Deadline: 20 October 2015
Wageningen UR Center for Development Innovation (CDI) will conduct short term course “Governance & Food Safety in International Food Chains” from 7-25 March 2016 in the Netherlands. Business, civic society or government professionals engaged in food control systems are invited to apply for the course and secure Netherlands Fellowships to participate in the program.
This three-week course empowers participants to manage food safety throughout the value chain. They will get a comprehensive overview of functional elements like standards and regulations, monitoring and surveillance, control management, inspection and certification, and communication, training and education.
The course includes lectures, individual and group assignments, case studies and field trips.
Upon completion participants will be able to
- Understand key concepts and elements of national food safety;
- Engage in setting up or improving elements of a national food safety control system;
- Advise governments, sector organisations and development organisations on food safety governance issues;
- Develop education and training programmes on food safety control;
- Identify institutional constraints and options to improve national control systems;
- Describe current safety hazards and understand how these translate into risk and control limits;
- Translate these options into an action plan, training or dissemination programme.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicant must be citizen of an NFP country and employed in an NFP country to be eligible for Netherlands
- Applicants must have a professional education and at least three years of professional experience in agri-food chains.
- Applicants must be proficient in the English language.
- Applicants should have some computer skills.
For more information, please visit CDI Course Governance and Food Safety.
