This Component will aim at improving foot-and-mouth virus intelligence to guide GF-TADs and Regional and National Risk managers. It will also support progress towards the targets required for regional Roadmap vaccine priority and provide a global surveillance information base relevant to EuFMD MN and to all countries which are not officially free of FMD.

The activities under this Component will provide direct support to the co-ordination and activities of the annual workplan of the WOAH/FAO FMD Reference Laboratory network to ensure better technical expertise development and networking at regional levels. Global and regional epidemio-surveillance networks will also be supported through online and virtual training in FMD laboratory surveillance for all Roadmap regions.