Curriculum Vitae

Name and surname : Mustafa TUFAN, MSc

Profession                : Veterinarian

Expert on                 : Epidemiology;     Virology;    Training

Date of birth            : 1960

Place of birth           : Kadirli – Osmaniye

Marital status          : Married, two children

Languages               : Turkish  Mother tongue English Good

Telephone                : +90 505 278 12 81

E-mail                       : mustafatufan60@gmail.com

Web Site                  : www.tufanvet.com

·      October 1983, Veterinarian

·      February 1993, Gained Certificate as Specialist Veterinarian in Virology, the Ankara University and MARA. MSc title: Invivo Studies on the Immunity Value of O type FMD Vaccines Prepared With Different Inactivants.

·      September 1993, Gained Master of Science for Epidemiology in Development of Animal Health and Production Programs, the University of Reading, London, UK. MSc title: An Evaluation of the Monitoring and Control of Foot and Mouth Disease in Turkey.

·      November 1983-June 1984, Worked as a Private Veterinarian in Kadirli, Osmaniye.

·      June 1984-August 1989, Worked as a Senior Veterinarian, The Customs and Warehouse Directorate, MARA, Mersin.

·      August 1989-August 1995, Worked as a Senior Virologist Veterinarian at FMD (SAP) Institute in Ankara.

·      August 1995-July 2000, Worked as a Senior Epidemiologist Veterinarian at the General Directorate Protection and Control, MARA, Ankara.

·       July 2000- December 2006 , Worked as a Director of Epidemiology and Information Section at the General Directorate Protection and Control, MARA, Ankara.

·      January 2007, Retired.

·      February 2007- March 2008, FAO National Expert, FAO- Ankara, Türkiye

·      June-November 2008, EU Short Term National Expert, EU Supported Rabies Project-Ankara

·      March-August 2010, EU Short Term International Expert, EU Supported Animal Health Promotion Phase I Project-Kabul, Afghanistan

·      November 2010-October 2012, EU Long Term International Expert, EU Supported Animal Health Promotion Phase II Project-Kabul, Afghanistan.

·      March-December 2014, EU Long Term International Key Expert, (KE2), EU Supported Veterinary Strategy Document Preparation Technical Assistance Project-Ankara, Turkey

·      May 2019- July 2022, EU Long Term Project Coordinator and Contact Person, EU Supported Technical Assistance Project on Control and Prevention of Cattle Nodular Exanthema Disease-Ankara, Turkey

·      September 2021-March 2022, FAO National Veterinary Services Advisor, Increasing the efficiency of small livestock production to reduce greenhouse gas emission intensity (GCP/SEC/014/TUR) project, Ankara, Turkey

·      July 2021-May 2024, EU Long-Term International Key Expert (KE3), EU-supported Technical Assistance to Improve Preparedness for Animal Disease Crises and Implementation of Food Safety Standards (EuropeAid/140337/DH/SER/CY) Project, Nicosia, Cyprus.

·      Since January 2007, providing Freelance Consultancy and Training Services

·      1993-1998, Worked as a Senior Epidemiologist Veterinarian in the Turkish-German Animal Health Information System Project (gtz) with Dr. Fritz Barwinek (Germany) and Dr. Nicholas Taylor (England), Animal Health Information Department, the General Directorate of Protection and Control (GDPC), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Ankara.

·      Worked as a National Project Coordinator for;

       -1998-1999, Foot-and Mouth Disease Control Project (98/64/EC) in Turkey, supported by EC.

      – 1999-2001, Foot and mouth disease control project (TCP /INT/8922) in Turkey and Iran, supported by FAO.

      – 2003-2005, The Strengthening Active Surveillance for Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) and other exotic diseases in Thrace region projects in Turkey, Bulgaria and Greece (TCP/RER/2903), supported by FAO.

·      2003-January 2007, worked as a Director of Epidemiology Unit to contributed to the Support to the Alignment of Turkey to the EU Veterinary Acquis-TR 0203.05 project and other project.

·      In 2009, “Project Coordinator” position; project number 2008-1-TR-LEO02- 01874. within the scope of the EU Vocational Training Program Leonardo da Vinci Mobility Project, Ankara.

·      Contributed to animal disease control and epidemiology studies carried out within the scope of the EU-supported Veterinary Project and to various external projects.

·      “FAO National Expert“, February 2007 and March 2008, conducted foot and mouth disease outbreak investigation and provided consultancy services within the scope of the FAO/EUFMD (MTF/INT/003/EEC) Project.

·       “FAO Expert”, on 22-25 November 2007, provided training on the Epidemiology of Foot and Mouth Disease and Outbreak Investigation to the officials of the Veterinary Service of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, together with FAO Expert Dr. Carsten J. Pötzsh, within the scope of the UNDP project.

