Vision, Mission and Activities
"EFFAB plays a supportive role in ensuring that Europe provides the perfect environment for animal breeding and reproduction companies"
Vision
Animal breeding and reproduction are essential parts of the animal production chain. Societal challenges, such as the growing world population, climate change, a growing awareness of the need for biodiversity, require that breeding and reproduction is carried out in a sustainable way.
EFFAB plays a supportive role in ensuring that the European Union provides the perfect environment for a sustainable development of animal breeding and reproduction by promoting a proper EU and national legislation, by fostering fundamental and applied research in public and private institutions and by promoting developments in breeding and reproduction to the society.
Mission
EFFAB supports its members by:
  • Promoting the interest of members to national, EU, and international institutions and stakeholders in order to ensure that policies and legislation are policies and legislation are fostering sustainable innovation,
  • Stimulating European research related to relevant technology disciplines,
  • Facilitating individual members to gain the best support from European research and technology related policies, and
  • Supporting members in their communication with the general public.
Strategy
  • Ensure that European policies and legislation stimulate and support innovation in animal breeding and reproduction,
  • Show transparency to society, e.g. via Code of Good Practice (Code EFABAR),
  • Represent member interests to international bodies, associations and platforms to stimulate funding and implementation of best possible research in Europe on all disciplines relevant to animal breeding and reproduction,
  • Foster close relationships between the relevant European research community and EFFAB members,
  • Inform members on developments and issues relevant to the realm of EFFAB,
  • Support members of EFFAB in making maximum use of the European research base and the stakeholder network developed by EFFAB activities.