Livestock Emergency Guidelines Standards

36 The LEGS Project is overseen by an international Steering Group which provides strategic direction of the project and quality control of LEGS products and the training programme. The current LEGS Steering Group members are: Rob Allport : Assistant FAO Representative Programme Implementation, FAO Kenya Philippe Ankers : Chief, Livestock Production Systems Branch (AGAS), FAO Andy Catley (Chair) : Research Director, Feinstein International Centre, Tufts University Wendy Fenton : Humanitarian Practice Network Coordinator, Overseas Development Institute Guido Govoni : Regional Livestock Specialist, International Committee for the Red Cross David Hadrill : Director, Vetwork UK Dr Solomon Hailemariam : African Union, Depar tment for Rural Economy and Agriculture (retired) Piers Simpkin : Livestock Sector Head, FAO Kenya Serena Zanella : Independent Humanitarian Consultant Former members of the Steering Group include Ong-orn Prasarnphanich,World Animal Protection; and Simon Mack, FAO. The LEGS Project activities are managed on a day-to- day basis by a small team at Vetwork UK, comprising the LEGS Coordinator, Training Coordinator, suppor t staff and consultants, with technical suppor t from Tufts University. ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT Before LEGS, livestock emergency interventions were done haphazardly with lots of inconsistencies and there was unaccountability... both within and between agencies… Now there is some accountability and stakeholder involvement in livestock-based emergency interventions. The President of the Kenya Veterinar y Association (in Coupe and Kisiangani, 2013) ’ ‘