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Book (stand-alone)Meeting proceedings: FAO national training workshop on strengthening food safety standard setting and enhancing effective participation in Codex activities 2018
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No results found.The national training workshop on Enhancing Effective Participation in Codex Activities in the Philippines was conceptualized as a Way Forward after the participation of government officials who are National Codex Organization members to the FAO Regional Training Workshop on Enhancing Effective Participation in Codex Activities in ASEAN Countries that was held on 9-11 January 2017 in Bangkok, Thailand. The Training Workshop on Enhancing Effective Participation in Codex Activities was held on 30 August to 1 September 2017 in Sequoia Hotel, Quezon City, Philippines. The activity was jointly organized by the National Codex Organization (NCO) and the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Animal Industry (DA-BAI) in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations- Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (FAORAP). A total of forty nine (49) participants consisting of personnel from the food safety regulatory agencies of the Department of Agriculture and Department of Health and the private sector actively participated in the three-day training workshop. Three (3) ASEAN participants from Lao PDR, Myanmar and Viet Nam served as observers so that they will have an idea as to how a national Codex training can be organized in their respective countries. -
DocumentFAO 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” 2019
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No results found.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. -
Book (stand-alone)Meeting proceedings: FAO regional training workshop on effective participation in Codex activities in ASEAN countries 2018
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No results found.A regional training workshop entitled “Enhancing Effective Participation in Codex Activities in ASEAN Countries” as a part of the FAO regional project “Support for Capacity Building for International Food Safety Standard Development and Implementation in ASEAN Countries (GCP/RAS/295/JPN)” was held on 9-11 January 2017 in Bangkok, Thailand. The five-year regional project was launched in February 2016 with financial assistance from the Government of Japan. The project has already carried out significant activities, including the organizing of two national training courses in Lao PDR and Myanmar, and the identification of the current conditions/baselines and challenges on the implementation of international/national standards in each ASEAN country. Main objectives of the regional workshop were to provide participants with: 1) an enhanced understanding of the impact of Codex standards on international trade, structure and function of Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC), up-to-date information of recent Codex meetings, food safety risk analysis and risk assessment including the role of scientific expert bodies such as JECFA, JMPR and JEMRA, 2) An opportunity to share knowledge and experience on current national Codex activities in ASEAN countries, and 3) Training on development of regional/national positions through mock sessions to enhance participants’ capacity to contribute effectively to Codex work. 29 participants from ten ASEAN countries from the agencies mainly responsible for food safety control with regard to standard development and implementation as well as the work of the Codex have attended. Many resource persons from Japan, Thailand, ASEAN Secretariat, Food Industry Asia, AETS and FAORAP contributed to the workshop.
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