Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Ministry of Agriculture
Health of Ethiopian Animals for Rural Development (HEARD) Project
in Somali Region
Ahmed Yusuf Roble
HEARD Inception Workshop, ILRI, Addis Ababa, 29 March 2019

OutlineofthePresentation
• General Project Description
• Objectives
• Expected Results
• Activities of Project
• Target and Beneficiaries
• Implementation Modality
• Implementation progress
• Intervention areas of HEARD Project in SRS
• Coordination and Management Unit
• Project Coordination staff at Regional level
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Somali Region Profile
Somali Regional State (SRS) is one of the nine
regional states comprising the Federal
Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
The Somali Regional state is divided in to 11
administrative zones, 93 weredas and 6 city
administration
The region has endowed with livestock resource
estimated 41.6 million
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1.1 General Project Description
• Project title: Health of Ethiopian Animals for Rural
Development
• Project implementing Agency: Somali Region, Livestock
Resource and Pastoral Development Bureau.
• Donor agency: European Union through by Ministry of
Finance and Economic Corporation
• Project Period: 4 years (48 month)
• Total budget allocated: 2 Million EURO fund from
European Union and directed implementing by LRPDB.
• Project Location : Somali Regional State, LRPDB, Jigjiga
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Objectives of HEARD Project
• General:Toincrease sustainable livestock productivity
and improve the marketing of livestock products.
• The Specific is quality and reliability of integrated
public and private veterinary service delivery
improved taking into account the increasing impacts
of climate change.
• Result 1 of the HEARD program.
• The quality of public and private veterinary services
strengthened and delivery optimised (through the
creation of an enabled and rationalised environment).
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Expected output/ results HEARD Project
1.1 Enhance veterinary clinics and laboratories human
and material capacity.
1.2 Reduce impact of animal diseases through improved
disease surveillance, disease control and risk-based
vaccination programmes.
1.3 Pilot innovative (gender sensitive) animal health
approaches to increasing production, productivity and
value addition in the livestock market chain.
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Major activities Supported by HEARD Project
1.1.Raise the quality of veterinary service performance
1.2. Enhance laboratory human and material diagnostic capacity
1.3.Reduce impact of animal diseases through improved disease
surveillance, system disease control and risk based vaccination
1.4.Pilot innovative and gender sensitive animal health
1.5.Create enabling environment for the development and
rationalization of animal health service
1.6.Improve the quality of sheep and goat skin production by enhancing
animal health service
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Target groups
1.Regional Animal Health Service, and Regional and Zonal
Laboratories
2. Woreda Vet. Clinics and Vet. Health Posts in intervention
3. Private vet. Practitioner
4. Selected women groups in intervention areas
Beneficiaries
Direct: Animal Health professionals and Para professional Pastoral
communities of Somali region, Pastoralist Women and youth cooperatives
engaged in Livestock
Indirect : Livestock trades , Veterinary drug vendors, Leather industries,
Trades of food of animal origin and consumers
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Implementation Modality
• Livestock Resources and Pastoral Development Bureau
is mandated for the execution of the livestock policy and
strategies, legislatives and investments within the region,
is responsible for integrated animal health services
including: Improve animal health service, undertaking of
animal diseases surveillance and outbreak investigation,
disease control and risk-based vaccination activities,
technical back stopping’s, and monitoring and supervision
of public and private veterinary service deliveries at all
levels, is well placed to deliver the intended outputs of
this action.
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Implementation progress
Staffing, office establishment
 Focal persons assigned at Regional level since October, 2019
 Office established and staffed( Accountant ad secretary in
February 2019
Financial and procurements issues
 Technical and specification Procurement plan of 3 vehicle, 10
motorcycle and Cold chain facilities has been done with
collaboration of MoA
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HEARD Project intervention areas in Somali Region
# Name of the
Zone
Name o the Woreda # of Woreda
1 Fafan Mula and Tulli guled 2
2 Jarer Dagahbur, Gashamo, Yocale and Dagahmadaw 4
3 Nogob Garbo, Sagag and Elwayne 3
4 Afder Hargelle and Kohle 2
5 Erer Fik, Wangay, Salahad and Hamaro 4
6 Korahay Landankeyre, Dobowayn and Kudunbur 3
7 Shabele Godey and Danan 2
8 Liban Filtu and Dekasoft 2
9 Sitti Ay’asha, Erer and Shinile 2
Total 25
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Project Coordination and Management
This component will cover project coordination, management unit at national and
regional
Federal PCU
(MoFEC & MoA)
SRS, LRPDB
Regional Animal Health Directorate
Regional PCU
(Project Coordinator, Finance Officer & cashier/ Secretary
Regional/Zonal Lab Woreda LRPD Office
Regional Project
Steering Committee
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Project Stakeholders
• Federal level: MoA will be responsible coordination,
management, technical support and Monitoring of overall
project
MoFEC: Will be responsible for financial management
Other ferderal institution, ILRI, EVA, NVI and NAHDIC
• Regional :LRPDB will be responsible to over all coordination
and management of the project planned activities and is also
accountable for the proper use of the project budget.
• Zones and Woreda administration will be responsible in the
mobilization and motivation of the respective beneficiary
community and woreda/districts vet staffs to ensure effective
implementation of the project interventions by making aware
the benefit of the project initiatives.
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Monitoring and Evaluation of the Project
• Monitoring: BoLRPD will establish a regular
internal, technical and financial monitoring system
for the action and elaboration of regular monthly
financial and quarterly and annual progress reports
and final reports.
• The European Commission may carry out external
Results Oriented Monitoring (ROM) via independent
consultants, starting from the twelve month of project
activities, which will be finalized at the latest 6
months before the end of the operational
implementation phase
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Evaluation
• The evaluation plan will be done in collaboration
with the MoFEC, MoA and the EC in order to ensure
that implementation progress are in track including
the timeliness as per the schedule and in terms of
achieving the set results and objectives of the project.
An independent evaluation's will be carried out by
external evaluators:
• The evaluation will be : Mid-term and end of
project evaluation
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Summary of Project Budget
# Description of Activities Budget in EUR
1 Strengthening the quality of public and private veterinary services and
delivery through the creation of an enabled and rationalized environment
Activity 1.1 Raise the quality of Veterinary Service performance based on PVS gaps 140,735
Activity 1.2. Enhance laboratory human and material diagnostic capacity 43,880
Activity 1.3. Reduce impact of animal diseases through improved disease surveillance,
disease control and risk-based vaccination
376,433
Activity 1.4. Create an enabling environment for the development and rationalization of
animal Health service delivery system
79,120
Activity 1.5 Pilot innovative and gender sensitive animal health approaches 74,790
Activity 1.6 Improve the quality of sheep and goat skin production by enhancing animal
health
48,798
2 Human resource 98,930
3 Local travel 4,688
4 Supplies and equipments 903,186
5 Local offices and other services 93,810
6 direct eligible costs of the Action 1,864,370
7 for contingency reserve (Maximum of 5% of total eligible cost) 82,366
8 Total excluding administrative costs plus 5% contingency 1,946,736
9 Administration costs (max of 7% of direct eligible cost) 53,264
Total with administration costs 2,000,000 €
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Project Coordination Staffs
# Description # of staffs
1 Regional Project Coordinator 1
2 Project accountant officer 1
3 Project Cashier/ Secretary 1
4 Drivers 3
Total 6
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Map of HEARD Project Beneficiaries Areas
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 Questions,
 Comments
 Suggestions and
 Recommendations.