The Croatian Food Agency (HAH) will host in its premises a professional media training for food and nutrition researchers on the 12th - 13th February 2013, in Osijek, Croatia.The Agency, established in order to perform all activities prescribed by the Croatian Food Act, is responsible for risk assessment and risk communication in the field of food safety, animal food (feed) safety. It also deals with the questions concerning health and welfare of animals and health of plants.The seminar is organised by MAITRE - Media Actions for the International Training of Researchers - a European project supported by the European Commission under the 7th Framework Programme, aiming to give food and nutrition research a higher profile in Europe, by providing professional media training for reseachers.The seminar will be held by senior professional journalists and will give the researchers hands-on experience and practical sessions on how to improve their communication ability to convey news and outcomes of their research to the general public. The seminar will give the researchers also the possibility to get into a network of other researchers and science journalists.To benefit from the MAITRE project, go to the website and register to the MAITRE platform. You will get information about MAITRE activities and will access to the full seminars' calendar.