PREZODE WORKSHOP 3: Belgian One World, One Health vision

 

The Belgian PREZODE Expert Group with support from the Belgian Biodiversity Platform, FPS Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment and Sciensano, held a third workshop to discuss a national One World One Health Vision for Belgium with a focus on the emergence of zoonotic diseases. We invited experts from across sectors including  biodiversity, human health, veterinary science, climate change, science policy, and scientific research, to attend and contribute towards this One Health vision. 

 

 Read the Policy recommendations here 

 

This task has been mandated to the PREZODE Expert Group at the ministerial level. 

 

At this workshop we presented the outcome of the dialogues organised during the first half of 2023, in the form of draft policy recommendations to be submitted to the ministers in November. A roundtable with different stakeholders active in the prevention of zoonotic disease and their drivers took place to discuss those recommendations.

 

09:30	Registration and coffee
09:45	Opening of the workshop    Dr Dominique Vandekerchove    One Health Expert at the Belgian Biodiversity Platform, Sciensano
09:50	Welcome by the ministers involved in One Health Ms Zakia Khattabi  Federal Minister of Climate, Environment, Sustainable Development and Green Deal Mr David Clarinval Deputy Prime Minister and  Minister of Small Businesses, the Self-Employed, SMEs and Agriculture, Institutional Reform and Democratic Renewal Mr Frank Vandenbroucke Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Social Affairs and Public Health
10:05	One Health in the European Commission's Directorate General for Health and Food Safety     Ms Roser Domenech Amado     Director of the One Health Directorate, DG SANTE, EC
10:15	PREZODE activitities at international level    Dr Zeev Noga    Secretary-General, PREZODE Initiative
10:40	One World One Health Vision - Draft policy recommendations for Belgium    Dr Dominique Vandekerchove    One Health Expert at the Belgian Biodiversity Platform, Sciensano
11:00	Coffee break
11:30	Roundtable discussion on the draft policy recommendations Moderated by:    Dr Sonia Vanderhoeven    Science Officer Belgian Biodiversity Platform, SPWARNE-DEMNA (Direction de la Nature et de l'Eau)    Dr Katie Vermeersch    FPS Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment, DG APF,  Sanitary Policy Animals and Plants
	Panel members
	Prof. Nicolas Antoine-Moussiaux  Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Management of Animal Resources,  Faculty of Medicine, Public Health Sciences, ULiège  Sustainable Animal Production, FARAH
	M. Arnaud Goessens  Associate Director, EU Policy, Wildlife Conservation Society - EU office
	Prof. Katharina Kreppel Emerging Infectious Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine
	Prof. Eric Lambin  Faculty of Sciences, Earth and Life Institute, Centre for Earth and Climate Research, UCLouvain
	Prof. An Martel   Fac. of Veterinary Medicine, Conservation and biodiversity, Wildlife and habitat management, UGent
	Dr Zeev Noga Secretary-General, PREZODE Initiative
	Prof. Steven Van Gucht  Virologist, Science Communicator and Government Advisor, Sciensano
12:30	Closing of session
12:40	Lunch
14:00	End of the workshop

Pictures of the event can be found here.