Deadline: 15-Jul-25
The European Commission (EC) has launched the call for proposals to Strengthen the Food Safety System.
Objective
- The overall objective of the Twinning project is to contribute to the preservation of human and animal health in line with the “One Health” approach and to the improvement of food security in Côte d’Ivoire.
- This twinning project is part of the support for the implementation of the Interim Economic Partnership Agreement between Côte d’Ivoire and the European Union and aims, inter alia, to strengthen the strategic partnership and the technical and managerial capacities of public institutions and to upgrade Côte d’Ivoire’s food safety regulations, thereby developing trade with the European Union.
- Specific objective
- The specific objective for an efficient control and identification of veterinary health risks to ensure better food safety is: food safety and veterinary hygiene systems are being improved.
Funding Information
- EU funded budget: EUR 1 500 000.
Duration
- The legal duration of the project is 33 months. It shall end three months after the 30-month implementation period of the action.
Related Activities
- The Ministry of Animal Health and Veterinary Hygiene has received other EU support through the DSV for implementing the recommendations of DG SANTE audits on the export of fishery products to the EU and for improving the official control and certification of animal and animal products. It includes:
- theoretical training of officials responsible for official control and certification of animal and animal products by ACP/COLEAP on a number of food and novel food safety issues;
- theoretical and practical training for officials responsible for the official control and certification of animal and animal products in the use of TRACES-NT (Trade Control and Expert System New Technology), an information system of the European Commission ensuring the traceability of all products of animal origin, live animals, animal feed and plants during their movement and import into Europe;
- theoretical training on the development and capacity building of staff responsible for the control of fishery products intended for export to the European Union, through the TAIEX instrument.
Component and Expected Results
- Component 1: Legal and regulatory framework
- Expected result 1: The update of the veterinary public health legislative and regulatory framework is effective
- Component 2: Organisation of competent services and internal operation of veterinary services
- Expected result 2: The organisation of the competent authority and the internal functioning of the veterinary services are improved
- Component 3: Capacity-building
- Expected result 3: Officials responsible for the official control and certification of animal and animal products have similar skills to their colleagues in European countries.
- Expected result 4: stakeholders in the animal and animal-derived foodstuffs sector are informed, made aware of and trained on good hygiene practices
- Expected result 5: operational capacities for health and regulatory monitoring are strengthened
- Expected result 6: the operational capacity for biosecurity in livestock farming is strengthened
Eligibility Criteria
- Only public administrations and mandated bodies of EU Member States as defined in the Twinning Manual are authorized to submit a proposal through the national contact points of the EU Member States.
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