Ministers of Agriculture and Food from South Eastern Europe (SEE), Heads of Delegations and representatives of the national bodies in charge of animal health, gathered on 25th of January 2017 in Podgorica at the extraordinary ad-hoc meeting organized under the joint auspices of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Montenegro and the Regional Rural Development Standing Working Group (SWG) in South Eastern Europe, to review and define actions in the light of the emerging problem in the SEE region related to the appearance of the animal diseases that need to be undertaken to decrease the impairments that occur as a result of epidemics.