Position Statements

• IVSA and IFMSA Joint Statement in Response to COVID-19 (July 2020)

Policy Statements

A Policy Statement is a statement of IVSA’s beliefs regarding a particular issue. The belief is kept within IVSA’s mission and objectives and bound by its Constitution and Bylaws. Policy statements are approved during the IVSA General Assembly and are valid until renewal.

Animal Welfare

• Policy Paper on Shelter Medicine (December 2017)
• Policy Paper on Five Freedoms of Animal Welfare (July 2018)
• Position Statement on European Citizens’ Initiative “End the Cage Age” (March 2021)

External Policy Statements

You may find several statements endorsed by IVSA on behalf of veterinary students worldwide, in the most recent high-level meetings where IVSA was represented.

• IVSA Endorsement WVA Position on Aggressive Dogs
• IVSA Endorsement Roadmap for Zoonotic Tuberculosis
• IVSA Endorsement OiE Day One Competencies
• IVSA Endorsement FAO OiE WHO Tripartite
• IVSA Endorsement WVA Position Statement on the Global Climate Change Emergency