The purpose of the association is to advance the science and art of veterinary medicine, including its relationship with public health, biological science and agriculture. Specifically, EVA is working:

• To strive to protect the interest and right of veterinarians;
• To enable members, develop their veterinary and human biological medicine and agricultural profession;
• To serves as a bridge for the veterinary medicine and other related professions networking platform;
• To conduct discussions and researches in collaboration with governmental and non-governmental organizations;
• To cooperate and operate closely with the concerned government bodies and play its own roles in the veterinary health sector thereby directing the rules and regulations of the development activities;
• To Ensure that the professional ethics and standard are respected and utilized complying with the rules and regulations;
• To support the veterinary and related educational activities quality and standards;
• To operate freedom and patent rights;
• To develop the veterinary career thereby professionals, develop their expertise and operate their own, governmental and nongovernmental organizations.

The major source of revenue of the association is from members’ contribution and the local and international donors and up on decision of the general assembly from public contribution, revenue generation activities in cash or in kind.

According to Article 6 of EVA by-law, the association has the following types of membership

1. Regular members
   • Including founding members and members admitted by the general assembly
   • Any Ethiopian fulfilling the following criteria will be taken as member
   • A locally registered veterinarian who has completed education
   • Accepting the association’s objectives and goals
   • Aged above 20 years
   • Complies with the article of association and the general assembly decisions
   • Able to pay contribution fees decided by the general assembly
   • Not legally prohibited

2. Cooperative member

• An apprentice and a veterinarian candidate
• Professionals who are operating the veterinary and related activities such activities approved by the management board to meet the objectives of the association.
• The supporting organizations can be cooperating members

3. Life time member

• Any regular member of the association will be a life time member by advance payment of twenty years membership contribution fees.
• A life time member is not expected to pay the annual contribution fees and can exercise in his/her life time the entitlements of the membership.

4. Honorary members

• Those who contributed to the success of the association without being member and those who are engaged with the association becoming role models in succeeding in good performances and become members in accordance with the decisions of the general assembly.
• The honorary members have no right to vote and to be contenders.
• Unless with self-motion, they are not obliged to pay for the contribution and other fees.

• Filling the membership form;
• Pay membership fees;
• Obey the Bylaw of the association;
• Being accepted and approved as a member by the general assembly of the association;

Membership fee

1. Regular members, when they register for the first time will be required to pay 350 ETB, and later will be required to pay an annual contribution of 300 ETB.
2. The annual membership fee for organizational cooperative members is Birr 2000.00. Individual cooperative members need to pay 300 ETB.
3. The honorary members are not forced to pay membership fee

• Ways of payment
  • Members can transfer their membership fees to the association’s bank account:
    •  Bank Name: Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE)
    •  Bank Country and City: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    •  Bank Branch Address: Addis Ababa Cape Verde Street
    • Swift Code: CBETATAA
    • Account Number: 1000050555333
    • Exact Bank Account Holder’s Name: Ethiopian Veterinary Association
    • Account Currency: ET
• Or payment could be made at the Association’s Secretariat Office