Past Africa Animal Welfare Conferences (AAWC)
Africa Network for Animal Welfare (ANAW) works with communities, governments and partners in promoting humane treatment of all animals, through adoption, and implementing the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) Animal Welfare Standards, Five Freedoms for Animals and the Animal Welfare Strategy for Africa (AWSA).
In pursuance to this, ANAW has been convening conferences and workshops to discuss how animal welfare connects to various sectors. One area that has not been given the due consideration and interventions is how animals affect the environment or how the environment affects animals.
1st Africa Animal Welfare Conference (AAWC) - Action 2017
Dates: 2‐3 October 2017
Conference Venue: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Headquarters Nairobi – Kenya.
Conference Theme: The nexus between animal welfare, environment, and development: safeguarding our common destiny
ANAW under the advocacy, policy and legislation programme and in collaboration with, Government of Kenya, and the UN Environment convened the Africa Animal Welfare Conference - Action 2017 at the United Nations Nairobi, Kenya whose theme was “the nexus between animal welfare, environment, and development: safeguarding our common destiny”. The Conference focused on the environment, more particularly pollution, and how a pollution free planet supports animal welfare.
Policy Brief (Policy Brief ANAW / AAWC / 01 / 2017)
The policy brief highlights some of the recommendations of the conference which the participants expected that they will be addressed by governments, regional economic communities, development partners and the UN Environment by way of policy and legislation development and review and where this exists, enhance enforcement.
Click Here to Read/Download the First AAWC, 2017 Policy Brief
Conferene Report - AAWC 2017
2nd Africa Animal Welfare Conference (AAWC) - Action 2018
Dates: 3-5 September 2018
Conference Venue: United Nations Complex, Nairobi, Kenya
Conference Theme: People, Animals & the Planet; One Health One Welfare
Conference Resolutions
- Increase engagement with the United Nations and its members to promote the relevance of Animal Welfare to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals;
- Encourage liaison with different stakeholders in the sensitization of animal welfare and developing a critical mass of sensitized public who can champion animal welfare;
- Work towards the formulation, enactment and review of policy to develop current standards of animal welfare, taking into account legislation in the field of animal welfare and the environment;
- Involve youth in developing a model blue print of environmental and animal welfare sustainability;
- Appeal to government and non-governmental organizations to integrate policy on the environment, animals and people in a holistic approach as opposed to sectorial approach;
- Integrate sustainable consumption and production in animal welfare and the environment;
- Stress the need for measurable ways of assessing impact and tracing progress in animal welfare and the environment;
- Agree to participate in crafting animal laws in Africa;
- Support the development of strategic frameworks for animal welfare in Africa;
- Pursue engagements with humanitarian agencies to improve the welfare of animals, especially animals in disaster situations;
- Encourage partnerships with accredited legal institutions to incorporate animal law into legal curriculums;
- Capacity building animal welfare, wildlife and environmental civil society organizations in Africa on governance and advocacy matters.
Conference Report
3rd Africa Animal Welfare Conference (AAWC) - Action 2019
Dates: September 2-4, 2019
Conference Venue: United Nations Economic Commission for Africa UNECA, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Conference Theme: Animals, Environment and Sustainable Development in 21st Century Africa: An Interlinked Approach
Conference Report
Policy Brief
Conference Executive Summary and Resolutions
Presentations
4th Africa Animal Welfare Conference (AAWC) - Action 2020
Dates: September 7th - 10th September 2020
Conference Venue: Virtual Conference
Conference Theme: Animal Welfare, Wildlife And Environmental Conservation For Sustainable Development In Africa: Enhancing Nature-Based Solutions