RESOLAB Annual Coordination Meeting - fao ectad bamako

To National LaboratoriesOn Institutional AspectsAnnex 2: Summary of Recommendations30 November – 1 December, LCV, Bamako, Mali.Bring the RESOLAB institutionalization project by their Ministry.On resources mobilizationMobilize own generated funds (e.g vaccine production, cost recovery for services, public –private partnership …) ;Get funds through multisectoral projects and / or research programs;Sensitize group of parliamentarians in charge of economic issues on national laboratoriesand RESOLAB activities.Establish partnerships with private sector;Explore collaborative opportunity with public health in looking for funding.Struggle for RESOLAB funding by Regional Economic Communities (RECs), African Union, OIEand other international organizations.On capacity building and especially on personnel trainingIdentify training needs and sponsors and contact them;Establish partnerships with foreign laboratories in technology transfer and fundsmobilization;Ensure staff stability by providing fair incomes and training;Include research and development activities into lab programs;Contribute regularly to thematic groups.Ensure trainers training;On cooperation with RESOLAB, regional laboratories and public health laboratoriesEnable transmission of quarterly reports to make available the information whichwill form a database for summary reports and advocacy activities.Produce periodic summary reports to be shared with national partners and used for thepreparation of quarterly reports.Encourage collaboration between veterinary and public health services in the fieldof zoonotic diseases and identify focal points.On quality assurance systemStart implementing Dakar, Douala and Accra Quality Assurance workshopsrecommendations ;Have a quality assurance policy approved and validated by a competent authority;25