Important and useful Links
3Rs Resources
Norecopa Website

The Norecopa website (https://norecopa.no) provides information on global resources relevant to the Three Rs (Replacement, Reduction, Refinement). It includes several databases of relevance to education and training:
- NORINA – information on thousands of products that can be used as alternatives or supplements to animal use in education and training
- TextBase – literature within Laboratory Animal Science, including anatomy and dissection manuals
- 3R Guide – a global collection of guidelines, information centres, journals and email lists.
- A database of international Educational and Training Resources
- Links to courses in Laboratory Animal Science and related subjects
The Norecopa website also has an international Webinars & Meetings Calendar, a Refinement Wiki, an overview of European 3R Centres and detailed information on how to plan animal studies (the PREPARE guidelines).
The approx. 10,000 pages (last checked in September 2020) on the site can be searched simultaneously, using the built-in intelligent search engine. Numerous filters can be applied to narrow the search results.
ETRIS - Education and Training Resources in In-vivo Sciences
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ETPLAS has agreed to provide a link and contribute to ETRIS – Education and Training Resources in In-vivo Sciences. The ETRIS website provides links to freely available, online, open access e-resources for use in the provision of education and training, or research, in in-vivo physiology, pharmacology and related disciplines. The site, which is searchable, provides links to individual resources, grouped within distinct categories/topics, each accompanied by a brief description.
RAT - Research Animal Training
RAT – Research Animal Training website provides full theoretical e-learning EU modules, as training resources for EU functions, alongside a series of tutorials on substance administration and aseptic technique.
Responsible Research in Practice

Responsible Research in Practice is a training and consulting company dedicated to improve practices and promote a good research culture. Training topics include:
- Critical, creative and challenging thinking
- Research integrity and ethics
- Communicating controversial topics
- Research reporting standards
- Animal welfare and the 3Rs
You can find a series of free webinars on relevant animal research topics.
Official EU legislation and guidance documents
Poster: The key elements of the EU Education and Training framework
Source ec.europa.eu
- Legal background
- Objectives
- Modular Structure
- Main modules
- Educational learning process
- Supervision and competence assessment