World Organisation for Animal Health
OIE Sub-regional Representation for Eastern Africa
Nairobi, Kenya
Position : Programme Officer to the Sub-regional Representative of the OIE for Eastern Africa, covering the 13 Member Countries and Territories of the OIE in East Africa and the Horn of Africa : Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, South-Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda.
The OIE Sub-Regional Representation for Eastern Africa was established in 2009 and started operating in January 2010. The Representation is entrusted with the technical cooperation with two regional economic communities in the Region, i.e. the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), with headquarters based in Djibouti City, Djibouti and the East African Community (EAC) with headquarters based in Arusha, Tanzania. In addition, the Representation, in close cooperation with the Regional Representation of the OIE for Africa, liaises with the various African Union instititions in the Region, i.e. the African Union Commission (AUC), the Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR), the Pan-African Veterinary Vaccine Centre (AU-PANVAC) and the Pan African Tsetse and Trypanosomosis Eradication Campaign (AU-PATTEC). Normative activities of the OIE Sub-Regional Representation fall within the 6th Strategic Plan of the OIE and include (but are not limited to) :
Assist OIE Member Countries and Territories in the Region to comply with international standards in the field of animal health and animal welfare, including the WTO SPS Agreement.
Offer policy advice in the field of animal health and animal welfare to OIE Member Countries and Territories in the Region, as well as the Secretariats of the Regional Economic Communities (EAC and IGAD) so as to strengthen veterinary services involvement in animal health, veterinary public health and animal welfare policy design and governance.
World Animal Health Organisation (OIE)
Paris, France (2018 - 2022)
Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
Paris, France (2013 - 2017)
European Union funding
Strengthening Veterinary Governance in Africa (VETGOV)
Strengthening Veterinary Services in Developing Countries (SVSDC)
The need to fight animal diseases at global level led to the creation of the Office International des Epizooties through the international Agreement signed on January 25th 1924. In May 2003 the Office became the World Organisation for Animal Health but kept its historical acronym OIE. The OIE is the intergovernmental organisation responsible for improving animal health worldwide. It is recognised as a reference organisation by the World Trade Organization (WTO) and in 2018 has a total of 182 Member Countries. The OIE maintains permanent relations with nearly 75 other international and regional organisations and has Regional and sub-regional Offices on every continent.