DFK has joined as a team leader in the project “Strengthening Food Safety and Consumer Health Protection in Tunisia, ” implemented within the main technical cooperation framework between Germany and Tunisia. This project is set by the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment and the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL), supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Development & cooperation.
The research project aims to strengthen the institutional capacities and resilience of the food safety system in Tunisia. The research team will identify stakeholder roles and responsibilities through stakeholder analysis by applying the participatory net-mapping method to illustrate the level of coordination and cooperation between the different Tunisian actors in the food safety sector. In addition, the team will assess the capacities and needs of the supply chain stakeholders to identify strengths and weaknesses and formulate strategies to address gaps and capacity-building needs. A food safety crisis simulation and an analysis of the national food outbreak management and response mechanisms will be conducted to explore the level of resilience of the system and craft targeted strategies to prevent foodborne diseases.
