WP4: Sustainability and capacity building
Strategies and procedures will be developed for the sustainability of wastewater monitoring in national policies and for the improvement of cooperation mechanisms between the EU and Member States. Face-to-face and online training resources will be provided from the final outputs of the different work packages to ensure knowledge transfer and to reach a wide audience, especially in developing countries.
Objectives
- Contribute to governance framework to secure the sustainability and financial viability of the wastewater surveillance at national and EU level.
- Strategy framework for capacity building and capacity building events.
- Deployment of online training resources to increase surveillance capacities at national and EU level for current and future human health threats.
- Coordinate and prepare Sustainability Report.
WP4 leader
Tasks in WP4 and partners involved
| Task name | Task leader | Participants |
|---|---|---|
| Sustainability aspects of Governance Framework | RIVM | RIVM, THL, SSI, INSA, NNK, LIST, HSE, UPHC, ISS, NIPH, EODY, INSP, ANSES, UPAT, UCD, HSE, DGS, Adp Valor, DGS-FR |
| Sustainability plan and Sustainability Report | NNK | RIVM, INSA, UPHC, NVSC, LIST, NIPH, ISS, EODY, SSI, THL, INSP, AdP Valor, DGS, UPAT, UOC, UCD, HSE, DGS-FR |
| Strategy on capacity building | NIPH | LIST, THL, UPHC, INSA, RIVM, NNK, ISCIII, NVSC, INSP, UCD, HSE, DGS, Adp Valor |
| Capacity building workshop, pilot promising approaches and progress assessment | HB | NNK, PHC, RIVM, INSA, NIPH, Sciensano, NVSC, CDPC, ISCIII, LIST, NVSC, BIOR, LBMC, UCD, Adp Valor |
| Establishment and deployment of online training module | LIST | RIVM, NIPH, INSA, Sciensano, NVSC, NNK, UPAT, UCD, HSE, ISCIII, DGS, Adp Valor, UB |