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The vision

The vision. To build a staircase to European excellence in food safety research programming through trust and mutual understanding. Building the staircase. by stimulating European countries to develop food safety research programmes with transnational activities

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The vision

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  1. The vision • To build a staircase to European excellence in food safety research programming • through trust and mutual understanding

  2. Building the staircase • by stimulating European countries to develop food safety research programmes with transnational activities • by balancing the need for research and funding at national, regional and European level • by stimulating open communications between authorities (EFSA, regional/national), industries, consumers and scientists based on scientific knowledge

  3. The Background of the Staircase 2004 ERA-NET SAFEFOODERA 2003 ERA-NET PERIAPT 2003 ERA-NET PROFORSAFE 2002 NRA-NET Processing for food safety 1993 NRA-NET “NordFood”

  4. Project title: Food Safety - Forming a European platform for protecting consumers against health risks

  5. 2008“A European platform for protecting consumers against food health risks” The Staircase to the Future Transnational Activities External communication External communication Joint Activities External communication Strategic Activities External communication Information Exchange 2004 ERA-NET SAFEFOODERA

  6. The primary objective (1) is to establish a European platform for protecting consumers against health risks from the consumption of food through a co-ordination action ERA-NET of 15 Member States, 3 Associated Countries and 2 regional organisations representing in total 480 million European citizens

  7. The primary objective (2) From each country one representative from a public body responsible for financing or managing research activities on food safety issues carried out at national or regional level is appointed to the European Steering Committee (ESC), which will have the overall responsibility for directing and managing the work.

  8. The primary objective (3) One representative with high standards of scientific excellence will be appointed to the European Expert Advisory Group (EEAG), providing scientific and technical support when requested by the ESC.

  9. The primary objective (4) The ESC and the project management will work closely together to compare ongoing and proposed activities in the national food safety research programmes of the participating countries, and to investigate the scope for strategic co-operation, harmonisation and development of joint programmes of activity.

  10. The benefits Short term: Learning from each other (Best Practice – 0 -1 year). Long term: Lasting transnational research within food safety topics of key importance to European consumers, authorities and industry

  11. SAFEFOODERA - Graphical presentation Y0-Y4 = Year from project start

  12. Workpackages WP1 Management Framework WP2 Information Exchange • The objective of the workpackage is: • the overall follow up on co-ordination and management, including the organisational and financial responsibility for the implementation of the ERA-NET. WP3 Strategic Activities WP4 Joint Activities WP5 Transnationally Activities WP6 External Communication

  13. Workpackages WP1 Management Framework WP2 Information Exchange • The Project Coordinator (PC) will call the ESC meetings. The agenda will include: • scientific and technical objectives of the project, including work plan of each WP • technical deliverables • external communication, including reports to be published • financial status and administrative matters WP3 Strategic Activities WP4 Joint Activities WP5 Transnationally Activities WP6 External Communication

  14. Workpackages WP1 Management Framework WP2 Information Exchange • All the ESC members must participate actively in and between the meetings by: • providing all information needed to perform the various tasks in the agreed timeframe. • make every effort to maximise exploitation of the results obtained. • disseminate the work and outcome by informing appropriate national bodies in your country. WP3 Strategic Activities WP4 Joint Activities WP5 Transnational Activities WP6 External Communication

  15. Workpackages WP1 Management Framework • The PMG will meet regularly, at least every 3 months. The tasks will be to: • prepare the next ESC meeting as directed by ESC. • discuss all strategic and administrative issues to be presented and decided by the ESC. • On request from ESC or the PC, “ad hoc” meetings will be organized when needed. WP2 Information Exchange WP3 Strategic Activities WP4 Joint Activities WP5 Transnational Activities WP6 External Communication

  16. Workpackages WP1 Management Framework WP2 Information Exchange • The PMG will oversee and steer the co- ordination activities in the six workpackages. • The workpackage task facilitators (WPTFs) will organise and manage the work in all participating countries. • The PMG will ensure progress inline with stipulated milestones anddeliverables. WP3 Strategic Activities WP4 Joint Activities WP5 Transnational Activities WP6 External Communication

