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FAO China ECTAD Highlights - June 2018, Vol. 113

Year of publication 2018

Place of publication Beijing, China ;

Pages 2

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Newsletter

Series number Vol. 113, June 2018

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Drs Song Junxia and Han Zifeng from FAO China Emergency Center for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) Office were participated in the mid-term regional meeting on the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework of the EPT-2 programme in Bangkok, Thailand from 5-8 June 2018. The main objectives of the meeting were to review previous M&E data collection rounds to improve processes, methodologies, data quality; provide a forum for sharing experiences related to data collection and reporting; and facilitate the transition from having M&E data to using the M&E data. More than 30 participants from FAO headquarters M&E team, FAO ECTAD Regional Office for Asia and Pacific (RAP) and ECTAD country teams attended the meeting. Secondly, the 3rd China-Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC) Customs Inspection and Quarantine Cooperation Dialogue was held on 7 June 2018 in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province. The conference was hosted General Administration of Customs, China (GACC) and Ningbo Municipal People’s Government, which brought together over 280 participants from 13 Central and Eastern European countries, Russia and Ukraine, World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), FAO, European Union Delegation in China, GACC, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, National Health Commission, State Administration for Market Regulation, China Railway Group and China Oil and Foodstuffs Cooperation (COFCO). With the theme of "Better Cooperation for Enhanced Safety and Increased Trade", the conference aimed to strengthen cooperation between China and CEEC in the field of customs inspection and quarantine, and create a platform for all parties for policy interaction, technology exchange, the capacity assistance, so as to improve the quality and safety standard of food and agricultural products, smooth trade flow, achieve win-win for China and the CEEC and countries along the ‘One Belt & One Road’, so as to build the community of shared interests, shared responsibilities and shared future for the international trade of food and agricultural products. Thirdly, the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) Transboundary Animal Diseases (TADs) Prevention and Control Training Workshop on Diagnosis of Transboundary Animal Diseases in Lancang-Mekong countries was held on 12 June 2018 in Kunming, Yunnan Province. The key objectives of the workshop were to strengthen cooperation among Lancang-Mekong countries in animal health; build capacity of laboratory diagnosis for surveillance of foot and mouth disease (FMD); share knowledge of laboratory diagnosis with participants from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam; and discuss about how to solve the unofficial animal cross-border movement between Yunnan Province and neighbouring countries.

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