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ecopa Expert workshop: “Good Practices in Human Tissue use for Alternatives”
Brussels, Belgium, Sheraton Airport Hotel, November 24, 2006
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Slovenia Consensus Workshop 2005
Ljubljana, Slovenia, June 9-12, 2005
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5th ecopa Annual Workshop 2004
Brussels, Belgium, Sheraton Airport Hotel, November 26-28, 2004
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1st ecopa Board Meeting 2004
Monheim, Germany, April 28, 2004
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4th ecopa Annual Workshop 2003
"Alternative Methods Develpment - Pipeline: Sufficient Projects in Face of EU Chemical White Paper and Cosmetics Legislation?"
Brussels, Belgium, Sheraton Airport Hotel, November 28-30, 2003
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3rd ecopa Annual Workshop 2002
"Introducing and implementing 3R-alternatives into national, European and supra-national /OECD-guidelines more efficiently"
Brussels, Belgium, Sheraton Airport Hotel, November 08-10, 2002
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2nd ecopa Annual Workshop 2001
"The New EU Chemicals Policy"
Brussels, Belgium, Sheraton Airport Hotel, October 27-28, 2001
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2nd ecopa Working Group Meeting 2001
Brussels, Belgium, VUB, March 12, 2001
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1st ecopa Working Group Meeting 2000
Brussels, Belgium, VUB, December 14, 2000
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The creation of the French platform for alternatives to animal testing (2007)
The first meeting was held on july 6 , 2007 with the participation of 12 organisms : regulatory authorities (Afssaps, Afsset, Ineris, Ministery of research), industry (LEEM, FIP, UIC), academic research organism (CNRS, INSERM) and 2 animal welfare groups (OPAL, LFDA), SPTC (F. Marano).
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ecopa REACH animal testing CALCULATOR for free download (2006)
ecopa has developed in its CONAM Chemical Policy Working Group (originators: Simon Webb, Karsten Mueller) a small sized program, with which anybody diligent to some extent in the area of animal testing of chemicals can easily analyze the current and future regulation impact within the REACH legislation. Please find your free download of the program below.
If used, please make sure that the ecopa copyright is observed and due reference is made to this CONAM project. Further publication only allowed with prior information of ecopa resp. the CONAM EU 6th Framework Programme project, i.e. the ecopa Chemical Policy Working Group 6.
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Platforms and Funds for Alternatives to Animal Experimentation (2005)
A report from The Norwegian Reference Centre for Laboratory Animal Science & Alternatives, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Oslo, Norway
Live, Kleveland, ISB 82-7725-120-3
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Letter by Prof. Dr. H. Greim to the European Commission (2005)
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Letter by Philippe Busquin, Member of the European Commission (2003)
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A guided tour to become full members/associate members in ecopa
by Prof. Jose V. Castell
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3rd SkinEthic International Workshop 2004
"In vitro Reconstituted Human Tissue Models in Applied Pharmacology and Toxicology Testing"
Nice, France, October 7-8, 2004
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EU FP6: funding of in vitro tests
Latest version of the Draft Work Porgramme for 2005 in the area of life sciences in FP6: updated fourth and final call. Please refer to section "Development of new in vitro tests to replace animal experimentation" on pages 13 and 14, the deadline for submissions is on 9 November 2005.
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A Review of National Public Funding Programmes in European Countries
Tonia Devolder, Kirsty Reid, Vera Rogiers, Simon Webb and David Wilkins
A survey of publicly funded research specifically targeting alternatives to animal testing was conducted over 2006/2007. Responses were received from 16 European countries (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom). The responses were compiled by national agencies or national consensus platforms. The current annual total across the 16 countries was
estimated as € 17 million. The largest contribution came from Germany with € 4.6 million (27% of the total). Also collated was information on the existence of a national strategy on alternatives research, the focus of any such strategies, the research priority setting process, stakeholder consultation in that process, project funding preferences or limits, coordination mechanisms and the separation of responsibilities of competent authorities (i.e. for research support,
laboratory animal welfare and chemicals management). Countries with national strategies (France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK) are skewed towards the higher end of the spending distribution. These 6 countries account for over € 12 million, i.e. >70% of the overall total of national spending identified. Most countries have national consensus platforms. These should help to both stimulate stakeholder consultation and further national spending on
alternatives research. The situation regarding the separation of responsibilities of competent authorities (i.e. for research support, laboratory animal welfare and chemicals management) is mixed. A degree of overlap exists in many cases. A research strategy that is receptive to and reflects regulatory developments – such as REACh with its marked resultant increase in animal use – is an obvious need that is as yet unmet in many of the countries surveyed. The need for
a mechanism to collate details of active research projects within Europe as a whole was also identified.
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Downloads at www.interniche.org
The groundbreaking publication "from Guinea Pig to Computer Mouse (2nd ed.)" is now available for free download.
First published in 2003, with minor updates made in February 2006, the 520-page book provides full details of over 500 alternatives, including description, specification and source. It also offers background information on the diversity of alternative tools and approaches, a review of published studies that assess alternatives through learning performance, and an exploration of curricular design. Seven case studies written by university heads of department who have fully replaced
harmful animal use describe the experience of developing and implementing best practice teaching methods. The book also provides links to over 600 further resources.
Two theses on humane education and the formal and hidden curriculum are now available for free download.
Thales Trez' MA thesis 'The Hidden Values: Ethics and the Use of Animals in Education' (unpublished, 2001) was conducted at the University of Leuven (K.U.Leuven) in Belgium. Thales is now InterNICHE webmaster, National Contact for Brazil, and a Professor of Educational Sciences at the Federal University of Alfenas.
Helena Pedersen's MA thesis 'Humane Education. Animals and Alternatives in Laboratory Classes. Aspects, Attitudes and Implications' (Humanimal 4, 2002) was conducted at Stockholm University and published by the Swedish Fund for Research Without Animal Experiments. Further developing the theme, Helena is now researching her PhD with a critical ethnographic study on how human- animal relations are constructed, mediated and negotiated in education (through formal as well as hidden
curricula).resources.
See www.interniche.org for this and other news. |
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