Research readiness is aimed at preparing, planning and swiftly implementing appropriate and targeted research during infectious disease outbreaks or emergency situations. As such, research readiness is a key component of pandemic preparedness.

Together with the Municipal Public Health Services (GGDs), their umbrella organisation (GGD GHOR Nederland), medical professional organisations in the Netherlands and the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (VWS), RIVM is responsible for substantive medical policy on infectious disease control. The GGDs are responsible for implementing infectious disease control at the regional level. RIVM supports the GGDs in these efforts and is responsible at the national level.  

Microbial diagnostic testing is the process of making a diagnosis based on a screening test in a laboratory. This is not only important for individual patients, but also for the health of all other people in the Netherlands. Reliable laboratory data is essential for gaining a clear understanding of the presence and spread of infectious diseases.

Detecting and monitoring infectious diseases is referred to as surveillance. This has always been one of RIVM’s most important tasks. The sooner RIVM is able to gain insight in the spread of infectious diseases, and the greater that insight is, the better we can prevent such diseases from spreading further.

The Netherlands is better equipped to handle a major outbreak of disease when it is well-prepared. That is why the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) is strengthening and enhancing infectious disease control in the Netherlands, as commissioned by the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (VWS).

During the past couple of years, the ANV has conducted multiple in-depth thematic analyses. 

Do you have a question for the National Network of Safety and Security Analysts (ANV)? Please get in touch with us by email. For example, when you require more information on one of our analyses or the ANV methodology for risk assessment. We are happy to answer your questions. Mail to: anv@rivm.nl Feel free also to reach out to us for enquiries on potential internship opportunities!

In the 2024 National Security Trend Analysis, the ANV presents an overview of the most important developments for national security. On the one hand, the review focuses on developments from the perspective of the threats analysed in the 2022 National Risk Assessment. On the other hand, development is analysed from the perspective of five societal domains: ecology, technology, geopolitics, economy and society. 

The National Risk Assessment of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is one of the main products of the ANV. Based on the six national security interests, an overview of the main threats to national security is provided. This page contains all publications that form part of the 2022 National Risk Assessment.