| Background of the development of | |
| �Food Hygiene and Safety Education Network � for Reliable Food Control in the Nordic and Baltic countries� | |
| and the future initiatives | |
| Aivars B�rzi�� | |
| Institute of Food and Environmental Hygiene | |
| Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, LUA Latvia | |
| Origin of the project (network) was bilateral Norwegian- Latvian program �Food Production, Agriculture and Society� (part at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, LUA) (1999- 2003) | |
| Partners: Agricultural University of Norway, Noragric | |
| The Norwegian School of Veterinary Science | |
| The main idea was to use already existing Nordic competence and cooperation to support Baltic institutions and professionals in the area of food hygiene education/ research (not only at Universities, but also involving state laboratories, and some of governmental institutions involved in food control) | |
"Application to Nordic Grant Scheme..."
| Application to Nordic Grant Scheme for Networking Co-operation with Baltic countries and Northwest Russia (February, 2001) | |
| Application draft written January, 2001 (Helsinki, Finland)- Prof. Lars Sj�flot, Prof. Magne Yndestad | |
| Statement letters (!) as annexes to the application performed by each participant country | |
"Competence building in the issues..."
| Competence building in the issues of Food Hygiene/ Food Safety (incl. food control) in the Baltic countries | |
| Form a basic network between the governments, institutions and key-persons responsible for the education/ research, regulation and food control in the Baltic countries with direct network links to professional expertise in the Nordic countries | |
Institutions and responsible
persons
and the Work Group in the Network
| Norwegian School of Veterinary Sciences (NVH) | ||
| Prof. Magne Yndestad; Prof. Yngvild Wasteson (?) | ||
| Agricultural University of Norway, Noragric | ||
| Prof. Lars Sj�flot (?); .. | ||
| The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, KVL | ||
| Prof. John Elmerdahl Olsen; .. | ||
| University of Helsinki (HU) | ||
| Prof. Hannu Korkeala; Riikka Laukkanen | ||
| Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) | ||
| �Prof. Marie Louise Danielsson-Tham (?) | ||
| Estonian Agricultural University (EAU) | ||
| Mati Roasto; Katrin Laikoja (?) | ||
| Lithuanian Veterinary Academy (LVA) | ||
| Prof. Grazina Januskeviciene; Mindaugas Malakauskas, Loreta Serniene | ||
| Latvia University of Agriculture (LUA) | ||
| Prof. Edgars Liepi��; Aivars B�rzi�� | ||
| Other institutions in the future�??? | ||
| Meeting in Helsinki in January, 2001 (application) | ||
| Establishing of the network contacts (since January, 2001) | ||
| First Network Workshop in J�rmala, Latvia, (November, 2001) | ||
| 35 participants from Norway, Finland, Denmark, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia | ||
| Meeting and establishing contacts | ||
| Training course �Food microbiology and principles of PCR diagnostics� Helsinki, Finland | ||
| 12 participants (4 from each Baltic country and teachers from Nordic) | ||
| Instructors from University of Helsinki | ||
| �Food Safety Network Meeting� Tartu, Estonia March, 2003- as first NOVA and BOVA activity in the Network: | |||
| Participants from Estonia, Lithuania and Finland | |||
| NOVA and BOVA Conference, Vilnius, Lithuania October, 2003 | |||
| Coming activities: | |||
| Training (research) course �Molecular typing methods in food microbiology and evaluation of the microbiological quality of water� Helsinki, Finland (19- 23.01.04) | |||
| ~12 ordinary participants | |||
| Instructors from Norway and Finland | |||
| Regional courses in the Baltic countries (under planning) | |||
| Instructors from Baltic and Nordic countries | |||
| Network meetings (1 x a year) | |||
| Mostly financial resources used in the Network coming from Nordic Grant Scheme for Network cooperation with Baltic Countries and Northwest Russia | |||
| In the future � | |||
| Nordplus Neighbour (NCM) | |||
| The Norwegian billions: | |||
| Poland 927 mill NOK | |||
| Lithuania 112 | |||
| Latvia 89 | |||
| Estonia 54 | |||