1st Multi-Stakeholder Regional Meeting on Strategic Planning for Sustainable Livestock Development

The meeting will provide an open and inclusive platform for dialogue and consensus building on regional sustainability issues related to livestock.

The objectives of the meeting are to:

• learn about strategic planning for sustainable livestock development from invited experts and from each other;
• discuss, amend and endorse an analytical study of existing national policies in the region, which are relevant to animal production;
• discuss and sign the “Uman Declaration on Sustainable Development of Livestock in Eastern Europe and Central Asia”; 
• create a Regional Chapter of GASL for Central Asia and EU Eastern Partnership countries on Strategic Planning for Sustainable Livestock Development.

The participants of the meeting will include representatives of governments from 12 countries, scientific communities, livestock production businesses, national GEF focal points, FAO technical experts as well as relevant civil society organizations.

The meeting will result in improved collaboration and mutual experience sharing among the countries of Central Asia and EU Eastern Partnership on design of national policies aimed at sustainable development of the animal production sector and encourage their participation in the planned GASL MSP meeting in Mongolia in June 2018.