International course
Governance and food
safety in international
food chains
Food safety as the guiding principle of your daily work
Wageningen, The Netherlands, 13 - 31 March 2017
A three weeks course that truly meets
the needs of professionals working in
developing
countries
with
today’s
complex
market
systems.
Fee:
3,900 Euro
Deadline subscription:
30 January 2017
Deadline NFP/MENA fellowships:
18 October 2016
Safe, good quality food is essential to food security,
public health and long term economic development.
2. how risk analysis is applied in practice and how
Ensuring the safety and quality of food exports promotes
control systems can be made more effective by
international trade, which in turn provides a means of
public and private stakeholders involvement and
generating growth and reducing poverty.
cooperation;
However, many national food safety control systems fail
3. How you can apply this knowledge in your daily
to provide an appropriate level of protection or create
work
barriers to producers, manufacturers and retail to
organisation.
to
increase
performance
of
your
develop a sustainable business. Additionally, when a
crisis is not handled adequately, consumers lose trust
and businesses lose income.
So, how should you design and implement a control
system that is adequate, efficient and contributes to
sustainable trade?
We invite business, civic society and
government professionals to get up-to-date
on
consumer
−
cooperation
organisations,
by
the
food
governments,
industry,
universities
consumer
requirements
and
you are a policy officer or other professional
delivery of services;
and
−
ways
of
producing
and
a
local,
sector
national
development
regional
programme
you
implement
a
food
safety
control
or
assurance system in a company or national
manufacturing food products. This demands a sound
control body;
−
including risk perception and communication.
you train or advise food business operators,
work for an NGO or consumer organisation
dealing with public food safety.
In three stages you will learn:
1. how institutional governance and cross-border
trade affect the design of laws, standards and
control systems;
CDI is ISO 9001-2008 certified
or
safety management;
−
approach based on both common sense and scientific
knowledge about all aspects of food safety and quality,
manage
which aims at developing capacities in food
for trust in the safeguarding of human health, and for
sustainable
you
agricultural
other
scientific institutes. The system should provide a basis
developing
market
engaged in food control systems or in the
To develop and maintain such a system requires action
and
attitudes,
scientific foundations of managing food safety
Centre for Development Innovation, Wageningen UR
Am I working up to standards?
Benchmark
yourself or your organisation to leading performers in
many different countries.
Applicants should meet the following
requirements:
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Masters of a professional education and
−
at least three years of professional experience in
agrifood chains and
This course will provide you with the appropriate
knowledge and skills to:
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engage in setting up, or improving elements of
a national food safety control system;
−
advise governments, sector organisations and
development
−
organisations
on
food
safety
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competence in the English language and
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some computer skills.
Further practical information
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For application, the procedure is:
governance issues;
1)
develop education and training programmes on
Wageningen
Apply
at
the
website
of
CDI,
UR: www.wageningenur.nl/cdi You will receive a
food safety control.
confirmation and more information within a
You will learn to:
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−
−
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week. Early application is recommended as
understand
key
concepts
and
elements
of
funding, visa) can take some time.
integrated approach, risk based monitoring and
2) CDI is unable to assist you in obtaining
inspection, enforcement, conducive legislation
financial support, however if you want to apply
and policies;
for a NFP/MENA Fellowship, CDI will provide
understand roles and responsibilities of public
you with the full instructions and the web
and private stakeholders;
address for registration in ATLAS. You can
identify institutional constraints and options to
check
improve national control systems making use of
or www.nuffic.nl/mena. A limited number of
tools
scholarships is available. As this application
for
stakeholder
participation
and
at
www.nuffic.nl/nfp
process
documents, we recommend that you start as
and
and emerging food safety
understand
how
these
takes
time
and
requires
several
soon as possible.
are
−
Accommodation:
Hof
van
Wageningen,
translate these options into an action plan, or a
Wageningen, The Netherlands. For prices, see
curriculum
the
development,
training
or
apply concepts like prerequisite programmes
and HACCP in practice.
case
studies,
on
our
website.
NFP
and
field
training, participants are guided to follow a number of
(internet based) learning modules to acquire a equal
level of understanding and to conduct a self-assessment
(business case identification). The course coordinators
and contributing experts have a long term experience in
food safety capacity building in developing countries and
emerging economies.
Centre for Development Innovation
Participants will be awarded with a Certificate
of attendance. The programme of the course
trips.
to scientific information and methodologies. Prior to the
Fee includes all course related costs (materials,
excursions, administration).
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might be changed to incorporate new insights.
Participants can engage with experts, and have access
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6700 AA Wageningen
The Netherlands
estimate
lodging.
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Interactive methods link policy to
practice The course includes lectures, individual and
assignments,
cost
Fellowships include travel and full board and
dissemination programme;
group
eligibility
describe current
translated into risks and control limits;
−
the
management of institutional change;
hazards
−
some procedures to finalise subscription (e.g.
national food safety control like risk analysis,
Proven concepts & state-of-the-art science and
methodology For an overview of all the courses visit
our
website:
www.wageningenur.nl/cdi.
More
than
20,000 participants have gained access to the latest
insights
from
research
and
best
practices.
From
September 2013, all participants of our courses offered
in Wageningen are provided with tablets as a learning
tool.
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