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2020

2 October 2020

Brona Carton
Head of Internal control and services of the Food audits and analysis Directorate
Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety

In this newsletter edition of October 2020, Brona Carton, Head of Internal control and services of the Food audits and analysis Directorate, talks about the Farm to Fork Strategy. Since September 2020, her unit is responsible for the oversight of the BTSF initiative, working together with the Commission’s Consumer, Health, Agriculture and Food Agency (Chafea) for the management and implementation of the training courses..

21 MAY 2020

EU’s response to COVID-19

Donata Meroni
Head of Unit – Health and Food Safety
Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency

In this newsletter edition of May 2020, Donata Meroni talks about the EU’s response to COVID-19 and in particular, the impact of the crisis on the Better Training for Safer Food initiative.

2019

20 NOVEMBER 2019

The BTSF Academy – a training resource and unique communication’s channel

The BTSF Academy is a cloud-based Learning Management System (on an open source Moodle-platform) that manages both the blended training offer (face-to-face and online courses) as well as the administration of future and former participants. It is a new product from the BTSF initiative which has been running since February 2018.

6 AUGUST 2019

Two thumbs up and positive feedback: Participants find BTSF training courses have real value

Recent Better Training for Safer Food (BTSF) newsletters have featured Peter Bokor, Head of Unit responsible for the Better Training for Safer Food initiative (Unit D1, Food chain science and stakeholder relations) and the team at the Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency (Chafea) that manages all the contractual, financial and administrative aspects of the initiative. National Contact Point representatives were also interviewed in the past, to give the Member States' views of the BTSF initiative.

2018

27 NOVEMBER 2018

Small, but mighty! Meet the team behind the BTSF initiative!

For the high impact they have and the impressive number of training courses given both in and outside of the EU, the BTSF initiative is implemented by a small team at the Consumers Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency. We spoke to the team about how such a small team manages to do so much!

27 JULY 2018

One year at the helm, Head of Unit Peter Bokor shares his views on the BTSF initiative

Peter Bokor is Head of Unit for the European Commission's Directorate General for Health and Food Safety's unit D1, Food chain science and stakeholder relations, and specifically is responsible for the Better Training for Safer Food initiative. He took over as Head of Unit just last September, after ten years as a Head of Unit in the Directorate General for Agriculture (DG AGRI), and before that, he was working for the Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture. He studied business and economics in Hungary before beginning his professional career.

2016

12 SEPTEMBER 2016

September 2016 edition

Interview of Monise Theobald
French BTSF National Contact Point (NCP)

ALSO IN THIS EDITTION

Commission adopts financing decision on BTSF work programme
New BTSF calls for tender launched by Chafea
BTSF Information day

3 JUNE 2016

August 2016 edition

Financing Decision for BTSF published!

ALSO IN THIS EDITTION

Call for tender n° Chafea/2016/BTSF/01
Call for tender n° Chafea/2016/BTSF/02
Call for tender n° Chafea/2016/BTSF/03
Call for tender n° Chafea/2016/BTSF/04
Call for tender n° Chafea/2016/BTSF/05

3 JUNE 2016

May 2016 edition

'Functioning as a national contact point requires a high level of responsibility, consistency and initiative'
Interview of Mr. Božo Zakrajšek, BTSF national contact point (NCP) for Slovenia

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ALSO IN THIS EDITTION

Chafea awards contracts for all 2015 BTSF calls for tender
A new Director for Chafea
DG SANTE Director-General visits Chafea
Changes for BTSF at DG SANTE
Commission launched study on the analysis of the BTSF impact

21 JANUARY 2016

January 2016 edition

Defining training subjects: a key role of DG SANTE Training Sector Interview of Mr. Thierry Chalus, Head of the DG Health and Food Safety's Training Sector

ALSO IN THIS EDITTION

Brussels hosts BTSF Expert Group meeting
Chafea organises information day on new BTSF calls for tender
'The new standardised application system is a very good thing even though we are still fine tuning it'

2015

27 November 2015

November 2015 edition

“Our policy work is very extensive”
Interview of Mr. Koen Van Dyck
Head of the Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE)
Food, Alert System and Training Unit

ALSO IN THIS EDITTION

'The BTSF expert group provides a valuable cooperation platform'
BTSF events at Milan Expo a great success
BTSF financing decision paves way for new calls for tender

3 JULY 2015

May/June 2015 edition

Expansion brings new demands Interview of Mr. Bruno Debois
Belgian Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain's Directorate-General for Control Policy
BTSF National Contact Point