·      “Short Term EU Expert“, June and November 2008, worked and provided consultancy services within the scope of the TR 0503.06/001-EU supported Rabies Disease Control Project between

·      “EU Short-Term International Expert”, March and August 2010, worked within the scope of the EU Animal Health Development Phase I Project (EuropeAid/121030/C/SV/AF) in Kabul, Afghanistan.

·      “EU Long-Term International Expert”, November 2010 and October 2012, worked within the scope of the EU Animal Health Development Phase II Project (EuropeAid/129-318/C/SER/AF) in Kabul, Afghanistan.

·      “EU Long Term (KE2) International Epidemiologist Expert”, March and December 2014, worked within the scope of the Technical Assistance Project for Preparation of Veterinary Strategy Document for the EU-supported Turkish Veterinary Service (EuropeAid/133669/D/SER/TR) in Ankara, Türkiye.

·       “EU Project Coordinator and Contact Person”, May 2019 and July 2022, worked within the scope of the EU-Supported Technical Assistance Project on Control and Prevention of Cattle Nodular Exanthema Disease in Ankara, Türkiye.

·      “FAO National Veterinary Services Advisor”, September 2021 and March 2022, worked within the scope of the project of increasing the efficiency of small cattle production to reduce greenhouse gas emission intensity (GCP/SEC/014/TUR) in Ankara, Türkiye.

·      “EU International Key Expert (KE3)”, July 2021-May 2024, worked within the scope of the EU-supported Technical Assistance to Improve Preparedness for Animal Disease Crises and Implementation of Food Safety Standards (EuropeAid/140337/DH/SER/CY) Project in Nicosia, Cyprus.

·      August 1988-January 1989, Attended the training course on the Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics in Livestock at the Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Denver, ABD

·      17-28 June 1989, Attended the training course on the Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics in Livestock Services in Izmir, Turkey.

·      October – December 1990, Attended the Modular course (A) on Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics in Livestock Development at the University of Reading, London, UK.

·      January – March 1992, Attended the Modular course (A) on the Use of Computers in Veterinary and Livestock Services and (B2) on the Collection, Analysis and Use of Livestock Production and Health Information at the University of Reading, London, UK:

·      April – May.1993, Attended the Modular course on the Design and Management of Livestock Services and Programmes.

·      29 November -1 December 1994, Attended the course “Control Principles for Red and White Meat Slaughterhouses and Factors Affecting Meat Quality”, Etlik, Ankara.

·      5-9 December 1994, Attended the Epidemiology and EPIINFO Computer Course, Tamem, Ankara, Turkey

·      20-24 March 1995, Organised and attended the Animal Health Information Project, PCM/ZOPP Planning Workshop, Bilkent, Ankara, Turkey.

·      27 June- 5 July 1995, Attended the Models and Quantitative Methods in Veterinary Epidemiology Course, Wageningen, Nederland.

·      25-29 September 1995, Attended the Livestock Diseases Economics Course, Etlik, Ankara, Turkey.

·      29 January -2 February 1996, Attended the Training of Veterinary Epidemiologist of Trainer Course, Teramo, Italy.

·      19-30 August 1996, Attended the Refresher Course on Veterinary Epidemiology and Economic, University of Reading, Reading, London, UK:

·      23-24 May 1996, Attended the workshop on “Identification and Discussion of Problems Encountered in General Vaccination Campaigns and Determination of Solution Suggestions”, FMD Institute, Ankara.

·      13-17 January 1997, Attended the Presentation Technique Methods Course, Tamem, Dikmen, Ankara, Turkey.

·      27 April-2 May 1997, Attended the Team Building and Team Development Course, Kemer, Antalya, Turkey

·      16-20 June 1997, Organised and attended the Animal Health Information Project, PCM/ZOPP Planning Workshop, Ankara, Turkey.

·      14-20 June 1998, Attended the training course of cattle identification system in (Brussels) Belgium, (Bonn) Germany and (Paris) France.

·      5-19 October 2001, Attended the training courses given by experts from EU for veterinary legislation and Veterinary services situation in EU for harmonisation to Turkey in Ankara

·      7-13 December 2003, Attended the workshop on the Animal disease surveillance and outbreak investigation , Athen, Greece.

·      20 February–19 March 2004, Attended the study tour on the Epidemiology including basic statistics and data evaluation in Herford and Mettmann Germany.

·      28 April-1 May 2004,Attended the training courses for the Management of the Strategy at the TUSSIDE Institute in Gebze-Izmit

·      17-21 May 2004,Attended the training courses for Spatial Epidemiology-GIS Workshop in Veliningrad, Bulgaria.

