• Draft Agenda
• For registration please contact: College of Romanian Veterinarians

• More details

• Agenda
• Presentations
• List of participants
• Photos

• Agenda

• Agenda

• Agenda
• Useful information

Implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1523/2007 banning cat and dog fur, Brussels, 18 January 2012

• Agenda

Workshops on Animal Welfare for Veterinary Practitioners

The European Commission and Federation of Veterinarians of Europe organised 2 regional workshops on animal welfare for veterinary practitioners:

• Budapest, 26-27 September 2011 - more details here:
  • agenda
  • photos
  • presentations
• Barcelona, 1-2 December 2011 - more details here:
  • agenda
  • photos
  • presentations

Minding animals pre-conference: Animals and the Law - Barcelona, 24-25 October 2011

• Agenda
• More information: http://www.derechoanimal.info/eng/page/1625/minding-animals-pre-conference-event-animals-and-the-law

BEVA-FVE Trust Equine Transport Enforcement Award, Brussels, 18-19 November 2011

• Announcement
• Selection process
• Application form
• More information: http://www.fve.org/events/index.html

IDF World Dairy Summit - Sustainable Food Security, Parma Italy 15-19 October 2011

• Agenda & useful information
• Registration of participants: http://www.wds2011.com/TextFlowPage.php?ID=32
• More information: http://www.wds2011.com/ColumnsPage.php?ID=29&language=eng

First regional workshop on animal welfare for veterinary practitioners:
Improving animal welfare: a practical approach, Budapest, Hungary, 26-27 September 2011

• Draft agenda
• Registration form
• More information

First Conference on animal welfare in the Baltic region - Responsible ownership, 5-6 May, Vilnius, Lithuania

• Draft Agenda
• Registration form: http://www.izs.it/carodog/application_form.html
• More info: http://www.carodog.eu/?p=5&s=2&item=1026

5^th Pan Commonwealth Vet Conference: "The Role of Veterinarians and Livestock Farmers in Food Security and Poverty Alleviation", Accra, Ghana, 21 - 25 March.

Agenda

More info: http://5pancomvetconf2011.com/index.php?ID=2

Related initiatives:
The report of the 5th Pan Commonwealth Veterinary Conference in Ghana will be the discussion paper for the expert meeting organised by the UN's Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the Brooke in Rome, 13 - 17 June 2011.

The expert meeting will analyse the role and impact of working animals in livelihoods e.g. food security, poverty alleviation, income generation, access to services, gender equity, etc.

It will identify how to improve the welfare of working animals in agricultural and rural development programmes.

For further information on experts' selection for the meeting click here.

European Partnership on Pig Castration meeting - 25 February

Agenda Updated 28-02-2011

More info: http://ec.europa.eu/food/animal/welfare/farm/initiatives_en.htm

Forum on "Improving the welfare of horses during transport: the importance of enforcement" - 29 November

Agenda

More info: http://www.fve.org/events/index.html

Second Chinese-European Pig Summit, Hanover, Germany - 17 November

Agenda:
http://www.eurotier.de/fileadmin/downloads/2010/et/Pig_summit.pdf

More info:
http://www.eurotier.de/pigsummit

European Horse Network Conference , Brussels (how to get there) - 17 November

Registration of participants:
http://www.europeanhorsenetwork.eu/registration.html

Agenda and further info:
http://www.europeanhorsenetwork.eu/Conference.html

Second Workshop on Pig Welfare - Improving implementation of EU legislation, Parma, Italy, 11 November

• Agenda
• Practical info

Animal welfare and intensive production systems , in Santiago de Chile, 13-14 September

Seminar on "Welfare Quality Project and the use of welfare indicators: what’s at the stake?", Brussels, 13 September

Agenda + presentations

Second Global Conference of OIE Reference Laboratories and Collaborating Centres, Paris, France - 21-22 June

http://www.oie.int/eng/A_VETO_PARIS_2010/Abstract/abstract.htm
http://www.oie.int/eng/A_VETO_PARIS_2010/Abstract/Recommendations.htm

Workshop on pig castration , 2 June, Brussels

Agenda
Workshop outcomes

ALCASDE Study - Final report

The European Commission launched a Call for tender concerning a "Study on the improved methods for animal-friendly production, in particular on alternatives to the castration of pigs and on alternatives to the dehorning of cattle" (SANCO/2008/D5/018) in 2008.
Please find here the final report of the study:

FAO-EC Workshop on "Low cost practices and tools to improve farm animal welfare" , Jaboticabal, SP; Brazil, May 31-1 June

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Workshop on pig welfare, 17 November, Brussels

Agenda

web streaming of the Workshop: Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV.

Final Stakeholders Conference of the Welfare Quality project , 8-9 October 2009, Uppsala, Sweden

Welfare Quality Website - First announcement
http://www.welfarequality.net/everyone/43160/5/0/22
http://www.se2009.eu/en/meetings_news/2009/10/8/delivering_animal_welfare_and_quality_transparency_in_the_food_production_chain

OIE European Regional Meeting

Agenda

Treaty of Lisbon and animal welfare, 8 April 2009

Programme

Background info
Presentations
Speakers' profile

Previous event: International Forum on Global Aspects of Farm Animal Welfare, Brussels 2008

• Agenda
• Presentations

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FAO Open Forum on Capacity Building to Implement Good Animal Welfare Practices, 29 September 2008, Rome

Agenda

FAO Expert meeting on Capacity Building to Implement Good Animal Welfare Practices, 30 September - 3 October 2008, Rome

Agenda

Second OIE Global Conference on Animal Welfare "Putting the OIE Standards to work", 20-22 October 2008, Cairo

.Conference Recommendations

• Agenda
• Proceedings

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International Conference "Animal Welfare: New Horizons For The 21st Century, An International And Regional Perspective", Uruguay, 24-25 April 2007

More information http://www.inia.org.uy/online/site/288636I1.php
Programme
Press Release (24-04-2007)

2nd Welfare Quality Stakeholder conference 'Assuring animal welfare: from societal concerns to implementation'

More Information: http://www.welfarequality.net/everyone/36059
Proceedings of the Second Welfare Quality conference

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Animal Welfare-Improving by Labelling?

Tierschutzkennzeichnung
Animal Welfare Labelling

Workshop "Castration of piglets"

Agenda
EFSA Opinion
Conclusion of the Workshop "Castration of piglets"

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Welfare Quality conference, November 2005

PDF file

EC-Chile animal welfare seminar, September 2005

Proceedings Updated 11-12-2006

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EC-Chile animal welfare seminar November 2004 -

Cover page Updated 24-05-2006

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