GIEFA: Inter-American Group for the Eradication of Foot-and- Mouth Disease Presentation for GIEFA Meeting S.Paulo, Brazil Jan 29th, 2007 Sebastião Costa Guedes GIEFA Chairman GIEFA: Inter-American Group for the Eradication of Foot-and- Mouth Disease Presentation for GIEFA Meeting S.Paulo, Brazil Jan 29th, 2007 Sebastião Costa Guedes GIEFA Chairman

 Hemispheric Conference for the Eradication of Foot-and-Mouth Disease, Houston, TX., March 2004 with sponsorship of the PAHO and USDA.  FAO,IDB,IICA,OIE,OIRSA,WB,WHO,WTO participants.  “Houston Declaration”.  GIEFA Group (12 members/6 COHEFA’s regions +4 members Par, Bol, Equa and Venez. from public and private sectors).  Plan of Action for 5 years:

Plan GIEFA  US$ for a five-year project, or US$ /year (original budget);  Such resources should be complementary to each country’s FMD eradication project;  Resources from donors or sponsors, as well as loans;  Donors or sponsors can choose their partners to receive and to manage funds;  Possible public or private resources also from FMD free areas (PL 480 USA).

Plan GIEFA  GIEFA will be responsible to analyze the regional plans, the schedule of activities and the chronogram of investments to give its approval to the donors.  The follow-up of the investments and tasks can also be conducted by GIEFA, if required by the donors.

FMD EVOLUTION IN THE SOUTH AMERICA ( ) yearoutbreaks

Colombia: Ecuador: Peru: Bolívia: – 0 – 1 (‘07) Venezuela: Guyanas: Free Brasil: Paraguay: Uruguay: Chile:Free Argentina: FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE OUTBREAKS in SOUTH AMERICA

GIEFA’s Priority Zones Venezuela Ecuador River Amazonas banks +unknown risk zones northern Brasil Border Brasil- Bolivia Chaco:ARG-BOL- PAR Border Brasil-Paraguai

Free without vaccination Free with vaccination Not free Status temporarily suspended* * Brazil: PR,SP,MG,GO,BA, RJ,ES,SE,MS,MT,TO,DF Argentina: North of Parallel 42 – FMD Regionalization, South America, Mar ‘06 – After May 06,OIE gave approval for South of Pará – Current Status Bolivia?

THE BEST MOMENT FOR THE ERADICATION OF FMD IS NOW !  The outbreaks had drastic reduction;  Problem persists in very delimited critical areas;  There is strong motivation for the Mercosul members to cooperate due to the great losses with the last outbreaks.

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FUNDS FMD Programs South America, (US$)

GIEFA Activities 2006 – Participation in 29 events –American Agribusiness Mission Brazil, Paraguay,Bolívia, Equador; –Meeting São Paulo with Mercosul Private Sector; –Two Meetings with CVP Mercosul; –Seminar NIAA Louisville, KY, USA; –COSALFA Guayaquil, Ecuador; –Seminar IADB, Uberaba, Brazil; –Regional Meetings: Tartagal (ARG), Santarém/Londrina (BRA), Pedro Juan Caballero (PAR), Quito (ECU); –Meeting in Washington-DC with USDA, FAO, IICA, PAHO –Visits to Private Sector in USA –Discussions with Meat Exporters from BRA, ARG and PAR

GIEFA : Proposal for Funding 2006  March- meeting in S.Paulo with meat exporters and cattlemen’s leadership of Mercosul.  Proposal- US$ 5/Ton exported bovine meat to support the plan (US$ 20 MM = 4 MM Ton/year: 3 MM BRA, 0.7 MM ARG and 0.3 MM URU).

Past reactions to the Proposal  Argentina and Brazil in principle were in favour, although asked for more details of the plans for each region.  Argentina had legal restrictions to export at that moment.

GIEFA: NEW BUDGET TOTAL FOR THE 5 YEARS OF THE PLAN RegionBudget (thousands) Chaco – Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay (International funds only for Bolivia and Paraguay) US$ 3,555 Amazon River– Brazil (only Brazilians funds) US$ 4,700 Brazil/Bolivia Border area (International funds only for Bolivia) US$ 8,965 Brazil/ Paraguay Border area (International funds only for Paraguay) US$ 12,358 Ecuador (International funds)US$ 11,500 Venezuela – not budgeted so far... (only Venezuelan funds) To be done Total US$ 41,078

GIEFA: FOLLOWING ACTIONS  The new budget was discussed with the private sector of the region( the same institutions that were present on the previous March meeting).  International resources will be received only to assist the regions or countries in need of our continent: Bolivia, Equador and Paraguay.  Venezuela will be visited and invited to integrate the plan on March 2007.

Recent Feedbacks and Conclusions of the US$ 5/ton Funding Proposal  ARGENTINA –Has restrictions to export meat –Farmers on strike and in continuous disputes with Gov’t –No chances to cooperate now  BOLIVIA –Ongoing disputes between private sector and Gov’t –Unstable scenario for foreign private investors –Certain cooperation in Chaco region and Brazilian border

Recent Feedbacks and Conclusions of the US$ 5/ton Funding Proposal (cont’d)  BRAZIL –Disputes between farmers and slaughter houses –Prices for farmers at 50-year low level – US$ 0.78/kg lw –Brazilian Real overpriced against US$ –Exporters willing to cooperate on a regional case-by- case basis  CHILE –Not present in any meeting

Recent Feedbacks and Conclusions of the US$ 5/ton Funding Proposal (cont’d)  PARAGUAY –Private sector not willing to cooperate at this moment  URUGUAY –Private sector has always been against the proposal

GIEFA: SOME CONCLUSIONS AFTER MEETINGS WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR.  They prefer to have freedom to choose their partners for the donation or sponsorship;  They are not in accordance with the management of the resources only by the governments or international institutions;  They agree that the institutions should be payed by their services but with a previous negotiation.

GIEFA: SOME CONCLUSIONS AFTER MEETINGS WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR (cont ’ d).  All parties agree to payment of bonuses/rewards or to complement salaries of veterinarians and field personnel if areas are free of outbreaks.  Several institutions and programs with same objectives represent barriers to effective participation of private sector.  Private sector does not contribute when Government aims to invest.

GIEFA: Last Achievements  Brazilian Gov’t donated 2 MM vaccine doses to GIEFA Bolivia (approx. US$ 1.1 MM);  Brazilian Gov’t directed extra US$ 1.8 MM to PANAFTOSA;  FOCEM (Mercosul Infrastructure Convergence Fund) released US$ 16.3 MM to eradicate FMD during the Rio de Janeiro January ’07 Summit  Contributions of USA PL 480

GIEFA’s Future?  Cease to exist? –Alternatives: CVP, COSALFA and COHEFA  Continue its operations? –Objectives / Role / Definition –Membership / Country and People Rotation –New Chairmanship and Executive Committee

GIEFA: Special Gratitudes  Guedes Pinto – Minister of Agriculture of Brazil  Roberto Rodrigues – Former Minister of Agriculture of Brazil  Gabriel Alves Maciel – Plant and Animal Protection Secretary Brazil  Jamil Gomes de Souza – Animal Protection Director Brazil  ABIEC, CNA / ABCZ, SINDAN  PANAFTOSA, IADB, USDA / APHIS

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