- antimicrobial resistance
- Wednesday 11 December 2013, 01:00 (CET)
Practical information
- When
- Wednesday 11 December 2013, 01:00 (CET)
- Languages
- English
Report
The European Commission held a one-day "Joint Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance: State of Play of the 5-year action plan" on Wednesday 11 December 2013 in Brussels.
The objective was to make a mid-term review of the Commission's action plan against the rising threats from antimicrobial resistance and discussions will focus on the challenges ahead and the drivers and possible limitations of the envisaged measures to reduce the rising threat of AMR.
Representatives from Member States, International Organisations, European stakeholders associations and third countries were invited.
The European Parliament's adoption in 2012 of the "Report on the Microbial Challenge – Rising threats from Antimicrobial Resistance" called on the Commission to publish an interim report on the actions taken so far and the conclusions of the conference will be included in this interim report to be published by the European Commission early in 2014.
Contributions
John F Ryan
Acting Director Public Health - DG Health and Consumers - European Commission
Bernard Van Goethem
Director Veterinary and International Affairs - DG Health and Consumers - European Commission
The European Innovation Partnership „Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability“
Christiane Kirketerp de Viron
Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development
State of play - Commission Action plan: Research
Line Matthiessen
Head of Unit - Directorate-General for Research and Innovation - European Commission
Danilo Lo Fo Wong
Senior Adviser, World Health Organisation (WHO)
Elisabeth Erlacher–Vindel
Acting Head - Scientific and Technical Departement World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)
Patrick Otto
Animal Health Officer, Veterinary Public Health - Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
Panel discussion: Challenges in Research and Risk Assessment field
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) – European Commission
Head of Veterinary Medicines Division - European Medicines Agency (EMA) - European Commission
Chief Scientist - European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) - European Commission
Scientific Institute of Public Health (WIV-ISP) Healthcare-associated infections & Antimicrobial resistance (Belgium)
Chief Veterinary Advisor - Danish Veterinary and Food Administration
Assessor, Veterinary Medicinal Agency (Czech Republic )
Head of Unit Epidemiology and Zoonoses - Federal Inst. Risk Assessment (Germany)
Panel discussion: Challenges for Risk Managers
Ministry of Agriculture (France)
Head Veterinary Medicines Department - Spanish Medecine Agency (Spain)
Chief Advisor, Animal Welfare and Veterinary Medicine - Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries (Denmark)
Panel Discussion: Challenge for stakeholders
Copa Cocega
IFAH-Europe - International Federation for Animal Health Europe