Future needs for capacity building
and recommendations to the OIE
Dr Sarah Kahn
Consultant to the OIE
[email protected]
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Contents
Background
OIE PVS findings
Future capacity-building
needs
Recommendations for
consideration by the OIE
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Background (1)
1. High quality veterinary education and
good governance of Veterinary Services
..underpin the delivery of animal health
programmes that help to protect public
health and ensure food safety. In addition,
improved animal health and welfare helps to
assure more efficient livestock production
and contributes to national food security.
.. should be top priorities of government.
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Background (2)
2. The need for the veterinary profession in
future to collaborate more actively with
professionals in the fields of human health,
wildlife and environmental health to achieve
objectives relating to One World One Health.
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OIE PVS findings on veterinary education
Global results : competence of veterinarians
75% fall into levels 1 – 3 inclusive (55% fall into level 3 – 5).
Level of Advancement
AFRICA
1
2
ASIA AND
THE PACIFIC
3
2
3
4
5
TOTAL
13
13
7
0
35
5
1
3
0
12
1
MIDDLE
EAST
1
5
6
6
0
18
3
2
0
0
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AMERICA
EUROPE
GLOBAL
1
8 (10%)
2
3
3
0
9
28 (35%)
25 (31%)
19 (24%)
0 (0%)
80 (100%)
For continuing education, 90% of countries fall into
levels 1 to 3 inclusive.
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OIE PVS findings on VSB (2006 – 13)
Level of Advancement VSB authority* VSB capacity* VSB**
1
18
14
27
2
8
6
20
3
4
1
10
4
2
4
21
5
2
0
0
Total
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* countries
evaluated 2010 to 2013
** countries evaluated 2006 to 2009
Of the 112 countries considered in the OIE analysis,
approx. 40% are at the lowest level of advancement :
there is no legislation establishing a VSB.
About 75% of countries are in levels 1 to 3: if there is a
VSB, it does not comply with all OIE recommendations.
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Future capacity building needs (1)
There is a need to continue developing
appropriate OIE standards and guidelines,
and to promote their implementation,
notably on matters relevant to veterinary
education and good governance.
New Delegates and designated Focal points
need access to ongoing capacity building to
help countries to comply with the obligations
of OIE membership.
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Future capacity building needs (2)
Many countries that train veterinarians need to
improve the quality of veterinary education.
Many countries need to establish and enforce
educational requirements to hold a license to
practice veterinary medicine. This is the role of the
Veterinary Statutory Body.
Many countries are in need of capacity building to
help them to implement the standards and
recommendations of the OIE on veterinary
education and VSBs. Use of the OIE Twinning
programmes can help to meet this need.
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Future capacity building needs (3)
Countries that have no VSB should take steps to
establish one. Capacity building may be needed to help
countries prepare adequate legislation that gives the
VSB the necessary independence and authority, as well
as the means to administer relevant laws.
Countries may use the OIE Veterinary Legislation
Support Programme, following an initial PVS Evaluation.
Countries that have a VSB / VSBs should encourage
them to comply with the OIE recommendations in
Article 3.2.12.
Use of the OIE twinning programme for VSBs should be
considered as an effective approach to capacity
building.
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Future capacity building needs (4)
Considering that some countries may not be able to
establish VEEs of acceptable quality in the short to
medium term, there is a need to improve the mobility
of competent veterinarians within regions and in some
cases between regions.
Accordingly, there is a need to promote:
• arrangements for mutual recognition of veterinary
qualifications;
• harmonised approaches to basic veterinary
competencies, and
• harmonised approaches to the evaluation and
accreditation of VEEs.
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Future capacity building needs (5)
Considering the variable quality of veterinary
education establishments and the high cost of good
quality veterinary education, there is a need for
advocacy on behalf of the veterinary profession, to
convince governments and donors to make the
needed investments.
There is a need for well thought out national
policies, including strategic consideration of the
number of veterinarians that will be needed in
future, and capacity to train them. The national
Veterinary Services and VSB must be involved in the
development of these policies.
