Dr. Faouzi Kechrid

Dr. FAOUZI KECHRID, General Secretary of the General Union of Arab Veterinarians, President Tunisian General Union of veterinary, Tunisian Union of professions (UPL), of the World Union of Liberal Professions, UMPL, and of the Euro-Arab veterinary Association, Founder and President of the African Veterinary Association AVA, President of the African syndicate for the Industry of Veterinary drugs and Animal Health, Consultant with the World Bank, World Health Organization WHO, FAO and OIE.

Dr. Faouzi Kechrid is an accredited expert for evaluation of veterinary services.
This service is available to member countries and donor agencies under the auspices of the OIE to help bring the veterinary services of developing and transition countries into line with international standards and he has more than thirty-nine-year experience in the fields of Veterinary Medicine, Animal and Public Health, Animal Welfare, Livestock, Food security, Hygiene and Safety. Dr Kechrid acts as OIE Representative for North Africa, Officer in charge of the FAO Sub-Regional Office for North Africa based in Tunis and as well as FAO representative to North Africa. As a Consultant for the World Bank, FAO, and OIE, Dr. Kechrid conducted assessments on Avian Influenza and transboundary animal diseases in the Middle East and North Africa.
He is also coordinating activities on behalf of the World Veterinary Association, the Euro-Arab Veterinary Association, and the African Veterinary Association. As a World Bank/Alive expert, he coordinated all phases of the fourth International Conference on Avian Influenza held in Bamako, Mali December 2006, the 1st World Conference on veterinary legislation and Good Governance in animal health in Djerba, Tunisia in December 2010 as well as international and continental veterinary events and projects.
In September 2005, he was promoted Advisor to the Secretary of Agriculture and assigned the duties of coordinating and following up the day-to-day contacts and discussions with international organizations, agricultural sections of foreign embassies, European Union Commission in Tunisia.
He was actively involved in the efforts of the Tunisian government to bring Tunisian infrastructure and food products to the international standards and particularly to the European Union standards, and he was actively involved with the ministries of agriculture, health, Municipalities, environment and Tourism for initiatives related to animal welfare and public health.
As OIE certified Expert for the PVS missions in African countries, and also, he was involved in many training seminars for animal welfare in Ethiopia, Mali, Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Tanzania, Niger, Angola, Cameroon and took part to different initiatives with WHO for street dogs and cats as well with international organizations for protection of animals.
As a Senior Veterinarian Inspector for the Department of Interior he was in charge of the Food Inspection Department to include slaughterhouses, livestock markets which provide a large part of the country’s need for seafood products, fish, meat, fruits and vegetables, and public establishments (e.g. restaurants, hotels, airports and seaports). From 1987 to 2004, he served as Associate Professor at the Tunisian Faculty of Food Engineering, teaching hygiene and food safety as well as the meat and seafood productions. From 1985 to 1995, Dr. Kechrid performed for the World Health Organization assessments missions and trainings in the Middle East, North Africa, West and Central Africa, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Iraq, Egypt, Brazil, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Yemen.