Within its’ current workplan, the European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (EuFMD) is involved in providing technical and organizational support to the countries in European neighborhood by either encouraging initiation of new or enhancing existing public-private partnerships (PPP) to control FMD and similar transboundary animal diseases (referred to as FAST diseases). To pursue the discussions and the three main identified areas of focus for new PPPs from the two meetings, that were held in 2021, the EuFMD is organizing a specialized virtual workshop on potential public-private partnerships applied to enhance animal health services provided to the pastoralist system in Sudan and their impact on controlling FAST animal diseases.

As indicated by participants, PPPs should put a priority on training and empowering community animal health workers (CAHW) and veterinary paraprofessionals. Applying relevant PPPs have been considered as a potential solution to grazing density and feeding issues.

The main aim of the v-workshop is to discuss the needs for PPPs applied to enhance animal health services provided to the pastoralist system and to facilitate designing and implementation processes of relevant PPP project(s) in Sudan, by participants from both public and private sectors.

The objectives of the v-workshop are to:

• provide a reminder/review of the identified challenges and needs for PPPs applied to enhance animal health services provided to the pastoralist system in Sudan;
• provide a reminder/review of the steps needed to develop PPP proposals and implementation plan;
• discuss roles and responsibilities and agree on aims, objectives, type of agreement, timeline and implementation;
• discuss about developing a business plan by either partner and facilitated by the EuFMD;
• agree on action points and follow up meetings/workshops.