International conference on animal welfare education:

Objectives:
This October, the EU is organising the 1st International Conference on Animal Welfare Education. Under the motto "Everyone is responsible," it aims to provide more information to the citizens about educational tools and programs on animal welfare, and to raise awareness about how important it is to educate citizens, farmers, professional animal carers, handlers, slaughterhouse operators, retailers and other stakeholders on how animals should be treated.

The conference will also help create a network, at European and international level, between educational institutions that are active in animal welfare, and to develop a harmonised concept of animal welfare education that everyone involved could use.