Category Research project
  • Risikokommunikation

Strengthening Food Safety and Consumer Health Protection in Tunisia

Project status
In Progress
Project start
Jan 2021
Project end
Mar 2026
Acronym
Tunesien
Department
Internationale Angelegenheiten

Description and Objective

Challenge: In 2019, Tunisia passed a new food safety law that provides for the establishment of effective official structures for risk assessment, risk management and risk communication and aligns the Tunisian legal framework with international standards. This reorganisation poses a major challenge for Tunisia: new institutions have to be established and existing administrative units have to be reformed. Goals: At the end of the project, the Tunisian authorities in the areas of food safety and consumer health protection are established and sustainably strengthened: • A Tunisian training and education programme in risk assessment, management and communication is operational. • Staff of the competent institutions are trained in risk assessment, management and communication. • Risk assessment, management and communication is carried out by the competent Tunisian authorities in line with international standards. Approach: Together with the Tunisian partners, we develop solutions to the challenge and work together to implement the goals. Specifically, the following instruments are used: • Policy and authority advice • Organisational development • Training for experts and managers
Type of project

Third-party funded project

Research focus

Internationale Zusammenarbeit

Organisational units and partners

Lead specialist group: Internationale Angelegenheiten (INT) External partner: Bundesamt für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit, Agence Nationale de Contrôle Sanitaire et Environnemental des Produits, Instance Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire des Produits Alimentaires

Funding body and grant number

Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung
2020.0117.0

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