Contemporary prediction of future climate and food safety issues requires intensive laboratory and field trials, monitoring and steps that inhibit integration to a streamlined assessment system. The work proposed in this Training Network focused on the use of state of the art predictive modelling, Bayesian techniques, Expert elicitation, Multi Criteria Decision Analysis, 2nd order Monte Carlo analysis, sensitivity and scenario analysis techniques which, to date, have not been fully exploited in the EU. While there has only been limited work on climate change’s influences on food safety in Europe (due to high technological and methodological complexity), the full power of techniques have yet to be realised and integration of food safety with climate change represents an innovative step on a wider scale and which goes beyond state of the art. PROTECT extrapolated modelling and analytical approaches to real life scenarios in conjunction with internationally known key industrial partners with a real desire to address this emerging issue. The PROTECT programme succeeded in providing high-quality inter-professional training to enhance the career perspectives and employability of the ESRs. The Training Network allowed the ESRs to broaden their scientific and technical competencies. Through the practical training programme’s workshops and summer schools the ESRs have expanded and developed their scientific and professional competencies and have greatly improved their knowledge of environmental impact, food safety, risk food chain management. The full engagement of renowned industry partners showcased the strong demand for the expertise developed by the ESRs. The action resulted in the publication of several research outputs in high-quality, peer-reviewed international journals, with presentations at several international and national conferences. The Training Network’s final PROTECT conference (Dublin, Ireland November 2022),was organized with support from academic and industry partners, serving as an effective platform to disseminate the Training Network's results (including risk assessment studies, modelling tools and Decision support tools) to a wider audience.
