EU eradication and monitoring programmes are co-funded to eliminate animal diseases and implement disease monitoring in EU countries. They are part of the EU Animal Health Strategy helping reach EU objectives in the field of animal and public health.

Eligible diseases for EU co-funding

EU countries are obliged to apply the Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopaties (TSE) and avian influenza programmes. EU co-funding covers national expenditure for the control and monitoring of certain animal diseases and zoonoses (Annex I - Decision 2009/470/EC) e.g.:

• Bovine tuberculosis
• Bovine brucellosis
• Ovine and caprine brucellosis (B. melitensis)
• Bluetongue in endemic or high risk areas
• African swine fever
• Swine vesicular disease
• Classical swine fever
• Avian influenza
• Rabies
• Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE)
• Salmonellosis (zoonotic salmonella)

Legislation

Decision 2009/470/EC - expenditure in the veterinary field and procedures for co-funding eradication, control and monitoring programmes

By 30 April every year EU countries submit to the Commission the annual or multiannual programmes requesting an EU contribution for the following year

Decisions approving eradication programmes and reallocation

2013 - Decision 2012/761/EU

2012 and following years - Decision 2011/807/EU amended by Decision 2012/147/EU

2011 and following years - Decision 2010/712/EU amended by Decision 2011/862/EU

2010 and following years - Decision 2009/883/EC amended by Decision 2010/732/EU

2009 and following years - Decision 2008/897/EC amended by Decision 2009/858/EC

Procedures for co-financing

EU countries' programmes should cover:

• The epidemiological situation of the disease before the programme begins;
• The geographical and administrative range where the programme will apply;
• Duration, measures and objective. Programmes can be multiannual.
• Estimated costs and benefits.

The Commission considers programmes from the veterinary and financial angle and checks compliance with EU criteria (Decision 2008/341/EC)

Programme measures should be effective and achieve rapid eradication, control and monitoring of the diseases and zoonoses concerned.

Indicators for the evaluation of the implementation of the programmes

The Commission with the support of the experts of the different task force subgroups have drafted this document listing some quantifiable and objective measurements (indicators) to evaluate the implementation and management of eradication, control or monitoring programmes, the effectiveness of the measures implemented and to measure progress or the deficiency in a specific area.

The indicators are disease specific and divided in two main categories:

• Activities (AI): to verify if the measures planned in the approved programmes are implemented as foreseen
• Progress (PI): to measure the progress towards achievement of the objectives of the programme (eradication/control/monitoring) in relation to the evolution of the disease in previous years.

Indicators for animal disease eradication, control and monitoring programmes- SANCO/12915/2012

Evaluation

The summary report on the outcome of the EU co-financed animal disease eradication and monitoring programmes (PERIOD 2007-2011)

Comes to update the report for the period for 2005-2009.

In the framework of article 41 of Council Decision Decision 2009/470/EC a report from the Commission to the European Parliament and to the Council on the animal health situation and cost-effectiveness of the implementation of the EU co-financed veterinary programmes will be soon available aiming, inter-alia, at identifying the strengths and weaknesses in policy-related measures' development, gaps in implementation, as well as recommendations for better prioritisation, reduction of administrative burden and the best cost-effective use of the investments in this area.