Meetings
4th Grant period (May 2018-March 2019)
EURO-FBP WG1 workshop meeting
“Surveillance for FBP in Europe: how do we know what is there?”
The main aim of the meeting was for the regional coordinators to move forward on assimilating the pro-active surveillance information (sub-task 1.3), with the intention of clarifying any data gaps and determining how and where the outputs should be presented.
Venue: Belgrade, Serbia
Hosts: Olgica Djurkovic-Djakovic, with support from Ivana Klun and Branko Bobic
Date: November 2018
“Surveillance for FBP in Europe: how do we know what is there?”
The main aim of the meeting was for the regional coordinators to move forward on assimilating the pro-active surveillance information (sub-task 1.3), with the intention of clarifying any data gaps and determining how and where the outputs should be presented.
Venue: Belgrade, Serbia
Hosts: Olgica Djurkovic-Djakovic, with support from Ivana Klun and Branko Bobic
Date: November 2018
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EURO-FBP WG2 meeting
“Guideline development with emphasis on validation, standardisation, and QC” The main aims of the meeting were to synthesise the information gathered on methods for the detection of the priority parasites and identify a way forward for the development of the validation guideline. Local and scientific organisers: Christian Klotz, Rachel Chalmers, Lucy Robertson Meeting venue: COST HQ, Brussels, Belgium
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| euro_fbp__wg2_minutes_guideline_task.pdf |
3rd Grant period (May 2017-April 2018)
EURO-FBP WG4 meeting
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| euro_fbp_wg4_-_systematic_review_minutes_05042018.pdf |
EURO-FBP WG1 and WG4 meeting
“Social cost benefit analyses for foodborne parasitic diseases”
Bilthoven, Netherlands
23rd-24th January 2018
The aim of this workshop was to look at approaches for further analysis of intervention strategies for prioritised foodborne parasites in Europe using new cost-benefit tools.
Local and scientific organisers: Joke Van der Giessen (joke.van.der.giessen@rivm.nl)
Meeting venue: RIVM, Bilthoven, Netherlands
| euro_fbp_wg1_and_wg4_-_cost-benefit_analysis_programme-2018.pdf |
| euro-fbp_workshop_cost_benefit_flyer.pdf |
EURO-FBP WG3 meeting
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| euro_fbp_wg3_on_interventions_eci_final_program.pdf |
| minutes_of_the_meeting__euro_fbp_wg3_lisbon_2017.pdf |
EURO-FBP WG3 meeting
“Advance the 2 inactivation papers on foodborne parasites as well as a paper on methods to evaluate viability/inactivation”
EURO-FBP ECI meeting
"Career development and writing research proposals"
Scientific organizers: C. Gérard (Nestlé Research Center, Lausanne, Switzerland cedric.gerard@rdls.nestle.com ) and L. Robertson (NMBU, Oslo, Norway, lucy.robertson@nmbu.no) and K. Tysnes (NMBU, Oslo, Norway kristoffer.tysne@nmbu.no)
Local organisers: Ricardo Santos (Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal ricardosantos@ist.utl.pt
Meeting venue: Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal.
“Advance the 2 inactivation papers on foodborne parasites as well as a paper on methods to evaluate viability/inactivation”
EURO-FBP ECI meeting
"Career development and writing research proposals"
Scientific organizers: C. Gérard (Nestlé Research Center, Lausanne, Switzerland cedric.gerard@rdls.nestle.com ) and L. Robertson (NMBU, Oslo, Norway, lucy.robertson@nmbu.no) and K. Tysnes (NMBU, Oslo, Norway kristoffer.tysne@nmbu.no)
Local organisers: Ricardo Santos (Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal ricardosantos@ist.utl.pt
Meeting venue: Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal.
EURO-FBP meeting
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| euro-fbp_rome_may_2017-final_invitation-and-programme.pdf |
| EURO-FBP_mc_rome_2017-minutes.pdf |
| minutes_of_the_meeting__euro_fbp_core_group_august_2017.pdf |
EURO-FBP, Y3 Meeting; WG discussion and MC meeting; Outbreaks and outbreak investigations
Much of the first day will be concerned with the individual WG moving forward on their specific objectives. Towards the end of the day these will be discussed in open plenary. Outputs from meetings in Y2 will also be presented where relevant. The day will
conclude with a MC meeting. The second day will be concerned with outbreaks and outbreak investigations. This is a theme that cuts across all FBP, and therefore is particular relevant for this Action, which seeks to draw together approaches to prevention and control of different FBP. Invited speakers and presentations (oral and poster) from Action members will be included. The
meeting is timed to run for the two days immediately prior to the annual National Reference Lab (NRL) meeting for European parasitology labs, thus leveraging on co-participation.
