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 will hold a workshop to discuss a national One World One Health Vision for Belgium. The aim of this workshop is to form a basis for a vision for One World One Health in Belgium, with a focus on the emergence of zoonotic diseases. We invite 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.
This task has been mandated to the PREZODE Expert Group at the ministerial level.
The event will take place on :
8th March 2023
FPS Public Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment, Galileelaan-Avenue Galilée 5/2, 1210 Brussels.
A vegetarian lunch will be provided for this event.
The morning of the workshop will consist of an information session which will introduce the PREZODE initiative and its strategic agenda, provide an overview of current negotiations for a Pandemic Treaty at international level, set the scene for One Health scientific research in Belgium, present concrete examples on the link between zoonotic disease emergence and the environment and how to tackle it and finally get information on show the Netherlands are addressing this issue through their action plan for the Strengthening of the Zoonotic Disease Policy .
During the afternoon session we welcome participants to take part in breakout sessions addressing questions that will produce recommendations on what is needed for a One World One Health vision for Belgium and how this can happen.
Background documents
One World One Health Prezode background document
Action plan zoonotic diseases in the Netherlands
A health perspective on the role of environment in One Health
Programme
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8.45 - 9.20 |
Registration and Coffee |
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9.20 - 9.30 |
Welcome and introductory remarks |
Pierre Kerkhofs DG ENV - Federal public service Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment |
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9.30 - 10.00 |
PREZODE strategic agenda: a roadmap towards preventing zoonotic diseases |
Christine Citti PREZODE Secretariat & INRAE, France |
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10.00 - 10.15 |
State of play & challenges linked to the negotiations of the WHO pandemic Treaty (with a focus on prevention) |
Michiel Van Der Heyden Federal public service Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment |
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10.15 - 10.30 |
Challenges for a One Health scientific research and mapping of actors in Belgium |
Hein Imberechts Sciensano |
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10.30 - 10.45 |
The zoonotic Corynebacterium ulcerans infections in hedgehogs from a One Health perspective |
Prof. dr. An Martel Faculty of Veterinary Medicine UGent - Wildlife Health Ghent |
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10.45 - 11.00 |
The Environmental sector and zoonotic disease risk reduction: examples from the field |
Arnaud Goessens Wildlife Conservation Society |
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11.00 - 11.15 |
Coffee break |
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11.15 - 11.30 |
The Risk Assessment Group - Veterinary – Emerging zoonoses (RAG-V-EZ) : presentation of its work and the experience gained from the previous RAG-CA |
Pieter Depoorter RAG - V - EZ & Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain |
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11.30 - 12.00 |
The National Action Plan for the Strengthening of the Zoonotic Disease Policy in the Netherlands |
Joyce Braam Ministry of Health, Wellbeing & Sport Martijn Stijntjes Ministry of Agriculture, Nature & Food quality - The Netherlands |
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12.00 - 13.00 |
Lunch |
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13.00 - 13.15 |
Plenary introduction to Breakout sessions |
Sonia Vanderhoeven Belgian Biodiversity Platform |
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13.15 - 15.15 |
Breakout sessions |
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15.15 - 15.30 |
Coffee Break |
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15.30 - 16.15 |
Summary of the day |
Sonia Vanderhoeven & Facilitators from each breakout session |
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16.15 - 16.30 |
Concluding remarks |
Hein Imberechts Sciensano |
For more information please contact Divija Jata (Coordinator, Belgian Biodiversity Platform) and Maud Istasse (current Co-Chair a.i., PREZODE Belgium)