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High standards, Humane Science – Finnish Culture of Care Symposium and workshop April 9th and 10th
We warmly invite everyone working with laboratory animals to join the first Finnish Culture of Care symposium “High Standards, Humane Science” organized by TOKES and Fin3R. The Symposium will be held in the University of Helsinki Meilahti campus, Biomedicum lecture hall 2, on Wednesday April 9th, 10-15.
Culture of Care in experimental animal work refers to a stern commitment to improve animal welfare and experimental quality through transparent communication between stakeholders. Culture of Care improves practices and challenges the status quo to achieve the highest animal welfare and science standards.
The Symposium provides international examples of Culture of Care activities and reviews the current status in Finland, aiming to stimulate national activities and compile a roadmap for the future. Symposium talks are live-streamed but panel discussion is only on-site.
Program of the Symposium is available on this link.
Registration for the Symposium is possible by 07.04.2025 at 16:00 on this link.
The Symposium is accompanied by a separate interactive “Care-full stories” workshop, an extension to Jordi Tremoleda’s talk, on Thursday April 10th, 9-12 at Helsinki University Viikki, Infokeskus Sali K1088 (Viikinkaari 11, Helsinki). The workshop is an opportunity to experience how Care-full stories approach works in training the stakeholders involved in experimental work with animals by exchange of ideas and experiences. For workshop, all colleagues working in laboratory animal community, including researchers across all levels of expertise, veterinarians, animal technicians, policy makers, and welfare professionals are welcome to apply (note that the maximum number of participants is 30).
Workshop: Interactive session to experience innovative approaches to support emotional openness and caring perspectives in our work with laboratory animals
Description: This session follows up on Jordi Tremoleda’s presentation and is an opportunity to experience the Care-full-stories work, through a dynamic, participative and engaging group session. This will be a fun and creative opportunity to experience such activity to get familiar with the training materials, which consists of a selection of scripted scenarios- and how the group activity is structured. This group exercise will serve to help attendees to experience this training tool and reflect on how this can be planned and suited to your institution’s needs. And importantly, it will be an opportunity to collectively exchange ideas and experiences, to build up professional and emotional connections to empower the great value of our caring duties to the animals and our colleagues at work.
For this session we welcome all the colleagues working in our lab animal community, including researchers, across all levels of expertise and seniority, veterinarians, animal technicians, policy makers, AWB members and animal welfare/ ethics professionals.
Workshop leaders: Jordi Tremoleda and Fernando Gonzalez Uarquin
Applications for the workshop are possible by 03.04.2025 at 16:00 on this link.
Successful applicants for the workshop will be informed on 04.04.2025 by 16:00.
Grant for alternatives to animal testing
Juliana von Wendt Foundation is providing support for projects aimed at introducing methods that replace animal testing or improve the welfare of laboratory animals in research, testing and teaching.
Priority will be given to innovative projects focusing on the search for alternatives to the most problematic experiments from an animal welfare point of view. Grants may also be awarded for humanities research and student work related to the subject.
Grants for alternatives to animal testing are usually declared open in the spring (application period 1.2. – 1.3.2025).
Applying: The application must include an application form and a summary of the research plan (1-2 p.). The summary of the research plan shall include a justification for the significance of the research in reducing animal testing and a funding plan.
Applications are sent by e-mail as one pdf attachment (jvws@jvws.org).
More information and application form are available on this link.
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