HEARD Inception Workshop, ILRI, Addis Ababa, 29 March 2019
Berhanu Tilahun, Oromia Livestock Bureau

Increase sustainable agricultural
productivity and improve the
marketing of agricultural
products”, is to “Increase
sustainable livestock productivity
and improve the marketing of
livestock products”.

To create an enabling and more
remunerated environment for all
livestock sector stakeholders’
relative to their contribution to
the domestic and export value
chains.

 Result 1. The quality of public and private
veterinary services strengthened and
delivery optimized (through the creation
of an enabled and rationalized
environment).
 Result 2. Technical competences (knowledge,
skills and attitude) and incentives for veterinary
service providers improved to deliver better and
rationalized services.
 Result 3. Food safety of primary products
of animal origin improved and better control of
zoonotic diseases achieved

 1. Regional veterinary laboratory and
wereda vet clinic laboratories (4
regional Labs. and 25 vet Clinics
 2. Wereda veterinary Clinics and
kebele health posts (25 veterinary
Clinics and 75 health posts
 3. Unemployed veterinary graduates
and Private vet. Practitioners (50 from
targeted 25 weredas
 4. Selected women and youth groups
(60 in selected 25 weredas

1. Raise the quality of Veterinary Service
performance by adopting OIE Performance of
Veterinarian Services (PVS) and Gap analysis
recommendations
A. Strengthen Veterinary Clinics and health
Posts through purchase and supply of
necessary veterinary equipment and
furniture
 The total budget estimated for this activity is
EUR 313,341 out of which EUR 293,750 is for
vet equipment's EUR while for 19,591 will be
for furniture.

B. Strengthen wereda Level veterinary clinics
through upgrading the standard
 The cost allocated for each clinic is estimated
to be EUR 16,360 and the overall cost is EUR
81,800

C. Develop guidelines, manuals and SOPs for
veterinary clinical service for wereda clinics and
health Post and provide training
 The cost for the workshops is estimated EUR
7,800, printing/publication of the documents
EUR 11,700 assuming EUR 6 per manual and
EUR 5,030 will be for ToT and wereda training
and the total cost for this activity will be EUR
24,530.

D. Conduct PVS self-assessments at regional
level The findings of the assessment will be
presented for stakeholders (zone, laboratory
and MoA) through workshop to discuss and set
direction on the gaps.
 The total cost will be EUR 4,400.

2. Enhance laboratory human and material
diagnostic capacity
A. Strengthen the capacity of regional
veterinary laboratory through supply of
equipment and Consumables
 The overall cost required for the procurement
of diagnostic materials for the 4 regional labs
will be EUR 514,704 (EUR 275,952 is for
equipment's, EUR 68,752 is for consumables
and EUR 180,000 for kits).

B. Supply of basic laboratory equipment's
and consumables for wereda clinic
laboratories in the target areas
project intends to initiate basic laboratory
tests in targeted 25 wereda clinics
The total cost is estimated to be EUR
170,125 (for lab equipment's EUR
146,875 and for consumables EUR
23,250),

C. Providing training for regional
Laboratory Personnel’s on specialized
laboratory tests
The regional bureau will organize 4
trainings in collaboration with NAHDIC
in which on average 2 participants for
each of the training from each of the 4
regional laboratories will participate
The total cost required is EUR 6,692.

D. Training wereda clinic animal health
personnel on basic laboratory tests
 The regional laboratories will provide
the training accordance to their working
areas. Two participants will be drawn
for each target 25 weredas and total 50
participants will be trained in their
respective 4 regional labs
The total cost required is EUR 8,260.

E. Strengthening the capacity of regional
veterinary laboratories through upgrading
the standard of the facility
 The project action intends to support the
upgrading of 3 regional veterinary
laboratories by contracting competent
companies.
 The cost allocated for each laboratory is
estimated to be EUR 30,700 and the overall
cost will be EUR 92,100.

