The main goal of this consultation was to review the implementation of the ECDC public health training strategy in the European Union and update it in accordance with plans and expectations at Member State level.

The Country Preparedness Support section of ECDC held an ad hoc advisory meeting on preparedness in Stockholm on 15–16 May 2014.

The first meeting of ECDC’s Programme on Emerging and Vector-Borne Diseases (EVDs) was an important milestone for establishing a dedicated network of representatives from EU/EEA Member States to cooperate in the field of emerging and vector-borne diseases.

​This report presents the outcomes of a technical workshop, organised by ECDC, to seek a consensus on a common strategy to reduce the public health burden caused by pertussis in the EU/EEA countries.

​This report provides the conclusions of an expert consultation on the value and usefulness of draft guidelines for the surveillance of native mosquitoes.

This meeting focussed on cross-cutting issues related to pandemic and all-hazards preparedness in light of the implementation of the IHR and the recently adopted EU decision 1082/2013/EU.

The FWD network meeting on the 19 April 2013 paid attention to sharing information and assessing the potential impacts of the new diagnostic techniques in the FWD field.

This report details the fourth annual European Legionnaires’ Disease Surveillance (ELDSNet) meeting under ECDC coordination.

The third joint WHO European Regional Office for Europe/ECDC annual influenza surveillance meeting.

​In response to the recent events of wild-type poliovirus (WPV) circulation in Israel and a cluster of poliomyelitis cases in Syria, ECDC published two risk assessments for the EU/EEA on 26 September and 24 October 2013, respectively.