The workshop identified, characterized and mapped 82 One Health key partners from government, private, NGOs, CBO, and international institutions

26 July 2018, Addis Ababa - Stakeholder mapping is key to successful One Health Programming as it facilitates cooperation to ensure successful outcomes.  In view of this, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Ethiopia, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Resources (MoALR); Ministry of Health; and Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, organized a workshop that aimed at identifying, characterizing and mapping relevant and One Health key stakeholders in Ethiopia.  The event was attended by 28 participants drawn fromrelevant governmental, private, academic and research, and international institutions. 

The workshop identified, characterized and mapped 82 One Health key partners from government, private, NGOs, CBOs, and international institutions according to their potential One Health interest and policy influence.  The partner organizations were grouped into four categories: Agriculture and allied institutions; Environment and allied institutions; Public health and allied institutions; and so cial development and allied institutions.  The entire mapping activity including information on the listed stakeholders’ network, policy influence and interest in One Health was carried out with active participation of all the relevant partners. 

The workshop was organized by Africa Sustainable Livestock 2050 (ASL2050) Project, a multi-year initiative funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development and technically supported by FAO.  The goal of the project is to ensure that national, regional governments, and international institutions, are in a position to formulate and implement policies and investments that support a sustainable growth of livestock. 

Since its launch in Ethiopia in June 2017, the ASL2050 has identified priority livestock systems to focus on – cattle dairy and beef, and the associated priority zoonotic diseases.  Also, it agreed with stakeholders, on definitions and location (on maps) of the different production systems for cattle dairy and beef; and assembled and systematized data and information according to agreed spreadsheet templates for the priority production systems, zoonotic diseases in animals and humans, antimicrobial resistance, and livestock and human-related infrastructure.  In addition, information was gathered on the government systems of data collection on zoonotic diseases in animals and humans. 

Going forward, the results generated from the stakeholder identification and mapping workshop will be used to analyze and generate plausible scenarios for Ethiopia and its cattle systems by 2050 (including their potential impacts on the three societal dimensions, i.e., livelihoods, health and environment) using available projections and foresight methodologies; and generating policy recommendations. 

Contact:  

Feleseta Kassaye Woldtsadique 

Risk Communication and One Health Outreach Coordinator 

Emergency Center for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) 

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) 

Email: [email protected] 

Office: +251 11 647 8888 Ext 238