OIE PVS Pathway PVS T… · Workshop for OIE National Focal Points for Aquatic Animals Gillian...

Workshop for OIE National Focal Points for Aquatic Animals

Gillian Mylrea

Lisbon (Portugal): 19-11 April 2013

OIE PVS Pathway

‘OIE PVS Tool: Aquatic’

OIE develops international standards, guidelines and recommendations for animal health (including zoonoses) and welfare

- for aquatic and terrestrial animals

Including standards on the quality of Veterinary Services or Aquatic Animal Health Services

SPS Agreement

Food Safety

CODEX

Plant Health

IPPC Animal Health

OIE

International

standard setting organisations

OIE international standards

OIE PVS Pathway

is a continuous process aiming to sustainably improve

compliance of Veterinary Services or Aquatic Animal Health

Services with international standards and their sustainable

efficiency

Capacity Building,

Specific Activities,

Projects and Programmes

PVS

Gap Analysis

PVS Pathway

Follow-Up

Missions

Veterinary

Legislation

Public / Private

Partnerships

Veterinary

Education

Laboratories

“ Diagnosis” “ Prescription”

“Treatment”

including

Veterinary Services’ Strategic

Priorities

PVS

Evaluation

The OIE collaborates with

governments, donors and

other stakeholders

What it is:

a qualitative assessment of a country’s National Veterinary Services’ or

Aquatic Animal Health Services’ performance and their compliance with the

OIE international standards on the quality of the VS or AAHS;

What it provides:

assists VS or AAHS to establish their current level of performance against the

47 critical competencies (an evaluation not an audit);

identifies gaps and weaknesses in their ability to comply with OIE standards;

raises awareness and improves the understanding of all sectors in the country

regarding the fundamental components and critical competencies that these

services must have in order to function effectively;

PVS Evaluation?

PVS Tool

A tool for the Good Governance of

Veterinary Services

Chapter 3.1. –

Veterinary Services

Chapter 3.2. –

Evaluation of

Veterinary Services

Mission completed Mission requested Report Available Specific approach

State of play up to 21 January 2013

Initial OIE PVS Evaluations

OIE PVS Tool: Aquatic

A tool for the Good Governance of

Aquatic Animal Health Services

Chapter 3.1.

Quality of Aquatic

Animal Health

Services

NEW

Independent evaluation

Provides a strong legitimisation of a request for national and/or

international financing;

Performed using OIE experts.

Self-evaluation

To assess a country’s own VS / AAHS performance;

Performed by internal experts with possible input by OIE experts.

Bilateral negotiations

An evaluation of the exporting country’s VS / AAHS to assist

negotiations between trading countries;

Undertaken by mutual agreement.

Use of the PVS Tool

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Human,

Physical,

Financial

Resources

Technical

Capability

and

Authority

Interaction

with

Interested

Parties

Market

Access

4 fundamental components

Critical

competencies

(6 - 13)

5 levels of

advancement

Market

Access

PVS Tool

Ch I. Human, Physical and Financial Resources Critical Competencies

Section I-1 Professional and technical staffing of the Veterinary Services or Aquatic Animal Health Services

Section I-2 Competencies of veterinarians or aquatic animal professionals, and other technical personnel

Section I-3 Continuing education

Section I-4 Technical independence

Section I-5 Stability of structures and sustainability of policies

Section I-6 Coordination capability of the Veterinary Services or Aquatic Animal Health Services

Section I-7 Physical resources

Section I-8 Operational funding

Section I-9 Emergency funding

Section I-10 Capital investment

Section I-11 Management of resources and operations

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Chapter II. Technical Authority and Capability Critical Competencies

Section II-1 Laboratory diagnosis

Section II-2 Laboratory quality assurance

Section II-3 Risk analysis

Section II-4 Quarantine and border security

Section II-5 Epidemiological surveillance and early detection

Section II-6 Emergency response

Section II-7 Disease prevention, control and eradication

Section II-8 Food safety

Section II-9 Veterinary medicines and biologicals

Section II-10 Residue testing

Section II-11 Aquatic animal feed safety

Section II-12 Traceability

Section II-13 Welfare of farmed fish

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Chapter III - Interaction with Interested Parties