  17. Workpackages WP1 Management Framework Milestones and deliverables WP2 Information Exchange • M1 - 1st ESC meeting, month 1 • M5 - 2nd ESC meeting, month 12 • M13 - 3rd ESC meeting, month 18 • D6- 1st annual report to the Commission, month 18 • M26 - 4th ESC meeting, month 36 WP3 Strategic Activities WP4 Joint Activities WP5 Transnational Activities WP6 External Communication

  18. Workpackages WP1 Management Framework Milestones and deliverables WP2 Information Exchange • D9- 2nd annual report to the Commission, month 36 • M33 - 5th ESC meeting and the final project meeting,month 48 • D21 - 3rd annual report to the Commission, month 48 • D29 - 6th project newsletter & Final report of SAFEFOODERA,month 48 WP3 Strategic Activities WP4 Joint Activities WP5 Transnational Activities WP6 External Communication

  19. SAFEFOODERA - Graphical presentation Y0-Y4 = Year from project start

  20. Provisional strategic topics WP2 Information Exchange Management ofprogrammes and evaluation practices • The participants will work closely together to: • compare practicesin programme and project evaluation, management and analysis/communication procedures • compare ongoing and funded activities inthe national foodsafety researchprogrammes 1. Emerging risks 2. Risk analysis 3. Process induced risk 4. Traceability 5. Campylobacter ? To be selected

  21. Provisional strategic topics WP2 Information Exchange The objectives To define best practice and todevelop harmonised evaluation,management andanalysis/communication procedures Milestones and deliverables M4 - Comparison of evaluation criteria for project funding, month 12 M10 - Comparison of practices in programme management, month 18 Management ofprogrammes and evaluation practices 1. Emerging risks 2. Risk analysis 3. Process induced risk 4. Traceability 5. Campylobacter ? To be selected

  22. Provisional strategic topics WP2 Information Exchange The objectives To identify a procedure or a systemto proactively describe new or re-emerging chemical and/or microbial risks Milestones and deliverables M3 - Identification of best practice (scientific criteria) in programming concepts on researchonemerging risks, month 12 Management ofprogrammes and evaluation practices 1. Emerging risks 2. Risk analysis 3. Process induced risk 4. Traceability 5. Campylobacter ? To be selected

  23. Provisional strategic topics WP2 Information Exchange Management ofprogrammes and evaluation practices The objectives 1. To identifycomplementarities betweentopics in ongoing or funded national or regionalprogrammes Milestones and deliverables M2-Comparison of national/regional food safety research programmes, month 9 1. Emerging risks 2. Risk analysis 3. Process induced risk 4. Traceability 5. Campylobacter ? To be selected

  24. Provisional strategic topics WP2 Information Exchange Management ofprogrammes and evaluation practices The objectives 2. Clustering of projects and the exchangeof information on project goals in overlappingor complementary areas Milestones and deliverables M11 - A posteriori clustering of research projects, month 18 D3 - Report on the a posteriori clustering of research projects, month 18 1. Emerging risks 2. Risk analysis 3. Process induced risk 4. Traceability 5. Campylobacter ? To be selected

  25. SAFEFOODERA - Graphical presentation Y0-Y4 = Year from project start

  26. WP 3: Strategic Activities • General objective: based on the information from WP2, PERIAPT and PROFORSAFE • to identify the most important complementarities between ongoing national and regional programmes and the most important research topics • to identify the organisational barriers hindering transnational research co-operation • “Emerging risks”: to identify and create a network of key sources, resources and instruments to support the identification of new- or re-emerging food- and feed related risks.

  27. WP 3: Strategic Activities • WP 3 aims at developing strategic cooperation between the national research programmes and projects dealing with food safety.

  28. WP 3: Strategic Activities • Focus: • How to deal with the different types of barriers • Contracts • Finances • Ethics • Legal • To find strategic research topics of common interest and to further develop the selected topics

  29. WP 3: Strategic Activities • Expected results: • Identification of best practice in • programming concepts (on emerging risks) • project evaluation and management • Selection of joint strategic research topics • Identification of barriers hindering co-operation • Identification of new possibilities and gaps in transnational research

  30. WP 4 WP 5 WP 2 WP 2

  31. WP 3: Strategic Activities • WP 4 & WP 5 are based on WP 3 • Quality of information from all participating countries is highly important!!!!! • Please, note deadlines!!!

