Running European projects to advance knowledge

PARC

The goal of the European partnership for the assessment of risks from chemicals (PARC), co-funded by the EU’s Framework Programme for Research and Innovation for 2021–2027, “Horizon Europe”, is to design an assessment of the risks caused by new-generation chemicals to better protect health and the environment. PARC is coordinated by ANSES and has garnered unprecedented support, bringing together some 200 French and European players. PARC encompasses all aspects of chemical risk assessment, including improving the anticipation of emerging risks, better addressing combined risks, and supporting the effective implementation of new European public policy guidelines for the protection of health and the environment in response to major health and environmental challenges and in line with citizens’ expectations.

One Health EJP

Co-funded by the EU’s Framework Programme for Research and Innovation for 2014–2020, Horizon 2020, the One Health European Joint Programme (EJP) aimed to generate new knowledge on foodborne zoonoses, antimicrobial resistance and emerging risks. Implemented between 2018 and 2023, it contributed to strengthening collaboration among its 44 partners from 22 European countries in order to generate scientific data to support health risk analysis, assessment and management by national and European agencies and authorities. To this end, two internal calls for projects were issued in 2016 and 2019, resulting in the funding of 29 projects. A final internal call for projects  was organised in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, on the detection and characterisation of Sars-CoV-2, which led to the implementation of the 30th and final project. The collaboration between most of the One Health EJP partners continues today within the framework of the European One Health Association (formerly MED-VET-NET association).

Research projects receiving European funding and/or carried out with European partners promote ANSES’s expertise and enable ANSES scientists to maintain their skills and expertise at the highest level. This involvement therefore contributes to enhancing support for risk assessment and the reference activities of laboratories.

ANSES teams participate in many European projects, mainly funded by the EU’s Framework Programmes for Research and Innovation (Horizon 2020, and since 2021, Horizon Europe), as well as by other funding sources such as the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), ERA-NETs, Joint Programming Initiatives (JPIs) or bilateral calls from the French National Research Agency (ANR). The tables below list the most recent projects.

Since 2004, ANSES teams have become recognised as the “go-to” coordinators of European projects on priority topics.  ANSES staff has expertise in leading European consortiums, particularly in the context of large-scale European funding programmes such as the EU’s Framework Programmes for Research and Innovation and the EU’s health programmes. Some of these projects have continued as active networks at European level, resulting in the implementation of several initiatives on the topics addressed.

• JANPA: A European joint action to halt the rise of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents.
• TDS-Exposure: A European project to harmonise the monitoring of dietary exposure to chemical contaminants.
• NANOGENOTOX: A European project to develop a method for detecting the genotoxic potential of nanomaterials. Access all Nanogenotox project documents.
• ERA-ENVHEALTH: A unique network for environmental health research in Europe.
• MED-VET-NET: A network of excellence that aims to pool expertise in veterinary science, public health and food research at European level in order to strengthen the prevention and control of zoonoses, including those transmitted by food. See also the MED-VET-NET association.