Timetable (APHCA 2004/01)

Time

Subject

Sunday, 26 September 2004

1600 - 1700

64^th APHCA executive committee meeting(delegates from India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines and Thailand)

Monday, 27 September 2004

0830 - 0900

Registration

0900 - 0930

Opening of the APHCA session(speeches by R H Raja, Chairperson of APHCA and J Lubroth, representative from FAO Rome)

0930 - 1000

APHCA business session:

- Adoption of agenda

- Minutes of the 62^nd, 63^rd executive committee meetings and the 27^th APHCA session

- Statement of account (H Wagner)

1000 - 1030

Coffee break

1030 - 1100

APHCA business session: activities - general(H Wagner)

1100 - 1230

APHCA business session: activities - specific

- Global framework on transboundary animal diseases(including GMS, SAARC, etc.) (S Morzaria)

- Food and feed safety (C Benigno)

- WTO's sanitary and phytosanitary, BSE and veterinary public health (V Songkitti)

- AWI - GEF PDF-B (livestock and environment) (H Wagner)

- Animal genetic resources (H Wagner)

1230 - 1330

Lunch

1330 - 1400

APHCA special session on AI: updated AI situation in Asia(C Benigno)

1400 - 1430

FAO TCPs on AI in Asia - an introduction and overview(H Wagner)

1430 - 1530

Guiding principles and recommendations on the prevention of AI(J Lubroth)

1530 - 1600

Coffee break

1600 - 1640

APHCA special session on AI (continued):

- Progress on TCP/RAS/3006 - AI diagnosis and surveillance network in Southeast Asia (W Kalpravidh)

- Progress on TCP/RAS/3010 - Post- (with) avian influenza rehabilitation in Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Viet Nam and Thailand (F Dolberg)

1830 - 2000

Welcoming dinner hosted by DLD

Tuesday, 28 September 2004

0900 - 1000

APHCA special session on AI (continued):Special presentations:

- AI in ducks (T Songserm)

- Traceability in broiler meat processing industry (Y Muhpayak, Thai Broiler Processing Exporters Association)

1000 - 1015

Outlines for sub-regional working groups' discussions and group breaking (H Wagner)

1015 - 1045

Coffee break

1045 - 1230

Regional working groups' discussions on AI:

- Lab diagnostic; epidemiology, surveillance, data management and information networking; and sustainability of future activities - transition to regional organizations

1230 - 1330

Lunch

1330 - 1400

Presentations from the groups(representatives from the 2 groups)

1400 - 1500

Collaborations in AI prevention and control(OIE by T Fujita and JICA by M Sasaki)

1500 - 1530

Coffee break

1530 - 1630

Conclusion on the APHCA special session on AI - future involvement of APHCA in control and prevention of AI in the region(R H Raja)

Wednesday, 29 September 2004

FAO-APHCA/AGAP workshop on small-scale dairying (SSD) for improved food security and safety, incomes and rural employment

0900 - 0950

SSD workshop opening:

- Welcoming address (C Leowijuk)

- Workshop aims / FAO worldwide and Asia-Pacific SSD activities (B Dugdill)

0950 - 1230

Presentations on small-scale dairying:

- SSD for food security and food safety (T Bennett)

- SSD for enhancing incomes and employment (Steve Staal)

- SSD for poverty alleviation and community empowerment - Bangladesh: the Grameen Bank and Milk Vita experiences (H Rahman)

- Breeding for SSD (L Dempfle)

- The lactoperoxidase system (LPs) of milk preservation - Asian experience (T Bennett)

1230 - 1330

Lunch

1330 - 1800

Presentations on selected Asia-Pacific experiences:

- Organization, management and training of milk producer/ marketing groups - experiences from India (O P Sinha)

- Support services for SSD - experiences from Nepal (D R Pradhan)

- DPR Korea: small-scale goat milk processing (K O Suk)

- SSD technology transfer and training - experiences from Myanmar (T Htun)

- The Philippines: milk deficit countries and trade (S Bulatao)

- School milk nutrition, milk deficits and SSD - the experiences of Thailand (C Leowijuk)

1900 - 2030

Dinner hosted by FAO

Thursday, 30 September 2004

0800 - 1230

Field visits to DLD's Chiang Mai Dairy Training Center and Ban Patung Hua Mor Dairy Co-operative

1230 - 1330

Lunch

1330 - 1630

Group work: developing a joint APHCA-FAO SSD initiative:

- Introduction, team/session organization, and election of three chairpersons: Team sessions (three teams)

- Presentation of group findings and recommendations

- Discussion and conclusion

Friday, 1 October 2004

0900 - 1000

Conclusion and recommendations for the SSD workshop

1000 - 1015

APHCA business session (continued)

1015 - 1045

Coffee break

1045 - 1230

Conclusion/adoption of minutes of the APHCA session and closing

1230 - 1330

Lunch

Departure of participants and guests