Work Programmes and Reports
The reporting scheme for the EU-RL for Bovine Tuberculosis includes:
Work Programmes
The main objective of the work programme (WP) is to define the activities that will be performed in the following years.
Work Programme 2021-2022
Work Programme 2019-2020
Work Programme 2018
Work Programme 2016-2017
Work Programme 2015
Work Programme 2014
Work Programme 2013
Work Programme 2012
Work Programme 2011
Work Programme 2010
Work Programme 2009
Technical report
The technical report (TR) includes the activities performed during the previous year to be evaluated by the European Commission.
Financial report
Two financial reports are submitted to the Eupopean Commission: The financial report (FR) from the previous year and the estimated budget (EB) for the following year.
Workshops
IX Workshop 2023
| Place | Date | Programme | |
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| Madrid & online | 25th-26th October 2023 |  |
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VIII Workshop 2021
| Place | Date | Programme | |
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| Online | 1st December 2021 | |
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VII Workshop 2019
| Place | Date | Programme | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madrid | 23rd-24th October 2019 | |
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VI Workshop 2017
| Place | Date | Programme | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madrid | 23rd-24th November 2017 | |
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V Workshop 2015
| Place | Date | Programme | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madrid | 3rd-4th December 2015 | |
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IV Workshop 2013
| Place | Date | Programme | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madrid | 21th-22th November 2013 | |
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III Workshop 2011
| Place | Date | Programme | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madrid | 14th-15th December 2011 | |
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II Workshop 2009
| Place | Date | Programme | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madrid | 5th-6th November 2009 | |
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I Workshop 2008
| Place | Date | Programme | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madrid | 4th-5th December 2008 | |
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Ring Trials
A main activity of the EURL for bovine tuberculosis will be the organisation of periodic ring trials for standardization of techniques and setting up or harmonisation of different protocols at the National Reference Laboratories. This will include the design of the ring trial, the preparation, labeling and shipping of material, collection of the results from the participants, analysis of results and reporting
Access to Ring Trials
Training Activities
Training Sessions 2024
| NRL | Title | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
 Albania Austria Belgium Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Finland Germany Greece Israel Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Morocco Norway Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Tunisia |
Training in Pathology Animal Tuberculosis | 13rd-14th March 2024 |
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Training Mobilities 2023
| NRL | Name / Main objectives | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Slovenia |
Matjaz Ocepek, Urška Zajc • Design of BSL-3 laboratories and animal facilites • Biosafety in the mycobacteria laboratory and animal facilities |
15th-16th March 2023 |
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Romania |
Dan Enache • Identification of mycobacteria by PCR • Direct PCR on tissue samples for the detection of mycobacteria |
7th-8th February 2023 |
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Training Sessions 2022
| NRL | Title | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden The Netherlands  Montenegro Norway |
Training in Pathology Animal Tuberculosis | 5th-6th April 2022 |
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Training Mobilities 2021
| NRL | Name / Main objectives | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Albania |
Jonida Boci • Biosafety in the mycobacteria laboratory • Accreditation system • Skin test • Interferon gamma assay • Bacteriological culture of mycobacteria • Direct extraction of mycobacteria on tissue samples • Real time PCR for the detection of M. tuberculosis complex • Molecular characterization of M. tuberculosis complex • Histopathological diagnosis |
18th-29th October 2021 |
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Training Mobilities 2019
| NRL | Name / Main objectives | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Croatia Portugal |
Irena Reil • Biosafety in the Mycobacteria Lab • Bacteriological culture of mycobacteria • Direct extraction of mycobacteria on tissue samples • Real time PCR for the detection of M. tuberculosis complex • Molecular characterization of M. tuberculosis complex by MIRU-VNTR • Interferon gamma detection |
