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Good veterinary governance: definition, measurement and challenges
L Msellati1, J Commault, A Dehove
1World Bank, 1818 H Street, NW, Washington DC, 20433 USA. Lmsellati@worldbank.org
Revue Scientifique Et Technique (International Office of Epizootics)
|February 19, 2013
Summary
Good veterinary governance ensures efficient, transparent, and sustainable animal health systems. This article proposes a framework for measuring veterinary governance and highlights the need for better indicators and corruption assessment tools.
Area of Science:
- Veterinary Public Health
- Animal Health Systems Management
- Governance and Policy
Background:
- Good veterinary governance is essential for sustainable economic development and effective animal health systems.
- It ensures veterinary services are financed sustainably, universally available, efficient, transparent, and free from fraud.
- The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) provides performance assessment tools like the OIE PVS Tool and PVS Gap Analysis.
Purpose of the Study:
- To define governance in Veterinary Services and propose a framework for its measurement.
- To analyze the governance dimensions within OIE performance assessment tools.
- To discuss drivers of corruption and instruments for improving transparency and accountability in veterinary services.
Main Methods:
- Conceptual framework development for measuring veterinary governance.
- Analysis of existing OIE performance assessment tools (OIE PVS Tool, PVS Gap Analysis).
- Discussion of corruption drivers, social accountability mechanisms, and relevant instruments (citizen report cards, grievance redress).
Main Results:
- The OIE PVS Tool is useful for measuring veterinary governance but lacks clear outcome indicators and specific measures for corruption.
- Social accountability mechanisms, including citizen report cards and grievance redress, can enhance transparency and accountability.
- Compliance with OIE international standards can improve veterinary governance, leading to economic and public health benefits.
Conclusions:
- A robust framework is needed to measure veterinary governance comprehensively, addressing current shortcomings in OIE tools.
- Strengthening demand for good governance through social accountability is crucial.
- Improved veterinary governance, aligned with OIE standards, offers significant economic and public health advantages, including enhanced food security and zoonoses control.
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