EPIZONE European Research Group
EPIZONE European Research Group (ERG) is the international network of veterinary research institutes working on epizootic animal diseases and plays a key role in research on prevention, detection and control of animal diseases of poultry, swine, fish, sheep, cattle, horses and wildlife in order to reduce both the risks and the harm to animal health in the EU and beyond.
May 2012 the successful EPIZONE EU Network of Excellence for
Epizootic Disease Diagnosis and Control (2006-2012) has turned into
a European Research Group (ERG).
Through creation of the EPIZONE ERG we want to keep the successful
EPIZONE community together and even enlarge it. Continuing the
international fruitful cooperation should also enable us to
generate extra research funding.
The formal partners of the EPIZONE Network of Excelence are
the founding partners of the ERG. In the EPIZONE ERG these founding
partner institutes will participate in cooperative research and
also support the ERG financially. The Central Veterinary Institute,
in the Netherlands by ProfessorWim van der Poel will continue
as the coordinator of EPIZONE.
EPIZONE ERG future activities
The focus will be on research networking and primary aims are likely to include: keeping up the EPIZONE website, the newsletter, the Young EPIZONE programme, the short term missions and the maintenance of the EPIZONE databases. EPIZONE will also continue its successful Annual Meetings. From May 2012 the new EPIZONE ERG Coordinating Forum in which all partner institutes will be represented, is going to decide on the EPIZONE ERG activities.
- In 2012 the EPIZONE ERG will be opened for new
(candidate)partners and associates.
About Partners and Associates
Partners (national veterinary reference institutes)
Participation in all EPIZONE
activities
Full annual fee
Associates (Other institutes, industry, bodies)
Participation in certain EPIZONE
activities
Newsletter, Specific databases,
meetings, other
Reduced annual fee
EPIZONE annual meeting open for partners, associates and
external partners
A call for additional ERG partners and associates will be launched in autumn 2012.
How to become an EPIZONE associate or partner or associate
Partners
Expression of interest to EPIZONE
management
Approval by coordinating forum
Prospective partner after written
approval of ERG agreement (2 years)
Full partner after signing of the
ERG agreement
Associates
Expression of interest to EPIZONE
management
Admission on designation by
coordinating forum