Fig. 2

Overview of a SET mission. After at least 1 month of preparation, the in-country SET mission is conducted for 10–12 days. After a launching meeting with key decision-makers, the first week of the mission is dedicated to interviews with all relevant stakeholders. The second week of the mission is dedicated to scoring all 90 indicators of SET and 32 indicators of the SET Biothreat Detection Module (if used), and the development of recommendations and a first draft of the action plan for improvement of the country’s animal disease surveillance system. The second week ends with a closing meeting presenting the main results and recommendations to key decision-makers. The SET report is drafted, finalized and cleared for publication by the country’s Chief veterinary officer approximately 60 days after the in-country mission