France vétérinaire international : l’expertise de la profession au service de la « bonne gouvernance sanitaire » internationale, notamment dans les pays du Sud

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France vétérinaire international : professional expertise to promote international "good health governance", particularly in developing countries France Vétérinaire International (FVI) is responsible for uniting, coordinating and promoting French veterinary expertise worldwide. FVI is a non-profit organisation involved in the coordination and management of a dynamic network including 17 French public and private partners with multiple and complementary areas of expertise. The members are public institutions (Ministry of Agriculture, Foods and Forestry, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, National Veterinary Colleges, National School of Veterinary Services, National Training Institute for Ministry of Agriculture personnel, Agricultural Research Centre for International Development, French Food Environment and Labor Safety Agency, French Association for Managers and Executives of Public Veterinary Laboratories), and private organizations (Agronomists and Veterinarians Without Borders, the French Private Group for International Veterinary Cooperation to which most practitioners are affiliated, the Livestock Institute, and the Industry of Veterinary Drug and Reagent Union). FVI has therefore access to a wide range of expertise for activities related to food safety, animal health, animal welfare, laboratories diagnostics, veterinary training and research, support to veterinary administrations, audit and assessment. FVI manages, as a consortium where applicable, international programs (e. g. for FAO or OIE) and European programs (twinning, technical assistance), for which it organizes training seminars and study visits, and recruits veterinarians for expert missions. FVI focuses particularly on developing countries, providing seminars on food safety in Africa, support for "Veterinary Laboratory Network in West and Central Africa", twinning in favor of Tunisian "National Centre for Animal Health Watchfulness", etc.