Office International des

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Office International des Épizooties World
Organisation for Animal Health created in 1924 in
Paris
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162 Member Countries
Americas 28 Africa 47 Europe 49 Middle
East 12 Asia 26
Delegates are the Chief Veterinary Officers
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Objectives

• To ensure transparency in the animal health
  situation throughout the world.
• To collect, analyse and disseminate scientific
  veterinary information.
• To contribute expertise and encourage
  international collaboration in the control of
  animal diseases.
• Within its mandate under SPS and WTO Agreement,
  to safeguard world trade by publishing health
  standards for international trade in animals and
  animal products.
• 5. To improve the legal framework and resources
  of Veterinary Services.

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The OIE Early Warning System
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Approach of the Code

• Generic (horizontal) chapters
• import risk analysis methodology
• monitoring and surveillance standards
• evaluation of veterinary services, etc.
• Specific chapters on listed animal diseases and
  zoonoses covering
• live animals
• semen and embryos
• products of animal origin (meat, eggs, milk,
  hides and skins.)

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Updatinginternational standards
COMMITTEE,COMMISSIONS,DELEGATES
PROBLEM
Specialist Commissions
Review
Advice of experts or other Specialist Commissions
Draft text
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DELEGATES
Comments
COMMITTEE
OIE INTERNATIONALSTANDARD
Adoption
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New work programme

• Animal welfare
• Animal production food safety
• Regular up-dating of all Code chapters
• Interactive consultations

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Areas of cooperation with Codex (1)

• Equivalence
• Risk analysis
• Regionalisation and zoning
• Surveillance and monitoring
• Transparency

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Areas of cooperation with Codex (2)

• Control, Inspection and Certification Procedures
• Zoonoses
• Pre-Harvest Food and Feed Safety
• Biotechnology
• Veterinary Drugs and Antimicrobial Resistance

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Collaborating Centres and Reference Laboratories

• 152 Collaborating Centres and
• Reference Laboratories across the world
• Collaborating Centres horizontal themes
• Reference Laboratories for diagnosis, control,
  research and training

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Functions and Responsibilitiesof the OIE
Reference Laboratories

• 1. Act as a centre of expertise for a disease
  and standardisation of methodology,
• 2. Storage and distribution of standards strains
  and diagnostic standards, antisera, antigens and
  other reagents,
• 3. Development of new diagnostic methods,
• 4. Collection, processing and analysis of
  epizootiological data,

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Functions and Responsibilitiesof the OIE
Reference Laboratories (contd)

• 5. Provision of technical assistance to the OIE
• 6. Training in specific areas,
• 7. Organisation of scientific meetings on behalf
  of the OIE,
• 8. Co-ordination of collaborative studies,
• 9. Publication and dissemination of the relevant
  information.

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Information on the OIE Web Site

• Early warning
• Weekly Disease Information
• International Standards (Codes, Manuals, etc.)
• Scientific and Technical Review (contents and
  abstracts)
• Scientific and general information on OIE
  activities, animal diseases and zoonoses

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Capacity Building

• WTO coordinated Seminars
• Assistance to Delegates (national or regional)
• Specific workshops on Risk Analysis, Veterinary
  Services
• Workshops on disease control and trade
  resolution
• Seminars on vaccine production and standardization

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Capacity Building cont.

• Participation in Ad hoc expert groups
• Assistance in animal health data submission
• Mediation on trade concerns
• Twinning with Reference Centers and Laboratories

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World organisation for animal health
12 rue de prony 75017 paris, france Tel 33 (0)1
44 15 18 88 Fax [phone] Email
oie_at_oie.int http//www.oie.int