Project purpose was the general improvement of veterinary supervision and strengthening of the livestock sector in the following sectors:

• production, distribution and use of animal feed;

The project drafted and adopted a national multiannual control plan coupled with guidelines for sampling of animal feed and training of field staff and decision makers

• animal disease and husbandry;

The project has produced manuals for farmers and veterinarians, on animal husbandry and good farm management procedures, specifically for several livestock animal species: 1) milking cows, 2) poultry and 3) pigs. The farmers have been made available a simplified and easy-to-use hand book. Those manuals have also a part dedicated to the respect of animal welfare measures. The distribution of the manual has been anticipated by a specific training activity. The training sessions and the manual production have opened the possibility to develop the twinning project visibility to many livestock operators and stakeholders.

• animal welfare

Assessment of Israeli AW legislation and mapping of critical areas at field level, drafting manual on animal welfare procedures prepared, training on animal welfare to inspectors.

Information campaign focusing on farm animals only and ensuring that all operators of the livestock chain are sufficiently informed on all provisions in force relating to animal welfare. Information materials, such as short hand-outs and posters have been prepared, printed and distributed as above described

The project has supported the Croatian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management and the Croatian Ministry of Health and Social Welfare as well as other target institutions (Croatian Veterinary Institute and Croatian Food Agency), to develop an upgraded control system which will provide for a new food safety strategy and the institutional framework necessary to manage these strategies. Due to its importance, harmonisation of legal framework has been addressed.

The general objective of the project was to enhance and facilitate the trade of agricultural and processed agricultural products thus increasing Croatia’s presence on European and world markets.

The overall objectives of this project were:

• Improvement of the institutional efficiency and strengthening of the Polish veterinary Administration;
• Assurance of efficient and appropriate implementation of the EU veterinary law after Poland’s accession to the EU;
• Assurance of more efficient veterinary control over functioning of the Internal Market;

• Assurance of efficient human resources management and optimal use of knowledge in the Veterinary Inspection as an organisation.

The purpose of this twinning project was to ensure a further support of veterinary administration in the field of rendering and animal welfare through completion of the measures for the achievement of control system in the animal welfare field, trainings for improving the existing control fiches, training of the veterinarians involved in the accomplishment of inspections. For rendering point of view, the purpose of the project is to assure that the measures put in place by NSVFSA for the handling of animal by products, give effect to EU rules on animal by products non intended for human consumption as laid down in Regulation 1774/2002 and additional EU legislation.