ALSO IN THIS EDITTION

Five BTSF events to take place during Milan Expo
Milan Expo to host BTSF 10th anniversary celebrations
BTSF National Contact Point meeting held in Brussels

5 MARCH 2015

February 2015 edition

BTSF: a real EU success story
Interview of Mr. Salvatore Magazzù
Head of the Chafea Consumers and Food Safety Unit

ALSO IN THIS EDITTION

“A good first impression of BTSF”
Progress made on preparing training from 2014 calls for tender
DG SANTE to take part in Expo 2015 in Milan
Big changes at Chafea and the European Commission

2014

DECEMBER 2014

December 2014 edition

BTSF Conference on Food Fraud held in Rome

ALSO IN THIS EDITTION

Joint Italian Presidency / European Commission food fraud conference: A first-class job
National Contact Point meeting held in Brussels
Second phase of 2012 BTSF contracts set to begin

11 NOVEMBER 2014

December 2014 edition

Chafea's mission: Excellent service, underpinned by high standards of management and transparency
Interview of Mr. Luc Briol
Director of the Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency

ALSO IN THIS EDITTION

European Commission adopts Financing Decision for future BTSF training
Contract from final 2013 Financing Decision call set for conclusion
BTSF Info Day: Save the date

20 MAY 2014

May 2014 edition

Great strides in development of BTSF e-learning modules

ALSO IN THIS EDITTION

BTSF World gets off to a good start
EU sanitary and phytosanitary law enforcement training well under way
BTSF database training and operational guideline meeting held in Luxembourg

2013

8 NOVEMBER 2013

November 2013 edition

Animal welfare: a BTSF success story

ALSO IN THIS EDITTION

Preparation of BTSF World training continues
BTSF pleased to welcome Jose Luis aboard
And it's goodbye from Daniella

5 NOVEMBER 2013

August 2013 edition

EAHC publishes 16 calls for tender for training from 2014

ALSO IN THIS EDITTION

Call on International Standard-Setting Bodies training relaunched
Info Day to take place on 2013 calls for tender
Annual report shows encouraging signs for EAHC's management of BTSF
A new colour for BTSF
Upcoming Courses

7 JUNE 2013

May 2013 edition

The EU Export Helpdesk: a one-stop-shop for exporters to Europe
Interview of Ms. In&etilde;s Escudero Sãnchez

ALSO IN THIS EDITTION

A wide variety of training approaches
BTSF Info Day, BTSF World and ISSB call to take place in Luxembourg
Two key players in EAHC's BTSF team
Upcoming Courses

14 MARCH 2013

February 2013 edition

"More opportunities for synergies between BTSF and related activities"
Interview of Ms. Koen Van Dyck
Head of the Food, Alert System and Training Unit
Directorate-General for Health and Consumers
DG SANCO - European Commission

ALSO IN THIS EDITTION

Eleven new BTSF training programmes set to begin
EAHC publishes new operational guidelines for BTSF
Upcoming Courses

2012

21 DECEMBER 2012

December 2012 edition

A testament to the good work done by EAHC
Interview of Ms. Koen Van Dyck
Head of the Food, Alert System and Training Unit
Directorate-General for Health and Consumers
DG SANCO - European Commission

ALSO IN THIS EDITTION

New calls for tender arise from extension of EAHC's mandate
Further BTSF call for tender set for publication at the end of December 2012
BTSF as a subject at university
Upcoming Courses

24 OCTOBER 2012

October 2012 edition

Agency begins evaluation of 2012 calls for tender

ALSO IN THIS EDITTION

EAHC launches calls for internal auditing and quality schemes training
A brand new subject for BTSF
Upcoming Courses

10 AUGUST 2012

August 2012 edition

Chafea launches new calls for tender for BTSF activities

ALSO IN THIS EDITTION

More attractive calls for potential contractors - Interview of Mr. Salvatore Magazzù, Head of CFS Unit
Plant-related training to get back under way – Please identify training participants
Upcoming Courses

MAY 2012

May 2012 edition

Interview of Mr. Thierry Chalus

ALSO IN THIS EDITTION

BTSF-Initiative - Point of view of the German National Contact Point
Upcoming Courses

2 MARCH 2012

February 2012 edition

Interview of Mr. Bernard Van Goethem
Director of the Directorate for Veterinary and International Affairs
Directorate-General for Health and Consumers' (DG SANCO) - European Commission

ALSO IN THIS EDITTION