ATS Animal Traceability Solutions

The Specialists for Animal Identification and Traceability (AIT) Systems

Worldmap of competence

Northern Europe

South East Europe

Middle East

Africa

Caribics / Latin America

Project References

Since 2008 we have implemented over 20 projects in 15 countries

Animal Traceability Solutions – the joint venture of ADT and UBK – has successfully implemented about 20 projects for the EU-Commission, the World Bank and FAO with focus on the planning, preparation and implementation of Animal Identification and Traceability (AIT) Systems including the design, development and installation of web-based AIT information systems.

The following database contains the most important reference projects implemented by AST during the past 15 years.

Northern Europe

Country Poland
Project description Implementation of an Animal Identification and Registration System
Origin of funding EU Phare
Name of Client Polish Vet. Service
Period 1999 – 2001
Overall project value 499,756 EUR
Proportion carried out by ADT 5
No of staff provided 4
Name of partners, if any German MoA, Saxon Milk Recording Association
Project description This Project was aiming to establish a national administration and a central data base for registrations of animals and to train the administrative and operational staff. The Project was implemented by the Veterinary Department of the Saxon Ministry of Social Affairs, Health and Family assisted by the Danish Agricultural Advisory Service, the Milk Recording Association of Saxony and ADT Projekt GmbH.
Type of Services provided
  • Assistance and training in the administrative procedures of animal identification and registration and the technical implementation of the data collection and data base management;
  • Implementation of registration, ear tags and passports; Pilot Intervention in two regions
Country Germany
Project description Design and implementation of software components related to the German AIT system
Origin of funding Ministry of Rural Areas Baden-Württemberg
Name of Client Ministry of Rural Areas Baden-Württemberg
Period 01.01.1997 – 31.12.2006
Overall project value EUR 3,200,000
Proportion carried out by UBK 100
No of staff provided 4
Name of partners, if any
Project description Design and development of software components related to the German AIT system and the IACS (Integrated Administration and Control system) of Baden-Württemberg
Type of Services provided
  • System analysis
  • elaboration of technical IT concepts
  • software development for mainframes and for Windows systems
  • Integration of the platforms by middleware components
  • support on the daily system operation

