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FAO regional training workshop on “Enhancing Effective Participation in Codex Activities: developing science-based national positions and contributing scientific data to the Codex standard-setting activities”

Year of publication 2019

Place of publication Bangkok, Thailand ;

Pages 29

Author Saikaew, P.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The regional training workshop on “Enhancing Effective Participation in Codex Activities: developing science-based national positions and contributing scientific data to the Codex standard-setting activities” in Tokyo, Japan was conceptualized in order to final validate the training manual on enhancing the effective participation in Codex activities. This Training Workshop was held on 5-7 December 2018 in Shin-Yurakucho Building, Tokyo, Japan. The activity was jointly organized by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) Japan in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations- Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (FAORAP). A total of thirty six (36) participants were personnel from nine ASEAN countries’ agencies mainly responsible for food safety control, food standard development, and international food standards, as well as, personnel from MAFF of Japan and Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) of Japan in the three-day training workshop. This document reports on this training workshop. The workshop evaluation results shown that participants gave an excellent rating as to the quality of the workshop in general. Participants were appreciative of the mock session as this provided them with the knowledge and experience on how to effectively and actively participate in Codex sessions as well as how to develop negotiation skills through a simulation of a real Codex Committee session.

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