Anja Zollinger

Agroscope. Département fédéral de l’économie, de la formation et de la recherche (DEFR)
anja.zollinger@agroscope.admin.ch

Bachelor’s degree in Applied Sciences, Agriculture, Equine Sciences, and equine scientist at the Swiss national stud farm.

As an agronomist specialized in equine sciences (graduate from the Bern University of Applied Sciences), she has been working as a scientific collaborator at the Swiss national stud farm from Agroscope since 2012. Within the research group “Equids”, she heads the “Extension” team, which oversees the consulting, teaching and knowledge exchanges between research and practice. Anja Zollinger is particularly interested in horse-friendly housing systems, feeding and training methods, as well as in the legal framework for horse husbandry and animal welfare.

Marlène Addes

FRENCH NATIONAL FACILITATOR

Agricultural Engineer specialized in animal production, and EUnetHorse project coordinator.

She works since 2017 in the Development, Innovation, Research Department of the IFCE on the management of transversal projects, the animation of networks, the launch of National Calls for R&D Projects until the contracting of R&D projects (Scientific Council of the French equine sector), and the evaluation of the impact of R&D projects.

 

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Jean Philippe Lejeune

BELGIAN NATIONAL FACILITATOR

Mont-Le-Soie Centre européen du Cheval.

Veterinarian, and director of Mont Le Soie.

He is a veterinarian graduated from the University of Liège. He completed a PhD thesis titled Juvenile osteoarthritis in the Ardennes draft horse. His main interests and expertise domains are a specialization in horse biomechanics (locomotor system), a knowledge of veterinary medicine, physiology and equine anatomy alongside knowledge of sporting aspects, equestrian competitions and an educational approach to horse riding. He also carries out a small horse breeding and boarding business. All his activities have led him to know the equestrian industry in his country well. In this project, he is the leader of two tasks: identification of the needs of farmers in each type of production context at NH-AKIS (Task 2.1), and identification of existing solutions and good practices at NH-AKIS and EU levels (Task 2.2).

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