Programme Activity

Animal Health

PACE
FITCA
RALEA
SERECU
Regional TCP

Animal Production

DLWEIP

Trade & Marketing

PAN-SPSO
NEPDP
SOLICEP

Avian Influenza

SPINAP
ERSCA

IBAR Activity

ISCTRC

 

About AU/IBAR

 

Institutional Development

The origins — IBED, IBAH and IBAR

 

AU/IBAR Information

IBAR at a glance
Corporate structure
Partnerships

Institutional development
Milestones
Current projects
Range of activity

Documents

IBAR corporate brochure
Current projects brochure

1948 African rinderpest conference in Nairobi
1951 The Commission for Technical Cooperation in Africa (CCTA) recommends an institution with a broader approach and establishes the Inter-African Bureau of Epizootic Diseases (IBED)
1956 The mandate is further expanded to cover additional veterinary aspects, IBED becomes the Inter-African Bureau for Animal Health (IBAH)
1964 The Organisation of African Unity (OAU) replaces the CCTA with the Scientific Technical and Research Commission (STRC) with seat in Lagos
1965 The STRC takes over IBAH to become an OAU subregional office operating out of Nairobi
1970 Activities are expanded to include livestock production and marketing, IBAH changes to Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources (IBAR)
2003 IBAR reports directly to the Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture (DREA) of the African Union Commission 

 

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