ELVIRA

Programme StatementMinistry of Agriculture and Forestry

markku.jarvenpaa@mmm.fi

Secretary General of the Advisory Board for Agri-Food Research

Research Programme on Nutrition, Food and Health ELVIRA 2006 - 2010

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ELVIRA and Food Sciences Evaluation

• The activity of the Academy of Finland in the field of food sciences is very much appreciated by MMM

• MMM was happy to see that one of its branch institutes, the National Veterinary and Food Research Institute EELA - with regard to its mission, scientific quality, impact and organisation of the research - scored well compared to other public health oriented insitutions in the fields of– Food safety research– Risk assessment

• MMM hopes that its branch institutes can utilise ELVIRA as a tool to further strenghten their ability to respond to the needs of society and food industry

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Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry• Participates in the programme

– as a Steering Committee member– as a co-financor

• Application procedure – use the forms of the Academy of Finland– send the forms to the academy by the deadline 28

April 2006

• Funding criteria– MMM will concetrate on the proposals most relevant

to the overall goals of the Ministry• Scientific quality not compromised

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Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry• Goals of MMM

– building evidence base for sustainable food safety governance (risk management, production and processing, traceable production chains)

– Support for the National Quality Strategy for Food • Competitiveness of local production• Co-operation within the food chain• Interaction of disciplines so as to solve a problem in the

society

– A specific challenge to the already ongoing co-operation between HY/Vet; HY/Hyg and EELA

– Industry co-operation when relevant