Sine 2001, the EU has adopted various
measures to strengthen the Member States ＾solidarity￣, which
implies more assistance and collaboration BIO3R seeks to
contribute to the comprehension of citizens and professionals
regarding this issue and the need to strengthen the prevention
and response measures.
BIO3R aims at tackling three key
words for a global and comprehensive policy.
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Research: an evaluation of the state-of the art, in
relation with the risk assessment and the identification of
operational requirements, will help to select priorities for
research.
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Reaction: one issue is the reinforcement of
crisis-management policies, through an improvement of the
networking and a better integration of public and low strategies
at European, national and local levels.
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Resilience: the objective is to make EU societies
stronger and more resistant to aggression by reinforcing the
awareness and the preparation of the EU citizens regarding the
biothreat, through and reliable information, education and
training, and thus by acting on their perception.
The involvement of policy users and
operational actors from various professional backgrounds, at
different levels is deemed to be an indispensable requirement
for its success.
1.
Identification fo
operational requirements
BIO3R will rely on the analysis of a
few realistic scenarios, leading to a threat assessment and the
identification of operational requirements. It will be completed
by an evaluation of the epidemiological modelling capacities in
relation with the improvement of bioterrorism preparedness and
response.
2.
Assessment of the available
and promising means and countermeasures related to the
mitigation of the effects of a biological attack as well as, if
relevant, identification of potential improvements.
This part of BIO3R will address the
following issues:
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techniques and technologies in the fields of detection,
identification, protection and decontamination.
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Available / existing prophylactic and curative
therapeutic countermeasures. |
