Time (CAT/WAT)

Agenda Item

Presenter/Facilitator

Arrival Day – Monday 17 August 2026

Arrival in Rundu

15:00-18:00 CAT

Registration at Ngandu Lodge

KAZA Secretariat/ AHEAD

18:00 CAT

DINNER at lodge

Day 1 – Tuesday 18 August 2026

Full Day field visit with packed lunch - details TBC

08:30 CAT

Meet for departure to Calai via Rundu border post
(delegates to carry valid passports & yellow fever vaccination cards)

All

09:30 WAT

Meet & greet with Mayor of Calai & Angolan delegation in Calai

All

10:30 WAT

Depart to pay courtesy call to Queen of Calai

All

13:00 WAT

PACKED LUNCH & GROUP PHOTO - in the field

14:00 WAT

Field visits & discussions

All

17:00 WAT

Return to Rundu via Calai border post

All

19:00 CAT

DINNER at lodge

Day 2 – Wednesday 19 August 2026

08:30 CAT

Meet for departure to Calai via Rundu border post
(delegates to carry valid passports & yellow fever vaccination cards)

All

Introduction

09:15 WAT

Welcome

Angola (Host Country)

09:30 WAT

Opening & remarks

K. Shoombe, DVS Namibia (Chair)

09:40 WAT

Participants introductions

All

09:50 WAT

Presentation & adoption of agenda

KAZA Secretariat & Chair

Updates from KAZA Secretariat & Steering Committee

10:00 WAT

Update from KAZA Secretariat

N. Nyambe, KAZA Secretariat

10:15 WAT

Update from Steering Committee

J. Sharpe, MEFT Namibia

10:30 WAT

TEA BREAK

Updates from Partner States - current activities, challenges & gaps in the KAZA landscape from animal health, animal production and community livelihoods perspectives

11:00 WAT

Angola

Angola

11:20 WAT

Botswana

Botswana

11:40 WAT

Namibia

Namibia

12:00 WAT

Q&A, discussion

All

12:20 WAT

Zambia

Zambia

12:40 WAT

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

13:00 WAT

Q&A, discussion

All

13:15 WAT

LUNCH

Updates from Regional & Multilateral Partners

14:30 WAT

Update from SADC Food, Agriculture & Natural Resources Directorate (FANR)

C. Zhuwau, SADC FANR

14:45 WAT

Update from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

C. Lockhart, FAO

15:00 WAT

Update from Botswana Vaccine Institute (BVI)

M. Dikolobe, BVI

15:15 WAT

Q&A, discussion

15:30 WAT

TEA BREAK

16:00 WAT

Update from UNAM School of Veterinary Medicine

K. Matengu, A. Marais, UNAM

16:15 WAT

Q&A, discussion

All

16:30 WAT

Return to Rundu via Calai border post

All

19:00 CAT

GROUP DINNER at lodge

Day 3 – Thursday 20 August 2026

08:30 CAT

Meet for departure to Calai via Rundu border post
(delegates to carry valid passports & yellow fever vaccination cards)

All

Updates on current issues & workplan progress - all stakeholders (Partner States & Cooperating Partners)

09:00 WAT

Veterinary fencing assessment - Phase 3 (community & other stakeholder perspectives; strategic herding)

S. Osofsky, S. Atkinson, N. Ramsden, AHEAD

09:15 WAT

Upscaling strategic herding models & wildlife-friendly beef - lessons from Botswana's Okavango eastern panhandle & beyond

C. Nkgowe, Phase 3 consortium

09:30 WAT

Q&A, discussion

All

09:45 WAT

Potential wildlife pathology support in KAZA

C. Smith, AHEAD

10:00 WAT

Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI) - One Health cross-sectoral cooperation in Namibia

F. Busch, FLI

10:15 WAT

TEA BREAK

10:45 WAT

Q&A, discussion on current &/or emerging issues including:

• Implications of recent FMD outbreaks, as well as livestock theft, for KAZA Partner States
• Expanding CBT
• KAZA Wildlife-Friendly Beef - regional beef marketing & branding

All

12:00 WAT

Updates since the last meeting on:

• Training needs assessment
• Data on recent & planned surveillance operations in KAZA
• Diagnostic testing needs assessment
• Protocol for sample movement in KAZA

L. Rosen, AHSWG Epidemiologist

12:15 WAT

Q&A, discussion

All

12:30 WAT

LUNCH

Next steps

13:45 WAT

Role of the AHSWG in the KAZA Elephant Action Plan

M. Ssemakula, KAZA Secretariat

14:00 WAT

Q&A, discussion

All

14:15 WAT

Any other business, incl. identifying any new/additional workplan priorities for FY2026/27

All (breakout groups)

15:15 WAT

Next meeting & closing remarks

Angola (Host Country)

16:00 WAT

SUNDOWNERS in Calai

17:30 WAT

Return to Rundu via Calai border post

19:30 CAT

DINNER at Lodge

Departure Day – Friday 21 August 2026

Road transfers to Katima Mulilo & onward travel