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The partnership aims to deliver key knowledge, services and products to significantly improve the control of animal infectious diseases and animal welfare in a coordinated way which will sustain animal production and protect public health. It involves laboratories, funding agencies and the private sector.
By 2030, programmes will be further aligned, the animal health and welfare research and innovation ecosystem will be stronger, improving preparedness and providing additional solutions to prevent, detect and respond to priority infectious animal diseases, fight antimicrobial resistance, and improve animal welfare.
The partnership has launch its second external co-funded research and innovation call "shaping the future of animal health and welfare" in January 2026. The Call aims to foster international collaboration and impactful research and innovation across Europe and will be supported by funding organisations across 19 countries. You can find more information about the call on this website.
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Commission services: Jean-Charles Cavitte, Valerio Abbadessa
Partners: Ugent Nathalie Vanderheijden VLAIO Jef Willems
Partnerships group the EC and private and/or public partners, to coordinate and streamline the research & innovation initiatives and funding in some selected key domains.
pascal.verheye@vlaio.be
The ATHENA project addresses emerging risks for the water sector in operational technology created by digitalisation. The project responds to Digital Europe call DIGITAL-ECCC-2022-CYBER-03-UPTAKE-CYBERSOLUTIONS – Uptake op Innovative Cybersecurity Solutions. The project started in September 2023 and will run until November 2026. De Vlaamse Waterweg - The Flemish Waterway participates in the project to enhance the resilience of the organisation by co-developing targeted training modules for operational technology environments.
