STRENGTHENING CAPACITY FOR JOINT RISK ASSESSMENTS IN THE WESTERN BALKANS
Area of Work
JRA, One Health Operations
Region
European Region
Country
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo (in accordance with UN Security Council resolution 1244 (1999)), Montenegro, North Macedonia, Republic Of Moldova, Serbia
Location
The Sub-regional workshop on Joint Risk Assessment (JRA) for Zoonotic Diseases in the Western Balkans took place in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina on 11-13 September 2024.
The overall purpose of the workshop was to strengthen the capacity of countries/area in the Western Balkans to conduct JRAs for priority zoonotic diseases and define priority actions.
The workshop was attended by 21 representatives from the health, veterinary, environment and/or food safety sectors in Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosovo1, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia.
The participants applied the JRA Operational Tool to scenarios which were built around four common zoonotic diseases in the Western Balkans. At the end of the workshop, the participants worked in their country teams to identify priority actions and next steps for conducting JRAs in their respective countries/area.
