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ESC meeting Den Haag 28 - 29 September 2006
UPDATE: WORKSHOP - WP 4 - JOINT
ACTIVITIES
WP facilitator - Alisdair Wotherspoon, FSA UK
Workpackages
WP4 Joint Activities
WP2 Information Exchange
 The objective of the workpackage is:
WP3 Strategic Activities
 to develop a joint action plan dealing with the
new opportunities and gaps
WP4 Joint Activities
WP5 Transnational Activities
WP6 External Communication
 e.g. training activities and cooperative networks
of key actors within the identified selected joint
strategic topics.
WP4: Joint Activities
First task:
Undertake an evaluation of the needs to address any shortfalls in
expertise/capability and agreement on how to take forward work on new
opportunities/gaps, such as deciding priorities and agreeing procedures. A roadmap
for action will be developed.
Relevant milestones/deliverables:
D5 - flyer on joint training activity event in food safety - done
D10 - report on joint action plan in food safety
M14 - Workshop on joint training activities in food safety - in preparation
WP4: Joint Activities
First milestone
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
SWOT-analysis
Joint activities (Staying together is progress)
STRENGTHS
Win-win Situation
Faster implementation
Faster results
More complete
Best expertise
Better price performance ratio
Wider use of results (IP)
Coordinated management
OPPORTUNITIES
Synergies, added value
Save resources
Increase of consumer trust
Enabling specific networks
Network of networks
Exchange of “know-how”
New way of thinking
Transparency (evaluation procedure, funding etc.)
“in-kind” contribution
Experimental process
WEAKNESSES
Not defined sequence of actions
Costs of travel (money, time)
Not defined modalities (selection criteria, evaluating
and managing board)
Hard to compete for smaller groups of scientists
Needs time to prepare legal basis
Needs time to convince decision makers
Hard to compete for new member states (management,
experience, contacts, equipment, communication,
etc.); lack of trust.
THREATS
Agreement on a financial model
Agreement on a topics
Agreement on IP for individual scientists
Legal basis of contract (overhead costs etc.)
Time
Language
•Planned Workshop in Bonn - 30 - 31 October 2006
•Aims: To investigate the feasibility of establishing a food safety research ideas forum
for public funders to facilitate opportunities for joint activities.
•Planning Group - Alisdair, Leda, Marta, Monica, Karen
Location: Gustav Stresemann Institute, Bonn, Germany
Who should attend: Representatives of public bodies who are responsible for funding food
safety research and/or developing food safety research strategy with the aim of informing
funding priorities within countries/regions. Participants should have knowledge of
funding/strategy development procedures and constraints. We also want to involve
representatives from outside the ERA NET partners, such as EFSA, other national/regional
food safety authorities, and the Commission
• 7 July - 1st notification to ERA NET partners of proposed workshop
• 26 July - 2nd notification together with official invite and request to distribute to national
contacts
• 7 September - reminder issued, together with 1st results on registrants
WP4: Joint Activities
Registrations to date:
ERA NET partners
Others
Tekes
EFSA
VWA
Belgian Public Health Dept
WZZ
FAO
FAFSC
Icelandic Fisheries Labs
BVL
WHO
FSA
Safefood Ireland
NICe
Norwegian Food Safety Authority
Rannis
Croatian Food Agency
RCN
Ministry of Health, Macedonia
Elika
Basque Government
NCM
Total: 24 participants to date - would like to see more!!
WP4: Joint Activities
Draft Workshop Programme
30 October 2006
13:00 - Registration, Lunch
14:00 - Welcome, – Ms Gessler, Head of the European Union Office in Bonn
Presentations:
14:15 - “FP7 and food safety research” – Dyanne Bennink DG RTD, European Commission
14:45 – “How can cooperation create added value – experiences from the Nordic Council of
Ministers.” Tryggvi Felixson, Head of Department for Environment and Resources, Nordic Council
of Ministers Secretariat
15:15 - ? Professor Hensel BfR (tbc) or ? Talk re Optimat/VDI/VDE/IT report on Increasing the impact of
National Research Programmes through Transnational Cooperation and Opening.
15:45 - Coffee
16:15 - 1st workshop session – short intro to task, breakout groups (max 4), feedback to plenary - ?what do
we need for a network to work – info, infrastructure using a visioning process – imagine the network is in
place – what does it look like and do a SWOT analysis on it)
18:00 - Close first day
19:00 - -Dinner – the Petersberg.
WP4: Joint Activities
Draft Workshop Programme
31 October 2006
09:00 - 2nd workshop session – short intro, incl review of 1st session, breakout and feedback
- what are the constraints to establishing a functioning network from systems already in
place
10:30 - Coffee
11:00 - 3rd workshop session – intro/breakout/feedback as before or perhaps plenary Developing a roadmap – how do we/can we get to an operational network
12:30 - Conclusions/next steps
13:00 - Close – lunch for those who want it