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Position/opinion of the Committee of Veterinary Sciences and Biology of Reproduction of the Polish Academy of Sciences regarding statement on the draft regulation on the specialization of veterinarians elaborated by Ministry of Agriculture
Committee of Veterinary Sciences and Biology of Reporduction of Polish Academy of Sciences
Polish Academy of Sciences
Position of 29/07/2020
Mr
Szymon Giżyński
Secretary of State
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
ul. Wspólna 30; 00-930 Warsaw
The Committee of Veterinary Sciences and Biology of Reproduction of the Polish Academy of Sciences would like to express its critical opinion on the draft amendment to the regulation on the procedure and detailed rules for obtaining the title of specialist by a veterinarian.
The Committee appreciates the importance of this element of postgraduate education in our rofession and supports the idea of amending the the improvement of legal regulations on this field. However, we state that the proposed project does not meet all the current educational trends in veterinary sciences, as well as many expectations of the veterinary community. In our opinion, this project focuses mainly on the administrative problems of the specialization system, but does not refer to the need to update the substantive aspects of the professional specialization.
The Committee also identifies itself with the position of the Polish National Veterinary Chamber (PNVC) as well as Faculties of Veterinary Medicine and believes that a matter of such importance for the veterinary profession should be subject to a broad discussion in veterinary profession community. The current draft contains many controversial regulations that require modification and joint arrangements.
The Committee wish the understanding of the Minister and offers
the experience of its members in further work aiming final formulation of these important regulations.
Yours Sincerely,
Prof. dr hab. Wojciech Niżański
A President of
Committee of Veterinary Sciences
and Reproductive Biology
Polish Academy of Sciences
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Position/opinion regarding statement of Local Ethical Committees
June, 1th, 2020 sent to Ministry of Science and Higher Education
The Committee of Veterinary Sciences and Biology of Reproduction of the Polish Academy of Sciences fully supports the position and request of all Local Ethical Commissions (LKE in polish) for Researchers for Experiments on Animals, expressed in a letter sent on June 1, 2020 to the Minister of Science and Higher Education, Mr. Wojciech Murdzek.
Demands of animal-welfare organizations for the protocols of LKE meetings held in 2020 or and their requests on informations regarding Project on the principles of LKE operation during an epidemic state are in conflict with scientific data protection due to broadly understood intellectual property. The protection of confidential data regarding the methodology and goals of research projects or the procedures carried out in them undergo regulations of copyright of scientific data
Supporting the LKE letter, we take the position that the legal solutions regarding the disclosure of data and the protection of intellectual property of the authors of the applications submitted to the LKE should be established at the level of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education.
We suggest consideration by Ministry, the legal regulations that allow the regular work of Local Ethics Committees and the National Ethics Committee for Researchers for Experiments on Animals. These regulations should be taken out the Administrative Law Code as biotehical commissions are substantive bodies in the field of scientific research, We suggest to equip them with appropriate administrative, legal and financial tools.
Committee of Veterinary Sciences
and Reproductive Biology
Polish Academy of Sciences