WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OPERATIONAL TOOL TRAINING OF TRAINERS

From 20-22 August 2024, a regional training workshop on the Workforce Development Operational Tool (WFD OT) was held in Saly, Senegal. Experts in human and animal health, and environmental issues from different Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) attended, as well as representatives from the West African Health Organization (WAHO) and international partners (WHO, WOAH, FAO, RAHC, USAID, ILRI).

The workshop trained a team of trainers to support national and subnational authorities in using the WFD OT, helping them to identify workforce gaps and strengthen cross-sectoral functions, occupations, and competencies for managing zoonotic diseases and implementing the One Health approach.

The newly trained team is now equipped to support the integration of the WFD OT into workforce capacity-building strategies in the ECOWAS region.

After the Training of Trainers, Côte d’Ivoire held a national workshop from 24-26 September, attended by 30 participants, to implement the WFD OT.