Pillar I to improve preparedness for FMD crisis management - Tsviatko Alexandrov

The first pillar is founded on seven components. They assist in achieving increased European expertise in FMD crisis management and improved quality of national FMD preparedness training programmes, improved contingency planning, surveillance, especially in the Thrace region of Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey.

The activities in Pillar I one also provide for Improved emergency management capacity for FMD in the Balkan region, research outputs relevant to resolve policy issues, and provide assistance to emergency response operations. Better channels to communicate risk enables and improves early warning system.

Learn more: https://www.fao.org/eufmd/what-we-do/pillar-1/en/