IGAD
Brief update report to the SPS committee
MarcH 2024
Communication from THE Intergovernmental
Authority on development (IGAD)
The following communication,
received on 5 February 2025, is being circulated at the request of
the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD).
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1. The IGAD Center for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development (ICPALD)
is a regional technical Center of IGAD (Intergovernmental Authority on
Development), a regional economic community serving the eight member States in
Eastern Africa (Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan
and Uganda). Technical support provided for the above member States by
IGAD/ICPALD during the reporting period to enhance transboundary animal disease
control and livestock trade in the region, complementing the national
development efforts of member States, includes:
1 Training of Government Field Extension Officers on Standard Methods
and Procedures (SMPs) For Priority Transboundary Animal Diseases (TADs) And
Quarantines in the IGAD Region and Risk-Based and Syndromic Animal Disease
Surveillance
2. AU-IBAR and ICPALD with financial support from USAID coordinated the
development and implementation of Standard Methods and Procedures for animal
health (SMP-AH) of 10 priority TADs and quarantine. ICPALD has supported the
rollout of the SMPs in the region albeit at limited coverage in the countries.
3. To expand the roll out, ICPALD undertook a training of trainers
(ToT) to develop a critical mass to ensure an extensive rollout especially in
Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. As a result, 17 officers (one female) from
Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia participated in the 5-day training in November
2024. These will train livestock value chain actors in their areas of
jurisdiction, hence increase outreach.
4. The key objectives of SMPs include:
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