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SADC SECRETARIAT EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT FUND Promotion of Regional Integration in the SADC Livestock Sector (PRINT Livestock Project) 9 ACP SAD 002 Report on LIMS Adoption Mission to Botswana PRINT Report N° BB-PB-LIMS-BW-04-2009 By Berhanu Bedane, Information Management TA, PRINT Pascal Bonnet, CTA, PRINT SADC Secretariat FANR Directorate, Millennium Office Park Kgale View P/Bag 0095 – Gaborone Botswana Dates: 21st to 24th April 2009 Acknowledgments We would like to thank all the colleagues who contributed to the success of this mission in one way or another, particularly Dr. Moetapele Letshwenyo DPS, Dr. T.K Phillemon Motsu DVS, Mr L. H. Paya DAP and Dr Neo Mapitse PVO (Epidemiology), for the warm welcome accorded to us and their patience during our fruitful discussions. Their commitment is highly appreciated. Mission report on LIMS Adoption in Botswana B. Bedane & P. Bonnet May 2009 Page 2 Summary.................................................................................................................................................. 4 1. INTRODUCTION, OBJECTIVES of the MISSION ...................................................................... 6 2. PERSONS MET and INSTITUTIONS INVOLVED ...................................................................... 7 3. PREPARATORY PHASE.................................................................................................................. 7 4. LIMS STAKEHOLDERS MEETING.............................................................................................. 7 5. TRAINING OF TRAINERS ON LIMS TEMPLATES, APPLICATION and SoP’s................ 16 5-1 Validation of Partitions.............................................................................................................. 23 5-1-1 Administrative partitions ................................................................................................... 25 5-1-2 Technical partitions............................................................................................................. 31 5-1-3 Villages and towns gazeeter................................................................................................ 37 5-2 Components, Modules and Templates looked at during the training ................................... 37 5-3 Related Manuals on templates and the LIMS application ..................................................... 40 5-4 Drafting of first SoP’s for LIMS in Botswana ......................................................................... 40 5-5 Constitution of a LIMS task force............................................................................................. 45 ANNEX .................................................................................................................................................. 49 Annex 1. List of participants of the LIMS stakeholders meeting held at Central Veterinary Laboratory, 21 April 2009, Botswana................................................................................................. 49 Annex 2 Agenda for the stakeholders’ meeting................................................................................... 50 Annex 3 Detailed list of participants to the LIMS training of trainers course (22 – 24 April 2009) .51 Annex 4 timetable for LIMS template and application training in Botswana ................................... 52 ANNEX 5 – Proposed SoP sheet (excerpt to be improved by MS).................................................... 55 ANNEX 6 – Proposed Comment sheets (templates/screens) ............................................................. 68 ANNEX 7 – Terms of reference for LIMS adoption mission ............................................................ 84 Mission report on LIMS Adoption in Botswana B. Bedane & P. Bonnet May 2009 Page 3 BACK TO OFFICE MISSION REPORT Summary Country : Botswana Mission team : Dr Bedane Information specialist PRINT, Dr. Pascal Bonnet CTA PRINT, Dates : 21st to 24th April 2009 Venue : National Veterinary Laboratory and Botswana College of Agriculture (SACCAR building) Sebele, Ministry of Agriculture, Botswana Introduction: mission rationale and objective The Livestock Sector Unit (LSU) in the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources (FANR) Directorate of the SADC Secretariat is entrusted to promote regional integration and sustainable livestock development. The PRINT Livestock Project in FANR became operational in July 2005. The project’s specific objective is to establish a livestock information management system (LIMS) in Animal Production and Health, Marketing and Trade. The generation of up-to-date and reliable information will assist the coordinating role of FANR as well as the development of harmonized