Identify the multiple stakeholders involved in the seafood value chain.
Appreciate the importance of data collection and validation at each stage of the chain.
Understand the regulation and organization of trade flows and interactions between value chain stakeholders.
Analyze the dynamics of price-cost margins along the value chains.
Look for opportunities to improve value chain performance by adopting novel technologies, information systems and social innovations.
Interpret test results
The course is designed for 25 participants with a university degree. It is intended for policy makers, market analysts, public agents, value chain actors, technical advisors, and researchers at any point of the seafood chain.
The course will be held at IAMZ-CIHEAM in Zaragoza from 13-17 May 2019, in morning and afternoon sessions.
Application deadlines:
- 14 March 2019 - The deadline may be extended for candidates not requiring a visa and not applying for a grant if there are free places available.
Registration fees for the course amount to 500 euro. This sum covers tuition fees only.
Candidates from CIHEAM member countries (Albania, Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia and Turkey) and other FAO Mediterranean member countries may apply for scholarships covering registration fees, and for scholarships covering the cost of travel and full board accommodation. Applications from other FAO member countries may be considered.
Candidates from other countries who require financial support should apply directly to other national or international institutions.
It is compulsory for participants to have medical insurance valid for Spain. Proof of insurance cover must be given at the beginning of the course. Those who so wish may participate in a collective insurance policy taken out by the Organisation, upon payment of the stipulated sum.
I graduated from the Norwegian School of Veterinary Medicine, Oslo in 1981 with a Dr.scient-degree from 1986 in Animal Nutrition and Immunology, also from Norwegian School of Veterinary Medicine. Specialist in fish diseases from 1994 and a MSc in Veterinary Epidemiology from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine/Royal Veterinary College, London 2001. Approved PVS-assessor by the OIE in 2009.
Between 1988 and 1996, I worked as Fish Health Veterinarian and Manager of a Fish Health Service for fish farmers before I joined the Norwegian Veterinary Institute as researcher in epidemiology in 1996. In 2010 the epidemiology section /Veterinary Institute together with Atlantic Veterinary College in Canada established OIE Collaborating Centre in Epidemiology and Risk Assessment for Aquatic Animal Diseases.
My major scientific activity the last 10-15 years has been in epidemiology and risk assessment for aquatic animal diseases, specifically related to farmed salmon. I have participated in various EU/EFSA/OIE ad hoc groups, research projects, and as team member for OIE-PVS evaluations (special focus on Aquatic Animal Health). In 2017 I became WP-leader of the Horizon 2020 -funded project MedAid, (on Mediterranean Aquaculture Integrated Development) a four-year project. The goal of MedAID is to increase the overall competitiveness and sustainability of the Mediterranean marine fish-farming sector, throughout the whole value chain. Since 2017 I have been involved in a project to establishing fish health service in Ghana.
In 2006 I became the head of Epidemiology section at the Norwegian Veterinary Institute and since 2010 co-director for the OIE collaborating Centre on Epidemiology and Risk Assessment for Aquatic Animal Diseases. In June 2018, I took over as the leader of The Fish Health Department at the Norwegian Veterinary Institute.
Charles is a trained veterinarian from France and MSc and PhD from Canada in aquatic animal health. He is also a member of the Epidemiology Chapter of the Australia & New-Zealand College of Veterinary Sciences. Currently, he is a Senior Lecturer in veterinary epidemiology at the School of Animal & Veterinary Sciences (The University of Adelaide, Australia). For more than 10 years, Charles conducts research, consulting, and training in aquatic epidemiology in Australia and internationally. He worked on disease investigation and surveillance, production optimisation, and policy making in variety aquatic farming systems across large range of finfish, crustaceans, molluscs and reptiles. In 2015, Charles was awarded the prestigious Emerging Scientist Award of the International Society in Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE).
Dr Ignacio de Blas is Bachelor in Veterinary Sciences and PhD in Animal Health by the Veterinary Faculty of the Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain). He is Senior Lecturer of the Department of Animal Pathology. Veterinary Faculty of the Universidad de Zaragoza and he is the responsible of the subject Epidemiology and Biostatistics. He is one of the developers of Win Episcope, WinEpi and other epidemiological software. He is coauthor of 90 papers in indexed journals and he has been coadvisor of 21 PhD thesis.
He is Diplomate of the European College of Aquatic Animal Health. He also works in the Laboratory of Fish Diseases of the Universidad de Zaragoza, that is an authorized laboratory for diagnosis of fish diseases in Aragón and other regions. The activity of the laboratory is related with epidemiological surveillance of fish populations, development and evaluation of antibiotics, probiotics and vaccines for fish, and epidemiological surveys of aquatic animal populations.
As an aquatic veterinary epidemiologist, Dr. Larry Hammell has been the lead proponent on many large, clinical research projects and partnerships with industry and government agencies. Dr. Hammell's research focuses on aquatic food animal health studies including disease detection and surveillance, health management through identification of risk factors and disease prevention and biosecurity studies, and clinical trials for improved responses to disease treatment and prevention. Currently the Dean (Interim) of the UPEI Faculty of Graduate Studies, he is also Professor and Associate Dean (Graduate Studies & Research) at the Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, and Co-Director of the Collaborating Centre for Epidemiology and Risk Assessment of Aquatic Animal Diseases (ERAAAD) for the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
Dr Ed Peeler is a veterinarian who has worked as an epidemiologist, in the UK and overseas, for over 20 years. He led the epidemiology and risk team at the Centre for the Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science from its inception in 2001 until 2012 when he became the group manager for the Aquatic Pests and Pathogens group. His main responsibilities are the provision of advice on aquatic animal health to the UK government, coordination of disease surveillance and contingency planning for exotic disease outbreaks. His research has focused on the application of epidemiology, risk analysis and economics to support the development of aquatic animal health policy. Currently, he is leading a programme to develop aquatic animal health capacity in the Omani Ministry of Agriculture. Edmund has been a member of EU, European Food Standards Authority and World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) committees and panels. He is a former president of the Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (SVEPM) and is currently serving a second term as vice-president of the OIE Aquatic Animal Health Standards Commission.
Dr. Saraya Tavornpanich is an epidemiologist and coordinator of the international center for aquatic animal health (NVI-ICAAH) at National Veterinary Institute. Since June 2018, she has assumed the role of co-directing OIE collaborating center in Epidemiology and Risk Assessment in Aquatic Animal Health (ERAAAD). She has strong background in quantitative epidemiology with the emphasis on infectious diseases. Her research involves the use of epidemiological tools for supporting risk-based surveillance and facilitating control and prevention strategies, mainly on diseases affecting aquatic animals. The tools include field evaluation of diagnostic tests without gold standard, cost-effective analysis, spatial epidemiology, evaluation of strategies and complex surveillance system, and modelling of disease dynamics, use of social network analysis and big data analytics in aquaculture. She also collaborates on national and international multidisciplinary projects involving epidemiology of terrestrial and aquatic animal diseases.
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