OIE PVS pathway:

Lessons learnt and impacts

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Bolortuya Purevsuren

CVO of Mongolia, Deputy Director of

Government Implementing Agency for

Veterinary and Animal Breeding

Outline

Lessons learnt and impact of PVS tools

OIE PVS tools result

OIE Mission

Veterinary Service of Mongolia

Mongolia

Mongolia

Territory: 1.566 thous sq. km

Land boundaries: 8,158 km, with Russia 3,485 km with China 4,673 km

Average altitude: 1,580 m above sea-level

Temperatures in the winter -15 C and -40 C, in the summer +10 C and +35 C,

Precipitation in the plains and mountains 380 mm, in the desert and Gobi areas 125

mm

Administratively the country is divided into 22 aimags (21 provinces plus the city of

Ulaanbaatar), 335 soums (districts), and 1,800 bags (the smallest administrative unit)

Extensive livestock production plays a crucial role in the national

economy, in national consumption, and in employment

Horse 2.6 mln

Cattle 2.9 mln

Sheep 20.04 mln Camel 0.33 mln

Goat 19.2 mln

Free access of pasture and water recourses

Mixed herd of sheep, goat, horses, cattle and camel

Average size of livestock in one herding household is 150-200

Total livestock

45.075 million

VETERINARY SERVICE OF MONGOLIA

Ministry of Food, Agriculture and LI

VETERINARY AND ANIMAL

BREEDING AGENCY (2009)

Inspectorate of Food safety, production

and service inspection State Inspectorate

of Border Inspection

Provincial level veterinary service / VETERINARY LABORATORY (22)

Soum level private

veterinary unit (773) Veterinary inspector at border post, meatplant and soum

Veterinary

Drug

Quality control

Laboratory

Songino

BIOKOMBINAT

State Central

Veterinary

Laboratory

School of

Veterinary

Medicine

Veterinary

Research

institute

Ministry

of Science,

Education

and Culture

MSUA

Since 2003,

as part of GASI

Internal structure of Veterinary and Animal

breeding agency

OIE experts mission

1. Performance, Vision and Strategy: 17-27 April 2007

• A tool for the governance of Veterinary Services

2. OIE PVS Gap Analysis report: 2-13 Aug 2010

3. Veterinary legislation identification mission: 29 Oct to 2 Nov 2012.

4. Laboratory PVS – Expecting 2014

Key recommendations PVS

1. Organization and structure: 2 main authorities

• Department of Veterinary and Animal Breeding

• General Agency for Specialized Inspection

- functions are not clear, lack of communication, no

sufficient information.

2. Political interference Veterinary service

3. Chain of command

4. Restricted budget

1

Establish

objectives and

strategies

2

The

organization

concerned

3

Estimate

resource needs

over 5 years

OIE PVS Gap Analysis report: 2-13 August, 2010

Barriers to success

Institutional governance

Unclear chain command (central to field levels)

Unclear and divided accountabilities (VABA, GASI)

Limited inter-agency coordination

Legal framework

Unclear chain of command

Regulation not adequately applied

Not fully prepared for disease control

Need strategies and documented procedures for testing, culling,

identification, movement controls and quarantine

Laboratories Risks of duplication

Budgets

General observation on legislation

Quality of legislation should be improved

Some definitions are unclear or missing

Concept of paper is not enough to proper consultation

New legislation should be drafted with view to the future- what Mongolia will Mongolia’s needs be in 10 years

Needs to be more in line with OIE standards

Code ethic is missing

Delegation of power has to be clarified in legislation

Using PVS for improvement

Establish Institutional governance

Animal health law drafted

State Secretary Committee Recommendation to the

Government of Mongolia

Revised TORs of Veterinary Department staffs

Established State Veterinary unit at the county level

Expecting to have Veterinary Border control activities by

Restructuring General Agency for Specialized Agency

Looking establish Emergency Operation Unit at the veterinary

department

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Using PVS for improvement

Improve disease control strategies

FMD, Brucellosis strategy is updated

Prioritizing disease

Planning improvement- Vaccination Program shifting

to surveillance program

Best use of human recourses

SOPs development

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Using PVS for improvement

Technical and human resource development

Training

Laboratory capacity development

Collaboration with International Projects and donor

organization

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