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Establishment and activities of an Animal Welfare Body Platform An example from the Netherlands

History First Experiments on Animals Act (1977) Animal Welfare Officer Advice to all personnel Internal oversight Registration of education and training of personnel Annual registration of animals and experiments Directive 86/609/EEC Revised Experiments on Animals Act (1995) Animal Ethics Committee Directive 2010/63/EU Revised Experiments on Animals Act (2014) Animal Welfare Body 2

Present situation 1 Central Authority for Scientific Procedures on Animals (CCD) 18 independent Animal Ethics Committees 80 licenced institutes 3

Present situation Netherlands National Committee for the protection of animals used for scientific purposes (NCad) Advisory body (Ministry, AWB’s) Focus on 3R’s Netherlands Food and Consumer Authority (NVWA) Inspections of licenced institutes 4

Proces establishment AWB Platform Professional group of animal welfare officers Small brainstorm group Development of an initiating policy document First meeting of AWB members Presentation of initiating policy document Appointment of temporary committee Temporary committee: Implementation of initiating policy document Organization of 2 meetings in 2016 5

Proces establishment AWB Platform Election of members for permanent committee AWB Platform Equal distribution over groups of personnel 2 scientists 2 animal welfare officers 2 veterinarians 2 research technicians Appointment chair, secretary, treasurer, etc. AWB’s are member of AWB Platform One vote per AWB irrespective of number of AWB members present during a meeting 6

Challenges Identification of AWB’s Present? Contact details Cooperation of Licenced institute Variety of licenced institutes Academia, industry, CRO’s, etc. Size (research, personnel, budget, etc.) Type of research (laboratory, field, nature, etc.) 7

Achievements Organization of meetings for AWB members Exchange of information and experiences Stakeholder for AWB’s Member of User Platform CCD Consultation meetings of NCad Contact with other national AWB platforms UK, Portugal, Belgium 8

Achievements Working groups Education, training, skills, CPD of personnel & education of AWB members Use of antibiotics Experimental design (Poultry research) Website Revision of outdated Codes of Practice 9

Planning Next meeting on 21 June 2017 in Utrecht How to assess the appropriateness of a project application Meeting on 7 November 2017 in Nijkerk Education, training, skills and CPD Presentation at 10th WCA in Seattle Establishment of a European Network 10