The overall objectives of the BTSF Training Programme/Course on Food safety crisis preparedness non-EU are:

  • to further improve EU and non-EU officials’ collaboration through INFOSAN;
  • To reinforce networking between EU and non-EU countries’ food safety crisis managers and, by bringing together participants from different Member States and non-EU countries,
  • to allow the exchange of experience and disseminate best practices for control activities and procedures on food safety crisis management taking into account the experience and achievements on food safety crisis preparedness and management in the EU and non-EU countries’ institutions.

The course addresses the following topics:

  • The WHO INFOSAN framework and tools for food safety crisis preparedness and management.
  • The EU framework and tools for food safety crisis preparedness and management.
  • Global and regional early warning or emerging risk information platforms as source of information about potential crises or incidents.
  • Crisis-mode operational procedures to speed up effective action during the crisis and to enable coordinated crisis communication.
  • Common constraints, challenges, weaknesses and good practices.

The training will be addressed to staff in charge of food safety controls and crisis management in both EU and non-EU countries:

a)staff of the competent authority/ies involved in contingency planning and operation of contingency plans relating to food crisis incidents and their management;

b)staff of the competent authority/ies designated as contact points within the INFOSAN network for the exchange of information on food safety crisis incidents and management.

Session Start Date End Date City Country
1 27/06/2022 01/07/2022 Belgrade Serbia
2 05/09/2022 09/09/2022 Casablanca Morocco
3 24/10/2022 28/10/2022 Bangkok Thailand
4 28/11/2022 02/12/2022 Rio de Janeiro Brazil
5 20/02/2023 24/02/2023 Sao José Costa Rica
6 17/04/2023 21/04/2023 Manila Philippines
7 15/05/2023 19/05/2023 Belgrade Serbia
8 12/06/2023 16/06/2023 Kuala Lumpur Malasya
9 25/09/2023 29/09/2023 Beijing China
10 02/10/2023 06/10/2023 Tbilisi Georgia
11 06/11/2023 10/11/2023 Cape Town South Africa

Session Start Date End Date City Country
12 29/04/2024 03/05/2024 Bangkok Thailand
13 01/07/2024 05/07/2024 Belgrade Serbia
14 09/09/2024 13/09/2024 Casablanca Morocco
15 10/11/2024 15/11/2024 Ho Chi Minh Vietnam
16 27/01/2025 31/01/2025 Bogotà Colombia
17 24/02/2025 28/02/2025 Chisinau Moldova
18 31/03/2025 04/04/2025 Mumbai India
19 12/05/2025 16/05/2025 Seoul South Korea
20 16/06/2025 20/06/2025 Buenos Aires Argentina
21 14/07/2025 18/07/2025 Cape Town South Africa
22 06/10/2025 10/10/2025 Tirana Albania