Thirty-seventh General Session of the European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (EuFMD):

• Final report

1. Agenda

2. Overview of recent activities of the FAO Animal Health Service on FMD intervention

3. Report of the FMD FAO World Reference Laboratory (WRL)

4. Annual OIE/FAO FMD Reference Laboratory Network reports

5. Epidemic events and lessons learnt in the European neighbourhood – 2005 to present

6. GF-TADS - Global risk reduction and the technical support via the regional animal health centres

7. OIE/FAO network of FMD Reference Laboratories

8. Global FMD Research Alliance (GFRA)

9. Launch of a Global Roadmap for development of improved tools for FMD control in endemic settings

10. Report of the 3rd Roundtable meeting on FMD control in the Middle-East and North Africa

11. Current situation of FMD in the Middle East - Perspectives and risks linked to animal movement

12. FMD in Turkey

13. Report of the EuFMD/EC project on FMD surveillance in Iran -I

14. Report of the EuFMD/EC project on FMD surveillance in Iran – II; Use of GIS in analysis of FMD outbreaks and vaccination coverage

15. FMD prevention and control in South Caucasus

16. FMD control in Israel

17a. Report of the Executive Committee on Progress in the Implementation of the EuFMD Strategic Plan for 2005-2008

17b. Report on the Activities of the EuFMD Commission in 2005 and 2006

18. Proposal for the work programme of the EuFMD Commission for the upcoming biennium

19. Relating to formation of a Management Support Group (MSG) for the Commission

20. Report of the activities of the Research Group of the Standing Technical Committee of the EuFMD Commission

21. Summary of presentations to the Session of the EuFMD Research Group in Paphos, Cyprus, October 2006

22. Report on a simulation exercise on surveillance after emergency vaccination of cattle in normally FMD free northern European country

23. On application of methods for improving confidence in the outcome of surveillance for disease freedom

24. Minimum size of antigen stocks in the EU vaccine bank

25. Survey of the vaccine bank holdings in Europe among the EuFMD member states

26. Summary of the EuFMD/Co-ordination Action Workshop on improving capacity to undertake emergency vaccination programmes

27. Enhancing confidence in epidemiological models of Foot-and-Mouth Disease

28. Paper on epidemic modelling

29. Financial Statements for 2005 and 2006

30. Proposal for revised budget for trust fund MTF/INT/011/MUL

31. List of Participants