INTERREG IV
Project start date:
09/10/2009Project end date:
09/12/2012Objectives
The general objective of CaribVET is to contribute to the strengthening of national epidemiological surveillance systems and control of animal and zoonotic diseases, as well as to the diagnostic capacities of veterinary diagnostic laboratories in the region and, more generally, to the competences of the various actors Animal health in the Caribbean.
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Description
The achievements in the frame of the partnership of the project were:
- Scientific and technical support for animal health professionals in the Caribbean
- Strengthening technical capacities in countries - Capacity building
- Knowledge about animal diseases and their regional distribution
- Regional collaboration, mutual trust - CaribVET community
Partners
The leader of the project was Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD Guadeloupe), the targeted countries were the Caribbean: 25 countries and territories in the Caribbean (15 CARICOM countries and 5 associated countries, 3 DFA: Guadeloupe, Martinique and French Guiana, Dominican Republic and Cuba). Since 2010, the US and Flemish territories have joined the network, bringing to 32 the number of countries and territories targeted.
CARICOM, the veterinary services of Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Saint Vincent are partners in the project.