Prior Information Notice – Enhancing Animal Health and Welfare: Harmonising EU Legal Frameworks through the BTSF Initiative

HaDEA has published the Prior Information Notice HADEA/2025/OP/0012-PIN – Enhancing Animal Health and Welfare in EU Member States and Candidate Countries: Harmonising EU Legal Frameworks through the ‘Better Training for Safer Food’ Initiative.

The subject of this call for tenders is the organisation and implementation of training activities on Animal Health and Animal Welfare Law under the “Better Training for Safer Food” initiative. The execution of the tasks will be divided in two separate phases of 30 months each. The main objectives of this call for tenders are: 

• Protecting the EU from animal diseases
• Harmonising EU legislation
• Promoting sustainable food systems
• Supporting DG SANTE priorities and enhancing global recognition of EU standards

The main beneficiaries will be EU Member States and Candidate Countries, with some non-EU countries (EU Neighborhood countries), which will be also covered based on European Commission strategic objectives.

Estimated budget: €3 900 000  

Interested parties are invited to check the Funding and Tenders Portal for the upcoming publication of the call for tenders. 

Background

Better Training for Safer Food (BTSF) is a European Commission training initiative to improve the knowledge and implementation of EU rules covering food safety, plant, animal, and One Health.

The basic training principles involve the delivery of information, knowledge sharing and networking, and using the train-the-trainer approach to disseminate the knowledge attained. Training delivery may be through face-to-face courses, virtual classrooms or eLearning.