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Workshop january 2008

National Animal Health Strategy (NAHS)
Multi-partner Workshop

January 15-16, 2008

January 2008 Workshop Summary Report

< Appendix 2: List of Workshop Participants

Table of Contents

Appendix 3: Polling Results on Stategic Objective >

Appendix 3: Consolidated List of Proposed Strategic Objectives

Quadrant No. 1 - Strategic Objectives:	Source
To remove impediments to data sharing	Original Document
To improve animal health and welfare governance	Original Document
To enhance the knowledge base	Original Document
To design and implement a comprehensive surveillance system in which all animal health and welfare partners have recognized roles and accountabilities in monitoring the health and welfare of individual animals and animal populations	Original Document
To ensure the sustainability and maintenance of genetic and specimen collections in Canada	Original Document
To develop a list of factors affecting animal health and welfare status	Added by the Purple Group
To develop effective communication tools	Added by the Red Group
Quadrant No. 2 Strategic Objectives:
To enhance the capacity of Canada's scientific resources	Original document
To enhance Canada's animal health education and communication resources	Original document
To modernize animal health communication networks to foster better communication and liaison between and among respective risk assessors, modelers and decision-makers	Original document
To enhance capacity for training	Added by the Purple Group
To plan and set priority based on risk assessments	Added by the Purple Group
To sustain adequate veterinary infrastructure, including animal health practitioners	Added by the Purple Group
To enhance diagnostic capacity	Added by the Purple Group
To develop legislative framework to facilitate innovation and competitiveness by ensuring program equivalency with trading partners	Added by the Red Group
To develop the technical capacity to prioritize research and enhance technology transfer	Added by the Red Group
To develop ability to anticipate issues (rather than responding) (link to foresight)	Added by the Red Group
Quadrant No. 3 - Strategic Objectives:	Source
To modernize animal health and welfare governance models and frameworks that foster better liaison between and among respective decision-makers	Original Document
To enhance the sustainability of Canada's animal health management tools and practices	Original Document
To harmonize national and international action plans so that Canadians can participate fully in the modernization of the science-based criteria used for global interventions	Original Document
To prevent conditions leading to new or emerging animal health and welfare problems.	Added by the Blue Group
To enhance preparedness for managing any animal health and welfare risk including protocols, testing and simulations.	Added by the Purple Group
To develop an effective animal health emergency response system	Added by the Purple Group
3.7 To ensure Canada’s food security (production and capacity)	Added by the Green Group
Quadrant No. 4 - Strategic Objectives:	Source
To establish an understanding and commitment to continuous improvement of animal health and welfare management practices.	Original Document
To build capacity in program evaluation (including domestic and international trade as measurement tool)	Added by the Green Group
To ensure that review process feeds back into the system and fosters positive change	Added by the Green Group
To educate future decision makers using lessons learned	Added by the Green Group
To define evaluation criteria to assess actions taken during interventions	Added by the Orange Group
To develop an assessment process including review mechanisms	Added by the Orange Group

NOTE TO READER:
These documents are works in progress. The substantive content is for discussion purposes and reflects initial perspectives of officials in the National Animal Health Strategy. They will evolve and improve with feedback from readers. These documents do not represent the position of the Government of Canada.