Organising and implementing training activities on the Official Controls Regulation under the Better Training for Safer Food initiative

HaDEA has published the call for tenders HADEA/2025/OP/0036 – Harmonising the implementation of EU legal requirements in the fields of the Official Controls Regulation, Border Controls, and the use of Trade Control and Expert System (TRACES) through the 'Better Training for Safer Food' Initiative.

The subject of this call for tenders is the organisation and implementation of training activities on official controls Regulation, border controls, and the Trade Control and Expert System (TRACES) through the 'Better Training for Safer Food' Initiative. The execution of the tasks will be divided in two separate phases of 30 months each. 

The main objectives of this call for tender are: 

• Harmonising the implementation of EU legislation in the areas of the call;
• Providing training on any new and upcoming legislation;
• Protecting the Union from animal diseases;
• Promoting sustainable food systems;
• Supporting the European Commission's Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE)'s priorities;
• Enhancing global recognition of EU standards. 

The main beneficiaries will be EU countries and candidate countries. Some non-EU countries (EU neighbourhood countries) will be also covered, based on the European Commission's strategic objectives.

Estimated budget: €3 900 000

Interested parties are invited to read more and apply on the EU Funding and Tenders Portal by 28 October 2025, 16:00 CEST.

Background

Better Training for Safer Food (BTSF) is a European Commission training initiative to improve the knowledge and implementation of EU rules covering food safety, plant, animal, and One Health.

The basic training principles involve the delivery of information, knowledge sharing and networking, and using the train-the-trainer approach to disseminate the knowledge attained. Training delivery may be through face-to-face courses, virtual classrooms or eLearning.