EUP AH&W - European Partnership on Animal Health and Welfare

Contributing to sustainable animal husbandry and the protection of animals, public health and the environment is the aim of EUP AH&W. This partnership, formed at the initiative of the European Commission, aims to provide society with guarantees on the control of infectious animal diseases through appropriate means, prudent use of antimicrobials, and respect for and improvement of animal welfare.

This partnership brings together 56 national and international organizations, which carry out research in the field of animal health and welfare, and 30 funding organizations from 24 countries in the European Union and outside the Union.

EUP AH&W pursues two general objectives:

• contribute to improving the control of infectious animal diseases and strengthen the preparation of all those involved;
• putting animal welfare at the forefront of animal production.

These general objectives gave rise to four specific ones:

• facilitate cooperation between all relevant stakeholders in the prevention and control of infectious animal diseases and in the monitoring of animal welfare;
• boosting research and increasing the evidence base to develop products and tools for controlling animal diseases and monitoring animal welfare;
• improve cooperation and intersectoral collaboration ( One Health/One Welfare perspective);
• strengthen the dissemination and acceptance of project results by social, political and private stakeholders.

The general and specific objectives have been transposed into operational objectives that will generate impacts to be achieved by 2031. These operational objectives are grouped into five priority, successive and multidisciplinary areas, from the detection and characterization of health and well-being problems to actions on the ground for prevention and recovery.

FCT and the National Institute for Agricultural and Veterinary Research are the Portuguese organizations that are part of EUP AH&W.

This initiative has received funding from the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation program. Grant agreement n° 101136346.

Documents

Strategic Agenda for Research and Innovation

Calls

Calls launched: 2024.