Avian Influenza and the Pandemic Threat

Hotel Playa Bonita, Veracruz, Panama

Background

In May 2007 the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) organized a hemispheric workshop in Buenos Aires with the objective of developing a protocol to create and implement national and regional compensation schemes in Latin America and the Caribbean.

At the end of 2007, the United Status Department of Agriculture (USDA) accepted to collaborate with the Department of Defense (DoD) in order to implement tangible experiences in the hemisphere regarding the development and implementation of compensation schemes. This idea followed the Buenos Aires initiative of the OIE with the objectives of presenting the results of the case-studies in a wrap up workshop in Panamá by mid July 2008.

Consequently, two countries were selected as country case-studies. The selected countries whereby the documents needed for the elaboration of a national compensation scheme, that is the legal framework and the operational section, were first Trinidad and Tobago, which took place from 25 to 29 of March 2008, and second Peru, which took place from 5 to 10 of May 2008.

Cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) as well as with OIE was requested for the country case-studies. Reasons for choosing these two organizations were, in the case of FAO, due to the organization’s cumulative experience in compensation schemes country assistance over the past three years, and in the case of OIE due to its key role as facilitator in the region of Latin America and the Caribbean.

Aims and objectives

The objectives of the closing workshop are:

1. To present the results obtained during the Trinidad & Tobago and Perú country case-studies, highlighting the difficulties encountered during the design process

2. To introduce proposals for sustainability of compensation mechanisms through public-private partnerships
3. To specify next steps

Time table

DAY 1: 15th of July: General session

• General introduction (USDA/APHIS/AICG- JJ Bruzual)
  • Objectives

  • Funding of the project
  • Expectations
• Compensation work in the Latin America and Caribbean region (Luis Barcos/JJ Oreamuno – OIE)
• Current state of knowledge: a summary and evolution of FAO’s three years experience providing country assistance on compensation (Ana Riviere-FAO)
  • Discussion on regional differences in the approach to compensation
• How are the countries in the WH region preparing for the compensation process? (Ana Riviere-FAO)

DAY 2: 16th of July: Country experiences

• Trinidad Project. Time lines. (Dr. Ryan/Dr. Titus)
  • Difficulties encountered

  • Protocol of approval
  • What have we accomplish so far
• Peru Project (Dr. Dominguez)
  • Difficulties encountered

  • Protocol of approval
  • What have we accomplished so far
• Compensation scheme in the US (Steve Weber)
• Methods for valuing and appraising livestock (Stephen Ott)
• Compensation scheme in Canada (Wayne Outhwait)

DAY 3: 17th of July : Alternatives for sustainability

• Parastatal funds – Jaima Giraldo/Colombia

• Livestock insurance – ENESA, Fernando Burgaz y Tirso Yuste/España
• OIRSA subregional funding mechanisms for compensation - OIRSA, Mara Gonzalez
• Private insurance companies role in the livestock sector in the Western Hemisphere – MAPFRE
• Recent initiatives on compensation in the Western Hemisphere - World Bank/IDB,

DAY 4: 18th of July

• Individual meetings