·      8-12 May 2005,Attended the MZCP-EMRO Joint International Training Course on Zoonoses and Food borne Diseases Preparedness and Response and Follow-up Workshop on Epidemiological Surveillance, Cairo, Egypt.

·      5-9 September 2005,Attended the Simulation Exercises on Avian Influenza which was organized by Taiex-EU and GDPC-MARA in Bandirma, Balikesir, Turkey.

·      03-07 October 2005,Attended the Blue Tongue &GIS Workshop which was organized by JRC and Taiex-EU in Ankara, Turkey.

·      10-14 October 2005,Attended the HACCP course which was organized by WHO/MZCC in Ankara, Turkey.

·      24-27 October 2005,Attended the seminar on the new OIE’s World Animal Health Information Systems (WAHIS), Tbilisi, Georgia.

·      4-8 September 2006,Attended the basic training course for expert on the agriculture insurance , Ankara.

·      12-15 March 2007, training on the foot and mouth disease outbreak investigating, Ankara.

·      8 April-7 May 2012, training on the Geographic Information System- ArcGIS Desktop I, Kabul, Afghanistan.

·      January 2011-June 2012, Trainer for the Epidemiology Disease Surveillance and Outbreak Investigation, Kabul, Nangarhar, Herat, Bamyan, Balkh, Afghanistan.

·      15 October 2019, 4 November 2019, 6 January 2020, 3 February 2020, 2 March 2020, Trainer for the Livestock farmers’ awareness for the Lumpy Skin Disease in Elazığ, Trabzon, Adana, Şanlı Urfa, Aydın, Türkiye.

·      24-26 November 2020, Moderator-Organizer, Training on the analysis of LSD Vaccination, Ankara, Türkiye.

·      29 March-2 April 2021, Organizer, Pilot Study on Setting Light Traps for LSD vectors, Ankara, Türkiye.

·      5-9 April 2021, Moderator- Organizer, Training on the LSD Vectors and Light Traps Setup, Ankara, Türkiye.

·      18-22 October 2021, Organizer, Online training on epidemiological assessment, risk assessment and laboratory equipment, Ankara, Türkiye.

·      22-26 November 2021, Moderator- Organizer, online training on LSD Molecular Diagnosis Istanbul, Türkiye.

·      13-17 December 2021, Moderator- Organizer, Online Training on Vaccines and Vaccination, Ankara, Türkiye.

·     10-14 January 2022, Moderator- Organizer, Training on First Generation Sequencing, Istanbul, Türkiye.

·     21-25 February 2022, Moderator- Organizer, Online training on conduction LSD management and dynamics, Istanbul, Türkiye.

·     14-18 March 2022, Moderator- Organizer, Training on Next Generation Sequencing, Istanbul, Türkiye.

·     25-29 April 2022, Moderator- Organizer, Online Training on Serological Diagnosis of LSD, Ankara, Türkiye.

·     17 May 2022, Trainer, Panel on the general view sheep and goat diseases emergencies, risks and prevention, Ziyamet, Cyprus.

·     23-27 May 2022, Moderator- Organizer, Online training on cell-mediated immune system, Istanbul, Türkiye.

·     13-17 June 2022, Moderator- Organizer, online training on bioinformatics, Istanbul, Türkiye.

·     21 March 2023, Trainer, Panel on the general view sheep and goat diseases emergencies, risks and prevention, Paşaköy / Vadili, Cyprus.

·     23-24 March 2023, Trainer, Simulation Exercise for foot and mouth disease (FMD) in small ruminants, Nicosia, Cyprus.

·    25 and 27 April 2023, Trainer, trainings on poultry diseases and significant diseases for farmers, animal keepers, operators, Nicosia, Cyprus.

·    9-10 May 2023, Trainer, Simulation Exercise for HPAI in poultry establishments, Nicosia, Cyprus.

·    17-18 October 2023, Trainer, Simulation Exercise for foot and mouth disease (FMD) in bovine animals, Nicosia, Cyprus.

·   12-13 December 2023, Trainer, Simulation Exercise for SPGP and PPR in Small ruminants, Nicosia, Cyprus.

·    14-15 February 2024, Trainer, Simulation Exercise for LSD in bovine animals, Nicosia, Cyprus.

·    24-25 April 2024, Trainer, Simulation Exercise for FMD, Nicosia, Cyprus

·      1990, Investigation on carrier of FMD viruses in ruminants, Turkey, FMD Institute, Ankara.

·      1991,Organisation and evaluation of sero-survey for Foot and Mouth Disease in Turkey, FMD Institute, Ankara.