South East Europe

Country Germany
Project description Design and implementation of software components related to the German AIT system
Origin of funding Ministry of Rural Areas Baden-Württemberg
Name of Client Ministry of Rural Areas Baden-Württemberg
Period 01.01.1997 – 31.12.2006
Overall project value EUR 3,200,000
Proportion carried out by UBK 100
No of staff provided 4
Name of partners, if any
Project description Design and development of software components related to the German AIT system and the IACS (Integrated Administration and Control system) of Baden-Württemberg
Type of Services provided
  • System analysis
  • elaboration of technical IT concepts
  • software development for mainframes and for Windows systems
  • Integration of the platforms by middleware components
  • support on the daily system operation
Country Kosovo
Project description Strengthening of Public Veterinary Services
Origin of funding European Agency for Reconstruction (EAR)
Name of Client Kosovo Public Veterinary Services
Period 06/2002 – 03/2005
Overall project value 1,369,689 EUR
Proportion carried out by ADT 30
No of staff provided 3
Name of partners, if any GRM International BV, GFA Terra Systems GmbH
Project description The aim of the project was to:
  • support livestock production, trade and veterinary public health by improving animal health surveillance, disease control programmes and veterinary border inspection;
  • improve food safety and thus consumer protection, by assisting in the implementation of monitoring and surveillance of food of animal origin, drug and residue surveillance and control of food imports;
  • ensure appropiate standards of animal welfare by monitoring and providing advice to animal husbandry (livestock and pet animals), by monitoring of stray cats and dogs, animal transport and livestock slaughtering practices.
The Project covered all aspects relevant for the institution building and strengthening of a public veterinary administration such as:
  • Prevention and control of transmissible animal diseases (list A and B OIE)
  • Development of identification and movement control system for cattle and sheep
  • Border inspection post control
  • Drug and residue surveillance
  • Food and hygiene control
  • Ante and post mortem meat inspection in slaughterhouses
  • Animal welfare
  • Veterinary drug licensing
  • Capacity building for the Kosovo veterinary laboratory
The project included a veterinary and food safety legislation component and provided technical assistance tot the drafting of veterinary and food safety legislation in the areas mentioned above.
Type of Services provided
  • Prevention and control of transmissible animal diseases (list A and B OIE) and zoonotic diseases
  • Identification and movement control system for cattle and sheep
  • Border inspection post control
  • Drug and residue surveillance
  • Food and hygiene control
  • Ante and post mortem meat inspection in slaughterhouses
  • Animal welfare as it applies to animal and food of animal origin production
  • Veterinary drug licensing
  • Capacity building for the Kosovo veterinary laboratory
  • Strengthening of the KVS in its organisation and effective structure
  • Development of a comprehensive veterinary legislation
  • Preparation of a longer term strategy for the development of the KVS (Kosovo Veterinary Service)
Country Macedonia I
Project description Establishment of a National Animal Identification System
Origin of funding European Agency for Reconstruction (EAR)
Name of Client Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy
Period 06/2002-12/2004
Overall project value 691,780 EUR
Proportion carried out by ADT 50
No of staff provided 6
Name of partners, if any GFA Consulting Group GmbH, Germany
Project description The Project was aiming to support the livestock sector in its efforts to comply with international standard requirements, particularly in relation to the establishment of national animal identification systems. The Project should assist the State Veterinary Service to achieve the veterinary surveillance network in the country as required by the EU legislation and to define the requirements for the national cattle I & R system, complying in all respects with EU legislation and international standards (i.e. database, ear tags, passports, farm registers, movement reporting, tracing etc). The roll-out of the system including first tagging and registration has successfully started in the end of November 2004.In that time, the I&R law became the first legal act in the agriculture and food sector harmonized with the EU Acquis and which was successfully enacted by the Macedonian Parliament.
Type of Services provided
  • Preparation of an evaluation report of pilot projects in three municipalities
  • Elaboration of a Strategy plan for the implementation of the I&R system in the country including the organisational structure, communication plan, the functional design of the I&R system and a draft for technical architecture of the hardware
  • Assistance in the development and implementation of a computerized database system
  • Training of technical staff and end-users
  • Review and draft relevant legislation for the bovine I&R system
  • Preparation and Implementation of publicity strategy
Country Macedonia II
Project description National Animal Identification Programme, Phase II
Origin of funding European Agency for Reconstruction (EAR)
Name of Client The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry of Macedonia
Period 11/2004 – 04/2007
Overall project value 984,534 EUR
Proportion carried out by ADT 50
No of staff provided 11
Name of partners, if any GFA Consulting Group GmbH, Germany
Project description The project consisted of three components: 1. Completion of the bovine I&R system in line with relevant EU and FYR Macedonian legislation including all components at field level and in the central database. (The target was to achieve that more than 90% of the cattle population are tagged, identified, registered and their movements recorded.) 2. Preparation of a detailed concept, system design and implementation plan for extending the present I&R system to ovine and caprine animals in line with EU legal requirements; harmonization of the relevant legislation; design of a small ruminant holding census; establishment of a sheep and goat holding register. 3. Preparation of a concept, system design and implementation plan for developing an integrated animal I&R and veterinary surveillance network, including agreed solution, technical design, workflow and information flow, data model and tender documents for procurement of all system components; elaboration of a veterinary information system for all ruminants at the individual holding, herd/flock and animal level; the design should have taken into account the future development of other VD and Ministry systems such as a complete animal holding register (pigs and others), concept of farm register (integrated for all farms or separate animal farm register), integrated administration and control system (IACS) and GIS.
Type of Services provided
  • Provision of hands on management assistance to first tagging and registration of all cattle, updating of holding information, entry and validation of data on the central data base.
  • Assist in planning and monitoring of first tagging which will took three to five months during the winter period when cattle are housed in stables.
  • Identify needs, design and provide further training as required for farmers, slaughterhouse operators, field veterinarians, inspectors, and central HQ staff
  • Support to establish a functioning and sustainable I&R Unit
  • Design and introduce computer based budgeting and accounting system for I&R operations and develop a financing concept to make I&R system operations progressively independent from the treasury from 2007 onwards
