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1 Mariano Ramos Chargé de Mission OIE Programmes Department Introductory presentation Regional Table Top Exercise for Countries of Middle East and North Africa Tunisia; July 2017

2 Welcome to the Regional Table Top Exercise for Countries of Middle East and North Africa Tunisia; July 2017 World Organisation for Animal Health Protecting animals, Preserving our future 2

3 Agenda Partners Objectives Programme Audience composition World Organisation for Animal Health Protecting animals, Preserving our future 3

4 Chapter 3 Partners World Organisation for Animal Health Protecting animals, Preserving our future 4

5 Regional Table Top Exercise for Countries of Middle East and North Africa Region Veterinary Services and Law Enforcement: Protecting People, Protecting Economies, Protecting Animal Resources, Preserving Our Future Canada s Global Partnership Programme World Organisation for Animal Health Protecting animals, Preserving our future 5

6 Chapter 1 Objectives World Organisation for Animal Health Protecting animals, Preserving our future 6

7 Overall objectives 1. Strengthen functional links between the veterinary health and security / law enforcement sectors; 2. Identify gaps and detect strengths and weaknesses. 3. Make actionable recommendations to sustainably improve preparedness and response to biocrimes involving animal pathogens. World Organisation for Animal Health Protecting animals, Preserving our future 7

8 Specific objectives for the TTX sessions Promote greater interagency understanding, Increase awareness of current organisational roles and responsibilities, Strengthen communication between agencies and within agency structure, Build capacity through interagency coordination Build national capacity for joint operations command framework and utilization, Enhance cooperation between Law Enforcement, Veterinarian Health and specialist agencies. World Organisation for Animal Health Protecting animals, Preserving our future 8

9 OIE Biological Threat Reduction Strategy OIE s strategy for bio-threat reduction addresses 5 key areas: Policies, advocacy, and communication Maintaining expertise and setting standards, guidelines, and recommendations International cooperation Global disease intelligence Capacity-building and solidarity World Organisation for Animal Health Protecting animals, Preserving our future 9

10 Biocrimes, biowarfare and bioterrorism) (using animal pathogens or toxins directed against animals Biological Warfare Biological Crime Biological Terrorism Geneva protocol BWC UNSCR1540 Source literature review (Takeda, Bastos, Hamilton) World Organisation for Animal Health Protecting animals, Preserving our future 10

11 Biocrimes, biowarfare, bioterrorism, agroterrorism Biocrime the threat or use of biological agents for individual objectives such as revenge or financial gain Bioterrorism the threat or use of biological agents by groups or individuals motivated by political, religious, ecological or other ideological objectives Biological warfare the military use of biological agents, where targets of agents are predominantly soldiers, governments, or resources, that might hinder a nation s ability to attack or defend itself Agroterrorism a subset of bioterrorism, defined as the deliberate introduction of animal or plant pests with the goal of generating fear, causing economic damage, and/or undermining social stability Reference Keremedis et al, Historical Perspective on Agroterrorism. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice and Science Volume 11, Supplement 1, 2013 World Organisation for Animal Health Protecting animals, Preserving our future 11

12 Capability Agroterror is possible and doesn t require a very high level of technical expertise Agents available in nature, or labs with low level security Easy to take through security checks undetected Straightforward to propagate Synthetic biology brings new possibilities World Organisation for Animal Health Protecting animals, Preserving our future 12

13 Vulnerabilities Weaknesses in health services Weakness in ability to detect disease Weakness in ability to respond Lack of coordination between agencies private sector, veterinary services, public health services, law enforcement World Organisation for Animal Health Protecting animals, Preserving our future 13

14 Consequences of an animal pathogen release Health, food, economics, trade, tourism Direct and indirect losses Fear and social disruption Potential political consequences As bioweapons can be difficult to accurately aim and control World Organisation for Animal Health Protecting animals, Preserving our future 14

15 Rationale An effective response to an international biocrime involving an animal or zoonotic pathogen requires cooperative and coordinated action to be taken by both law enforcers and those responsible for responding to the biological event. A response by one group alone would be ineffective. It is relatively uncommon for law enforcers and veterinarians to work together in their day to day activities, thus proactive engagement is required to build mutual understanding, trust, respect and cooperation. World Organisation for Animal Health Protecting animals, Preserving our future 15

16 Background Law Enforcement and Veterinary International Conference (LEVIC) Interpol HQ: Lyon; 29 to 30 April 2015 Global Conference on Biological Threat Reduction Paris; 29 June to 2 July 2015 INTERPOL Border Biorisk Management Symposium Hanoi, Vietnam; 6 to 8 December 2016 World Organisation for Animal Health Protecting animals, Preserving our future 16

17 Rationale 3. International and national simulation exercises should be multi-sectoral, engaging the security sector, and the public and animal health sectors. They should also include the relevant private sector stakeholders to the fullest extent possible. World Organisation for Animal Health Protecting animals, Preserving our future 17

18 Expectations A scenario-based discussion Table top exercise format Group discussions Focused on: Animal Health Law enforcement But again what we want to do is World Organisation for Animal Health Protecting animals, Preserving our future 18

19 INSPIRE DISCUSSION World Organisation for Animal Health Protecting animals, Preserving our future 19

20 Exercise expected outcomes We expect to inspire discussion in order to achieve the goals We expect discussion sessions offering a framework to inspire such an expected debate. It is expected both sectors offering them each other their own experience in order to be aware but also to understand about their corresponding roles, procedures and its implementation for establishing consensus and bases in a case of needs for a possible joint response. Effective and efficient interaction during the exercise in the context of the debate between the animal health and security sectors is expected, in order to establish the appropriate links to produce reasonable recommendations and feasible implementation. World Organisation for Animal Health Protecting animals, Preserving our future 20

