Evaluation of VS: Addressing Veterinary Statutory Bodies, Private veterinarians and para-professionals

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Dr. Caroline Planté OIE Sub-regional
Representation in Brussels
Evaluation of VSAddressing Veterinary Statutory
Bodies, Private veterinarians and
para-professionals
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Purposes of evaluation
1 International exchanges

• Countries have the right to evaluate the VS of a
  potential trading partner
• importing countries
• exporting countries

Legal basis from Article 1.3.4.1 gt To assist
the process of risk analysis in international
trade in animals and animal derived-products to
which official sanitary and/or zoosanitary
controls apply.
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Purposes of evaluation

• from Article 1.3.3.3.
• Members should recognise the right of another
  Member to undertake, or request it to undertake,
  an evaluation of its VS where the initiating
  Member is an actual or prospective importer, and
  where the evaluation is to be a component of a
  risk analysis process which is to be used to
  determine sanitary measures to be applied to
  trade.

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Purposes of evaluation
2 Self-evaluation

• Assessment of strengths and weaknesses
• Improvement of internal efficiency
• Resources allocation at political domestic level
• External resources if necessary

Legal basis from Article 1.3.4.1. To assist a
national authority in the decision-making process
regarding priorities for its own VS..
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Who evaluates?

• Self-evaluation
• first party evaluation
• By VS of trading partners
• second partyevaluation
• By a third and independent body
• third party recognition ? OIE

Third party
OIE
First party
second party
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How to evaluate?
Based on OIE Code Guidelines (chap
1.3.4) Articles 1.3.4.3 to 1.3.4.13Evaluation
criteria Article 1.3.4.14 Detailed information
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How to evaluate?
Using the OIE-PVS Tool Tool for the evaluation
of Performance of Veterinary Services
Reference to the PVS included in the OIE Code
since 2006 (not the tool itself, as it is not a
OIE standard, art 1.3.4.5)
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Structure of the OIE-PVS tool
4 fundamental components
Critical competencies (6 - 12)
5 level of advancement

• Human, physical and financial resources
• Technical authority and capability
• Interactions with stakeholders
• Access to markets

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Selected chapters of the OIE-PVS tool

• Chap I- Human, physical and financial resources
• Section I-1 Professional and technical staffing
  of the VS
• Section I-2 Competencies of veterinarians and
  veterinary para-professionals
• Section I-3 Continuing education

• Chap III- Interaction with stakeholders
• Section III-4 Accreditation/authorisation/delegat
  ion
• Section III-5 Veterinary Statutory Body

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Evaluation criteria

• Art 1.3.4.5 Human resources
• Core of full time civil service employees
• Must include veterinarians
• Should include vet. paraprofessionals
• May include private sector vets and vet. paraprof
  
• Functions to be described in detail Analyse of
  adequate skills to undertake the tasks
• Sufficient number of qualified, experienced
  field vets
• Legislative basis and administrative mechanisms
  in place

Subject to disciplinary procedures
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Evaluation criteria

• OIE-PVS Professional and technical staffing
• The appropriate staffing of the VS to allow for
  veterinary and technical functions to be
  undertaken efficiently and effectively.
• A-Veterinary and other professionals
• level 1 the majority of veterinary and other
  professional positions are not occupied by
  appropriately qualified personnel
• level 2 . are occupied by appropriately
  qualified personnel at central and state /
  provincial levels.
• level 3 . are occupied by appropriately
  qualified personnel at local (field) level
• level 4 There is a systematic approach to
  defining job descriptions and formal appointment
  procedures for veterinarians and other
  professionals.
• level 5 there are effective management
  procedures for performance assessment of
  veterinarians and other professionals

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Evaluation criteria

• OIE-PVS Competencies of veterinarians and
  veterinary para-professionals
• The capability of the VS to efficiently carry
  out their veterinary andtechnical functions
  measured by the academic qualifications of their
  personnel in veterinary, other professional and
  technical positions.
• A-Veterinary and other professionals
• level 1 The veterinarians practices, knowledge
  and attitudes are of a variable standard that
  usually allow for elementary clinical and
  administrative activities of the VS.
• level 2 . are of a uniform standard that
  usually allow for accurate and appropriate
  clinical and administrative activities of the VS.
  
