Scientific cooperation among Europe's One Health agencies

Over the years, the five EU agencies (ECDC, ECHA, EEA, EFSA, and EMA) dealing with One Health matters, have established scientific cooperation on a range of cross-cutting topics, including zoonoses, emerging risks, and antimicrobial resistance. Effective cooperation requires coordination of efforts, clear communication, and joint management of activities to achieve shared objectives. This publication analyses various "cooperation tools" that are indicated in Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) and working arrangements among the five agencies and identifies joint publications on subjects on which agencies have been cooperating. Finally, the paper recommends that building on the success of the longstanding collaboration among the EU Agencies, additional scientific cooperation mechanisms should be explored to support multi-sectoral approaches and to further the One Health implementation in the EU.