The project purpose was to improve the legal framework, identification and registration of small ruminants, better animal disease intelligence and the accreditation of the Central Veterinary Laboratory (IKV) in order to increase sheep and goat production as well as improve food safety.
In line with the global project purpose aiming at interventions in the field of veterinary legislation, animal identification and farm registration, veterinary epidemiology, and laboratory management, the project was subdivided into 5 major components:

• The small ruminant I&R (identification & registration) project component (B)
• The veterinary epidemiology project component (C)
• The veterinary laboratory (IKV) project component (D)
• The Information Technology project component (E) and
• The I&R and veterinary legislation project component (F)

The legislation component comprised training courses on veterinary and animal health legislation and technical assistance on the assessment and drafting of animal health legislation (incl. tables of correspondence and impact studies).