World Veterinary Association is strongly supporting all IVSA aims, to raise the overall level of veterinary education worldwide by increasing the international exchange of ideas and knowledge, achieved through a number of strategies.

WORLD VETERINARY ASSOCIATION       6th February 2004          International Veterinary Students’ Association (IVSA) Dyrlaegevej 9 DK – 1870 FREDERIKSBERG C Denmark WORLD VETERINARY ASSOCIATION AND THE IVSA TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN The WVA, being the recognised international representative of the veterinary profession on a global level and in all major world organisations, has for the past several years established a close working relationship with the IVSA. As the IVSA represents veterinary students from around the globe, all of whom will be future colleagues, the WVA views IVSA as an important role player and partner in promoting the veterinary profession, science and practice and to unify the veterinary profession throughout the World The WVA fully supports the IVSA in achieving its principal goals, being: • To raise the overall standard of veterinary education by increasing international and inter-cultural exchange of ideas and knowledge; and • To promote opportunities for veterinary students to undertake education in important areas outside their normal training, for example management, welfare and environmental issues, technical language training, and specialisation unique to another country, as these are fully complimentary to the WVA’s objectives in  respect of promoting the veterinary profession, science and practice and setting high standards in veterinary education and ethics. In today’s world of globalisation and rapid information dissemination, the WVA recognizes, supports and values the role IVSA plays in that veterinary students around the world establish links with each other, in an effort to enhance the understanding for the threat of spread of global and trans-boundary animal diseases / epizootics and be exposed to new developments in veterinary disease control and eradication as well as new demands for veterinary involvement in fields such as e. g. food safety, animal production, bio-security, environmental sustainability and protection and animal welfare. Such links, be they by direct personal exchange or through visits to veterinary faculties/schools/colleges and “seeing-practice” in the different parts of the world, will  greatly enhance the student’s understanding for the worlds varied and multifaceted cultural and social environments. Through its activities the IVSA makes an important contribution  in the development of communications skills that are important throughout life. This is not only of direct benefit in their future professional careers, but will also promote commitment and leadership in the veterinary profession as a whole. The WVA commends the IVSA on their numerous activities to achieve its goals and improve the opportunities offered to its members. Current such schemes are, inter alia their cooperation with Vetstream whereby they are offering free access to their web-based information service to all IVSA student members and their entering into an agreement with the Journal of Applied Research in Veterinary Medicine [JARVM] whereby they will give all member faculties and exchange officers free subscription to the journal in 2004. The WVA encourages organisations and associations, to actively assist and support the IVSA to achieve their objectives and goals and to enable IVSA to even better represent the international veterinary student body, benefiting the veterinary profession as a whole signed    Dr. Herbert SCHNEIDER Dr. med. vet BVSc DVSM FT Trop Vet. Med. MRCVS PRESIDENT : WORLD VETERINARY ASSOCIATION

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