Timetable - The 60^th Executive Committee Meeting and the 25^th Session of APHCA (APHCA: 01/1)

(MANILA, PHILIPPINES, 24-26 SEPTEMBER 2001)

Sunday, 23 September 2001 Arrival of Overseas Guests

Monday, 24 September 2001

Morning Programmes: Registration and Opening of the 60^th Ex-Com. Meeting, the 25^th Session of APHCA, the FAO-APHCA Workshop on Preparing for and Managing Disease Emergency, and the FAO-APHCA Workshop on Buffalo Development

08:00-09:00	Registration/The 60th Executive Committee Meeting (for Ex-Com. Members: - India, Philippines, Bangladesh, Papua New Guinea and Nepal)
09:00-09:30	Opening Ceremony (for the over-all functions, will include the chief guest/guests of honour from DA, BAI, AGAL, FAOR, and APHCA)
09:30-10:00	Tea/Coffee Break
10:00-12:30	The 25th APHCA Business Session
12:30-13:30	Lunch
Afternoon Programmes: Special Presentations and APHCA Business Session (Cont.)
13:30-14:00	The 25th APHCA Business Session (Cont.)
14:00-15:00	60 minutes for Presentations by Observers/Representatives from Organization/Institution (ILRI, JICA, OIE, EU project in Laos)
15:00-15:30	Tea/Coffee Break
15:30-17:30	Update on SoW Animal Genetic Resources by Dr. Hans Wagner, FAO-RAP Area-Wide Integration of Specialized Crop and Livestock Activities by Dr. Henning Steinfeld, Chief of AGAL, FAO Headquarters Emerging Livestock Diseases in Asia The Zoonotic Paramyxoviruses Nipah Virus The Component Strategies of EU Livestock Project in Laos

Tuesday, 25 September 2001

Morning Programmes: The FAO-APHCA Workshop on Preparing for and Managing a Disease Emergency

08:30-09:15	Concepts in Emergency Management and Introduction to GEMP by Dr. R. Paskin
09:15-10:00	FMD Eradication & Preparedness by Philippines Representative
10:00-10:30	Tea/Coffee Break
10:30-12:15	Progress with Rinderpest Eradication by Pakistan Representative
12:15-12:30	General Discussion & Questions
12:30-13:30	Lunch
Afternoon Programmes: The FAO-APHCA workshop on Buffalo Development in Asia
13:30-15:30	The FAO-APHCA workshop on Buffalo Development CGIAR’s Animal Genetic Resource by Dr. Douglas Gray
15:30-16:30	Tea/Coffee Break
16:00-17:30	Workshop (Cont.)
18:30-20:30	Dinner (Host by SEARCA and PCARRD)

Wednesday, 26 September 2001

08:30-12:30	Field Trip (Foodsphere Factory and a Carabao Farm)
12:30-13:30	Lunch
Afternoon Programmes: Special Presentations and APHCA Business Session (Cont.)
13:30-17:30	Wrap-up Meeting (Adoption of Session Report and Closing of the Session)(Tea/Coffee to be Served in the Meeting Room)
18:30-20:30	Farewell Dinner (Hosted by FAO-APHCA)

Thursday, 27 September 2001 Departure of Overseas Guests

PROVISIONAL AGENDA

1. Opening of the Session

2. Adoption of the Agenda, Induction of Chairman and Election of Executive Committee Members

3. Minutes of the 59^th Executive Committee Meeting and the 24^th Session of APHCA

4. Statement of Accounts of APHCA Trust Fund for 2000-2001 and other Financial Matters

5. Report on APHCA Activities during 2000-2001

6. APHCA Programme of Work and Budget for 2001 and 2002

7. FAO-APHCA Workshop on Preparing for and Managing a Disease Emergency

8. FAO-APHCA Workshop on Buffalo Development

9. Report on the International Workshop on Area-Wide Integration of Specialized Crop and Livestock Activities by Dr. Henning Steinfeld, Chief of AGAL, FAO Headquarters

10. Report on Emerging Livestock Diseases in Asia

The Zoonotic Paramyxoviruses
Nipah Virus

12. Provisional Agenda for the 61^st Executive Committee Meeting and the 26^th Session of APHCA

13. Other Business

14. Adoption of the Minutes/Report of the Session

15. Closing of the Session