Critical Competencies

Section III-1 Communication

Section III-2 Consultation with interested parties

Section III-3 Official representation

Section III-4 Accreditation / authorisation / delegation

Section III-5 Veterinary Statutory Body and other professional authorities

Section III-6 Participation of producers and other with interested parties in joint

programmes

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Chapter IV – Access to Markets

Critical Competencies

Section IV-1 Preparation of legislation and regulations

Section IV-2 Implementation of legislation and regulations and compliance of interested parties

Section IV-3 International harmonisation

Section IV-4 International certification

Section IV-5 Equivalence and other types of sanitary agreements

Section IV-6 Transparency

Section IV-7 Zoning

Section IV-8 Compartmentalisation

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Advancement Level 1

no compliance

Advancement Level 5

full compliance with OIE

standards

OIE PVS Tool: Levels of Advancement

5 levels of advancement

(qualitative) for each

critical competency

A higher level assumes

compliance with all preceding

levels

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FC. Human, Physical and Financial Resources

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I-6 Coordination capability of the Veterinary

Services or AAHS

A. Internal coordination (chain of command)

The capability of the VS or AAHS to coordinate

its resources and activities (public and private

sectors) with a clear chain of command, from the

central level to the field level of the VS or AAHS

in order to implement all national activities

relevant for OIE Codes (i.e. surveillance, disease

control and eradication, food safety and early

detection and rapid response programmes).

Levels of advancement

1. There is no formal internal coordination and

the chain of command is not clear.

2. There are internal coordination mechanisms

for some activities but the chain of command

is not clear.


and a clear and effective chain of command

for some activities.



at the national level for most activities.



for all activities and these are periodically

reviewed/audited and updated.

FC. Technical authority and capability

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II-1 Laboratory diagnosis

A. Access to laboratory diagnosis

The authority and capability of the VS or AAHS to

have access to laboratory diagnosis in order to

identify and record pathogenic agents, including

those relevant for public health, that can

adversely affect aquatic animals and aquatic

animal products.


1. Disease diagnosis is almost always

conducted by clinical means only, with no

access to and use of a laboratory to obtain a

correct diagnosis.

2. For major diseases of national economic

importance, the VS or AAHS have access to

and use a laboratory to obtain a correct

diagnosis.

3. For other diseases present in the country, the

VS or AAHS have access to and use a

laboratory to obtain a correct diagnosis.

4. For diseases of economic importance not

present in the country, but known to exist in

the region and/ or that could enter the

country, the VS or AAHS have access to and

use a laboratory to obtain a correct diagnosis.

5. In the case of new and emerging diseases in

the region or world, the VS or AAHS have

access to and use a network of national or

international reference laboratories (e.g. an

OIE Reference Laboratory) to obtain a

correct diagnosis.

FC. Interactions with interested parties

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III-2 Consultation with interested parties

The capability of the VS or AAHS to consult effectively with

interested parties on VS or AAHS activities and programmes,

and on developments in aquatic animal health and food safety.

This competency includes collaboration with relevant

authorities, including other ministries and Competent

Authorities, national agencies and decentralised institutions

that share authority or have mutual interest in relevant areas


1. The VS or AAHS have no mechanisms for

consultation with interested parties.

2. The VS or AAHS maintain informal channels of

consultation with interested parties.

3. The VS or AAHS maintain a formal consultation

mechanism with interested parties.

4. The VS or AAHS regularly hold workshops and

meetings with interested parties.

5. The VS or AAHS actively consult with and solicit

feedback from interested parties regarding

proposed and current activities and programmes,

developments in aquatic animal health and food

safety, interventions at the OIE (Codex

Alimentarius Commission and WTO SPS

Committee where applicable), and ways to

improve their activities.

