Narrative Report II Phase 01-11-04 to 31-03-05.

During this period, the Project activities focused on completion of plans for the implementation of theMaster Plans and the endorsement and enactment of the Veterinary Law Code in Puntland andSomaliland. Two workshops were held to develop plans, milestones and timetables for implementationof the Master Plan in Puntland. Similarly two workshops were held to discuss the Veterinary LawCode: the first workshop was held to sensitise a wider audience of livestock stakeholders on the draftedveterinary law-code, its importance regarding animal health, disease control and livestock trade whilethe second workshop was used to develop time-tables and plans for presentation of the veterinary codeto the council of ministers for endorsement and to members of parliament for enactment. Followingthe presentation of the Master Plan to the Minister and senior staff for Ministry of Livestock,Agriculture and Environment (MoLAE), the minister endorsed the Master Plan and the InstitutionalProcedure and regulations for MoLAE as working documents for the ministry. Implementation of theMaster Plan are underway, the Minister has requested the relevant authorities to allocate the ministrymore fund so that the process of recruiting various cadre of staff in the Ministry can commence (AnnexI Appendix I). The Minister has proposed and forwarded names of twelve livestock professional foremployment as district veterinary officers and regional veterinary coordinators. Based on thetimetables and plans developed for the Veterinary Law Code, the Minister for Livestock, Agricultureand Environment presented the veterinary code to the Council of Ministers in February. Three weekslater the Council of Ministers endorsed the veterinary law code for Puntland. The process forpresentation of the code to the Members of Parliament is on going and the code will be discussed onceparliament reconvenes in June 2005. Similar workshops planned for Somaliland did not materialisebecause the Minister for Livestock in Somaliland indicated that there priority was in rehabilitation andconstruction of the Ministry's headquarters as foreseen in the work plan for PACE Project before otheractivities could be implemented. Four public servants, two each from the Ministry of Livestock inSomaliland and Puntland, received fifteen-day training in Kenya Agricultural Research Institute,Muguga.