  • Prepare a realistic concept in compliance with EU requirements relating to sheep and goat I&R
  • Preparation of an implementation strategy, including: procurement timetable, hardware and software installation and testing programme, training requirements, awareness and publicity campaigns
  • Define additional software functions required by the Veterinary Directorate for both I&R and veterinary surveillance
Country Germany
Project description Design and implementation of software components related to the German AIT system
Origin of funding Ministry of Rural Areas Baden-Württemberg
Name of Client Ministry of Rural Areas Baden-Württemberg
Period 01.01.1997 – 31.12.2006
Overall project value EUR 3,200,000
Proportion carried out by UBK 100
No of staff provided 4
Name of partners, if any
Project description Design and development of software components related to the German AIT system and the IACS (Integrated Administration and Control system) of Baden-Württemberg
Type of Services provided
  • System analysis
  • elaboration of technical IT concepts
  • software development for mainframes and for Windows systems
  • Integration of the platforms by middleware components
  • support on the daily system operation
Country Montenegro
Project description Animal Identification and Registration (I&R) Montenegro Phase II
Origin of funding EU CARDS
Name of Client Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management (MAFWM)
Period 08/2009 – 05/2011
Overall project value 933,051.00 EUR
Proportion carried out by ADT/UBK 100
No of staff provided 3
Name of partners, if any Institut de l’Elevage
Project description The overall objective of the project of which this contract will be a part is to improve food safety standards of animal origin. The purpose of this contract is to strengthen and expand the concept, system design and implementation plan for an integrated animal I&R and Veterinary Information System (VIS) in line with EU standards to comprise the bovine, ovine and caprine species, with the possibility of future expansion to other animal species. The project aims to strengthen the recently started bovine I&R system, expand the system to sheep and goats and develop a Veterinary Information System (VIS) including animal disease surveillance. The scope of the Consultant’s work is technical assistance and institution building support.
Type of Services provided The project is divided into five main components according to the results:
  • Strengthen the bovine I&R system, expand the system to the ovine and caprine species, design a veterinary information system (VIS) including detailed implementation, staffing and financial plans and obtain approval for this system
  • Procurement of IT equipment, supplies and services and securing its delivery, installation and operation
  • Create awareness with stakeholders and the general public of the expanded I&R and VI systems, make all participants fully aware of their obligations and provide training on their duties in the system. Create visibility of EU assistance
  • Make the I&R system for bovine, ovine and caprine species fully operational and accessible for other agricultural databases
  • Make the planned VIS operational with respect to I&R of the bovine, ovine and caprine species and veterinary disease surveillance
Country Multi-country
Project description The Animal Identification and Traceability Solution Platform
Origin of funding Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Protection, Federal office for Agriculture and Food
Name of Client Federal office for Agriculture and Food (BLE)
Period 10/2011 – 03/2014
Overall project value 747,583
Proportion carried out by ADT/UBK 100
No of staff provided 5
Name of partners, if any
Project description As a result of more than 10 years of experience in the planning and the implementation of animal traceability systems gained in more than 10 countries worldwide ADT Projekt GmbH and Unternehmensberatung Dr. Karb GmbH are establishing a new platform, the Animal Traceability and Solution Platform (ATSP). The development of the platform is supported by the German Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Protection within their innovation program managed by the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food. The going-public of the platform is planned for spring 2012. The platform targets to all organizations and institutions involved in the planning, implementation or operation of animal traceability systems. The objective is to provide technical assistance and to share experience between partners. The platform is developed and maintained by an international network of senior consultants who have been involved in traceability projects in Europe, Africa, the Caribbean and Asia. The objective of the platform is to provide assistance which leads to an efficient process for the planning, preparation and implementation of a system for animal identification and traceability including the relevant information system. Relevant parts of the knowledgebase customized and adapted in the course of a technical assistance project will be handed over to the customer at project end. In addition the customer receives a customized software in order to run the information system on his infrastructure. Software modules are consist8ing of a so called core components and country specific adaptations
Type of Services provided
  • Development and compilation of technical modules for the knowledge base with the following contents:
    • A Wikipedia of technical terms
    • International standards, legal requirements and legislation for animal identification and traceability
    • Data dictionary and description of core processes
    • Implementation tools and training material
    • Identification means
  • Application of the developed platform in a pilot region in Tanzania
  • Revision and optimization of the service package
Country Serbia
Project description Technical Assistance for Animal Identification and Registration
Origin of funding EU Cards
Name of Client European Community for External Actions
Period 04/2008 – 04/2010
Overall project value 1,362,621 EUR
Proportion carried out by ADT/UBK 78
No of staff provided 12
Name of partners, if any GFA Consulting Group GmbH,  Landeskontrollverband NRW
Project description The overall objective was to strengthen administrative capacity to develop an environment conducive to trade development: The purpose of this contract was to support trade in agricultural and food sectors, in particular livestock and products of animal origin. The I&R system serves several purposes such as veterinary control, integrated quality control, progeny testing, farm and slaughterhouse management, and facilitating trade. It assists in simplifying trade relations with the Member States and other countries that accept EU standards.
Type of Services provided
  • Audit of I&R legislation, business processes and implemented software solution, analysis of cross-cutting issues aimed to implement bovine animal identification and registration Serbia in compliance with all the provisions of Title I of Regulation 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council as amended
  • Provision of a detailed action plan for the extension of animal identification and registration to other species (as a minimum those covered by the provisions of Council Directive 92/102) in compliance with relevant provisions of the acquis communautaire approved by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management and under implementation
  • Development and implementation of a strategy for the exchange of data from animal identification and registration IT systems with other IT systems of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, other Ministries or other bodies involved of the public administration approved by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management

