RESOLAB Annual Coordination Meeting - fao ectad bamako

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DAY 5 Report, Friday, December 4, 2009The first part of the fifth day was dedicated to group work sessions. Then group discussionreports were discussed, amended and adopted during plenary session. The last part of theday and the closing ceremony were chaired by Dr. Mulumba who thank all participants fortheir active participation and the Central Veterinary Laboratory and Mali for hosting themeeting. The meeting closing speech was delivered by Dr. Saidou Tembely, Director of theCentral Veterinary Laboratory of Mali, on behalf of the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheriesof Mali.------------------------------------13
ANNEX 1 : WORK GROUP REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONSWork Group 1.Theme: RESOLAB institutional and financial sustainabilitySituation: RESOLAB is currently funded 100% by international organizations. This is not asustainable situation.Observations:1. RESOLAB long term viability is in jeopardy if foreign funding declines or disappears.2. Experience from SADC network shows that much progress can be made when theregional economic community owns and runs the laboratory network.3. RESOLAB membership covers two economic blocks – ECOWAS and CEMAC.4. Most labs lack adequate funding for routine operations; several labs do not have anindependent budget.5. Most laboratories have no fee income from diagnostic services rendered.Goals:1. Regional laboratory network owned and funded by economic block.2. National labs better funded by national governments.Objectives:1) Assure RESOLAB ownership by regional economic community.2) Decentralization of RESOLAB according to the economic blocks?3) Alternative funding mechanisms.Explore ways of generating laboratory fee income by increasing sample submissions to laband institutionalizing fees for diagnostic services.Terms of reference:1. Institutionalization:• Map out strategy to assure RESOLAB ownership by ECOWAS within 2 years.o Steering committeeo Advocacy group• Consider splitting RESOLAB along economic community lines.2. Funding:• Secure funding for RESOLAB from ECOWAS.14
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