The first workshop jointly organized by T6.2 and T7.2 will be held in Bilbao on 11 March 2025.
The aim of the workshop is:
- To collect (non-published) input on core-elements and competencies for Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) programs in the animal health sector, particularly in food producing animals (FPA), and companion animals (CA).
- To collect (non-published) input on core-elements and competencies for Infection, Prevention, and Control (IPC) programs in the animal health sectors.
- Facilitate through the interactive workshop an exchange of experiences and practices on IPC and AMS between experts from the animal and human health sector.
Date: March 11, 2025
Place: Hotel Meliá Bilbao (Spain)
Organisers: Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices (AEMPS), Universiteit Utrecht (UU/FVM), and Dierengezondheidszorg Vlaanderen (DGZ)
Preliminary agenda
8:30 – 9:00 Coffee and registration of participant
9:00 – 9:10 Welcome & Housekeeping (T6.2 and T7.2 leaders)
9:10 – 9:30 AMS and IPC in a One Health Framework
9:30 – 9:50 Overview T6.2 & T7.2 Activity: Literature Review on AMS and IPC Guidelines and Programmes (FVE & DGZ)
9:50 – 10:00 Instructions for the interactive breakout sessions
10:00 – 11.00 Action Moment I: breakout session with ~ 9 topics on Core Elements and Competencies for AMS and IPC in the food-producing and companion animal sector.
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break and Networking
11:30 – 12:30 Action Moment II: breakout session with ~ 9 topics on Core Elements and Competencies for AMS and IPC in the food-producing and companion animal sector.
12:30 – 12:35 Regrouping
12:35 – 13:00 Presentation: AMS in the animal health sector. Testimony from the AMUVP Project. (Gabriela Olmos Antillòn – Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden and Isabel Blanco Penedo – Universidad de Lleida/SLU)
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch & Networking
14:00 – 14:30 Presentation: IPC in the animal health sector. (Ilias Chantziaras – Ghent University, Belgium)
14:30 – 15:30 Feedback from the breakout Sessions & Roundtable Discussion
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break & Networking
16:00 – 16:45 Roundtable Discussion & Going forward: drafting core-elements and competencies
16:45 – 17:00 Conclusions & Closing remarks
17:30 – 18:55 Social event: Audio-guided tour in the Guggenheim Museum
19:00 Dinner: Pintxos Tour