policies and strategies in the SADC livestock sector. The mission team comprised two SADC staff, namely, Dr. Pascal Bonnet (Animal Health & Livestock Economist, CTA Chief Technical Adviser PRINT – CIRAD), Dr Bedane Information specialist PRINT. Summary of SADC PRINT mission: The mission was the launching of the SADC LIMS system and comprised three components: • the organisation of a AIMS-LIMS Stakeholders workshop, with potential contributors to LIMS and potential users of the system • a 3 days Training of trainers on the LIMS application and • the drafting of the first elements for establishing Standards Operating Procedures of LIMS in Botswana. Detailed ToR’s and timetable of the mission are provided in full in the annexures. Funding of mission: PRINT CIRAD operational budget for the period April 2009 to October 2009, Addendum 3 of the SADC CIRAD service contract (reimbursable costs). Mission report on LIMS Adoption in Botswana B. Bedane & P. Bonnet May 2009 Page 4 Disclaimer Esta relatorio representa apenas o ponto de vista do seu autor e não poderá em quaisquer circunstâncias ser considerada como uma posição oficial da SADC e da Comissão Europeia ou como um qualquer compromisso formal da suas parte. Esta relatorio e eventuais ficheiros anexos apenas são pensados para o(a) destinatário(a) e podem conter informação privilegiada e/ou confidencial. Si voces devia usar este relatorio, por favor deve usar la citaçao correita: Report of a Mission to the Republic of Botswana, LIMS adoption mission, PRINT Report N°: BB- PB-LIMS-BW-04-2009, By Dr. Berhanu Bedane, Information Management TA, PRINT and Dr. Pascal BONNET, Chief Technical Adviser, PRINT. Ce rapport exprime uniquement le point de vue de son auteur et ne saurait en aucun cas être considéré comme une position officielle de la SADC ou de la Commission européenne ou comme un engagement formel de leur part. Ce rapport et les fichiers et annexes qui y sont joints sont destinés uniquement à la personne à laquelle ils sont adressés et peuvent contenir des informations privilégiées et confidentielles. Si vous utilisez ce rapport à des fins de référence bibliographique merci d’utiliser la citation suivante : Report of a Mission to the Republic of Botswana, LIMS adoption mission, PRINT Report N°: BB- PB-LIMS-BW-04-2009, By Dr. Berhanu Bedane, Information Management TA, PRINT and Dr. Pascal BONNET, Chief Technical Adviser, PRINT. This report represents solely the views of its author and cannot in any circumstances be regarded as an official position of the SADC or the European Commission or as a formal commitment from the EC. This report and the possible attached files and annexes are intended solely for their addressee and may contain information that is privileged and/or confidential. If you use this report as a citation into any document please use the following citation: Report of a Mission to the Republic of Botswana, LIMS adoption mission, PRINT Report N°: BB- PB-LIMS-BW-04-2009, By Dr. Berhanu Bedane, Information Management TA, PRINT and Dr. Pascal BONNET, Chief Technical Adviser, PRINT. Mission report on LIMS Adoption in Botswana B. Bedane & P. Bonnet May 2009 Page 5 1. INTRODUCTION, OBJECTIVES of the MISSION The lack of reliable livestock information in the SADC region has hampered identification of the potential and constraints of the livestock sub-sector and consequently the formulation of large scale intervention projects. To alleviate this problem, the PRINT livestock project was mandated with the establishment of livestock information system which integrates technical and socio-economic data for SADC Secretariat and its Member States (MS). In order to establish the Livestock Information Management System (LIMS), the Project gathered the necessary information (situation analysis, information needs assessment) and prepared conditions (developing templates, purchasing hardware and software, training national experts and contracting software developers) for the set-up of the system. The development phase of the database was completed by the end of July 2008 and became ready for introducing to SADC MS. Once the application was ready for roll-out, the PRINT Livestock Project has organised missions to MS to undertake the installation of the LIMS application and training of national experts. It was agreed that these missions, intended to cover all MS, start in August 2008. The first mission started on 1st August 2008 in Botswana with the following objectives. 1) To launch officially the SADC Agricultural Information Management System (AIMS) and its livestock component LIMS in the country. This one-day meeting is used to create awareness on LIMS among livestock data sources and information users and map the network of stakeholders. 2) To train trainers on LIMS data collection templates and the operation and use of