The ten Joint Programming Initiatives has turned ten years as organisations. This video reviews the many impacts and contributions the ten JPIs makes.
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Joint Programming 10 year anniversary
In 2018 the Joint Programming Process (JPP) turns 10 years. This will be celebrated with a gala dinner in Vienna on the 19th of September, followed by a one-day conference on the 20th of September: 10 Years Joint Programming – Achievements and the Way Forward
The conference aims to gather the main stakeholders of the JPIs, to share their experiences in developing and implementing challenge-driven R&I programmes and exchange on possible contributions towards Sustainable Development Goals. JPIAMR will be presenting regarding the JPIAMR-Virtual Research Institute.
For more information and draft agenda, please click here.
Launch of Global AMR R&D Hub
In 2017, the G20 heads of state and government took the decision to intensify global collaboration in the fight against AMR. The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) then proposed plans for a Global Antimicrobial Resistance Research and Development Hub – or Global AMR R&D Hub for short.
The Hub was launched on 22 May coinciding with the World Health Assembly in Geneva. The Hub aims to improve further the coordination of international efforts and initiatives to tackle AMR while further increasing investments into R&D for AMR.
The secretariat of the Global AMR R&D Hub will be based in Berlin, at the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF). The BMBF will provide up to 500 million euros over the next ten years towards research to combat antimicrobial resistance. JPIAMR has taken part of the consultation regarding their workplan.
Discussion papers informing the report of IACG to the UN Secretary-General
The Interagency Coordination Group on Antimicrobial Resistance was formed in 2016 with the mandate to provide practical guidance for approaches needed to ensure sustained effective global action to address antimicrobial resistance; and to report back to the UN Secretary-General in 2019.
Over the last year JPIAMR has been collaborating with the IACG subgroup on innovation, R&D and access, with the aim of reporting to the UN Secretary-General.
To date, six discussion papers have been prepared by the IACG, and over the summer, the IACG launched a web-based public consultation to solicit feedback from all interested stakeholders.
To read more and to download the discussion papers, please click here.
Case study on JPIAMR in ERA-LEARN 2020 annual summary report
The ERA-LEARN 2020 annual report 2018 on good practices in the implementation of JPIs highlights JPIAMR for its on the increasing relevance of the international dimension of Joint Programming.
The report is based on two case studies: JPIAMR’s Approach to Policy Coordination and A healthy diet for a healthy life: a structured approach for international outreach for P2Ps.
The case study on JPIAMR showcases a possible approach to fulfilling a specific function as a policy-coordinating instrument to serve as inspiration to other JPIs.
Both case studies show, that the focus of interest for JPIs increasingly shifts towards their impact on the European and global policy agenda and their specific role in the governance and orientation of structuring research and innovation in Europe.
The ERA-LEARN 2020 annual summary report 2018, which also summarises the results of the previous reports, can be downloaded here.
Publications from researchers supported by JPIAMR
Projects supported under the framework of JPIAMR are publishing their research in high-quality journals. Many projects and networks have resulted in excellent publications within a short time frame.
Read here about the publications supported under the JPIAMR framework.
Open consultation: JPIAMR is updating the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA)
Update of the JPIAMR Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda 2018
The JPIAMR recognises that innovation is critically important in the field of AMR, as there is a strong need of new therapeutics, diagnostics, and innovative infection prevention and intervention measures. The JPIAMR is therefore currently refreshing its JPIAMR Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) to take account of recent research findings and to extend the JPIAMR SRA into a Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA).
The research objectives and research priorities of the JPIAMR SRIA are now open for public consultation. We welcome feedback on the research topics from the AMR community from the 9th of July to the 15th of September (12.00 CET).
For more information and instructions for providing feedback, please click here.
AMR Environment research priorities workshop publication
Researchers who participated in the JPIAMR workshop on environment in September 2017 have now published a journal article of findings from the workshop. The article, Critical knowledge gaps and research needs related to the environmental dimensions of antibiotic resistance, was published in Environment International.
Read more about the JPIAMR workshop on Environmental Dimensions of AMR here.
Fourth JPIAMR Network Call Workshop – report and interviews
In March researchers gathered in Frankfurt am Main in a final workshop, Maximising Existing and Future Research Efforts and Resource Alignment to Combat AMR, to share some of their activities and findings from research that was supported by funding within the JPIAMR call for networks. Here we present the full workshop report and filmed interviews with some of the funded networks.
The fourth JPIAMR call for networks closed on June 6, 2016. Participating countries in the network call were JPIAMR members: France, Canada, Belgium Spain, the United Kingdom, Germany, Norway, Sweden, and the Netherlands. The coordinators from the countries participating in the call created networks of researchers from many different countries and fields of research.
Major Conclusions
- The Network funding mechanism facilitated the formation of successful networks in all strategic JPIAMR areas.
- JPIAMR Network funding allowed Networks to carry out a broad range of activities with different outcomes, including white papers/position papers, conferences/workshops, systematic reviews, Standard Operating Procedures, online courses, guidance documents and journal articles, amongst others.
JPIAMR has the One Health approach as an integral part of the Strategic Research Agenda. This is one of the key strengths of JPIAMR and it is reflected in the diversity of the network topics.
The full workshop report can be downloaded here.
About the participating networks
The assembled networks had emphasis on needs at a National and International level to address AMR, within these areas:
- Guidelines on use (Human & Veterinary) – Affordable stewardship
- Surveillance in primary care
- New anti-infective/ New adjuvant therapies / Alternative approaches
- Evaluation of risk for generation of resistance in human setting
- Rapid diagnostic tests
- Role of environmental factors
- Infrastructures/Biobanks available relevant to infection and AMR
The networks spanned all of the JPIAMR pillars and were mostly multidisciplinary (spanning at least two pillars). A range of sizes of the networks were represented at the workshop.
Interviews with coordinators of some funded JPIAMR Networks
Research Network: Flies (Diptera: Muscidae) and the Spread of Antimicrobial Resistant Bacteria
Research Network: INFACT – AMR and Intensive Care Units
Research Network: Rapid Diagnostics
Research Network: AMR Stewardship in Hospitals – What Works?
Building the Foundation of the JPIAMR VRI – The call is now open!
JPIAMR recognises a need to reinforce alignment of AMR research; to address this need the JPIAMR will establish a Virtual Research Institute in AMR (“the JPIAMR-VRI”), a Global Network connecting research performing organisations including institutes, centres, and infrastructures to each other across sectorial and geographic boundaries in a larger global network.
The intent of the JPIAMR-VRI Network Call is to help develop a platform that will identify research community needs in AMR and develop ideas to form the foundation of the JPIAMR-VRI. The funded Network Working Groups are expected to generate catalytic ideas and strategic plans to help JPIAMR bring the JPIAMR-VRI to life!
Up to 21 Networks will be funded with up to 50,000 € each to connect experts from research performing organisations, institutes, centres and infrastructures and establish expertise clusters in the AMR community. Note that JPIAMR Network calls do not fund research projects.
More information on the 8th call – JPIAMR-VRI Network Call 2018, can be found at the call webpage: utveckling.jpiamr.eu/8thcall