Organisation of Meeting: Simone Cacciò, Relja Beck, Maria Angeles Gomez Morales, Marco Lalle.
Local organisers: Simone Cacciò, Maria Angeles Gomez Morales, Marco Lalle.
Meeting venue: Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
Much of the first day will be concerned with the individual WG moving forward on their specific objectives. Towards the end of the day these will be discussed in open plenary. Outputs from meetings in Y2 will also be presented where relevant. The day will
conclude with a MC meeting. The second day will be concerned with outbreaks and outbreak investigations. This is a theme that cuts across all FBP, and therefore is particular relevant for this Action, which seeks to draw together approaches to prevention and control of different FBP. Invited speakers and presentations (oral and poster) from Action members will be included. The
meeting is timed to run for the two days immediately prior to the annual National Reference Lab (NRL) meeting for European parasitology labs, thus leveraging on co-participation.
Organisation of Meeting: Simone Cacciò, Relja Beck, Maria Angeles Gomez Morales, Marco Lalle.
Local organisers: Simone Cacciò, Maria Angeles Gomez Morales, Marco Lalle.
Meeting venue: Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
2nd Grant period (May 2016-April 2017)
EURO-FBP WG2 meeting
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| euro-fbp_wg2_meeting_january_2017_final.pdf |
| minutes_euro-fbp_riga_2017_final.pdf |
Meeting to arrange WG2 activities in Year 3 (and Y4)
Main topics of the meeting will be
Organisation of Meeting: WG2 (WG2 leader – Christian Klotz)
Local organisers: Gunita Deksne
Meeting venue: Institute of Food Safety, Animal health and Environment “BIOR”
Main topics of the meeting will be
- Discuss the arrangement of possible training schools (TS) in Y3 (and Y4)
- Discuss further activities (tasks) on ‘guidelines’ and ‘lab mapping and methods’.
- We expect to discuss the specific topics as a whole group.
Organisation of Meeting: WG2 (WG2 leader – Christian Klotz)
Local organisers: Gunita Deksne
Meeting venue: Institute of Food Safety, Animal health and Environment “BIOR”
EURO-FBP WG3 workshop
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"Review of the effectiveness of potential measures to control foodborne parasites"
This will be a working workshop for WG3 participants and will specifically focus on coordinating an article concerned with the database regarding inactivation and removal of FBP from different food matrices. In addition, efforts to determine the focus and utility of a training school, probably in Y3, will be determined. Organisation of Meeting: WG3 (WG leader – Cedric Gerard) Local organisers: Ricardo Santos Meeng venue: Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon 
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Euro-FBP Co-Meeting Analytical Methods"
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| minutes_euro-fbp_4th_mc-meeting_ljubljana-final.pdf |
| minutes_wg2_meeting_slovenia_final.pdf |
"Analytical Methods on Foodborne Parasites: analysis of food matrices and diagnostics in human medical and veterinary samples”
This will be a co-located meeting, with a shared meeting with COST Action TD1302 Cystinet on Day 3.
Planned activities:
Day 1: Management Committee Meeting, Presentation of Bilthoven Workshop Outcomes, Presentation of Berlin Workshop Outcomes, Plenary Discussion, Individual WG meetings
Day 2: Best Practices in Europe regarding detection of FBP – invited and submitted presentations, presentations from STSM-attendees in Y1.
Day 3: Co-located meeting with Cystinet.
The second and third day will cover central WG2 topics on “Analytical Methods on Foodborne Parasites: analysis of food matrices and diagnostics in human medical and veterinary samples”.
The aim is to facilitate communication and connectivity between labs and to exchange competences and methods detecting FBS in different samples and matrices.
It will offer the opportunity for the WG2 participants to present their work and competence, and to highlight current strength or gaps. Further information on how to present at this meeting will follow soon.
The third day will be co-organized with Cystinet and cover similar topics with a focus on Taenia and other cestodes.
Organisation of Meeting: WG2 (WG leader – Christian Klotz)
Local organisers: Miha Skvarč and Barbara Šoba
This will be a co-located meeting, with a shared meeting with COST Action TD1302 Cystinet on Day 3.
