Partnerships
Pandemic Preparedness
Partnership website: https://beready4pandemics.eu/
This Partnership will serve as a coordinated, long-termframework to strengthen Europe’s capacity to respond to health crises. The partnership was launched beginning of 2026.
The European Partnership for Pandemic Preparedness aims to improve the EU’s preparedness to predict, prevent and respond to emerging infectious health threats by better coordinating funding for research and innovation at EU, national and regional level. The BE READY partnership started its first activities in the beginning of 2026 and organised its kick-off meeting in Paris in February 2026.
The preparatory action BE READY PLUS kicked off in April 2025 with the aim to translate research priorities into actionable steps through a call topic selection strategy aligned with the SRIA. BE READY PLUS will lay the groundwork for early actions, ensuring that the partnership is fully prepared to implement the SRIA from its first annual workplan.
Timeline & key documents
- The Coordination and Support Action (CSA) 'Be Ready' started on 1 June 2022 and is layed out the preparatory groundwork for the European Partnership for pandemic preparedness.
- The partnership proposal was submitted end of 2024 under call topic HORIZON-HLTH-2024-DISEASE-12-01 (European partnership for pandemic preparedness). Find out more in the Partnership proposal
- A second coordination and support action to prepare the partnership, 'BE READY PLUS' was launched in April 2025: BE READY - BE READY PLUS Conference, April 8th & 9th, in Brussels, Belgium - BE READY PLUS
Contact
BE READY project coordinator: beready.pmt@anrs.fr
Commission services: RTD-COMBATTING-DISEASES@ec.europa.eu
What are partnerships?
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.
How to use partnerships?
- orientation Partnerships publish strategic documents, e.g. outlining the main research and innovation challenges or key focus points.
- networking Partnerships often organise events, such as info days, brokerage events, etc. Meet potential partners and learn about the nuances that are not visible in the official documents.
- ecosystem analysis Partnerships typically have an advisory board, and publish impact studies of previous actions. These are good sources of information to uncover the main R&D&I players in the domain.
- steering the agenda Partnerships collaborate with the EC on outlining the strategy and the future funding opportunities in their domain, based on input from industry, academia, and other stakeholders.
Author
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