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Third Reflection Board meeting
December 14, 2023, online meeting.
The third Reflection Board meeting between representatives of the Reflection Board (RB) organizations (from the EU Platform on Animal Welfare) and the EURCAW-Poultry-SFA, was held remotely via Teams on December, 12th 2023 afternoon.
In total 14 participants, six of them from seven EU platform entities forming the RB, and seven from the EURCAW-Poultry-SFA were connected. One representative from DG SANTE attended as an observer.
This meeting was the occasion to present the Centre’s activities since the last meeting, discuss future possible work topics, and identify possible future collaboration and interests.
The presentations is available here.
The topics discussed can be found in the meeting report here.
Fourth MEETING BETWEEN THE CENTRE AND COMPETENT AUTHORITIES REPRESENTATIVES
October, 24-25, 2023, Virtual
The fourth EU-network meeting between representatives of EU MS Competent Authorities (CAs) and the EURCAW-Poultry-SFA, took place virtually on October 24-25, 2023 on 2 *0,5 days. In total 59 participants, from 22 EU MSs participated, including 39 delegates from CAs, 13 from EURCAW-Poultry-SFA, and 7 observers: two DG SANTE unit G5 representatives, three EFSA representatives, and two EFTA representatives.
This meeting was the occasion to present the Centre’s work performed since the last meeting in 2022. Furthermore, it permitted participants to discuss potential future priority areas of work, identify possible collaboration at the national level, and identify the main needs and expectations of CAs.
The presentations are available here.
The report will be available here.
Webinar: The main welfare indicators and methods of assessment for rabbits on-farm
Tuesday 14 November 2023, from 10.00h to 12.00h (UTC +2, CEST)
Organized by EURCAW-Poultry-SFA.
The webinar was held via Teams.
Target audience: Official inspectors from the Competent Authorities of the EU MSs
Attendance through invitation only.
The PDF of the presentation is available here.
The webinar recording is available here.
Description:
Directive 98/58/EC concerning the protection of animals kept for farming purposes requires that Member States ensure that animals are kept under conditions respecting their physiological and ethological needs. Several indicators could be used to assess the welfare of rabbits on farms and will be presented during this webinar.
The webinar aimed to review the most valid and feasible indicators and their methods of assessment, with a focus on Animal Based Indicators.
The webinar was attended by 81 people (111 registered), from 15 EU Member States:
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden.
Schedule:
10:00-10:15: General presentation of the Centre - A. Velarde
10:15-11:00: Welfare indicators – A. Lavazza, X. Moles, C. Tolini
11:00-12:00: Question and discussion
This webinar has been organized within the sub-activity 4.2: Develop course material for specific topics, of the working program 2023-2024.