
Enhancing Food Safety
in the Mediterranean
What FoSaMed aims to do
The main goal of the FoSaMed project is the implementation of a new joint Master’s programme on food safety.
FoSaMed brings together 4 Moroccan Higher Education institutions and 3 European partners promoting inclusive education through curriculum development and teacher education on food safety.
Objectives
The objectives of the FoSaMed project include to qualify Moroccan academics for modern and innovative teaching methodologies, to support Moroccan HEIs in designing a Master Programme on food safety associated to the recovery and promotion of the traditional Mediterranean diet and to short food supply chains, and to contribute to inclusive higher education, which integrates underprivileged groups, such as women, rural populations and refugees and gives them equal access to knowledge and the opportunities it brings.
What FoSaMed aims to do
FoSaMed aims to bring together Moroccan HEIs that promote inclusive education through curriculum development and teacher education on food safety.
Objectives
The main specific objective of the project is the development of a joint Master’s Programme, within the curricula of the IAV, ENA, IBN and UMP that will receive the support of the project coordinator the University of Évora (UEVORA) together with the University of Barcelona (UB) and the Mediterranean Universities Union (UNIMED).
The Fosamed Master coming in October 2023!

News
Call for papers for the First International Conference on Food Safety in the Mediterranean Region / Kenitra, November 28-29, 2023
Agriculture and food production are crucial sectors that play an essential role in providing food security and nourishment to our ever-growing global population. In this framework, Fosamed organises the First International Conference on Food Safety on the 28-29...
Enrolments for the Fosamed Master’s are now open!
The Fosamed Master's Degree on Food Safety in the Mediterranean Region is approaching. In September 2023, the four Moroccan universities partnering in the project open the enrolments to become Fosamed' students. The main objective of the Master is to deepen and...
Milk and dairy products, olive oil and quality control, labelling and regulation, honey chemical control and sensory analysis, Master’s modules and MOOC scripts: a rich Fosamed training week at IAV
From July 17 to 21, the Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan-II in Rabat kindly hosted the FoSaMed Training Week, the third face-to-face training organised in the framework of WP3. The general aim of the Training of Teachers is to build capacities and improve...


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