Welfare Quality® Conference: Science and society improving animal welfare
17th and 18th of November 2005, Brussels Belgium
                                                                                                                               
The Welfare Quality® project, in close co-operation with the European Economic and Social Committee, hosted
its first conference in Brussels on the 17th and 18th of November 2005. The conference was especially relevant
for European and national politicians, retailer, producer and consumer organisations, NGOs and policymakers. 

Primary goals of the conference were
- to explain the background and rationale for the integrated project
- to present and disseminate the initial results from the Welfare Quality® project 
- to facilitate a dialogue with key stakeholders outside of the project.

Topics covered during the conference
European consumers' perception of welfare, the nature of the market for welfare-friendly products in six European
countries,barriers faced by pig producers in six European countries, developing animal based measures to
assess animal welfare in cattle, pigs and poultry,  improving animal welfare by practical species specific measures
on the farm, tools for implementing the results of the research of Welfare Quality, the view from politicians, retailers,
producers and consumers regarding animal welfare policy, animal welfare monitoring and information systems.

Proceedings 
The proceedings of the conference are available as a PDF file: proceedings wq conference 17-18 november 2005.pdf

Summary
The summary of the conference is available as a PDF file in several languages:
English  wq conf summary final.pdf
Spanish summary spanish welfare quality conference.pdf
French   summary french welfare quality conference.pdf
German  summary german welfare quality conference.pdf