Key Websites for the Technology Platform
Press release of Platform http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/research/press/2004/pr1612en.cfm
Scientific Committee on Animal Health & Animal Welfare http://ec.europa.eu/food/fs/aw/aw_scahaw_en.html
Europa Website on Animal Welfare http://ec.europa.eu/food/animal/welfare/index_en.htm
EU-Agrinet - EU Funded Agricultural Research Portal http://ec.europa.eu/research/agriculture/index_en.html
Secretariat for the Technology Platform
IFAH- Europe http://www.fedesa.be/EUPlatform/Secretariat.htm
EU Policy Drivers
EU Animal Health Strategy (2007-2013) http://ec.europa.eu/food/animal/diseases/strategy/index_en.htm
Advisory Committee
Members List http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/research/press/2004/pr1612en.cfm
Minutes of the 1st Steering Council meeting http://www.fedesa.be/EUPlatform/Minutes/StCouncil/MinSTCounc.htm
Vision Document
European Technology Platform for Global Animal Health - Vision 2015 http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/research/agriculture/pdf/etpgah_vision2015_paper-final_en.pdf
Conference or Consultations
First Stakeholder Meeting , 24 February 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/research/agriculture/pdf/etpgah_vision2015_minutes.pdf
First Interim Board Meeting, 17 May 2005 http://ec.europa.eu/research/agriculture/pdf/vision2015_min1st_board_meeting_170505.pdf
Prevention & Control of Contagious Animal Diseases in the EU. Dec. 2004 http://ec.europa.eu/food/animal/diseases/strategy/kallio_presentation_en.pdf
IFAH-Europe "The Animal Health Industry: An essential partner for Global Health" http://www.fedesa.be/events/IFAH-Europe%20innovation%20conference%20FINAL%20programme%20EXT%208.6.2006.pdf
Strategic Research Agenda
European Technology Platform for Global Animal Health SRA http://www.fedesa.be/EUPlatform/SRA_May06.pdf
Press release on Launch of SRA. May 2006 http://www.fedesa.be/press_releases/press_release_220506.htm
Relevant European and National or International Associations
Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health (SCFCAH) http://ec.europa.eu/food/committees/regulatory/scfcah/animal_health/index_en.htm
FAO Animal Welfare Gateway http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/subjects/en/subjects.html
FEFANA – European Federation of Animal Feed Additive Manufacturers http://www.fefana.org/home.aspx
FVE – Federation of Veterinarians of Europe http://www.fve.org/index.html
COPA-COGECA: Committee of Agricultural Organisations in the EU-General Confederation of Agricultural Co-operatives in the EU http://www.copa.be/
EFFAB (Farm Animal Industrial Platform) http://www.effab.org/content/view/12/26/
IFAH-Europe (International Federation for Animal Health Europe) http://www.fedesa.be/default.htm
Relevant Framework 5/6 Projects, Clusters, Networks etc.
Framework 6 funded projects http://www.cordis.lu/fp6/projects.htm
Framework 5 funded projects http://dbs.cordis.lu/fep/FP5/FP5_PROJl_search.html
Foot-and-Mouth Disease and Classical Swine Fever :The impact of EU Research (1998-2004) http://ec.europa.eu/research/agriculture/pdf/fmd_csf_en.pdf
Control of infectious diseases. Research projects in the FP5. Infectious diseases of livestock & aquaculture animals http://ec.europa.eu/research/agriculture/useful_publications/publications.html
EU FAIR Project on "Consumer concerns about animal welfare and the impact on food choice". http://ec.europa.eu/food/animal/welfare/eu_fair_project_en.pdf
Similar US or Asia Activities
Animal welfare legislation on farmed animals in Third Countries and the implications for the EU http://ec.europa.eu/food/animal/welfare/international/index_en.htm#third
International Animal Welfare Issues http://ec.europa.eu/food/animal/welfare/international/index_en.htm