The event responds to a request for training expressed by the WOAH Sub-Regional Representation for North Africa (Tunis) and the veterinary services of Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia, with the aim of enhancing, with the support of the WOAH Reference Laboratory for CBPP at the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e Molise (IZSTE), the necessary expertise to carry out appropriate passive surveillance activities and detect suspected cases of Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP) in countries where the disease has never been historically notified.