An Introduction to FELASA Training

www.felasa.eu

An Introduction to FELASA Workshop Belgrade November 2012 DAVID SMITH

President FELASA

Training

www.felasa.eu

Outline of Presentation • • • • • • • • •

History & constituent members of FELASA Mission, policy & organisation of FELASA Working groups completed and ongoing Interaction of FELASA with EU Commission Publications & web-site Education, training & continuing education Accreditation Boards International co-operation Barcelona congress

www.felasa.eu

History of FELASA ●

• •

• •

Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Associations Established in 1978: GV-SOLAS, LASA, Scand-LAS Membership is not open to individuals, but to laboratory animal science associations of good standing of nations in Europe Since 1991: observer status at CoE/EU levels In 2012 composed of 18 constituent associations + 1 affiliate association representing 26 countries + 2 with observer status

www.felasa.eu

Associations represented in FELASA ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

AFSTAL - France AISAL – Italy ARSAL – Romania BaltLAS – Latvia, Lithuania BCLAS – Belgium CLASA – Czech republic CroLASA -Croatia GV-SOLAS – Germany, Austria HLASA – Hungary HSBLAS - Greece LASA – United Kingdom, Ireland

www.felasa.eu

Associations represented in FELASA ● ● ●

● ● ● ●

● ●

LASA-Turkey NVP – Netherlands Scand-LAS – Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Estonia SECAL – Spain SGV- Switzerland SLASA – Serbia SPCAL – Portugal ILAF – Israel (affiliate member) ESLAV – European Society of Lab Animal Vets (observer)

FELASA’s mission •Represent common interests of constituent LAS associations •Advance and co-ordinate the development of all aspects of LAS and practice in Europe •Act as a focus for the exchange of information about LAS amongst European states •Establish and maintain appropriate links with national, international or governmental bodies as well as other organisations concerned with LAS •Promote the recognition and consultation of FELASA as the specialist European body on LAS and welfare (observer status rev. ETS123 App A and EU Directive 2010/63) •Organise joint scientific meetings of the constituent associations

Policy FELASA represents the views and opinions of the laboratory animal science community in Europe. FELASA does so by position statements on critical issues as well as by maintaining relations with NGOs and governmental bodies concerned with laboratory animal science in Europe, notably the Council of Europe, the European Commission and the European Parliament. 

www.felasa.eu

Organisation Board of Management • Composed of 1 to 2 representatives of the Constituent plus Affiliated plus Observer Associations • Takes all decisions • Only one vote per Constituent Association • Meetings: twice per year (different locations across Europe)

www.felasa.eu

Organisation Executive Committee • • • •

Elected by the Board Members not entitled to vote at Board meetings Meetings as needed (normally 4/year) Carries out the decisions adopted by the Board

President (11/12): David Smith Treasurer: Heinz Brandstetter

President-elect: Jan-Bas Prins Secretary: Ana-Isobel Santos

VP Working Groups: Ann-Christine Eklof

VP European Affairs: Thierry

Decelle VP International Liaisons: Nicholas Kostomitsopoulos

www.felasa.eu

Working Groups – completed & published • • • • • • •

Training and education: Categories A, B, C, D Health monitoring recommendations - several species Ethical review Veterinary care (joint with ESLAV, ECLAM) Quality systems Production and nomenclature of transgenics Standardisation of enrichment

• •

Rodent identification – accepted for publication Refinement of Genotyping methods – in review by publisher

www.felasa.eu

Working Groups - current

Curriculum of education in LAS in biosciences and medicine • Convener: Ismene Dontas (HSBLAS) • Members Maria Rosario Moyano Salvago (SECAL) Mats Sjöquist (Scand-LAS) Catriene Thuring (NVP) Andrew William Trafford (LASA) Christa van Ginneken (BCLAS)

Glossary of clinical signs • Convener: Martje Fentener van Vlissingen (NVP) • Members Maryline Borrens (BCLAS) Aurélie Girod (AFSTAL) Florine Morrison (LASA) Lelovas Pavlos (HSBLAS) Yolanda Saavedra-Torres

Revision of guidelines for health monitoring of rodents and rabbits • Convener: Michael Mähler (GV-SOLAS) • Members Marion Bérard (AFSTAL) Ricardo Feinstein (Scand-LAS) Alec Gallagher (LASA) Brunhilde Illgen-Wilcke (SGV) Marcello Raspa (AISAL) Kathleen Pritchett (corresponding member)

Zebra fish: housing, husbandry and health monitoring recommendations • Convener: Susan Warner (Scand-LAS, FELASA) • Members Livia D’Angelo (GV-SOLAS, FELASA Peter Aleström (Norway, COST) Paul Midtlying (Norway, COST) Bozena Polok (Switzerland, COST) Daniel Schorderet (SGV, FELASA) Stafan Schulte-Merker (The Netherlands, COST) Frédérik Sohm (AFSTAL, FELASA)

Joint WG FELASA - COST

Revision education and training recommendations towards 2010/63/EU

• Convener: David Smith (LASA) • Members Martje Fentener van Vlissingen (NVP) Bryan Howard (LASA) Ana Isabel Santos (SPCAL) Patri Vegara (SECAL) Hanna-Marja Voipio (Scand-LAS) Charlie Chambers (EFAT) Joint WG with EFAT (FELASA accreditation board)

Severity: classification and statistical reporting Coordinator: David Smith FELASA Classification

Statistical reporting

Convener: David Anderson (LASA)

Convener: José M Oreliana (SECAL)

Anne-Dominique Degryse (AFSTAL)

Alessia Ferrara (AISAL)

Carla Bol (NVP)

Christophe Joubert (AFSTAL)

Blaise Descampe (BCLAS)

Nikos Kostomitsopoulos (HSBLAS)

