Better Training for Safer Food Perspectives and 2015 programme Info day 15 December 2015.

Better Training for Safer Food

Perspectives and 2015 programme

Info day15 December 2015

BTSFGeneral features

A DG SANTE training initiative for EU and non-EU country officials who undertake controls on food safety and veterinary issues

What is BTSF?

Why was BTSF launched?

Objectives of the recast• To complete and modernise EU legislation on Food safety

• To create a single framework for food and feed

• To improve effectiveness and efficiency of official controls

Training as a key element in this effort

BTSF principles• Not to replace initial training for inspectors

MS responsibility for initial training• To complement initial training in areas where difficulties

exist at EU levelEU message / Mix of tutors team

• To favour knowledge sharing and networking to increase compatibility of control procedures throughout the EUMix of tutors and participants

• To follow a train-the-trainer approachDissemination is a key factor for BTSF success

Areas covered• Food law• Feed law• Animal health rules• Animal welfare rules• Plant health rules

General aims• High levels of competence and awareness

of EU rules amongst official control staff• Harmonised approach to Community and

national control systems• High levels of consumer protection, animal

health and welfare and plant health• Level playing field for food businesses• Enhance trade of safe food

Organisation of training• Training is organised by external contractors• Training consists of workshops and

secondment of individual experts • Tuition by experts from the Commission,

Member States, non-EU countries and international organisations

10 years ofBTSF

BTSF: a 10-year life•Set up in 2005 on the basis of the OFFC Regulation•Modest beginnings in 2006

NOW

• at the very heart of the DG SANTE mission• a key player in the safety of the food chain• a recognised capacity building programme

in the EU and across the world

10th BTSF anniversary

Celebrated within Milan EXPO in June 2015

BTSF in figures from 2006 to 2015

A comprehensive programme

• Around 1300 events• Around 55.000 participants• Budget of approx. € 125 million

Approx. 33% of this activity covers non-EU countries

BTSF strategies- State of play -

Future cost-effectiveness study

•State of play‒ Included in the 2015 financial decision‒ Contract to be signed in December 2015‒ To be performed by Food Chain Evaluation Consortium (FCEC)

•Objectives‒ Cost-effectiveness study of the current training model (+ key

performance indicators and robust cost /benefit model)‒ SWOT analysis of different training strategies in order to see how

best the objectives of BTSF can be achieved by which model.

•Duration: 12 months

Performance indicators• Legal basisnew Common Financial Framework for Food and

Feed (Reg. (EU) No 652/2014)

• Current criteriaQuantitative:

= Participation (>6000 participants per year)= critical mass

Qualitative: = Participants satisfaction scoring (>80%)

= Learners' satisfaction

Performance indicators

• New indicatorsLearning: pre- and post- tests on knowledge

= Did the learners learn the content?

Impact on work practices questionnaire= How did the learners apply the information?

Dissemination: questionnaire= How and to whom did the learners

disseminate?

BTSF e-learning project

2010: Feasibility study for a long-term strategy

2011/2016: Pilot phaseRunning e-learning courses

‒ 2014: FCM, Animal Welfare, RASFF, Feed law, Animal health for aquaculture animals

‒ 2015: HACCP, EU plant quarantine regime for imports, Food hygiene on fish and LBM

‒ 2016: TSE, Animal welfare at killing for poultry

Around 5300 participants

BTSF e-learning project

Next steps

2016: Feedback and evaluation Conclusions and recommendations for future e-learning

implementation within BTSF DG SANTE Management decision

2017: BTSF Financial Decision

BTSF Campus platform

Objectives• Hosting the BTSF e-Learning Campus• Hosting the training repository for dissemination• Hosting the Alumni database and offering a forum for discussion• Hosting the Training schedules and links to contractors

State of play• Included in the BTSF work programme for 2015 (€500.000)• Desk study on existing options• Public procurement procedure to be launched in 2015

New planning cycle for BTSF

Objectives‒ to ease the execution of all BTSF phases‒ to fit better with budget annularity principle

Changes‒ To start with the consultation process early September n‒ To set down training priorities early November n‒ To adopt the work programme and financing decision in 1st

quarter n+1‒ To launch public procurement procedures in Spring n+1‒ To start activities during 1st quarter n+2

BTSF Activities for MSin 2016

Continuing

Animal By-ProductsFeed law

Control of contaminants Checks at BIPs

Import control on FNAOTRACES

Control of movements of pets Microbiological criteria

programmes

Food borne outbreaks investigationsFood information and composition

Animal welfare rulesPlant health controls

Food contact materialsPesticides application equipment

controlZoonoses/Anti-microbial Resistance

Union overview reports

New programmes

Organic farmingGeographical Indications

Plant health surveysSupport to EU SPS

enforcement

Continuation-2nd phase

HACCPAnimal Health (Bees/Zoo)

Animal identification and traceabilityFood additives

Contingency planningTSEs

Food hygiene and flexibilityNew food investigation techniquesAudit systems and internal auditing

Organic farming 2016-17-18General features 14 3-day-courses 425 participants in total (around 30 participants/session)

Objectives to ensure consistent and rigorous implementation of EU law to increase the effectiveness of the competent authorities/control

authorities/control bodies' verification of compliance with the requirements.

Target Staff involved in supervision, planning and coordinating of control

activities for organic production and labelling of organic products field inspectors involved in carrying out such controls staff of the public control authorities or the private control bodies

Protected Food Names 2016-17-18General features 14 3-day-courses 4 modules (wine, spirits, agri-products, market controls) 425 participants in total (around 30 participants/session)

Objectives to improve knowledge of this complex area of work To further harmonise the approaches and practices of the Member States to increase the effectiveness of the competent authorities/control

authorities/control bodies' verification of compliance with the requirements.

Target staff involved in planning and coordinating control activities of the quality

schemes (preferably at central level) field inspectors involved in the delivery of such controls; staff of private control bodies staff of national accreditation bodies and customs authorities involved in

this sector.

Plant health surveys 2016-17-18General features 10 three-day courses 250 participants in total (25 participants /session)

Objectives to provide a clear and harmonised understanding of the key

elements of the relevant International Standards to disseminate best practices for planning surveys, their

implementation and their reporting. to focus on the application, documentation and reporting

requirements for the Commission Work Programme.

Target Senior staff responsible for planning, conduct, analysis and

reporting of surveys

SPS enforcement 2016-17-18General features 18 three-day workshops – 540 participants in total (30/session) 300 working days for STMs

Objectives to support compliance with EU feed and food safety standards and

animal health and welfare and plant health rules to strengthen the understanding, implementation and enforcement

of EU law in above fields

Target staff of competent authorities in the EU Member States and in

neighbouring non-EU countries but may also be open to other stakeholders may be implemented jointly with international organisations or

other stakeholders.

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