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METHODS

The Episouth project is articulated in 8 WorkPackages (WP) led by Public Health Institutes.

The main partner (ISS Italy) has developed a framework where all the managerial aspects are being included (WP1) and the information produced by the project are being disseminated (WP2).

Three vertical WPs, "Cross-border epidemic intelligence-WP6" (InVS, France), "Vaccines and migrants-WP7" (NCIPD, Bulgaria) and "Cross-border emerging zoonoses-WP8" (HCDCP, Greece) constitute the technical basis.
The two horizontal Work Packages, "Network-WP4" (Padua, Italy) and "Training-WP5" (ISCIII, Spain) provide the skills, networking and capacity building in order to match the vertical Work Packages. The project is evaluated through a dedicated Work Package (WP3).

The Project Steering Committee is composed by the 6 WP leaders Countries plus ECDC, EC-SANCO, WHO EURO, WHO EMRO and WHO LYO representatives as observers, in order to facilitate synergy and avoid overlapping.

The participation of the Countries and the International Organisations to the project foresees three different levels of active involvement:

a) Focal Points (FPs) of the Episouth Network. Each Country/International Organisation identifies and appoints one or two relevant persons who act as Focal Point (FP) of the Episouth Network and convey all the communication/information to the relevant officers in their respective Countries/Organisations.
b) Collaboration in the Work Packages Steering Teams (WPSTs). In order to facilitate and enhance the work, each Country/International Organisation actively collaborates in one or two WP Steering Teams, which are in charge for identifying the countries' needs, developing the tools and the conducive project environment in accordance with the specific objective and requirements of the related WP.
c) Participation to Work Packages' activities. Each participating country participate to the activities of one up to all the WPs in accordance with their needs and interests.