CAMENET Technical Committee Meeting held at Abu Dhabi, UAE

Fifth CAMENET technical Committee Meeting, was held on November 20-21, 2023 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. This event was aimed to deliberate and strategise on matters integral to collective mission of CAMENET. The meeting was hosted by the Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority. CAMENET achievements for the year 2023 and action plan for the year 2024 were discussed. By and large the discussion revolved around camel diseases and laboratory testing standards development and validation. Network stressed on standardised and accurately validated diagnostic methods according to WOAH guidelines, recommendation, and procedures. CAMENET focused on strategies and plan of action for scientific development and progress in camel health and welfare-related issues. Provisions of capacity-building and exchange of expertise and cooperation in controlling camel disease, through conferences and events to enhance knowledge sharing were also discussed. Facilitating R&D projects through collaboration between the national, regional, and international institutions and FAO/WOAH reference laboratories and collaborating centres and academia were agreed upon. Finally one health and public health, economy, and societal issues related to camelids were also discussed.

Ilse Köhler-Rollefson work on camelids is named "Best in the World" in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Ilse Köhler-Rollefson won the Gourmand World Cookbook Award "Best in the World" for her work with the League for Pastoral People preparing the UN International Year of Camelids 2024.

Founded in 1995 by Edouard Cointreau and with 205 participating countries, the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards are the only international competition for food culture content. Every year, they honour the best books, printed or digital, as well as television and social media. The competition is free and open to all languages.

This year, the Gourmand Awards Ceremony was hosted by the Saudi Feast Food Festival, the largest of its kind in the Middle East. Organised by the Saudi Culinary Arts Commission of the Ministry of Culture, the festival gathered hundreds of thousands of visitors, and food culture professionals from seventy countries coming from five continents.

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