3rd OIE Global Conference on Veterinary Education and the
role of Veterinary Statutory Bodies
OIE capacity building tools available to
Veterinary Education Establishments (VEE) and
Veterinary Statutory Bodies (VSB)
Foz do Iguacu, Brazil
4 - 6 December 2013
Prepared by Dr Alain Dehove,
Coordinator of the OIE World Animal Health and Welfare Fund
Setting international standards
International
standard setting
organisations
SPS Agreement
Animal Health
Food Safety
Plant Health
OIE
CODEX
IPPC
OIE international standards, guidelines and
recommendations for animal health (including zoonoses)
Including standards on the quality of Veterinary Services
and/or Aquatic Animal Health Services
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Setting international standards
OIE international standards, guidelines and
recommendations for animal health (including
zoonoses), for animal welfare and for laboratories
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The PVS Pathway
“Treatment”
Capacity Building,
Specific Activities,
Projects and Programs
Veterinary
Legislation
" Diagnosis"
" Prescription "
Public / Private
Partnerships
PVS
PVS
Evaluation
Gap Analysis
Follow-Up
Veterinary
including
Veterinary Services’
Strategic Priorities
PVS Pathway
Missions
Education
Laboratories
The OIE collaborates with governments,
donors and other stakeholders
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The PVS Pathway
OIE PVS Pathway
is a continuous process aiming to sustainably improve
compliance of Veterinary Services with international
standards and their sustainable efficiency
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OIE Laboratory Twinning Programme
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The PVS Pathway
“Treatment”
Capacity Building,
Specific Activities,
Projects and Programs
Veterinary
Legislation
" Diagnosis"
" Prescription "
Public / Private
Partnerships
PVS
PVS
Evaluation
Gap Analysis
Follow-Up
Veterinary
including
Veterinary Services’
Strategic Priorities
PVS Pathway
Missions
Education
Laboratories
Laboratories
The OIE collaborates with governments,
donors and other stakeholders
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Veterinary Education – Core Curriculum
These Guidelines are to develop
curricula to educate veterinary
students to the expected level of
competency
They apply equally to those who will
work in the private and public sectors
In addition, they help to improve the
quality of initial veterinary medical
education as a means of enhancing
the delivery of National Veterinary
Services
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Veterinary Education – “Day 1 competencies”
Sets out the minimum competencies
required by graduating veterinarians
to be adequately prepared to work in
National Veterinary Services (both
public and private sectors)
High quality veterinary education is of
critical importance to the efficient
functioning of Veterinary Services
Improving the quality of veterinary
education is therefore key to improving
governance of Veterinary Services
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Veterinary Education – “Day 1 competencies”
The minimum competencies include the Public
Good Component of veterinary activities. The
national demand for specific competencies,
reflecting the national context, must also be taken
into account:
Developing courses that concentrate on the ‘Day 1
Competencies’ in the curriculum should take into
account the local context and demand
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Veterinary Education – “Day 1 competencies”
The OIE strongly encourages those responsible for
policies on veterinary education to include these
minimum competencies in the veterinary
curriculum of all OIE Member Countries (if not the
case already)
All bodies responsible for the accreditation of
Veterinary Education Establishments worldwide
should integrate these competencies into
their minimum curriculum requirements
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Veterinary Education – Twinning Manual
Main objectives of the OIE Veterinary
Education Twinning Programme is to
ensure a fairer distribution of veterinary
education resources in developed and
developing countries
Each twinning project is a partnership
between one (or more) recognised and
preferably accredited Veterinary
Education Establishment and a
Candidate Veterinary Education
Establishment
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Veterinary Education – Twinning Manual
Objectives for each twinning project are jointly agreed by
the OIE and the Directors/Deans of the participating VEEs
(Parent and Candidate Establishments) and endorsed by
the National Delegates to the OIE of the countries
concerned
It is essential that National Delegates to the OIE (nominated
by their government) in the countries involved and respective
university management (Executive Directors/Deans) agree
to and support the twinning project
OIE twinning projects between VEEs may last a minimum
of two years and a maximum of three years
(extensions may be envisaged)
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Veterinary Education – Twinning Manual
The VEE twinning contract stipulates strong commitment
from both parties to
“… enhance curricula and pedagogy and to ensure that the
schools’ graduates meet the OIE guidelines on “Day 1
competencies” and core curriculum, other requirements
could be added in accordance with national circumstances.”
