12th meeting of the Standing Groups of Experts on African Swine Fever in Europe

The SGE ASF12 took place on 11 and 12 march 2019 in Prague, Czech republic.

A combined GF-TADs / BTSF (Better Training for Safer Food) event was organised back-to-back with the SGE ASF12, on 13 March 2019, with the kind collaboration of the Czech colleagues. This was a “Technical training on eradicating ASF: focus on the Czech Republic experience”.

All participants to the SGE ASF12 were welcome to stay in Prague for the BTSF technical training on 13 March 2019.

Key documents

Agenda, List of participants

• Overall ASF situation
  * In Europe (F. Reviriego-Gordejo, European Commission)
  * Worlwide (F. Schneegans, OIE Brussels – GF-TADs secretariat)
• Countries presentations
  Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Ukraine
• Experts presentations
  * GF-TADs expert report mission in Bulgaria (S. Bellini)
  * Keeping ASF in wild boar under control in Belgium (X. Patigny)
  * From ASF infection in wild boar to eradication and free status recovery in the Czech Republic (P. Satran)
  * EFSA November updates (A. Gogin)
  * ASF competence center in Lithuania – for a better use of available resources (A. Malakauskas)
• Other presentations
  * Outcome of the ministerial conference of 19 December 2018: ” Eradication of ASF in the EU and the long-term management of wild boar populations ” (A. Gavinelli)
  * Outcome of the European Commission/FACE Conference of 30 January 2019 at “ Jagd und Hund ”, Dortmund: “ Preparing European hunters to eradicate ASF ” (T. Van de Maele)
  * ASF emergency preparedness in the Balkans – FAO update (E. Raizman)
  * Update on awareness campaigns and material – OIE campaign, “Handbook” (F. Schneegans)
• Recommendations
  SGE ASF12 Recommendations
• Report
  SGE ASF12 report