Horizon Europe (HORIZON)

HORIZON-AG

HORIZON-CSA Call HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ERA-01

36 months: starting May 2024

€ 3 320 472.50

30 + 8 associated

156 000.00

Discussions will be undertaken with national and international organizations to explore the possibility for them to join the global network for phytosanitary research organizations. The discussions will start with the organizations identified in Task 2.1 and involved in Tasks 2.2 and 3.1. A strategy for the network broadening will be agreed by the General Assembly and the Advisory Board to ensure that the diversity of the mandates of members (research funders, policy makers, and research organizations) is maintained and to maximize the geographical coverage of the network. The establishment of a global network will take time and resources, but these resource requirements could be reduced by building on the regional experience gained and possibly integrating existing networks (e.g. ACIAR, CGIAR, RPPOs, academic societies) into a global structure. The involvement of some of these existing networks in the EUPHRESCO III activities will allow to develop a Governance, structures and operations of a global network that takes into account the specificities of the existing networks and addresses their needs and visions.

The current Governance, structures and operations of Euphresco Net are simple to ensure flexibility, reactivity and because they were developed for a network that focusses on the EPPO region. This simple structure limits the full engagement of organizations outside the EPPO region and seems insufficient to address the needs of a global network for phytosanitary research coordination. Work in this task will allow to develop the structure and operations of a global network for phytosanitary research coordination to better serve a wider and more diverse audience. Starting from the idea of building a global network with a regional prioritization system, existing models of global networks (e.g. the international Research Consortium on Animal Health STAR-IDAZ, the Global Research Council, the International Organization for Biological Control IOBC, the International Union of Forest Research Organizations IUFRO) will be reviewed in order to agree on simple (to reduce costs) and flexible Governance, structures and operations adapted to the future needs of the network for global phytosanitary research coordination. Remote and at least one face to face consultations will be organized with project partners, the Advisory Board, the network of Satellite Organizations and organizations interested to become members of the network (MS4.1). A Modus Operandi that specifies the aims of the global phytosanitary research coordination, and the membership, the Governance and the procedures of the global network will be developed and agreed (D4.1).

A roadmap to support the initiation (at the end of the EUPRESCO III project) and establishment (over 5 years) of a network for global phytosanitary research coordination will be developed and agreed by the EUPHRESCO III General Assembly and Euphresco Net Governing Board (D4.2). The roadmap will clarify the resources needed to support the Governance, structure and operations agreed in Task 4.2 and will identify the funding sources that will be selected, including funds that may be agreed during the EUPHRESCO III project. The funding mechanisms used to support the operations of the existing models of global networks identified in Task 4.2, will be reviewed. Benefits and drawbacks of different funding mechanisms will be weighted in relation to their suitability for the global network for phytosanitary research coordination.