The role of OIE in transforming sciences

into practice and policy making

Joseph Domenech

Scientific Developments and Technical Challenges in the Progressive Control

of FMD in South Asia Feb 13- 15, 2012 in New Delhi, India.

Or how scientific progress is incorporated into practice

to achieve progressive control of diseases and food safety

Through the publication of standards, guidelines and

recommendations

Which will be translated in tools, methods, strategies and policies,

laws & regulations

Norms, Guidelines and recommendations address: Trade safety Animal and human health Animal productions Food security, poverty alleviation Income generation

Norms, Guidelines and recommendations must be science based To support decision making based on good scientific reasoning But many challenges today: Private standards, consumer perceptions, political pressure…

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Role of the OIE Chronology

Headquarters in Paris (France)

5 Regional Representations

6 Sub-Regional Representations

An intergovernmental organisation

Creation of the Office International des Epizooties (OIE)

World Organisation for Animal Health

Creation of the United Nations

Creation

1924 2003

of the n o

1945

In 2011

178 Member Countries in 2011

Africa 52 – Americas 30 – Asia, the Far East and Oceania 36 Europe 53 – Middle-East 20

Some countries belong to more than one region

Governance structure of the OIE World

Assembly of Delegates

Director General

Regional Commissions

Specialist Commissions

Code, Aquatic Animals,

Laboratories, and

Scientific

Headquarters

Working Groups Ad hoc Groups

Reference Laboratories Collaborating

Centres

Council

Regional Representations R

These representations closely collaborate with Regional Commissions and are directly under the

Director General’s authority.

Governance structure of the OIE

A mandate far wider than when the OIE was created

To prevent the spread of animal diseases throughout the world (1924)

To improve animal health worldwide (4th Strat. Plan 2006-2010)

FIFTH STRATEGIC PLAN 2011 - 2015

Improve animal health, veterinary public health,

animal welfare, and consolidate the animal’s

role worldwide

First, continuing to consolidate major objectives of the 4th Strategic Plan

Transparency of world animal

disease situation

(including zoonoses)

l

Collect and publish

veterinary scientific

information, notably animal

disease prevention and

control methods

d

Sanitary safety of international

trade in animals and

their products under the

mandate given by the WTO

Reinforcing priority missions of the Fifth Strategic Plan 2011-2015

Food safety: • Need for a global

supply of safe food • The Veterinary

Services must play a key role in protecting consumers

Food security: • Food security (from quantitative and qualitative perspective) is a key public health concern • Healthy animals guarantee food security and food safety

Developing international standards on animal welfare

Animal health is a key component of animal welfare

New actions

One Health: A worldwide strategy for managing

risks at the animal-human interface ecosystems

Veterinary education: International recognition promotion of veterinary qualifications

New sanitary and environmental risks

Impact of climate and environmental

change on the emergence of

animal diseases

Relationship between animal

production systems and climate change

Relation animal / environment:

The Strategic Plans implemented through the Director General’s work programme will continue to show that, since 1924

OIE activities are a global public good

for the International Community, and that the cost to Members is negligible compared to the

services it provides

OIE Standard setting process - Specialized Commissions: Scientific Commission for Animal Diseases, Code Com., Biological Standards Com., Aquatic animals Com. - Ad Hoc Groups: FMD Vaccine Quality, FMS Status, PPR, PRRS, Brucellosis, CSF, RVF, Epidemiology, Trade in animal products, Antimicrobial resistance… - Working Groups: Wildlife, Food safety…

Proposed Standards sent to all OIE Delegates Comments from all OIE Delegates Consultation of major partners Second round of discussions with Commissions… General Session May Adoption: vote of all Delegates during the World Assembly

Proposed Standards sent to all OIE Delegates Transparency New texts for Conflict of Interest and Confidentiality Top down and bottom up process Democratic process

OIE Tools

- HQs Departments: Scientific & Technical, Animal Health Information, International Trade, Regional Activities - Expertise

The OIE’s scientific Network OIE Reference Centers

225 laboratories, 111 diseases/topics in 37 countries

40 Collaborating Centres 38 topics in 21 countries

Collaborating Centres

Reference Laboratories

ReferenceLaboratories

Disease information

DISEASE TRACKING

DATA ANALYSIS DISEASE INTELLIGENCE

Fundamental activities

for targeted surveillance, prediction,

awareness and reporting to OIE

And then for the appropriate response: choice of tools, methods and startegies

Global Early Warning System (GLEWS)

Permanent institutional cooperation FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization WHO - World Health Organization WTO - World Trade Organization IPPC - International Plant Protection Convention World Bank CABI - CAB International ILRI - International Livestock Research Institute

And cooperation with Regional public organisations and private sector bodies

(more than 50 agreements)

International Cooperation

FAO - OIE GF TADS

Global Framework for the Progressive Control of Transboundary Animal Diseases

Publications www.oie.int

OIE Scientific and Technical Review 2012 Vol. 31 (3) Plurithematic issue of the Scientific and Technical Review, 2012 Vol. 31 (2) Good governance and financing of efficient Veterinary Services Vol. 31 (1) Antibiotic resistance in animal and public health

Vol. 30 (1) 2010

Vol. 30 (2) 2010

Disease Information Summaries “Disease cards”

OIE Global Conference on Wildlife Animal Health and Biodiversity – Preparing for the Future Paris (France), 23-25 February 2011

OIE website: Recommendations and presentations

Conferences

Underlying principles - Scientific advances to be translated in

the Code - Standards OIE to be used by

importing/exporting countries - Quality of Veterinary Services to

implement and certify - Risk based approaches, Risk analysis - Regional/international approaches

Underlying principles

- Multisectoral approaches

- Private Public Parternership

- Other factors than sciences to be

adressed:

Consumer perception

Economical and political pressure

Challenges for the normative Organizations - Globalization/increase of exchanges - Food security and poverty alleviation - Emergence and bioterrorism - Wildlife - Reduction of Veterinary Services

budgets - Commodity trade/commodity based - Heterogeneous education levels:

evaluation, core curriculum

Context

Repeated Crises

Animal diseases: a major problem for animal productions and human health - Food security - Rural development - Small holders livelihoods - Trade: domestic, regional, international - Human health and well being

Animal products trade

Global cargo ship network

Travel time to main cities And shipping lanes

0 36h 2j 10j

Globalisation

Global Hot Spots of Infectious Disease Emergence

from wildlife

from non- wildlife

drug-resistance

vector-borne

from: Jones et al – Nature - 2008

Additional new challenges for the normative Organizations

- Additional conditions/consumer

perception: animal welfare, residues - Political pressure - Direct bilateral agreements between

importing and exporting countries - Private standards - Increasing role of the private industry Good management practices…

Sciences-based and risk- based approaches to be maintained

Some examples

Capacity building

Capacity building programme for Delegates and focal points Meetings organised

by the OIE and its

regional and sub-

regional offices

Veterinary education

Recognition of veterinary qualifications. Promotion of professional excellence throughout the world

OIE Worldwide Conference of Deans of veterinary Education establishments

- Minimum curriculum - Evaluation - Twinnings

FMD

- PCP - Code articles 1.6.2, 1.6.7 et 8.5.48 - AHGs: FMD Statuts, Vaccine quality - Transversal WGs and AHGs: Wildlife, Epidemiology - Scientific Commission for Animal Diseases - 8 Reference laboratories

- Publications

SEACFMD, PAMA, Laboratory twinnings Vet Faculty twinnings Support to veterinary services

Preparation of a global control strategy

- Field Projets:

Thank you for

your attention