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EFSA J. 2024 Oct 18;22(10):e221001. doi: 10.2903/sp.efsa.2024.e221001. eCollection 2024 Oct.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) within the framework of the Preparatory measures for the participation of IPA beneficiaries in the European Food Safety Authority 2023-2026 will organize a total of 3 crisis preparedness training events for the IPA countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo,* Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Türkiye). For 2024, EFSA requested to organise a simulation exercise focused on a multi-country incident related to biological risks in products of animal origin The overall objectives of the training were: 1) to increase IPA countries' knowledge and understanding of crisis handling concepts and of EFSA's crisis handling procedures; 2) to improve preparedness and response planning for crisis situations in the domain of biological hazards; 3) to improve coherence, interoperability and coordination, to be prepared for communication and decision-making challenges in crisis situations. Working with the contractor Opera srl, EFSA organised a 2-day training on 26-27 June 2024 in Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina), attended by 24 participants (3 online) from 7 IPA countries, 2 representatives from EFSA and 1 representative from the hosting competent authority from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Participants were briefed on the IPA crisis preparedness training scheme, EFSA's crisis handling procedures, principles of crisis communication (remote mode), EFSA - ECDC Rapid Outbreak Assessment (remote mode), food safety risk assessment structures in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. Most of the workshop was dedicated to the simulation exercise, that was organized in a tabletop format, with injects describing an evolving food safety incident and a debriefing after each inject. During the exercise, 1 audio-conference meeting and a TV debate were simulated. The exercise was concluded with a brainstorming session between the tutors and participants. Three recommendations were done to improve the organization of future events. Six recommendations were given for the improvement of risk assessment, risk management and risk communication in IPA countries. The objectives were achieved, based on the results of the knowledge test and on the feedback provided by participants in the course evaluation questionnaire.
欧洲食品安全局（EFSA）在“2023 - 2026年 IPA 受益方参与欧洲食品安全局的筹备措施”框架内，将为 IPA 国家（阿尔巴尼亚、波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那、科索沃、* 黑山、北马其顿、塞尔维亚、土耳其）总共组织3次危机防范培训活动。2024年，欧洲食品安全局要求组织一次模拟演练，重点是与动物源产品生物风险相关的多国事件。培训的总体目标是：1）增强 IPA 国家对危机处理概念以及欧洲食品安全局危机处理程序的了解；2）改进生物危害领域危机情况的防范和应对计划；3）提高连贯性、互操作性和协调性，为危机情况下的沟通和决策挑战做好准备。欧洲食品安全局与承包商Opera srl合作，于2024年6月26日至27日在萨拉热窝（波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那）举办了为期2天的培训，来自7个IPA国家的24名参与者（3名在线）、欧洲食品安全局的2名代表以及波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那主办主管当局的1名代表参加了培训。向参与者介绍了 IPA 危机防范培训计划、欧洲食品安全局的危机处理程序、危机沟通原则（远程模式）、欧洲食品安全局 - 欧洲疾病预防控制中心快速疫情评估（远程模式）、波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那以及塞尔维亚的食品安全风险评估结构。研讨会的大部分时间用于模拟演练，演练以桌面形式进行，通过注入信息描述不断演变的食品安全事件，并在每次注入信息后进行汇报。演练期间，模拟了1次电话会议和1次电视辩论。演练最后在导师和参与者之间进行了头脑风暴会议。提出了3项建议以改进未来活动的组织。针对 IPA 国家风险评估、风险管理和风险沟通的改进给出了6项建议。根据知识测试结果以及参与者在课程评估问卷中提供的反馈，目标得以实现。