21 Exercise expected outcomes To establish functional links between both sectors to implement joint actions in case of need in the future. To identify gaps as well as strengths and weaknesses in the context of the links between both sectors in order to organize and to build up common action plans and its implementation. To highlight the importance of preparedness in the context of the biological threat reduction strategy, not only of a biological event with possible impact on animal health and security, but also regarding to a potential link with public health. Concrete facts World Organisation for Animal Health Protecting animals, Preserving our future 21

22 Chapter 2 Programme World Organisation for Animal Health Protecting animals, Preserving our future 22

23 Programme Day 1 Time Subject Contents 9:00 9:30 Opening remarks OIE Sub Regional Representation North Africa Local Authorities 9:30 10:00 Introductory presentation Mariano RAMOS Programmes Department OIE HQ (FRANCE) 10:00 10:30 Challenges to investigate a crime Rebecca HOILE - Coordinator CNTPU INTERPOL Coffee break 10:30 to 11:00 hs 11:00 12:00 Preparedness and response: current state of play in the regions Rachid BOUGUEDOUR - Sub-Regional Representative OIE SRR NA (TUNISIA) Ghazi YEHIA - Regional Representative OIE RR ME (LEBANON) 12:00 12:30 Rinderpest Vincent MICHAUD CIRAD (OIE Reference Lab for Rinderpest) Lunch 12:30 to 14:00 hs Inject 1: Early warning indicators Part I 14:00 15:30 Workshop Group discussions Coffee break 15:30 to 16:00 hs Inject 2: Early warning indicators Part II 16:00 17:30 Workshop Group discussions World Organisation for Animal Health Protecting animals, Preserving our future 23

24 9:00 10:30 Programme Day 2 Time Subject Contents Inject 3: Animal health and law enforcement working together Workshop Coffee break 10:30 to 11:00 hs Group discussions 11:00 12:00 Workshop, Inject 3 (Contd). Group discussions Lunch 12:30 to 14:00 hs 14:00 14:30 Surveillance Mariano RAMOS Programmes Department OIE HQ 14:30 15:00 Good Emergency Management Practices (GEMP) and the Global Rinderpest Action plan (GRAP). Mohammed BENGOUMI - FAO Animal Production and Health Officer 15:00 15:30 Coffee break 15:30 to 16:00 hs Managing and responding to a deliberate event. 16:00 17:30 Bio-risk management Franz Volker BECK Expert Senior Advisor UNICRI 20 Bio-risk Management Rebecca HOILE - Coordinator CNTPU INTERPOL Group discussion Biosecurity from the laboratory perspective Risk Assessment in the context of Biorisk Management Vincent MICHAUD CIRAD (OIE Reference Lab for Rinderpest) Armando GIOVANNINI IZS Teramo ( OIE Collaborating Centre) World Organisation for Animal Health Protecting animals, Preserving our future 24

25 Programme Day 3 Time Subject Contents 9:00 10:30 Table group work Coffee break 10:30 to 11:00 hs Gap analysis and prioritization Biorisk management Deliberate release and joint investigations. 11:00 12:30 Table feedback Presentation of gaps and priorities Lunch 12:30 to 14:00 hs 14:00 16:00 Open discussion Way forward and recommendations 16:00 16:30 Closing remarks World Organisation for Animal Health Protecting animals, Preserving our future 25

26 Activities structure 1. Group activity 1. Preparedness (raising awareness activity) 2. Group activity 2. Table top exercise sessions a. Inject 1 b. Inject 2 c. Inject 3 Injects Discussion sessions 3. Group activity 3. Bio risk management and Countermeasures 4. Group activity 4. Group discussion gaps and prioritization based on joint investigations 5. Group activity 5. Open discussion and recommendations World Organisation for Animal Health Protecting animals, Preserving our future 26

27 Workflow TTX sessions 1. Inject 1: Early warning indicators Part I 1. Discussion in groups 2. Presenting the outcomes and conclusions 2. Inject 2: Early warning indicators Part II 1. Discussion in groups 2. Presenting the outcomes and conclusions 3. Inject 3: Animal health and law enforcement working together 1. Discussion in groups 2. Presenting the outcomes and conclusions World Organisation for Animal Health Protecting animals, Preserving our future 27

28 Chapter 4 Audience composition World Organisation for Animal Health Protecting animals, Preserving our future 28

29 Regional Table Top Exercise for Countries of Middle East and North Africa Region Veterinary Services and Law Enforcement: Protecting People, Protecting Economies, Protecting Animal Resources, Preserving Our Future North Africa Region: 1. Morocco 2. Algeria 3. Tunisia* 4. Libya * Hosting country Middle East Region: 1. Egypt 2. Saudi Arabia 3. Jordan 4. Lebanon 5. Syria 6. Iraq World Organisation for Animal Health Protecting animals, Preserving our future 29

30 Decision making process Technical Assessment Risk Communication Security Law enforcement Profile of participants Veterinary community Security community World Organisation for Animal Health Protecting animals, Preserving our future 30

31 Audience composition North Africa Middle East Tunisia AH: 4 SS: 0 Algeria AH: 3 SS: 2 Iraq AH: 0 SS: 2 Egypt AH: 3 SS: 0 Saudi Arabia AH: 0 SS: Libya AH: 3 tbc SS: 0 tbc Morocco AH: 3 SS: 2 Lebanon AH: 3 SS: 1 Jordan AH: 3 SS: Participants: 31 Syria AH: 0 SS: 0 World Organisation for Animal Health Protecting animals, Preserving our future 31

32 Thank you for your attention Mariano Ramos 12, rue de Prony, Paris, France - oie@oie.int