11th-15th November 2019 |
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Training Mobilities 2018
| NRL | Name / Main objectives | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Sweden Portugal |
Joann Börjesson • Culture and direct extraction • Biosafety in the Mycobacteria Lab |
30th-31st January 2018 |
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Training Mobilities 2017
| NRL | Name / Main objectives | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Greece Lithuania Poland |
Nana Karaoulani • Culture and direct extraction • Molecular characterization |
26th-29th September 2017 |
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Training Mobilities 2016
| NRL | Name / Main objectives | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania |
Lucia Nicoleta Iordache • Identification |
20th-21st September 2016 |
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| Norway |
Girum Tadesse Tessema • Identification • Molecular characterisation • IFN-g assay |
4th-8th April 2016 |
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Training Mobilities 2015
| NRL | Name / Main objectives | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia |
Madara Streikisa / Svetlana Cvetkova • Identification |
27th-30th April 2015 |
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Training Mobilities 2014
| NRL | Name / Main objectives | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece |
Eirini Agianniotaki • IFN-g assay |
24th-27th February 2014 |
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| Portugal |
Ana Canto • Molecular characterisation |
24th-27th February 2014 |
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Training Mobilities 2013
| NRL | Name / Main objectives | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain |
Inmaculada Guerrero • Molecular characterisation |
19th-20th June 2013 |
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Training Mobilities 2012
| NRL | Name / Main objectives | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania |
Monica Vanghele • Culture |
4th-8th June 2012 |
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Training Mobilities 2011
| NRL | Name / Main objectives | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece |
Kornilia Zafeiropoulou • Culture |
11th-15th April 2011 |
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Visits and Meetings
2017
| Country | Visit | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Netherlands |
Dr. Douwe Bakker Scientific Advisor |
19th-20th September 2017 |
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 Uruguay |
Dr. Alvaro Nuñez. Laboratorio veterinario Oficial en la vigilancia de Tuberculosis y Brucelosis bovina, Uruguay | 3rd April 2017 |
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 Mexico |
Dr. Orbelín Soberanis Ramos. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico | 27th February 2017 |
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2014
| Country | Visit | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
 France |
Dr. Nalin Rastogi. Institut Pasteur de Guadeloupe, France | 18th December 2014 |
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 United Kingdom |
Dr. Noel Smith. Animal and Plant Health Agency, United Kingdom | 4th November 2014 |
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2013
| Country | Visit | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
 Peru |
Dr. Alfredo Delgado. Profesor principal Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria. Director General del Instituto Veterinario de Investigaciones Tropicales y de Altura - IVITA. Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Lima, Peru | 18th-22th March 2013 |
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| France |
Dr. Maria Laura Boschiroli. French NRL. Laboratoire de Maisons-Alfort (Santé Animale). Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail (ANSES). France. | 30th January 2013 |
2012
| Country | Visit | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
 Chile |
Dr. Ana María Zárraga y Dr. Julia Mansilla . Universidad Austral de Chile. | 28th November 2012 | |
 Kuwait |
Dr. Salwa Abdulla Al- Mouqatea. Assistant Research Scientist. Food Resources Division Bio- Technology Department. Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research. | 5th November 2012 |
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 Argentina |
Dr. Sergio Garbaccio. Instituto de Patobiología. Centro de Investigación de Ciencias Veterinarias (CICV), Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuario (INTA), Castelar. Buenos Aires. | 17th October 2012 | |
| Mexico |
Dr. Rolando Garzón (Subdelegado Agropecuario, y Dr. Wilfrido Nájera (Jefe del Programa Salud Animal en Guerrero). Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y Alimentación SAGARPA. Delegación Guerrero. México. | 4th September 2012 |
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 China |
