Presented by Purvi Mehta to the Progress Meeting on Ecosystem Approaches to the Better Management of Zoonotic Emerging Infectious Diseases in the South East Asian Region, Bangkok, 10-13 December 2011.

1. Eco-Health Resource Centers
Dr. Purvi Mehta
Head- Capacity Strengthening
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2. EcoZd: Capacity Strengthening
 Build local/regional capacities
 Leverage on existing individual & institutional
capacities
 Sustainability
 Impact Assessment

3. Key Factors
 Two EHRC as part of the EcoZD project
 CMU and UGM
 Regional mandate
 Multi stakeholder involvement
 Participatory
 Dynamic

4. EHRC-Setup
ILRI/EcoZD
Non- University Regional
Partners from Partners/Projects
the country
EHRC
EHRC-Setup
Working Group
(CMU, UGM)

5. EHRC-Setup
ILRI/EcoZD
Non- University Regional
Partners from Partners/Projects
the country
EHRC
EHRC-Setup
Working Group
Multiple (CMU, UGM) commun
Faculties -ication
Adminis-
Extension -tration

6. Current Activities and Priorities
• Multi disciplinary forums
Faculty • Training of trainers
• Development of Training Modules
• Curriculum Development
Students • EH workshops/Classes
• MSc/PhD Projects
• Development of communication material
Extension • Integration of EH in extension Programs
• Training of Extension workers
Better Regional Capacities (Policy, Research, Extension)

7. Next Steps/Needs..
Training Material Development
 Policy interactions
 A pool of regional trainers/resource persons
 Publications
 Extension/expansion beyond CMU and UGM
 Collaborations with other regional programs
(including FBLI)

8. Economics
Human Health
Animal Science
Crop Sciences
Social Sciences Public Health
Communication
Research Methods

10. Thank you..