SAFFI-KICK OFF MEETING (Webinar Meeting: 30th September to 2nd October 2020)

The partners of the Safe Food for Infant (SAFFI) met in a 3 days videoconference last 30th September to 2nd October 2020 to set the course for the activities of the program. The success of any project, including SAFFI, depends on the capability of the project members and its team leaders to communicate timely and effectively between and among the project teams involved and from inside toward outside the whole project consortium.

The meeting was used by partners to usefully interact and agree on an effective communication strategy in project management. The aim was to enhance their collective capability to effectively reach out the SAFFI’s stakeholders. Therefore, the first action was to test a careful planning and setting of the right expectations with all the players of the project. The face-to-face interaction among the members to establish the goals and team dynamics and discussing how to best address the users and ultimate target’s expectations was the important first official step of SAFFI. Initially planned to take place in presence in order to facilitate effective interactions among the project members and leaders, it was held from 30th September to 2nd October 2020 by Videoconference, in light of the 2020 covid-19 pandemic.

SAFFI Session Forum at the European International Congress of the 52 European Pediatric Societies (October 2021)

Year 2020

• [NOVEMBER 2020]
  National press conference campaign initiated by INRAE to illustrate recent research works dealing with sustainable and healthy food chains. General presentation of SAFFI project in Videoconference from France
  
• [NOVEMBER 2020]
  Moscow – Russia: Webinar "Safe food for infants”. General information about the importance of taking microbial and chemical hazard off of infants food. Description of SAFFI program and its importance for the development of an integrated system for monitoring food chain. Description of the development of programs and methods for an effective reduction of contaminants' risk .Presentation of the SAFFI Website.
  

Year 2021

• [JANUARY 2021]
  Istanbul – Turkey: : Webinar "Safe food for infants”. General information about the importance of taking microbial and chemical hazard off of infants food. Description of SAFFI program and its importance for the development of an integrated system for monitoring food chain. Description of the development of programs and methods for an effective reduction of contaminants' risk .Presentation of the SAFFI Website.
  
• [FEBRUARY 2021]
  Foggia- Italy: Webinar "Safe food for infants”. General information about the importance of taking microbial and chemical hazard off of infants food. Description of SAFFI program and its importance for the development of an integrated system for monitoring food chain. Description of the development of programs and methods for an effective reduction of contaminants' risk .Presentation of the SAFFI Website.
  
• [APRIL 2021]
  ICMSF “LAS-ICMSF Webinar – “Update on food safety” () International Educational symposia in by Wageningen University: WEBINAR RECORDINGS in collaboration with the “Latin American Sub-Commission (LAS) of the International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods. Sampling plans and justification for establishing microbiological criteria and the application in different products were discussed.
  
• [APRIL 16 / 30; MAY 7 / 21 - 2021]
  Cycle of 4 regional Educational seminars (in Webinar format) for healthcare professionals involved in child health with the topic of food safety organized by EPA in collaboration with the University of Foggia, It.
  
• [SEPTEMBER 2021]
  International Conference on environmental contaminants. Seminar at the working group of endocrine disruptors of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Society – Istanbul, Turkey (broadcasted)
  
• [OCTOBER 2021]
  A virtual zoom meeting was held with the presidents of the European Pediatric Societies and associations to inform and raise their awareness on the contents of SAFFI.
  

Year 2022

• [MARCH 2022]
  The Principles, Mission and Goals of SAFFI were presented and debated with stakeholders and experts in infant nutrition the XIX International congress Russian Academy of Pediatrics, gathering the 200.000 members pediatricians working in the Russian Federation (Moscow on 5-6 March)
  
• [APRIL 2022]
  EPA-UNEPSA has organized an international Weinar in collaboration with a network of Chinese Pediatric Hospitals, led by the Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital of the Shaanxi region in China. The EU Horizon 2020 project "Safe Food For Infants" was presented and its principles, mission and goals were discussed with the audience of over 3000 delegates connected from remote.
  
• [APRIL 2022]
  EPA-UNEPSA was invited to disseminate the Principles, Mission and Goals of SAFFI in an international event held in the form of Webinar organized by the Swiss company "4U Pharma" and broadcasted from Basil, Switzerland. SAFFI was presented and debated with an audience of over 500 participants experts in infant nutrition (Switzerland, 9 April)
  
• [MAY 2022]
  The Principles, Mission and Goals of SAFFI were presented and debated with stakeholders and experts in infant nutrition the 57th congress of Turkish Pediatric Association, gathering the pediatricians of the Turkish Speaking countries of the middle East (Cyprus on 22-26 May)
  
• [SEPTEMBER 2022]
  The Principles, Mission and Goals of SAFFI were presented and debated with stakeholders and experts in infant nutrition the 10th congress of UENPS, the International congress of the Union of European Societies of Neonatology and Perinatology in Krakow (Poland on 2-4 September)
  
• [SEPTEMBER 2022]
  The Principles, Mission and Goals of SAFFI were presented and debated with stakeholders and experts in infant nutrition at the 8th International congress of Nutrition (probiotics, prebiotics and postbiotics) in Valencia (Spain on 14-17 September)
  
• [SEPTEMBER 2022]
  The Principles, Mission and Goals of SAFFI were presented and debated with stakeholders and experts in infant nutrition at the National Congress of the Romania Society of Pediatrics, (Bucharest on 21-24 September)
  
• [SEPTEMBER 2022]
  The Principles, Mission and Goals of SAFFI were presented and debated with stakeholders and experts in infant nutrition at the National Congress of the Serbian Society of Pediatrics, gathering the pediatric Societies of the BALKANS in Belgrade (Serbia on 14-17 September)
  
• [OCTOBER 2022]
  The Principles, Mission and Goals of SAFFI were presented and debated with stakeholders and experts in infant nutrition at the National Congress of the Turkish National Society of Pediatrics gathering the pediatricians of the 8 Turkish Speaking countries of the middle East (Cyprus 6-10 October 2022)
  
• [OCTOBER 2022]
  The Principles, Mission and Goals of SAFFI were presented and debated with stakeholders and experts in infant nutrition at the International Joint Mediterranean congress of Microbiology in Neonatology in Izmir (Turkey, 16-18 October)
  

(Safe Food for Infants), a European Union. Horizon 2020 project, took place in Clermont-Ferrand, France, with the participation of all WP leaders and members of the project.