Annual work programme _ cost estimate for PACE Tanzania(1st November 2002 to 31st October 2003).

This is a second Annual Work Plan and Cost Estimate for the PACE (Tanzania)Component which is part of the Regional Pan-African Programme for the Controlof Epizootics (PACE) under the Organization of African Unity Inter-AfricanBureau of Animal Resources (AU-IBAR). The first Annual Work Plan and CostEstimate was approved and funded Tsh.1, 004,080,000 equivalent to Euro1,81,271 running from 1stNovember 2001 to 31stOctober 2002..The Tanzanian Component got on board late and thus the lost time of one yearis incorporated in this Year 2 Work Plan by combining Year 2 and 3 CostEstimates and Activities indicated in the Global Plan, which is re-submitted as anaccompanying document.The Government of Tanzania (GOT) has met the requirement that NationalBudgets to Epidemio-surveillance activities should show an increasing trend andthat countries should be committed towards compliancy to the OIE Pathway inthe eradication of Rinderpest. In the fiscal year 2001/2002 besides PersonnelEmoluments indicated in Year 1 Work Plan of Tsh.182, 000,000 the governmentreleased Tsh 847,700,000 to PACE (17) related activities, which mostly were forCBPP control (Tsh.434, 000,000) and Other Veterinary Services (Tsh413,700,000).In year 2002/2003 the government budget to Epidemio-surveillance and controlof epizootic diseases of high economic significance is envisaged to increasefollowing the adopted Target Oriented Budgeting System and the inclusion ofAnimal Diseases Control Programme as one of the Intervesion logic in theAgriculture Sector Development Strategy (ASDS)The first year of PACE (17) was mostly a capacity building and inception phaseof the programme. Implementation of the planned activities and fundsutilization up to July 31st2002 will reach good levels. A developed PerformanceManagement System (PPM) spearheaded project performance in year 1 WorkPlan.