EU-China Dialogue on Agriculture, Food Safety and SPS Working Group. Standardizing Animal Health Reference Laboratory. EU-China Trade Project. Mr. Wang Shushuang, Deputy Director General, China Animal Health and Epidemiology Center (CAHEC), Mrs. Liu Yongjun, Director of Division of SciTech and Program Development , CAHEC, Mr. Fan Weixing, Director of Zoonosis laboratory,CAHEC, Mrs. Song Junxia, Deputy Director of Division of Animal Disease Control, Veterinary Bureau of Ministry of Agriculture, Mr. Javier Burchard, EUCTP Key expert for Agriculture and SPS | 11th and 13th July 2012 |
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Missions
2023
| Country | Hosting / Main objectives | Date | EU-RL staff |
|---|---|---|---|
| France |
Association Française de Normalisation (AFNOR)-Paris
Objectives: participation in the meetings for the European Committee for Normalisation CEN/TC 469 "Animal health diagnostic analyses". It deals with Standardization in the field of animal health, including performing diagnostic methods, quality control of diagnostic reagents, data management. |
4th-5th October 2023 |
Beatriz Romero |
| France |
Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail (ANSES). Unité Zoonoses Bactériennes. Laboratoire de Maisons-Alfort (Santé Animale). Objectives: visiting the NRL and share experiences related to mammalian tuberculosis diagnosis |
9th October 2023 |
Beatriz Romero
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| France |
Scientific Network for zoonoses monitoring data. 41st meeting Association. ANSES Headquarters, Maisons-Alfort, France Objectives: assistance as an observer to the meeting. |
9th-11th October 2023 |
Beatriz Romero |
2019
| Country | Hosting / Main objectives | Date | EU-RL staff |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom |
Animal and Plant Health Agency, Exeter, Devon, UK
Objectives: Direct PCR on tissue samples |
18th-29th June 2019 |
Beatriz Romero |
2017
| Country | Hosting / Main objectives | Date | EU-RL staff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania |
Institute for Control of Biological Products and Veterinary Medicines ICBMV, Bucharest; ROMVAC Company S.A. Voluntari
Objectives: GPPT protocol |
25th-28th September 2017 |
Javier Bezos
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2016
| Country | Hosting / Main objectives | Date | EU-RL staff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain |
Fisabio Foundation, Valencia
Objectives: Biomedical Research and Public Health: Molecular Epidemiology from Outbreaks to the Global Spread of Pathogens |
4th-8th July 2016 | Beatriz Romero |
2015
| Country | Hosting / Main objectives | Date | EU-RL staff |
|---|---|---|---|
 United States |
NRL for bovine tuberculosis, National Veterinary Services Laboratories (USDA), Ames
Objectives: Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technique for epidemiological purposes |
2nd-20th of November 2015 | Beatriz Romero |
| United Kingdom |
City Hall, Cardiff
Objectives: VI International M. bovis Conference |
16th-19th June 2015 |
Lucía de Juan Carmen Casal |
2014
| Country | Hosting / Main objectives | Date | EU-RL staff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain |
Spanish National Reference Laboratory for Bovine Tuberculosis, Santa Fe
Objectives: GPPT protocol |
14th-16th October 2014 | Carmen Casal |
| Spain |
CZ Veterinaria SA, Porriño
Objectives: GPPT protocol |
28th-30th April 2014 | Javier Bezos |
2013
| Country | Hosting / Main objectives | Date | EU-RL staff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy |
Hotel Demidoff, Florence
Objectives: ESM 34th Annual Congress of the European Society of Mycobacteriology |
30th June-3rd July 2013 | Beatriz Romero |
| France |
European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare, Strasbourg
Objectives: Combistats training course |
7th-8th March 2013 | Carmen Casal |
| United Kingdom |
Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine; School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow
Objectives: Bovine Tuberculosis Workshop |
8th-10th May 2013 | Javier Bezos |
| Germany |
Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald
Objectives: Mycobacterial workshop & visit to NRL |
28th-29th January 2013 | Lucía de Juan |
2012
| Country | Hosting / Main objectives | Date | EU-RL staff |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom |
Animal Health Veterinary Laboratory Agency (AHVLA), Guildford
Objectives: IFN-γ assay in camelids |
28th-30th November 2012 | Javier Bezos |
2011
| Country | Hosting / Main objectives | Date | EU-RL staff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain |
Spanish National Reference Laboratory for Bovine Tuberculosis, Santa Fe
Objectives: Organization of the ring trial for IFN-γ |
20th December 2011 | Lucía de Juan |
 European Union |
European Commission, Brussels
Objectives: Evaluation of Food, Feed and Animal Health EU reference laboratories |
16th December 2011 | Lucía de Juan |
| European Union |
European Commission, Brussels
Objectives: Bovine tuberculosis in the EU: Challenges from the perspective of officially TB free and not free Member States: surveillance, eradication and diagnostics |
1st July 2011 | Javier Bezos |
| Peru |
Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agraria (SENASA), La Molina
Organize field studies regarding diagnosis of tuberculosis in camelids |
8th-14th May 2011 | Lucas Domínguez |