The Candidate Establishment may wish to eventually
achieve accreditation under an existing, well established
accreditation body, and/or any other possible current or
future well-established international accreditation or
recognition mechanism
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Veterinary Education – Twinning Manual
The Parent Establishment:
• finalises the project proposal and work plan with the
Candidate Establishment and submits them to the OIE
Headquarters in Paris
• is accountable and responsible for the implementation and
use of the financial resources supporting the twinning
project
• will prepare and transmit the interim and final
technical/financial reports to the OIE
The Candidate Establishment:
• benefits from the end result that has been achieved
through the partnership
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Veterinary Education – Twinning Manual
Expression of interest (submitted to the OIE HQ or through
the OIE RR/SRR)
Project proposal
• (joint) letter(s) from the Directors/Deans of both establishments
• a project plan with objectives, component activities, including
timetable
• a budget proposal: subdivided into subjects (e.g. training), activities
(e.g. a workshop), and nature of expenses (travel, daily allowances,
etc.). Each activity forms a budget line
• (a) letter(s) confirming the agreement of both National Delegates to the
OIE must be received by the OIE before funds can be transferred to
the Parent Establishment … in one of the official languages of the
OIE (English, French or Spanish)
Project contract
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Veterinary Education – Twinning Manual
Funding for the purchase of institution hardware will not be
provided for in the OIE twinning budget
However, an assessment of material needs by external
consultants may help the Candidate Establishment to source
other external funding
Non-eligible costs:
• general “overheads”, “administrative costs”, and “contingencies”
• institution hardware (such as equipment, construction, clothing, IT
equipment, including for e-learning platforms)
Funds are transferred by the OIE to, and managed by, the
Parent Establishment; payments will be made when the
project is initiated (30%), following interim reports/
requests, and after receipt and validation of reports
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Veterinary Education – Twinning Manual
A tried and tested bilateral relationship has a good chance of
being more sustainable and successful. Twinning between
establishments that already have a good relationship should
be encouraged
The benefits from the twinning project should be sustainable,
should continue long after the project and should lead to the
maintenance and further development of veterinary and
educational expertise in the region
Ideally, the relationship among the participating
establishments should be built on collaborative and mutually
beneficial programmes
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The PVS Pathway
“Treatment”
Capacity Building,
Specific Activities,
Projects and Programs
Veterinary
Legislation
" Diagnosis"
" Prescription "
PVS
PVS
Evaluation
Gap Analysis
Public / Private
Partnerships,
incl. VSB
Follow-Up
Veterinary
including
Veterinary Services’
Strategic Priorities
PVS Pathway
Missions
Education
Laboratories
Laboratories
The OIE collaborates with governments,
donors and other stakeholders
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Veterinary Statutory Bodies
Livestock owners, farmers,
zoo keepers are the first to
know about diseases
emanating from animals
Actors of this tripod allow for
strengthened surveillance,
early warning and rapid
Farmers /
response to threats from
Stakeholders
animal diseases
Veterinary Statutory Bodies
(VSB) help to regulate
veterinarians and veterinary
para-professions operating
in this tripod
Veterinarians
(public sector)
Veterinarians
(private sector)
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Veterinary Statutory Bodies
The OIE has developed international standards on
Veterinary Statutory Bodies, which are included in the OIE
Terrestrial Animal Health Code (Vol. 1):
• Evaluation of Veterinary Services (Chapter 3.2)
• Evaluation of Veterinary Statutory Body (Article 3.2.12)
• Article 3.4.6.2. (Veterinary Legislation) of the OIE Terrestrial
Code introduces the need for a “system” to oversee the
veterinary profession and recommends including the
option of delegating these powers to a Veterinary
Statutory Bodies (point d), which will itself function within
a pre-established legislative and regulatory framework
(point e)
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Veterinary Statutory Bodies
Compliance with these standards is evaluated during OIE
PVS Pathway missions through the following Critical
Competencies in the OIE PVS Tool:
• III.5A (Veterinary Statutory Body Authority)
• III.5B (Veterinary Statutory Body Capacity)
The OIE has established a twinning programme for
Veterinary Statutory Bodies to create or strengthen these
Bodies and their capacity
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Veterinary Statutory Bodies
Twinning ensures that Veterinary Statutory Bodies are
strengthened so as to ably regulate the veterinary network
under the Veterinary Authority, whilst complying with
international standards
Although the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code defines a
Veterinary Statutory Body as an “autonomous body”, this is
not the case in all OIE Member Countries
In certain countries, the functions of the VSB are assumed
by an administrative authority or are performed by the
Veterinary Authority itself. Potential twinning “Candidates”
have the possibility to form a VSB that has the capacity to
progressively achieve autonomy or become completely
autonomous
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Veterinary Statutory Bodies
Individual objectives for each twinning project are jointly
agreed by the OIE and the parties involved
The overall objectives of twinning are to improve a country’s
compliance with OIE standards by adapting its national
system of veterinary governance to suit its context and
needs, thereby enabling it to apply the appropriate standards
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Veterinary Statutory Bodies
A twinning project can address partly or all of the following:
1.Strategy:
• The definition of strategies (i.e. rights and obligations,
development of education training plans, professional codes,
etc.) to ensure the existence of a veterinary network and
development of a legal framework for professional practice in the
beneficiary country
2.Structure:
• The organisation of the VSB in the beneficiary country
3.Functions:
• Procedures for registration and control of documentary
evidence of initial and ongoing training
• Disciplinary procedures
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Veterinary Statutory Bodies – Twinning Manual
As twinning between VSBs is founded on the sharing and
transfer of experience, trust and communication are
crucial. Consequently, the OIE considers it an advantage if
links already existed between the partners prior to
twinning i.e. through regional or bilateral projects.
Nevertheless, this is not a precondition
A common language or one in which each partner is fluent
is a selection criterion
As the functions of VSBs have a legal basis and their
missions involve the delegation of powers, it is also important
for the legal systems of each partner to be compatible
(or similar)
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Veterinary Statutory Bodies – Twinning Manual
The length of a twinning project will depend on its scale.
OIE-certified twinning projects have a minimum duration of
one year and a maximum duration of three years
A VSB twinning project may be
• funded entirely by the OIE
• co-financed by the OIE and the Candidate or Parent (or
directly by another donor)
• or funded entirely by the parties (e.g. existing bilateral
technical assistance agreement between two countries)
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Canadian Food
Inspection Agency
Canadian International
Development Agency
Foreign Affairs and
International Trade Canada
Thank you for your attention
Organisation
Mondiale
de la Santé
Animale
World
Organisation
for Animal
Health
Organización
Mundial
de Sanidad
Animal
Contact person: Dr Alain Dehove • a.dehove@oie.int
12 rue de Prony, F-75017 Paris, France • www.oie.int • oie@oie.int
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