BE READY NOW is a co-funded European Partnership that aims to help Europe better predict and respond to new infectious disease threats by creating a research and innovation ecosystem capable of responding quickly and effectively to future health crises.
This partnership involves 74 organizations from 24 countries. It includes national agencies that support research in science and technology and bodies responsible for defining and implementing public health and epidemiology policies.
The aim of the BE READY NOW Partnership is to develop the European Union's (EU) capacity to prevent and respond to emerging infectious health threats. The strategy involves improving the coordination of research and innovation funding at EU, national, and regional levels, while also strengthening the research system needed in health emergencies, including local networks and infrastructure for clinical research, to ensure a rapid and efficient response.
The specific objectives of the partnership are:
- Create a framework for collaboration, cooperation, and harmonization in pandemic preparedness;
- Filling gaps in research and research-related infrastructure and pandemic preparedness response
- Strengthen the research and innovation ecosystem: vaccine and diagnostic development platforms, therapeutic platforms, adaptive trials, cohorts and trial sites, necessary infrastructure in basic, preclinical, social and human sciences, and public health are in place and always ready to enable a timely research response in case of an emergency in a coordinated manner;
- Promote the translation of research and innovation results into policies;
- Ensure the EU's international visibility as a recognized player in pandemic preparedness research and response
FCT, the Agency for Clinical Research and Biomedical Innovation (AICIB), and the National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge (INSA) are the Portuguese organizations that are part of BE READY NOW.
This initiative has received funding from the European Union's Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Program. Grant Agreement No. 101226682.
-
State
Active
-
Contacts
-
Share
