Around the world Posted on 2019-08-08 13:07:26
OIE actions
Fostering public–private partnerships at the national and regional levels
A key step in building capacity for safe temporary importations of competition horses
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Morgane Dominguez(1), Neo J. Mapitse(1)*, Wael Sakhraoui(1), Göran Akerström(2), Roland Devolz(3), John McEwen(2), Brian Stewart(4) & Kenneth Lam(4)
(1) Status Department, World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
(2) International Equestrian Federation (FEI), Lausanne, Switzerland.
(3) International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA), Boulogne-Billancourt, France.
(4) Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China.
* Corresponding author: disease.status@oie.int
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Workshops are a key opportunity for these stakeholders to discuss and agree upon priority actions in developing their capacity to allow safe temporary importations of competition horses from throughout their region. Since 2017, such workshops have been held in southern Africa, Central America, South America, Asia and the Pacific, North Africa and the Middle East.
Successfully developing the capacity to support safe temporary importations of competition horses can only come from close collaboration between the public sector and the equine industry. These workshops foster collaboration and practical action and the impetus gained during these meetings must then be sustained at both the national and regional levels.
