Workshops, sustained training and technical assistance missions are intended for staff of competent authorities and government officials involved in animal disease prevention and control and general food control, in the thirteen indicated countries: India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, West Bank and Gaza, Russia, and China.

Individual training participants will be identified through consultation with national authorities and through needs assessment in each participating country. Measures will be taken to select priority participants based upon their role in animal disease control and prevention, and to avoid duplication of training beneficiaries where possible. In order to maximise the effectiveness of the workshops, information regarding the levels of expertise of the trainees, familiarity with techniques included in the workshops and linguistic capability will be sought beforehand through needs assessment.

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Ultimately, the benefits of the workshop and sustained training missions will reach both consumers and producers in the targeted countries, as the lessons learnt by direct beneficiaries of the workshop will result in both safer and more efficient mechanisms and strategies for dealing with a real or potential breakout in recipient countries. More effective strategies for controlling animal diseases in targeted beneficiary countries would also benefit producers and consumers in other EU Member States by reducing chances of infected poultry through import and wild fowl through migration.

Lessons from the workshops and TA for controlling outbreaks in HPAI and FMD will be highly transferable to developments in limiting the spread of other animal-borne diseases through the adoption of similar practices, controlling measures and contingency mechanisms. Overall, substantial gains will be made for the international community in controlling diseases that present threats to public health and livestock.