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Future capacity building needs (6)
National policies on VE should consider:
• the need to provide continuing education to all
veterinarians in the public and private sector
• the need for specific training of private veterinarians
to hold accreditation by the Veterinary Authority.
Accreditation should be based on training and tested
competence, and these should be updated
periodically.
Harmonisation of national standards for VE with
regional standards, as appropriate, and with the OIE
standards and recommendations, can be a goal of an
OIE twinning programme for VEE and for VSB.
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Future capacity building needs (7)
There is a need for closer collaboration and better
coordination between veterinary education
establishments, national Veterinary Services and
Veterinary Statutory Bodies.
Many countries need to modernise the national
veterinary legislation to empower the Veterinary
Services to operate in a manner that complies
with the OIE recommendations, including those
on good veterinary governance.
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Future capacity building needs (8)
In some cases, updating of the legislation needs to
be accompanied by investment in human and
physical resources so that the VS have the
capacity to implement new legal requirements.
Countries should consider using the PVS Pathway,
including the PVS Gap Analysis and PVS Costing
Tool and the OIE Veterinary Legislation Support
Programme, to build capacity of the VS, VEE and
VSB.
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Recommendations to the OIE (1)
Continue to develop and implement the PVS Pathway
using all associated supporting mechanisms.
Continue to work closely with Member Countries and
regional and global organisations to support efforts to
improve the quality of veterinary education (both initial
and ongoing) and harmonised approaches to the
recognition of qualifications by relevant institutions,
including through the activities of VSBs.
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Recommendations to the OIE (2)
Increase its collaborative activities with governments
and donors to support countries who wish to
participate in twinning agreements for VEEs and for
their national VSB or equivalent body complying with
international standards.
Within the framework of the PVS Pathway, consider the
creation or strengthening of mechanisms supporting
the evaluation of the quality of all veterinarians on the
basis of their initial and continuing education,
particularly where recognised systems for evaluation of
education do not currently apply.
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Recommendations to the OIE (3)
Encourage the creation, if necessary, of regional
associations with the participation of VSBs or
equivalent organisations with authority for
accrediting VEEs, which could facilitate the
establishment of a list of VEEs that would be
subject to regional accreditation after appropriate
external audit.
This audit would be based on criteria accepted
throughout the region and consistent with the OIE
recommendations, to facilitate the mobility of
veterinarians as appropriate.
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Recommendations to the OIE (4)
Develop guidelines on best practices in the
organisation and functioning of VSBs,
including the legislative base, the
constitution of the VSBs and the
establishment of public-private veterinary
partnerships, for information of OIE Member
Countries and relevant regional and
international organisations.
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Recommendations to the OIE (5)
Continue raising awareness of the important role of
public and private sector components of national
VS, the veterinary profession and other partners.
Continue working in partnership with governments
and donors to encourage them to make sustainable
investments to strengthen the quality and
performance of public and private components of
VS.
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Recommendations to the OIE (6)
Liaise with Member Countries to establish a global
list of recognised, active VEEs within their
territories, including relevant information that is
updated periodically.
Consider means of enhancing existing OIE
communication materials, including the possible
development of on-line information and other tools
to help OIE Delegates and nominated national Focal
Points to participate more effectively in the OIE
procedures.
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Recommendations to the OIE (7)
In liaison with relevant regional and international
Organisations:
a) take steps to encourage and support collaboration
between VSBs or equivalent bodies , relevant official
national or regional accrediting agencies, and VEEs, in
order to harmonise the evaluation of education
programmes.
The goal is to facilitate regional integration of
education systems and regional mobility of
veterinarians, especially for the countries that do not
have access to veterinary education and training
programmes that comply with OIE recommendations;
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Recommendations to the OIE (8)
In liaison with relevant regional and international
Organisations:
b) encourage stronger cooperation between the
animal health and human health education
systems, with a view to achieving objectives
relating to One Health.
c) prioritise needed investments in the
infrastructure of veterinary education to achieve a
sustainable strengthening of public and private
sector components of the national VS.
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Thank you for your attention
Organisation mondiale
de la santé animale
World Organisation
for Animal Health
Organización Mundial
de Sanidad Animal
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