Seminar 3: Compensation Policies

Compensation Policies:  Issues and Good Practice

Participating Countries:
France, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Lao PDR, Nigeria, Romania,  Thailand, Vietnam, and United States

A videoconference-based distance learning seminar organized by
the World Bank, UNSIC, FAO, IFPRI, OiE and the Tokyo Development Learning Center

Webcast: http://vcg01.worldbank.org/vc/

February 13, 2006
(see local times)

The seminar will be led by co-authors from the interagency team comprising of FAO, OiE, IFPRI and the World Bank that developed the “Enhancing Control of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Developing Countries through Compensation” (pdf) report.

The co-authors will present and discuss the key findings of the report, while seminar participants will have the opportunity to engage in a substantive discussion around some of the main issues arising in this complex policy area.

Select countries will be invited to contribute their experience, in addition to representatives from civil society, the donor community, NGOs, and government and technical agencies.

Download the seminar brochure (pdf) and running order (pdf).

Presentations & Background Materials Available for download (all files in .pdf):

• Background, Approach & Context of the HPAI Compensation Report  -- Dr. Anni McLeod, FAO.
• Nigeria's Experience with Compensation -- Dr. M.D. Sa'idu, Avian Flu Animal Health, Nigeria.
• Romanian Experience During the Avian Crisis 2005-2006 -- Dr. Sorin Sergiyu, CHELMU  General Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Rural Development, Romania.
• Enhancing HPAI Control Through Compensation Policy: Vietnam Case -- Mr.. Nguyen Thanh Son, Department of Livestock Production, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam.  
• Indonesia: Culling Compensation Policy and Practice -- Mr.. Bayu Krisnamurti, National Committee for Avian Influenza Control and Pandemic Influenza Preparedness, Indonesia.