Appendix 19
GLOBAL ROADMAP FOR IMPROVED CONTROL OF FMD IN ENDEMIC SETTINGS
Global Roadm ap Workshop on Improved Control of FMD in Endem ic Settings From the Draft Report of the workshop held in Agra, India 29
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December 2006, Sponsored by the Wellcome Trust and EC (DG-Research).
Vision: A world in which livestock-b ased livelihoods, enterprises and trade can flourish unimpeded b y foot-and-mouth disease Mission: To estab lish and sustain global partnerships involving institutions in footand-mouth endemic and free areas to develop, test and promote packages of tools needed for the successful control and eventual elimination of the disease in endemic settings Extract from the “”Way Forw ard””
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The mandate of the Global Roadmap for Improved Control of FMD in Endemic Settings is the development, testing and making available of packages of tools for FMD control. The mandate is not the control of FMD itself, the responsibility for which lies with countries, regions, regional organisations (such as the SE Asia FMD Programme, and PANAFTOSA, for e xample) and international organisations (such as FAO and OIE). An institutional mechanism to catalyse and facilitate effective partnership and communication between the many international contributors to the Roadmap mandate would greatly increase the chances of its success. Such a mechanism should have both an “action” element (the facilitation, and in some areas coordination, aspects), such as a small functional Strategic Steering Group as recommended by the People and Process team at the workshop, and an “oversight” group (such as an Advisory Board) that ensures representation of key stakeholders in FMD-endemic settings, as well as researchers and international bodies. The three currently active mechanisms considered to be highly relevant to the Roadmap are: o The Global FMD Research Alliance (GFRA). This is primarily a research partnership of the high security FMD laboratories in the USA, Canada, UK and Australia, but also includes ILRI which has championed the endemic FMD roadmap process as part of the GFR A’s Programme 2.
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