Since health risks and environmental issues are cross-border by nature, international collaboration will be required if health and environmental threats are to be effectively reduced and issues dealt with. The National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) collaborates in international projects related to public health and the environment by sharing its expertise and research findings.
RIVM experts and researchers engage in collaborative research projects, and participate in advisory and expert panels. Of course an important part of the international collaboration takes place in the European context, but RIVM also has close ties with specialised agencies of the UN, such as WHO, FAO, UNEP and IAEA. Such centres as the European Reference Lab and the WHO Collaborative Center are housed at the RIVM, and bilateral cooperation takes place with relevant institutions in the USA and Canada.
In the following web pages you will find descriptions of several international projects in which RIVM is engaged. Descriptions, listed below, are followed by links to more in-depth information and project contacts.
- CERACI
Cross-border Exposure characterization for Risk Assessment in Chemical Incidents - MODELKEY
Development and validation of models to assess and predict the impact of pollutants on aquatic ecosystems and biodiversity - NuGO
The European Nutrigenomics Organisation (NuGO): linking genomics, nutrition and health research - NoMiracle
NOvel Methods for Integrated Risk Assessment of CumuLative stressors in Europe - EVENT and DIVINE-NET
Preventing the emergence of food-borne enteric viral infections - EUPHIX
European Public Health Information, Knowledge and Data Management System - EARSS
European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (EARSS): comparable and validated data on antimicrobial resistance - EPIET
European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training - Med-Vet-Net
European Network of Excellence for the prevention and control of zoonoses and foodborne diseases
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