European Joint Programme: One Health EJP

Supported by European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No 773830.

Background

This landmark partnership between 41 acclaimed veterinary and medical laboratories and institutes across Europe, is an exemplar of the ‘One Health’ concept.

The One Health concept recognizes that the human health is tightly connected to the health of animals and the environment. Animal feed, human food, animal and human health and environmental contamination are all closely linked. The study of infectious agents that may cross these barriers is the main focus of the new One Health European Joint Programme (EJP), which is a novel H2020 scheme supported by the EU.

Within a network of 41 laboratories and research centres across 19 member states, there are representatives from medical, veterinary and environmental health research. These centres represent a solid framework for an integrated research community and aim to achieve significant advances in the fields of foodborne zoonoses, antimicrobial resistance and emerging threats. Consistent with the “Prevent-Detect-Respond” concept, the One Health EJP aims at reinforcing collaboration between institutes by enhancing transdisciplinary cooperation and integration of activities by means of dedicated Joint Research Projects, Joint Integrative Projects and through education and training activities. The programme includes alignment and harmonization with on-going EC-funded research projects, and deliverables from the One Health EJP will feed into evidence based risk assessment for national authorities.

Vision

This programme will create a research community across Europe with medical, veterinary and environmental health scientists working together.  Such an interdisciplinary and international approach is essential to address the threats of zoonotic disease and antimicrobial resistance.

Management and sustainability

The One Health EJP also aims to develop sustainable programmes and projects beyond its five year lifespan, through the production of a Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (2021-2030) and a European P2P One Health Cooperative Joint Initiative.

The network will be managed by the constitution of three bodies: a Programme Managers Committee (PMC), a Scientific Steering Board (SSB) and the EJP Project Management Team (EJP-PMT), supported by a Support Team (ST) for the daily follow-up of the science and a Support Team for the daily follow-up of administrative financial and legal matters. The French agency for food, environmental and occupational health & safety (ANSES) is coordinator. The EJP consortium will be interacting with the relevant ministries in each partner state, and is overseen by an External Scientific Advisory Board and a Stakeholder Committee.

 

“Based on the MedVetNet network of excellence (FP6) and the MedVetNet Association, this OneHealth EJP is a promising network of mainly reference laboratories for infectious disease in humans and animals aiming to integrate and align work processes of joint priority and through joint research.”

– French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES)

 

List of partners:

Österreichische Agentur für Ernährungssicherheit Austria	French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety France	Animal and Plant Health Agency United Kingdom
Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung Germany	Bulgarian Food Safety Agency Bulgaria	Danmarks Tekniske Universitet Denmark
Folkehelseinstituttet / Norwegian Institute of Public Health Norway	Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Bundesforschungsinstitut für Tiergesundheit / Federal Research Institute for Animal Health Germany	Folkhälsomyndigheten / The Public Health Agency of Sweden Sweden
Institutul De Igiena Si Sanatate Publica Veterinara Romania	Institutul National de Cercetare-Dezvoltare pentru Microbiologie si Imunologie „Cantacuzino” Romania	Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria Spain
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária Portugal	Institut national de la Recherche Agronomique / French National Institute for Agricultural Research France	Institut Pasteur France
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge Portugal	Istituto Superiore di Sanita Italy	Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise “Giuseppe Caporale” Italy
LER Brescia Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna “Bruno Ubertini” Italy	Med-Vet-Net Association for Zoonoses Research Europe	National Public Health Institute Hungary
National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases Bulgaria	National University of Ireland, Galway Ireland	Veterinaerinstituttet / National Veterinary Institute Norway
Public Health England United Kindgom	Panstwowy Instytut Weterynaryjny – Panstwowy Instytut Badawczy Poland	Rijksinstituut Voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu Netherlands
Robert Koch Institut Germany	Santé Publique France – French Public Health Agency France	Healthy all life long Belgium
Livsmedelsverket / National Food Agency Sweden	Statens Serum Institut Denmark	Statens Veterinärmedicinska Anstalt / National Veterinary Institute Sweden
Statni Zdravotni Ustav Czech Republic	Agriculture and Food Development Authority Ireland	Universidad Complutense Madrid / Centro de Vigilancia Sanitaria Veterinaria Spain
University of Surrey United Kingdom	Tartu Ülikool / University of Tartu Estonia	Estonian Veterinary and Food Laboratory Estonia
Veterinary Research Institute Czech Republic	Wageningen Bioveterinary Research Institute Netherlands

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