Middle East

Country Turkey
Project description Compliance Audit of the Turkish I&R System
Origin of funding Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock of Turkey, Animal Health and Quarantine Department of the General Directorate for Food Control
Name of Client Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock of Turkey
Period 05/2012 – 05/2012
Overall project value 15,300
Proportion carried out by UBK 50
No of staff provided 1
Name of partners, if any
Project description The objective of this audit was to the assessment of the status of the Turkish I&R system with regard to
  • compliance with EC regulations
  • organizational aspects within the central and remote units
  • current ICT situation (hardware and software)
  • possibilities of further extensions of installed software.
Type of Services provided
  • Gap analysis of in the current bovine system with regard to EU requirements
  • Assessment of the existing IT solution and its capabilities for further development
  • Assessment of the possibilities for the extension of the small ruminants software towards an I&R software for all species
  • Elaboration of an indicative roadmap for the implementation of the future IT system
Country Jordan
Project description Training Workshop on Animal Identification and Recording Systems
Origin of funding FAO
Name of Client Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock Department
Period 18.01.2010 – 24.01.2010
Overall project value EUR 3,490
Proportion carried out by ADT 100
No of staff provided 1
Name of partners, if any
Project description Training Workshop on Animal Identification and Recording Systems for Iraqi MoA personnel at central and regional levels involved (or to be involved) in artificial insemination, livestock performance recording, breeding programmes, livestock extension services or veterinary services (disease surveillance) on the following subjects
  • General conditions for Animal identification and recording (AI&R) for livestock development (Applications and purposes, Benefits and beneficiaries, Regulations and authorities, Status of development in the region)
  • Methods and Standards of Animal Identification and Traceability, Performance Recording, Data capture, analysis and use; information architecture and procedures
  • Field demonstrations in Jordan
  • The role of livestock producers associations in the implementation of animal identification and recording systems
  • Management of national database for animal identification and recording
Type of Services provided
  • Facilitator of a Training Workshop on Animal Identification and Recording Systems
  • Strategy for the introduction of animal identification, traceability and recording systems (planning, preparation, roll-out and implementation)

