Annual work programme _ cost estimate for PACE Tanzania Year 2 (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 African Union Inter-African Bureau of AnimalResources (AU-IBAR). The first Annual Work Plan and Cost Estimate wasapproved and funded Tsh.1, 004,080,000 equivalent to Euro 1,056,926 runningfrom 1stNovember 2001 to 31stOctober 2002.The Tanzanian Component got on board late and thus there was a lost time oftwo years that need to be taken in consideration in the mid term review for apossible extension after October 2004.The Government of Tanzania (GOT) has met the requirement that NationalBudgets to Epidemio-surveillance activities should show an increasing trend inbudget allocation to Animal Health Services and that countries should becommitted towards compliance to the OIE Pathway in the eradication ofRinderpest. In the fiscal year 2001/2002 besides Personnel Emolumentsindicated in Year 1 Work Plan of Tsh.182, 000,000 the government released Tsh847,700,000 to PACE (TZ) related activities, which were for CBPP control(Tsh.434, 000,000) and Other Veterinary Services (Tsh 413,700,000).In year 2002/2003 the government budget to Epidemio-surveillance and controlof epizootic diseases of high economic significance is envisaged to increasefollowing the adopted Activity & Target based Budgeting System and theinclusion of Animal Diseases Control Programme as one of the Intervesion logicin the Agriculture Sector Development Programme (ASDP)The first year of PACE (TZ) was mostly a capacity building and inception phaseof the programme. Implementation of the planned activities and fundsutilization up to July 31st2002 reached good levels. A developed PerformanceManagement System (PMS) spearheaded project performance in year 1 WorkPlan.