Effective veterinary services in the Middle East. Veterinarians must align their approaches and establish minimum competencies for global practice.Effective veterinary services in the Middle East region are essential to animal health and welfare as well as public health. Investing in high-quality veterinary education is essential to achieving this goal. To ensure that veterinarians are able to practice globally, veterinarians must align their curricula to establish the minimum level of competence required.This is what the World Organization for Animal Health called for, in most of its appeals and invitations to member states. We believe that this requirement is important to focus on at this time, as we see the graduation of new veterinary medicine colleges in the country, with limited job opportunities and modest training and experience for graduates.