• level 3 usually allow undertaking all
  professional/technical activities of the VS (e.g.
  epidemiological surveillance, early warning,
  public health, etc.).
• level 4 usually allow undertaking specialized
  activities as may be needed by the VS. .
• level 5 .. are subject to regular updating, or
  international harmonisation, or evaluation

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Evaluation criteria

• OIE-PVS Continuing education
• The capability of the VS to maintain and improve
  the competence of their personnel in terms of
  relevant information and understanding measured
  in terms of the implementation of an annually
  reviewed training programme.
• level 1 The VS have no access to continuing
  veterinary, professional or technical education.
  
• level 2 . have access to CE (internal and/or
  external programmes) on an irregular basis but it
  does not take into account needs, or new
  information or understanding.
• level 3 have access to CE that is reviewed
  annually and updated as necessary, but it is
  implemented for less than 50 of the relevant
  personnel
• level 4 and it is implemented for more than 50
  of the relevant personnel.
• level 5 The VS have up-to-date CE that is
  implemented for all relevant personnel.

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Evaluation criteria

• OIE-PVS Accreditation/authorization/delegation
• The authority and capability of the public
  sector of the VS to accredit / authorise /
  delegate the private sector (e.g. private
  veterinarians and laboratories), to carry out
  official tasks on its behalf.
• level 1 The public sector of the VS has neither
  the authority nor the capability to accredit /
  authorise / delegate the private sector to carry
  out official tasks. .
• level 2 . has the authority and capability to
  accredit / authorise / delegate to the private
  sector, but there are no current accreditation /
  authorisation / delegation activities
• level 3 develops accreditation / authorisation
  / delegation programmes for certain tasks, but
  these are not routinely reviewed.
• level 4 develops and implements accreditation /
  authorisation / delegation programmes, and these
  are routinely reviewed.
• level 5 ...carries out audits of its
  accreditation / authorisation / delegation
  programmes, in order to maintain the trust of
  their trading partners and stakeholders. .

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Evaluation criteria

• Art 1.3.4.12 Evaluation of VSB
• Objectives and functions
• e.g. licensing and/or registration minimum
  standards of education standards of
  professional conduct
• Legislative basis, autonomy and functional
  capacity
• Capacity to enforce control and apply
  disciplinary procedures
• Composition and representation of the bodys
  membership
• Accountability and transparency in
  decision-making
• Procedures of enquiries, publication, sentences,
  mechanism for appeal
• Sources and management of funding
• Administration of training programmes and
  continuing professional development for vets and
  vet. parap.
• Documentation on content, duration, participants
  good vet practices

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Evaluation criteria

• OIE-PVS Veterinary Statutory Body
• The Veterinary Statutory Body (VSB) is an
  autonomous authority responsible for the
  regulation of the veterinarians and veterinary
  para-professionals. Its role is defined in the
  Terrestrial Code
• level 1 There is no legislation establishing a
  VSB.
• level 2 There is a VSB, but it does not have
  legislated authority to make decisions nor to
  apply disciplinary measures.
• level 3 The VSB regulates veterinarians and
  veterinary para-professionals only within certain
  sectors of the VS (e.g. public sector but not
  private sector veterinarians).
• level 4 The VSB regulates veterinarians and
  veterinary para-professionals throughout the VS.
  
• level 5 The VSB is subject to evaluation
  procedures in respect of autonomy, functional
  capacity and membership representation.

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Conclusion

• Compliance with OIE standards of quality and
  evaluation
• Essential for
• Efficiency of VS Trust in VS
• Human resources constitute a crucial element
  for the quality of VS

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