F. Providing training on installation,
calibration and maintenance of Lab
Equipment
 Through HEARD TA in collaboration with
MoA, training will be given on site in each
regional lab to build the capacity of the
technicians in the specified areas

G. Procurement of vehicle for regional labs and
regional office (Bureau)

3. Reduce impact of animal diseases through
improved disease surveillance, disease
control. and risk based vaccination
A. Implementation and expansion of national
Animal Disease Surveillance System (NADSS
 On the target 25 weredas ADNIS will be
implemented by providing training for 25
wereda clinic and 75 health post animal
health professionals.
 The total cost for the above activities will be
EUR 42,352 which includes EUR 2,760 for ToT
for zones, EUR 28,280 for weredas training
on surveillance and disease control and EUR
11,312 for ADNIS training.

B. Build capacity and implement PDS
 The regional labs will provide 5 days training
for 50 zonal and wereda animal health experts
from target areas. After the training, PDS will
be conducted for priority major diseases in 25
target weredas.
 The cost for training is estimated EUR 4,130
and implementation of 64 PDS by the 4 labs
across the project duration and the total cost
will be EUR 21,666.

C. Improve livestock disease prevention and
control .
I. Provide training on strategic disease control
and prevention
 The project intends to support the provision of
two days training on strategic diseases control
and prevention approaches, vaccination for
targeting 100 animal health professionals
working in the 25 target weredas (25 clinics and
75 health posts) and other weredas.

II. Conduct risk based vaccination against
priority diseases
The running cost of vaccinations to be
conducted during the project duration
(two vaccinations per year and the cost
for one vaccination will be EUR 6,392
and the total for 8 round vaccination will
be Euro 51,136.

III. Continue the implementation of strategic PPR
vaccination in the target EU SHARE weredas
 The proposed project will take over and
continue the intervention in the pastoral areas,
and 958,333heads of sheep and goats(are
expected to be vaccinated
 in oromia region were 45 and currently new 20
interface weredas
 The total cost for implementation of PPR
control in 65 EU SHARE weredas will be EUR
88,710 (The cost for outbreak investigation
will be EUR 10,250, for PDS specific for PPR
disease EUR 20,960 and for vaccination EUR
57,500).

C. Supply of Cold chain facilities
 provide 25 deep freezer with solar panel and
50 fridges working with kerosene and
electric, 100 large and 200 small size cold
boxes with icepack for the targeted 25
weredas and 3 high quality generators and 10
portable fridges for regional labs.

4. Identify and pilot Innovative and Gender
Sensitive Animal Health Approaches
 Identified 60 women and youth from 10 target
woredas (a group with members 4-6 participants
from one wereda) will be trained for 5 days on the
development of innovative and gender sensitive
animal health intervention.
 The trained women and youth will receive credit
with total Euro 40,380 (around Euro 673 per
trainee) to be channelled through microfinance or
banks
 The cost for assessment is EUR 1,100, for training
of the 10 groups EUR 6,750 and the overall cost is
estimated to be EUR 48,230.

5. Create an enabling environment for the
development and rationalization of
animal health service
 creation of working atmosphere for the
public - private partnership for the
improvement of animal health service
delivery.
A. Organize awareness creating workshop for
privates and unemployed vets
 The cost for Awareness creation events is
estimated EUR 11,500 and credit for those 10
groups EUR 120,000which is EUR 12,000per
group for 2-3 members and the total
estimated cost will be EUR 131,500.

6. Improve the quality of Sheep and Goat Skin
Production by Enhancing Animal Health
A. Pre and post control survey of the status of
ecto-parasite prevalence to be done by regional
laboratories in the target weredas with cost of
EUR 5,400.
B. . Procurement of ectoparasite control input
(accariside chemicals (diazinone), Knapsack
sprayers, personal protective materials and
others), for chemicals EUR 14,400 and for
equipments EUR 46,875
C. provision of 2 days training on ectoparasite
control and hide and skin management for 50
animal health staffs and stakeholders drawn
from selected districts, estimated cost is EUR
3,765

D. Supervision and monitoring of ectoparasite
control campaigns through spray of chemicals in
selected 25 districts in two rounds to break life
cycle of the parasites, the cost for spraying will be
covered by the owner of the animals.
 The cost estimated for supervision by the 25
wereda Livestock bureau will be EUR 15,000
E. Conduct annual consultative meeting with
stakeholders to review and discuss about
ectoparasite control activity, the status of quality and
market of sheep and goat skin and to set
recommendation for future activities. With cost of
EUR 6,780.
 The estimated cost for the overall activities of
ectoparasite control and hide and skin
management will be EUR 92,190.