Global INFOSAN strategic plan 2020-2025

Overview

The International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN) operates in a constantly changing environment which requires the capacity to react to food safety challenges, new technologies, and evolving environmental and political realities of member countries. As such, INFOSAN operations and management are designed with the flexibility required to adapt to changing circumstances as well as new challenges. The increasing use of INFOSAN by members demonstrates the confidence in the services provided within the mandate of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO).

However, beyond outlining the day-to-day operations, there is a need to provide a strategic vision that describes the future role of the network. This strategic document describes the process undertaken by the INFOSAN Secretariat with the aim to inform the decision-making process within FAO and WHO together with the INFOSAN Advisory Group.

This strategy starts with a description of the objectives and methodology of the strategic thinking process, continues by providing an overview of the history, current status and contextual factors influencing INFOSAN operations, and concludes with a description of six strategic objectives by outlining the key challenges as well as actions to be taken by the INFOSAN Secretariat to achieve these objectives.