Chapter 15: Exploration and Trade Section I: E urope looks outward
F ederation of V eterinarians of E urope
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Federation of Veterinarians of Europe
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• Who we are• What we do• Our goals• Strategy and actions
The Federation of Veterinarians of Europe
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FVE is a Federation of42 veterinary organisationsin 37 European countries
Through its members, FVE represents approximately 200 000 veterinarians
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Austria
Belgium
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
FYR of Macedonia
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Serbia/Montenegro
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom
Albania
Ukraine
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FVE includes four specialised groups:
1. Veterinary Practitioners (UEVP)
2. Hygienists and Public Health Veterinarians (UEVH)
3. Veterinary State Officers (EASVO)
4. Veterinarians in industry, research and education (EVERI)
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FVE strongly believes in the need for good cooperation between
veterinarians in various positions
• private and public
• practitioner and official veterinarian
• in practice, food hygiene, education, research, industry …etc. etc.
Synergy is our strength!
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One Profession
One VisionOne Voice
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FVE’s objective
Representing the Veterinary Profession at the European level in order to:
• Promote Veterinary Medicine
• Support veterinarians in delivering their services and their responsibilities towards our societies
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Animals
Owners /Keepers
Society v
Science Knowledge / SkillsEthics / Attitude
ObjectiveIndependentImpartial
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ANIMAl L
HEALTH
PUBLIC
HEALTH
ANIMAL
WELFARE
Veterinary medicine
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FVE structure:
General Assembly (2 X per year)
Board of Directors (5 persons; 2 year mandate)
Brussels office
Several working groups
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Main areas of activity are:
• Animal health• Animal welfare• Veterinary public health
• Exercise of the veterinary profession• Veterinary education (pre and post grad)
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• to promote disease monitoring and surveillance
• to maintain the relation:Examination diagnosis intervention
• availability of veterinary medicinal products • pharmacovigilance
Animal health
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• to raise the awareness of individual veterinarians on their responsibility
• strengthen the position of animal welfare in veterinary curricula and CPD
• to promote animal welfare in a practical way
Animal welfare
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• to concentrate on the implementation of the EU hygiene package • to promote that veterinarians only certify issues for which veterinary expertise is essential and which they have verified as being correct
• to draw more attention to “ common” food born infections
Veterinary public health
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FVE has good contacts with organisations as:
• OIE • EU Institutions• CVOs• WVA• WHO• FAO • EAEVE• EBVS• and many veterinary professional organisations and NGO’s
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*** FVE news ***
FVE newsletter
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““Hominum Animaliumque Hominum Animaliumque Saluti”Saluti”
Thank you for your attention!