  32. SAFEFOODERA - Graphical presentation Y0-Y4 = Year from project start

  33. WP4: Joint Activities General objective: develop a joint action plan on new opportunities and gaps identified from WP3, including, where appropriate, training activities and cooperative networks of key actors. WP Facilitator: Alisdair Wotherspoon

  34. WP4: Joint Activities • Commences month 15 of project - October 2005 • Key relationship to outputs of WP3 (and WP2) if to start well/on time - therefore need to be involved closely in earlier work • Main deliverables • - report on joint action plan in food safety by August 2006 • - report on joint “networks of excellence” in food safety by July 2007

  35. WP4: Joint Activities Work that can be usefully done before month 15 - better understanding of Nordic model - as basis for solving challenges - planning for workshop in month 20 - discuss and agree objectives - who to involve and the process - gather information on established “networks of excellence” - how?, what?

  36. WP4: Joint Activities Workshop on joint training activities - to build on outputs from WP3 of identified gaps and opportunities - not necessarily to initiate training activities but to develop an action plan of how these might be determined and planned ie concentrate on process, mechanisms - perhaps look at some examples of how others have tackled similar situations - use facilitators to focus discussions and maximise chance of achieving objectives

  37. WP4: Joint Activities - elaboration of joint “networks of excellence” - avoid confusion with FP NoEs (though may include these?) - criteria to define “excellence”, how to gather and assess information, mechanisms to promote formation, development of networks - to include possibility of setting up networks of national programme managers - how would these work, training exchanges?

  38. WP4: Joint Activities Task management - need early discussions in ESC and management group to agree particular aims and objectives eg of workshop and so factor in earlier work where it is most efficient - possible role for EEAG in work to deliver WP, what might this be? - possibly set up a sub-group of partners to help drive forward the more detailed work

  39. SAFEFOODERA - Graphical presentation Y0-Y4 = Year from project start

  40. WP 5: Transnational activities General objective: to use the information from WP 2, 3 & 4 to build a transnational research programme to be included in participants’ national food safety programmes

  41. Major steps in a call for research programme Elaboration of the call for proposal Dissemination of the call for proposal Selection procedure for the submitted projects Management of selected projects * Dissemination of results of funded projects *this step could be difficult to harmonised WP 5: Transnational activities

  42. Objective 1: to build a common research programme in agreement with the ESC Objective 2: to disseminate the call to the adequate researchers across partners’ countries Objective 3: to build a common accepted and efficient selection procedure for the projects Objective 4: to disseminate efficiently the results of research funded Objective 5: to evaluate the quality of the call WP 5: Transnational activities

  43. The call should be realistic in order to allow to conduct an evaluation procedure i.e. « first call » rather than « pilot call » Several strategic topic (s) should have been selected from WP 3 & 4 Several members of the ERA net should be involved Validation of the transnational call by the ESC Objective 1: to build a common research programme in agreement with the ESC

  44. Establishment of a procedure for the dissemination of a European call across countries Establishment of indicators of success to be used for objective 5 Global response rate Distribution of response rates by country Quality of respondents Adequation of responses with the topic (s) ………… Objective 2: to disseminate the call to the adequate researchers across partners’ countries

  45. Compilation of evaluation procedures in recent calls at national level in the field of food safety Interviews with programme managers to analyse the key points in the selection criterias Establishment of a draft protocole Validation of the draft protocole by the ESC Objective 3: to build a common accepted and efficient selection procedure for the projects

  46. Establishment of a procedure for the dissemination of results across countries Scientific journal vs report Paper vs web site Workshops… Establishment of indicators of success to be used for objective 5 Questionnaire for researchers ……….. Objective 4: to disseminate efficiently the results of research funded

  47. Assessment of the efficiency of each phase in relation with previously elaborated indicators With national programme managers (ESC) for objectives 1 & 3 With researchers for objectives 2 & 4 Identification and correction of the gaps Production of guidelines for future transnational calls (final report) Objective 5: to evaluate the quality of the call

  48. SAFEFOODERA - Graphical presentation Y0-Y4 = Year from project start

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