ISCTRC - Twenty Eighth Meeting 28th Reunion | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2005

•	Opening Address by H.E. Girma W/Giorgis, President of The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia / Discours d'ouverture de Son Excellence Girma W/Giorgis, Président de la République Fédérale Démocratique d'Ethiopie

•	Speech by H. E. Prof. Alpha O. Konare, Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union / Discours de Son Excellence Prof. Alpha Oumar Konaré, Président de la Commission de l'Union Africaine

•	Speech by Honourable Ato Belay Edjigu, Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia / Discours de l'Honorable Ato Belay Edjigu, Ministre d'Etat en charge de l'Agriculture et du Dévéloppement Rural de la République Fédérale Démocratique d'Ethiopie

•	Speech by H.E. Mme Rosebud Kurwijila, Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture of the Commission of the African Union / Discours de S. E. Mme Rosebud Kurwijila, Commissaire à l'Economie Rurale et à l'Agriculture de la Commission de l'Union Africaine

•	Country and Regional Reports/Rapports Nationaux et Regionaux

•	Biology, Protozoology, Immunology and Diagnosis / Biologie, Protozoologie, Immunologie et Diagnostic

•	African Human Trypanosomosis / Trypanosomose Humaine Africaine

•	Animal Trypanosomosis / Trypanosomose Animale

•	Vector Contol / Lutte Contre le Vecteur

•	Environment and Geographic Information (GIS) / Environnement et Systeme d'Information Geographique (SIG)

•	Socio-Economics and Rural Development/ Socio-Economie et Developpement Rural

Annex i:
•	Final Report on Strengthening the ISCTRC and its Secretariat

Annex ii:
•	Report of a Round Table Meeting on the Threat of Merger of T. b. gambiense and T. b. rhodesiense in Uganda
•	Report of the Programme Against African Trypanosomiasis (PAAT)
•	Recommendation from the Biofarm Consortium Roundtable

•	Consolidated Recommendations / Récapitulation des Recommandations

•	Report of the ISCTRC Secretary on the 28th Conference / Rapport du Secrétaire du CSIRLT sur la 28ème Conférence

•	ISCTRC Executive Committee 2005 - 2007 / Comité Exécutif Du CSIRLT 2005 - 2007

Annexes

ANNEX I

•	Final Report on Strengthening the ISCTRC and its Secretariat

ANNEX II

Annex i

FINAL REPORT ON STRENGTHENING THE ISCTRC AND ITS SECRETARIAT AU HEADQUARTERS SEPTEMBER 24 2005

At the 30th meeting of the Executive Committee of the ISCTRC, it was observed that its work is hampered by the lack of permanent and complementary staff in the secretariat to implement its mandate and provide technical and scientific support to the present challenge posed by the establishment of PATTEC and the coordination of its initiators. After exhaustive deliberation it was decided that a sub-committee be set up to examine the problem and make recommendations for implementation by the African Union. The sub-committee is composed of the following:

A. Ailemobade (PAAT)
Rob Bagnall (CHAIRPERSON: ISCTRC)
J. P. Kabayo (PATTEC COORDINATION)
S. Haile-Mariam (SECRETARY ISCTRC)
R. Mattiolli (FAO: ROME)
U. Feldmann (FAO/IAEA)
Pere Simarro (WHO)
George Chizyuka (FAO, RAFR)
I. Sidibe
J. Maitima
G. Murilla
F. Oloo
R. K. Saini (ICIPE)
Charles I Mahama (RAPPORTEUR)

The sub-committee examined the mandates of both the ISCTRC and PATTEC and agreed that there is an urgent need to strengthen the secretariat of ISCTRC. There was general agreement on the assertion that the

ISCTRC had the potential to be one of the technical advisory bodies of PATTEC and in fact could function in that capacity. The meeting recalled that the ISCTRC has been a driving force behind the establishment of PATTEC and therefore has a role as a major stakeholder. While PATTEC provides the political forum for policy and implementation of activities aimed at T&T, the ISCTRC deals with advocacy, information dissemination, technical, coordinating scientific and control/eradication issues, as well as organizing the biennial conference.

Three major concerns were noted namely:

That PATTEC was not sufficiently equipped, technically and scientifically, to implement the programme on a continental scale without additional support.
That the ISCTRC Secretariat did not have the capacity, in its present form, to fully harness the technical expertise available in the technical and scientific community to respond to the increasing demands of PATTEC and member countries.
That the current level of collaboration between the ISCTRC and PATTEC was not adequate to optimize existing synergies.

RECOMMENDATIONS

Recognizing the original mandate of ISCTRC to coordinate tsetse and trypanosomiasis Research and Control,

The sub-committee RECOMMENDS:

That Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture of the African Union strengthens the ISCTRC Secretariat, in AU-IBAR, through the creation of a full time secretary with scientific background for the ISCTRC. The secretary will ensure the day-to-day administration of the ISCTRC and other issues related to its mandate and will also serve as the liaison between the ISCTRC, PATTEC and PAAT. In addition adequate secretarial support be provided.

That adequate resources (financial and logistic) be provided through annual budgeting to enable the secretariat function optimally.

That the work of the ISCTRC Secretary be facilitated by the recruitment of short-term consultants, when necessary, to deal with the various facets of T&T interventions.

That capacity building through regular training needed by both PATTEC and ISCTRC be given top priority in resource allocation especially in those countries implementing PATTEC initiatives. In this respect, the bringing together of Directors of Veterinary Services of African countries and the training of technicians be resumed as a means of increasing the rate of implementation of ISCTRC recommendations and also enhancing the collaboration between the ISCTRC and PATTEC.