Africa

Country Botswana
Project description Conduct a Review of the Botswana Livestock Identification and Traceability System
Origin of funding FAO
Name of Client FAO
Period
18.01.2010 – 22.02.2010
Overall project value US$ 20,360.00
Proportion carried out by ADT 100
No of staff provided 2
Name of partners, if any
Project description
The overall objective was to carry out an in-depth analysis of the Botswana Livestock Information and Traceability System (LITS) with the following activities
  • to analyse the bolus based LITS system
  • to arrange a stakeholder workshop to get feedback on the expectations of outputs of LITS for the different categories of stakeholders and to include them into the analysis.
Type of Services provided
  • Analysis of the bolus based Livestock Information and Traceability System (LITS) system; the review was done through:
    • Consultation – this targeted a wide range of stakeholders in Botswana who had varying responsibilities, perspectives and views
    • Evidence collection – during the consultation process a range of data and other evidence associated with issues that stakeholders had experienced while working with the LITS system
    • Database review – reviewed by way of sample testing of key automated controls and tracing a sample of transactions through the database, to assess the operation of the LITS application and the database itself
    • Analysis – outcomes of the preceding processes were subject to analysis as presented in this report.
  • ​Implementation of a two-days stakeholder workshop to get feedback on the expectations of outputs of LITS for the different categories of stakeholders and to include them into the analysis
  • Working out recommendations for the improvement of the LITS in Botswana
Country South African Development Community (SADC)
Project description Feasibility Study for the Expansion of Zoning, Animal Identification and Traceability Systems (ZAITS) for export trade in the SADC Region
Origin of funding EU – PRINT Programme
Name of Client Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariat
Period 09/2008 – 02/2009
Overall project value 147,764
Proportion carried out by ADT 100
No of staff provided 4
Name of partners, if any
Project description The specific objectives of the study were to conduct an analysis of existing animal disease control strategies in beef export zones and their corresponding animal identification and traceability systems in selected SADC Member States and a view to explore the feasibility of expanding the initiatives to other MS which have export potential in livestock and livestock products. The study comprised the following Member States of the SADC region:
  • Botswana
  • Swaziland
  • Zambia
  • Tanzania
  • Madagascar
Type of Services provided
  • Analysis of the existing zones for export trade in livestock and livestock products and relevant animal identification and traceability systems in selected Member States
  • Preparation of a feasibility study for expanding the initiatives of zoning for export trade and the implementation of the corresponding animal identification and traceability systems in selected SADC Member States

Caribics / Latin America

Country Jamaica
Project description Consulting Services for National Animal Identification Project
Origin of funding Inter-American Development Bank
Name of Client Agricultural Support Services
Period 07/2009 – 11/2009
Overall project value 119,518 EUR
Proportion carried out by ADT/UBK 100
No of staff provided 4
Name of partners, if any  Germany, Institut de l’Elevage, France
Project description The objective of this consultancy was to guide the Ministry of Agriculture in the implementation of a national animal identification system for Jamaica.
Type of Services provided
  • Defining and documenting the proposed national animal identification system. The current focus is on cattle, however, the prototype developed must be applicable to other species of farm animals.
  • Determining the economic cost and impact of the national animal identification system with recommendations for financing.
  • Assisting in the drafting of appropriate legislation and regulations aimed at facilitating the national animal identification system.