3rd APHCA/OIE/DLD Regional hands-on training workshop on BSE diagnosis and surveillance, Bangkok, Thailand, 28 - 31 March 2005.
  • APHCA/OIE 5th Regional workshop on WTO's SPS agreement, Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 15 - 18 August 2005.
  • APHCA/OIE/NIAH-Japan Regional hands-on training workshop on BSE diagnosis, including western blotting (WB), Tsukuba Science City, Japan, 30 November - 9 December 2005.
  • Second OIE/FAO-APHCA/NIAH-Japan Regional hands-on training workshop on BSE/Prion diseases diagnosis, Tsukuba/Tokyo, Japan, 15-22 January 2007.
  • APHCA-OIE Regional workshop on animal identification, traceability and movement control, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1-4 July 2007.
  • OIE-FAO/APHCA Risk-based surveillance workshop, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 25-28 July 2007.
  • 6th FAO-APHCA/OIE Regional Workshop on WTO's SPS agreement, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 30 July - 2 August 2007.
  • FAO-APHCA/OIE Regional food safety workshop, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 22-24 October 2007.
With ILRI/CGIAR
  • Support the ILRI/CGIAR in organizing workshops on "identifying priority areas for international action for the development of livestock technologies", organized in Bangkok, Thailand (South-east Asia workshop), 30 April - 1 May 2001; and in Hyderabad (South Asia workshop), India, 4 - 5 May 2001, respectively.
  • Co-organized regional SoW-AnGR training of trainers workshop for Asia in Bangkok, Thailand, 26 November - 1 December 2001.
  • Co-organized ILRI/SIDA/SLU/FAO workshop on capacity building for sustainable use of animal genetic resources in developing countries - South-east Asian planning workshop in Bangkok, Thailand in February 2002.
  • Co-organized, with ILRI and JLTA, the workshop on research and development strategies for the livestock sector in South-east Asia through national and international partnerships, in Bangkok, Thailand, in March 2002.
  • ILRI/SIDA/SLU workshop - capacity building for the sustainable use of animal genetic resources in developing countries, Bangkok, Thailand, January 2003.
  • APHCA/ILRI Pig systems in Asia and the Pacific: How can R&D enhance benefits to the poor?, Bangkok, Thailand, 23-24 November 2006.
APHCA and WTO's SPS Agreement (during 2000-2007)

At Administrators' Level:
Organized the OIE/FAO-APHCA Joint Workshop/Group Exercise on WTO's SPS Agreement along with the 24th APHCA Session in Dhaka, Bangladesh, during 8-9 November 2000. Amongst the workshop participants there were Directors General and Animal Husbandry Commissioners from APHCA countries. The endorsements after the Workshop were as the follows:
Considering that:


(1) The Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Agreement was in force on 1st January 1995, with the inauguration of the World Trade Organization (WTO), with a view to reducing the negative effects of sanitary barriers on international trade in animals and animal products.

(2) The SPS recognizes the right of governments to take appropriate measures to ensure their adequate level of protection, on condition that they are necessary for health protection and are based on transparent and scientific evidence.

(3) The international animal health measures within the framework of the SPS Agreement are considered to be those of standards, guidelines and recommendations (International Standards) established under the auspices of the Office International des Epizooties (OlE).

The OIE/FAO-APHCA Joint Workshop on the WTO- SPS Agreement recommends that:

(1) Countries are strongly encouraged to join the standard setting international and regional organizations (OlE, Codex Alimentarius, International Plant Protection Convention) relating to the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement (SPS), if they have not done so.

(2) Countries be encouraged to pay careful attention to the International Standards with a view to achieving the widest possible harmonization of their animal health measures to ensure the protection of human and animal life and health.

(3) Countries pay attention to the documents related to the International Standards developed by the OlE when establishing the necessary measures governing their imports and exports of animals and animal products.

(4) Wider participation in the OlE Code setting process, whenever appropriate, be taken.

(5) While issuance of a veterinary inspection certificate is the responsibility of National Veterinary Services, in countries where multiple ministries are engaged in matters of trade relating to the SPS Agreement, there should be an efficient coordination process and adequate budgets among federal and state governments and industry to allow efficient trading in animals and animal products.

(6) Countries organize and strengthen their national veterinary services to meet the requirements as per the WTO-SPS and related Agreements.

As follow-up actions, six (6) FAO-APHCA/OIE Regional Workshop on WTO's SPS Agreement [with full co-operation of the Thai Department of Livestock Development (DLD), Free University of Berlin (FU-Berlin), and Japan Livestock Technology Association (JLTA)] were organized for government officials at technical levels at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chiang Mai University (FVM-CMU), Thailand between 2001 and 2007.

APHCA and HPAI (exclude series of activities on HPAI technically and logistically supported by the APHCA Secretariat): "

  • APHCA special session on HPAI in Chiang Mai, Thailand, 27 - 28 September 2004.
  • APHCA/OIE special session on regional avian influenza economic assessment workshop, Bali, Indonesia, September 2005.
Exploring possibility to cooperate with private sector:

During the 21st session in 1995, the secretary proposed to expand APHCA activities under the limited budget situation, the commission also suggested that the APHCA chairperson could send the letter to the concerned FAO Unit, Rome, inquiring a possible change of the standing FAO publication regulations so that "ASIAN LIVESTOCK" - an official FAO/APHCA publication could legally accept the commercial advertisement and sponsorship. The APHCA chairperson will also seek a legal advice from Rome for possible organization of the joint FAO/APHCA - private sector activities on the cost-sharing basis. Actions were taken by the APHCA secretariat but no positive response received, so far.

Website: APHCA homepage (www.aphca.org) started in 1998.

Publications/CDs
2002

  • Manual on the diagnosis of Nipah virus infection in animals (RAP 2002/01)
  • Some issues associated with the livestock industries of the Asia-Pacific region (RAP 2002/06)
  • A basic laboratory manual for the small scale production and testing of I-2 Newcastle disease vaccine (RAP 2002/22)
  • The livestock industries of Thailand (2002/23)
  • Report of the 26th APHCA session (RAP 2002/24)
  • Report of the Second OIE/FAO-APHCA workshop on WTO's SPS agreement (printed by APHCA and OIE )
  • Report of the OIE/FAO-APHCA/DLD regional workshop on BSE diagnosis and surveillance (printed by APHCA and OIE )
2003

The yak - second edition (RAP2003/06)

2004

  • CD-ROM - "FAO/OIE emergency regional meeting on avian influenza control in animals in Asia (Bangkok, Thailand, 26-28 February 2004)".
  • CD-ROM - "The inception workshop - TCP/RAS/3006 - diagnostic laboratory and surveillance network coordination for control and prevention of avian influenza in Southeast Asia (Bangkok, Thailand, 28-30 July 2004)".

2007-2007

  • Meat Processing Technology.

APHCA TCDC

  • Exchange of experts and travel - as approved at the 27th APCHA session in Pakistan, an amount of US$10,000 was allocated for the following trips:
    • In September 2004, airline ticket costs of two laboratory scientists from LBVD, Myanmar (to attend the AI diagnostic workshop in Harbin, China) were covered under this fund.
    • In 2006, airline tickets for one official each from Bhutan and the Philippines to Cairns, Australia to attend the ISVEE-X
  • List of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in livestock sector of the APHCA member countries has recently been compiled. The same is distributed at the 28th APHCA session and uploaded in the APHCA website.