Planned activities:
Day 1: Management Committee Meeting, Presentation of Bilthoven Workshop Outcomes, Presentation of Berlin Workshop Outcomes, Plenary Discussion, Individual WG meetings
Day 2: Best Practices in Europe regarding detection of FBP – invited and submitted presentations, presentations from STSM-attendees in Y1.
Day 3: Co-located meeting with Cystinet.
The second and third day will cover central WG2 topics on “Analytical Methods on Foodborne Parasites: analysis of food matrices and diagnostics in human medical and veterinary samples”.
The aim is to facilitate communication and connectivity between labs and to exchange competences and methods detecting FBS in different samples and matrices.
It will offer the opportunity for the WG2 participants to present their work and competence, and to highlight current strength or gaps. Further information on how to present at this meeting will follow soon.
The third day will be co-organized with Cystinet and cover similar topics with a focus on Taenia and other cestodes.
Organisation of Meeting: WG2 (WG leader – Christian Klotz)
Local organisers: Miha Skvarč and Barbara Šoba
Euro-FBP WG2 Meeting
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"Towards a consensus on subtyping schemes for surveillance and outbreak investigations of Cryptosporidium”
This two-day meeting aims at reaching a consensus on current typing and sub-typing of Cryptosporidium, a FBP of considerable importance in Europe. To date, and despite extensive research, a global consensus on how to apply multi-locus subtyping in a standardised fashion is missing and has largely rendered inter-laboratory comparisons of results difficult. The Workshop will address the topic from several points of view, including human and animal health perspective, foodborne and waterborne transmission, and evolutionary biology. These aspects will be mostly covered by experts from the COST action (Rachel M. Chalmers, Simone M. Cacciò, Letitia Kortbeek, Karin Troell). An invited expert in Cryptosporidium biology and genetics, Dr. Giovanni Widmer (Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health, USA), will address the topic from an evolutionary standpoint. This will not be a training session, and attending participants should have background knowledge and experience on genotyping / sub-genotyping this parasite. Planned activities: Day 1: Use of typing data for public health, the confusing world of Cryptosporidium genotyping, diversity and transmission to humans, human epidemiology and foodborne outbreaks, veterinary aspects and short reports by country. Day 2: Guided group discussions and feedback sessions in the morning and joint discussions in the afternoon. Outcome: A proposed method will be worked into a proposal for a proof-of-concept study to investigate whether researchers can compare MLVA results between different laboratories through use of a set of reference DNA in each laboratory. Based on discussions from this workshop a white-paper was later published i Eurosurveilance. Organisation of Meeting: WG2 (WG leader – Christian Klotz) Local organisers: Christian Klotz and Karsten Nöckler Meeng venue: Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Berlin 
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1st Grant period (April 2015-April 2016)
Euro-FBP Meeting
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| euro-fbp_rivm_full_programme.pdf |
During this 5 day WG1 meeting members of EURO-FBP will use the WHO/FAO methodology to create Europe-wide and region specific ranking of FBP.
“Risk-ranking of foodborne parasites in Europe”
The ranking of FBP in Europe will be done as the global FAO/WHO ranking, according to
prevalence, incidence, severity of illness; available treatment; frequency of occurrence; prevention strategies in place; economic impact. Region-specific ranking is an important mechanism to enable proper consideration of the full breadth and complexity of FBP. This is vital for the individual groups and scientists with a parasite-specific focus, and also enables an evidence-based prioritization of the various FBP by region.
The ranking of FBP in Europe will be done as the global FAO/WHO ranking, according to
prevalence, incidence, severity of illness; available treatment; frequency of occurrence; prevention strategies in place; economic impact. Region-specific ranking is an important mechanism to enable proper consideration of the full breadth and complexity of FBP. This is vital for the individual groups and scientists with a parasite-specific focus, and also enables an evidence-based prioritization of the various FBP by region.
Euro-FBP Meeting
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| euro-fbp_2nd_mc_1st_wg_meeting_zagreb-kt_3.pdf |
| draft_agenda_euro-fbp_zagreb.pdf |
The first Euro-FBP meeting will address current status on foodborne parasites in Europe by country
During this meeting Euro-FBP members will develop a background and terminology lexicon to be used in further work on FBPs in Europe and determine regional distribution of labs with specific competence in analysis of different food matrices for specific parasites.
Download the meeting program and draft agenda here