·      1992,Organisation and evaluation of sero-survey for Foot and Mouth Disease in Turkey, FMD Institute, Ankara.

·      1993,Virology MSc Thesis :Invivo studies on the immunity value of O type FMD vaccines prepared with different inactivants, FMD Institute, Ankara.

·      1993,The Development of Animal Health and Production Programs at the university of Reading, Reading, UK, FMD Institute, Ankara.

·      1994,Questionnaire Survey for Field Veterinary Service in Turkey with Dr. Nicholas Taylor, GDPC, Ankara.

·      1994,Organisation and evaluation of sero-survey for Foot and Mouth Disease in the Thrace part of Turkey with Dr. Nicholas Taylor, GDPC, Ankara.

·      1995,Estimation of the cost and benefits of different Foot and Mouth Disease control and combat strategies in Thrace with Dr. Nicholas Taylor, GDPC, Ankara.

·      1996,Detailed investigations, using farmer interviews, to assess the losses caused by FMD outbreaks in Turkey with Dr. Nicholas Taylor, GDPC, Ankara.

·      17 Sept.-12 Oct.1996,Investigation and prepared report on the epidemiological situation and control of foot and mouth disease in Turkey as an epidemiologist expert with other four experts (Dr. Anthony Garland; England, Dr.Franz Steinegger, Italy; Dr. Alf-Eckbert Fuessel, Brussels; Dr. Yves Leforban, Secretary of EUFMD, Rome, FAO), GDPC, Ankara.

·      1993 and 1996,Organization and Evaluation of the FMD outbreak Investigation in Turkey with Nicholas Taylor, GDPC, Ankara.

·      November 2002- February 2003,Prepared the comprehensive report for FAO on FMD outbreaks in Turkey from 1990 to 2002,GDPC, Ankara.

·      12-25 September 2004, Investigation and prepared report of the FAO-EUFMD pilot study in Erzurum: Practical implementation of revised guidelines for FMD outbreak investigation, with Dr.Sammim Donal, Dr.M.Oliver, Dr.A.Bulut, Dr.U.Dinler, GDPC, Ankara.

·      1989-2006, worked on the Foot and mouth disease outbreak investigation, surveillance and sero-survey activities in Turkey, GDPC, Ankara.

·      September 2005, conducted on the PPR outbreak investigation study in Edirne with Dr. Donal Sammin, Dr. John Anderson and Dr. Şirin Gülsüm Çizmeci, GDPC, Ankara.

·      5 October 2005- December 2006, Organisation and investigation on the epidemiology, surveillance and sero-survey activities for the avian influenza diseases (HPAI) in Turkey, GDPC, Ankara.

·      February 2007-March 2008, FAO Expert, conducted Foot and mouth disease outbreak investigation in different provinces of Turkey and prepared reports and gave trainings under the FAO project.

·      June-November 2008, EU National Expert, conducted a dog count and vaccination campaign research within the scope of the EU rabies project,.

·      2010-2011, EU International Expert, conducted research on the application and testing of the Newcastle (strain I-2) vaccine in the field in Kabul with Emamudin, A. Fatah, Mohammad Ghullam Ziay, R. Halliwell, J. D. Woodford and W. Schauwers within the scope of EU Animal Health Development Project.

·      March 2010-October 2012, EU International Expert, conducted outbreaks investigating for animal diseases such as FMD, Anthrax, PPR, Brucellosis and Newcastle in different provinces of Afghanistan within the scope of EU Animal Health Development Project.

·      As a representative of the Ministry of Agriculture, attended to the many meeting in different countries (USA, Germany, Afghanistan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Dubai, France, Palestine, Georgia, Netherlands, England, Ireland, Iran, Israel, Sweden, Italy, Cyprus, Lithuania, Hungary, Egypt, Norway, Syria, Greece) and in Turkey related to the collaboration of the veterinary services.

·      He has experience in international relations, Project Preparation and Execution, Agriculture and Livestock Services, Education and Planning, Animal Health, Epidemiology, Food Control.

·      He prepared many professional reports, conducted technical feasibility studies, published a local magazine, and published articles in various magazines. He retired in January 2007 as the Director of the Epidemiology and Information Section.

·      As an Independent Educator and Expert; He provides training on EU projects regarding Project Preparation, Implementation and Management, takes part in EU project preparations and prepares feasibility reports on Agriculture and Livestock.

·      International relations; He has good English speaking, writing and listening, research, project, training and planning experience.

·      As an Expert and Administrator; He worked on behalf of the country, conducted many scientific researches and investigations, prepared reports, published a local magazine, and published articles in various magazines.

·      As an independent expert; He continues to work in the fields of epidemiology and virology and provides freelance consultancy services, Ankara, Turkey.