The AU–Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources (AU–IBAR) is mandated to support and coordinate the improved utilization of animals (livestock, fisheries and wildlife) as a resource for human wellbeing in the Member States of the African Union (AU), and to contribute to economic development, particularly in rural areas.

For over four decades, AU-IBAR has coordinated major continent-wide efforts aimed at the eradication of rinderpest through several projects like: the Joint Project Number 15 on Rinderpest (1962-1975), the Pan-African Rinderpest Campaign (1986-1998), the African Wildlife Veterinary Project (1998-2000), the Pan-African Programme for the Control of Epizootics (1999-2007), the Pastoral Livelihoods Programme (2000-2005), the Pastoral Livelihoods Programme HIV/AIDS (2003-2006), the Community Animal Health and Participatory Epidemiology Project (2000-2004), the Regional Project for Poultry and Milk Production in East Africa (1999-2005), the Farming in Tsetse-Controlled Areas Project (1999-2004), and the Regional Programme on Ticks and Tick-borne Disease (RTTDC), among others.

Today, AU-IBAR has developed a considerable track record as a continental body providing leadership on animal resources issues in Africa.

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