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Workshop Sept 2007
National Animal Health Strategy
Multi-partner Workshop
September 18-19, 2007
September 2007 Workshop Summary Report
| < Part 3: Common Key Focus Areas |
Table of Contents | Annex 1: Key Focus Areas > |
Part 4 – Suggestions: Next Steps
- Develop and present a "strawdog strategy" to the partners before we go further in the NAHS process.
- Prioritize the NAHS development in a realistic manner, so it is not overwhelming (eating the elephant one bite at a time).
- Track what is being done, what has been done, and what needs to be done (access statistics).
- Focus on gaps in emergency management continuum (i.e. prevention, preparedness, response and recovery).
- Work on developing a visual model of the system, a visual diagram of the NAHS framework.
- Bring together 4 or 5 partners to develop a document that describes the fundamental objectives of the Strategy (i.e. drivers, partnership definition, communication networks). This National Strategy involves federal, provincial and territorial governments and many other organizations. Demonstrate how we work together in respect to each of these entities.
- Involve stakeholders who are not yet involved (i.e. municipalities, non-animal owning public and Aboriginals, landscape managers).
- Look at other jurisdictions for successes and failures to help craft the NAHS scope.
- Standardize the process for how we will work together in the future, how we will be consulted, etc.
- Create a group to develop a vision statement for the NAHS after a definition of animal health has been determined.
- Engage Ministers – critical to the success of the NAHS.
- There is a need for government to change its organizational culture for the Strategy to be implemented, based on the partnership model proposed by the farmed animal working group.
- Develop clear and transparent communication. What happened to the Website idea?
- Ensure that the NAHS development process is not hijacked by the political issues of the day.
- Harmonize existing jurisdictions; look at what is currently in place and working well before moving forward.
- Complete the definition for animal welfare. It lacks cohesion at the moment.
- Define a set of objectives, goals and rationale between the vision and the issues.
- Link the issues to outcomes.
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.
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.