FC. Access to markets

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IV-4 International certification

The authority and capability of the VS or AAHS to certify

aquatic animals, aquatic animal products, services and

processes under their mandate, in accordance with the

national legislation and regulations, and international

standards.


1. The VS or AAHS have neither the authority nor the

capability to certify aquatic animals, aquatic animal

products, services or processes.

2. The VS or AAHS have the authority to certify

certain aquatic animals, aquatic animal products,

services and processes, but are not always in

compliance with the national legislation and

regulations and international standards.

3. The VS or AAHS develop and carry out

certification programmes for certain aquatic

animals, aquatic animal products, services and

processes under their mandate in compliance with

international standards.

4. The VS or AAHS develop and carry out all relevant

certification programmes for any aquatic animals,

aquatic animal products, services and processes

under their mandate in compliance with

international standards.

5. The VS or AAHS carry out audits of their

certification programmes, in order to maintain

national and international confidence in their

system.

Why undertake a PVS Evaluation?

to assist VS or AAHS to establish their

current level of performance in implementing

OIE standards in aquatic animals;

to identify gaps and weaknesses in their

ability to comply with OIE international

standards;

to form a shared vision with interested parties

(including the private sector) and

to establish priorities and carry out strategic

initiatives.

New 2013 edition

A tool for Good Governance of Aquatic Animal Health

Services

OIE PVS Tool - Aquatic

New PVS Tool: Aquatic will be:

made available on the OIE website by May 2013;

printed in hard copy by May 2013;

The OIE will:

continue to develop the PVS Tool: Aquatic as we gain

experience from missions;

advocate for good aquatic animal health governance as the

only sustainable basis to enable aquatic production to reach its

potential goals;

work with funding institutions to require results of OIE PVS be

applied to aquatic animal health services before projects

receive new funds.

The way forward

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PVS Tool - Aquatic missions State of play (up to April 2013)

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OIE Members AAHS PVS Evaluation

requests received

AAHS PVS Evaluation

missions

implemented

Africa 52 3 2*

Americas 29 1 0

Asia, the Far East and

Oceania 32 3 3*

Europe 53 0 0

Middle East 12 0 0

TOTAL 178 7 5

* 2 in Africa and 1 in Asiat were addressed as part of a standard OIE PVS Evaluation

Members are encouraged to request a PVS

Evaluation of their Aquatic Animal Health Services;

How?

The OIE Delegate makes a request to the OIE Director

General;

The only cost for the Member is internal transport of

experts;

The report is confidential unless the country agrees to

make it publically available.

The way forward

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Need more information?

www.oie.int

An OIE capacity building activity

OIE Laboratory Twinning Projects

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Insert map of RLs

Each twinning project links an existing OIE Reference Laboratory or

Collaborating Centre with a selected candidate laboratory for 2 year

period.

OBJECTIVES:

improve geographical coverage of expertise (focusing on developing

countries and countries in transition)

enabling more countries to access high quality diagnostic testing

and expert knowledge within their region thus facilitating early

disease detection and rapid control

build and maintain a scientific community in beneficiary countries

improve compliance with OIE international standards


8 projects completed; 33 approved and underway; at least 35

others in the pipeline;

BUT only one in an aquatic animal disease;

A few applications for aquatic animals diseases are pending;

For more information go to:

http://www.oie.int/en/support-to-oie-members/laboratory-twinning/


State of play up to 21 January 2013

Thank you

Why include AAHS in OIE PVS activities?

Aquatic animal health has been part of the OIE mandate

for over 50 years.

Aquatic animal production based on aquaculture is

growing exponentially, and has during the past 5 -10 years

already surpassed catch-fisheries measured in volume in

many countries world-wide.

Good management of aquatic animal health requires a

competent AAHS.

OIE considers the strengthening of both aquatic animal

health services and classical veterinary services as a

global priority.

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