Nuno Henrique Franco (SPCAL)

Filip Mulkens (BCLAS)

Ana Criado González (AISAL)

Grete Østergaard (Scand-LAS)

István Gyertyán (HLASA)

Pascalle van Loo (NVP)

Xavier Manteca-Vilanova (SECAL)

Peter Thornton (LASA)

Hanna-Marja Voipio (Scand-LAS)

Orsolya Varga (SPCAL)

Joint WG with ESLAV & ECLAM

Joint WG with ESLAV & ECLAM

Guidelines for care and use of cephalopods • Steering Group: Graziano Fiorito (CephRes) Paul Andrews (CephRes) Jane Smith (Boyd Group) David Smith (FELASA) • Members: Ludovic Dickel (AFSTAL/FELASA)

Joint working group with CephRes, Boyd Group UK

How to establish a working group • Proposals from constituent associations • Proposals from members either via the association or directly • BE ACTIVE

www.felasa.eu

FELASA Interaction with EU Commission Expert Working Groups •

Statistical reporting

•

Severity classification

•

Education & training

•

Non-technical project summaries

•

Alternatives & the 3Rs

National Contact Point Meetings •

Observer status at regular 6-monthly meetings

www.felasa.eu

Publications – Euroguide Summary of revised ETS123 Appendix A The guide facilitates scientists to obtain in a user friendly way the core aspects of the care of laboratory animals set out in the revised Appendix A of the European Convention for the Protection of Vertebrate Animals used for Experimental and Other Scientific Purposes (ETS 123), which went into effect on the 15th of June, 2007.

www.felasa.eu

www.felasa.eu

FELASA`s role in education & training FELASA recognises education & training of the LAS community as an important aim of the organisation To this end it has: • Developed education & training recommendations for four categories of laboratory animal staff • Established an accreditation system for teaching programmes for the four categories • Developed guidelines for continuing education for all persons involved in the care & use of animals

www.felasa.eu

Education & training recommendations – categories of personnel • Category A: persons taking care of animals (caretakers) • Category B: persons carrying out experimental procedures (research technicians) • • Category C: persons responsible for directing or designing procedures/projects (scientists) • Category D: laboratory animal specialists (specialists)

www.felasa.eu

FELASA Guidelines for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) • Developed by a European working group • Modelled on the Swiss mandatory scheme for animal technologists • Applicable to all persons working with experimental animals • Aspirational but mindful of resource implications • Endorsed by Commission at EWG • Based on seven principles

www.felasa.eu

FELASA seven principles of CPD • Personnel working with animals should maintain the state of the art knowledge & skills • CPD should be available and organised in a flexible way • CPD should commence when a person starts working with animals and continue through the working career • System is based on award of credits over period of time • There should be a process for review & endorsement of CPD activities but up to 50% of credits can be achieved from activities recognised by the institution • Operation of the scheme should be reviewed • Joint courses should be encouraged between countries

www.felasa.eu

The CPD scheme in operation • FELASA encourages uptake of scheme by Member Associations (or relevant authority) • FELASA maintains list of types of activity and overview of courses endorsed by Member Associations • Member Associations facilitate introduction of CPD scheme, adapted to local needs. They endorse courses and provide information • Institute, together with individual, determines CPD needs & individual maintains record • Compliance with the scheme is by self-regulation with oversight by competent authority • Importance of practical skills needs to be stressed

www.felasa.eu

Accreditation Boards • Accreditation Board for training and education in laboratory animal science • Accreditation Board for health monitoring

www.felasa.eu

Accreditation Board for training & education • Accreditation scheme introduced 2003 to assist in the development of uniform high quality educational programmes for LAS • Operated on behalf of the FELASA Board by a Teaching & Training Board of educators & trainers from MS • Extends to all categories (A, B, C & D) • Accreditation awarded for 5 years (B,C) & 10 years (A,D) • Currently 24 courses accredited (4 pending) in 13 countries • Chair: Patri Vergara

www.felasa.eu

Accreditation Board for health monitoring • Accreditation scheme introduced 2011 to assure quality of health monitoring programmes and testing laboratories involved in health monitoring • Operated on behalf of the FELASA Board by a Health Monitoring Board of specialists from MS • Chair: Werner Nicklas

www.felasa.eu

International Collaborations FELASA cooperates with: CoE, EU, EFPIA, ESLAV, ECLAM, AALAS, CALAS, AMCAL, COBEA, AFLAS, ANZLAA, ICLAS, ILAR, AAALAC

AALAS –FELASA liaison body Javier Guillen (FELASA; Chair) Kathy Laber (AALAS; Secretary) Robert Dysko (AALAS) Ann-Christine Eklöf (FELASA) Nikos Kostomitsopoulos (FELASA) Kim Saunders (AALAS)

Joint AALAS – FELASA Working Groups

• harm-benefit analysis • minimum health monitoring for rodent transfers

AALAS - FELASA working group on harm-benefit analysis

Aurora Brönstad (FELASA) Terrance Deacon (AALAS) Thierry Decelle (FELASA) Jeff Everitt (AALAS) Sally Robinson (FELASA) Javier Guillen (FELASA liaison officer) Kathy Laber (AALAS liaison officer)

AALAS - FELASA working group on health monitoring of rodents Kate Corning - Pritchard (AALAS) Ricardo Feinstein (FELASA) Jeff Goodwin (AALAS) Werner Nicklas (FELASA) Jan-Bas Prins (FELASA) Lila Riley (AALAS) Ann-Christine Eklöf (FELASA liaison officer) Kim Saunders (AALAS liaison officer)

www.felasa.eu

FELASA Congress 2013 FELASA / SECAL 9-13 June Barcelona Spain

www.felasa.eu

Thanks !