Media Advisory

The AU-PATTEC Coordination Office in Collaboration with the Ministry of Livestock and Animal Production of the Republic of Senegal plan to organize the 12th National PATTEC Coordinators and Focal Points meeting in Dakar, Senegal, at Hotel des Almadies, 25-27 November, 2013.

The aims of the meeting is to review progresses made in participating countries, share lessons learned and good practices in the implementation of the PATTEC Initiative. The participants will have the opportunity to witness first hand suppression and eradication activities using sterile insect techniques in the field on 27 November 2013.

The 12 National PATTEC Coordinators and focal Points’ meeting will be attended by programmes and projects’ personnel, representatives of UN Agencies (FAO, IAEA and WHO), OIE, ICIPE, ILRI, GALVmed, FIND, the private sector (Bayer, Vesteergard Fransen, Merial, CEVA, etc.), research institutions and those of higher learning.

The 12th National PATTEC Coordinators and Focal Points’ meeting will precede the 2nd AU-PATTEC Steering Committee meeting to be held in the same location on 28 November 2013.

Both programmes are attached for your perusal.

For persons interested to cover the events and/or participated in the activities, please contact Dr Hassane H. Mahamat, AU-PATTEC Coordinator; email: hassanehm@africa-union.org