First year annual work programme and cost estimate Twelve (12) Months (2001- 2002).

The Pan-African Rinderpest Campaign (PARC) Kenya project work plan was signed in 1995 andimplemented alongside the Emergency Programme for the Eradication of Rinderpest in Kenya(EPERK). The PARC project cost a total of 2.4 million ECU. The amount includes 750,000 ECUthat had a separate work plan prepared by the Kenya Veterinary Association (KVA) covering acredit line and a programme for private veterinarians. The remainder of the project was composedof six components, namely: rinderpest control and surveillance; contagious bovine pleuropnemonia(CBPP) testing; acaricide testing; monitoring and border harmonization; strengthening of foot andmouth disease (FMD) control; and technical assistance. EPERK financing became necessaryfollowing outbreaks of rinderpest in wildlife. Both PARC Kenya and EPERK had the ultimate goal oferadicating rinderpest from Kenya as an integral part of a coordinated regional approach toeradicate the disease from Africa and globally, under the umbrella of Global Rinderpest Eradicationprogramme (GREP).PARC-K/EPERK officially ended in 1999 but has to date continued to support essential servicessuch as disease surveillance and vaccination in high-risk areas / sanitary cordon with the savingscarried forward. The Pan-African Programme for the Control of Epizootics in Kenya (PACE-Kenya)is intended to build on the achievements of PARC. The PACE Kenya programme has the overallobjective of contributing to rural development and poverty alleviation. This will be reached througheffective disease control and animal health care, which will secure the availability of livestock andanimal products, thus contributing to the welfare of livestock keeping communities. The programmepurpose is to strengthen Kenya's animal health national capacity to plan, implement, monitor, andevaluate the control of epizootic diseases with the participation of private sector.The primary target group is the livestock owners in the whole country who will benefit fromimproved and readily available veterinary services. The private sector veterinary professionalsdelivering animal health care and participating in disease control will also benefit. The Governmentof Kenya will benefit from the programme by increasingly concentrating on the Department's corefunctions such as statutory and regulatory matters and in the formulation of disease control andsurveillance policies. Specifically, an operational and strengthened Epidemiology and EconomicsSection will enhance the Department's capacity to control notifiable diseases, especially thetransboundary diseases. The Control of these diseases will facilitate external trade as per OIE and'World Trade Organization (WTO) trade requirements