The Initiative gathers members representing governments, research institutions and laboratories, academics, civil societies, NGOs, industry, and professional organizations from 80 countries that compose the PREZODE Community.
PREZODE comprises 29 Country Members: Belgium, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Costa Rica, Chile, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dominica, The Dominican Republic, Gabon, France, Guinea Conakry, Congo, Haiti, Laos, Madagascar, Mexico, Morocco, Panama, The Philippines, Senegal, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Vietnam, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
The Initiative also includes two regional territories, Anguilla (United Kingdom) and St. Eustatius (The Netherlands).
How your organization could become a member?
By becoming a member of PREZODE, the official representative of your organization is required to adhere to the values of the initiative and to support its elaboration.
Any State, legal entity, or group of organizations that has or is willing to engage in activities related to the One Health approach and the prevention of zoonotic diseases can join the PREZODE initiative.
- Becoming and being a member is voluntary and free of charge for your organization.
- The first step to apply for membership is to fill in the application form below, sign the PREZODE declaration of intent and send it to contact@prezode.org
- The PREZODE Secretariat will contact the applicant organizations who have signed the PREZODE declaration of intent to check their eligibility and to propose their membership for decision by the GA.
By signing the Declaration of Intent in support of the PREZODE international Initiative, the official representative of your organization indicates that the organization shares the values of the initiative and supports its elaboration. Your organization will be informed of all developments of PREZODE and will be invited to contribute to PREZODE’s online collaboration platform.
Eligible applicant organizations will automatically get the status of observers before endorsement of their membership by the annual GA meeting following their application.
PREZODE members recognize as stated in the letter of intent, each concerning their missions and mandates, the need to:
- Develop and foster the application of guidelines aligned with Agenda 2030 and supporting zoonotic disease emergence risk mitigation to strengthen public policies, international cooperation and private sector actions.
- Foster cooperation between and within existing One Health or related initiatives, in particular with the One Health High-Level Expert Panel, and raise awareness on the importance of the One Health approach.
- Encourage the launch of research, innovation, education, and development programs to improve and more effectively share knowledge on the risks of emergence and spread of zoonotic diseases and on surveillance and mitigation actions.
- Capitalize on feedback from the management of previous epidemic events to strengthen new preparedness protocols.
- Assess ex-ante the impacts of agricultural, land use and infrastructure development projects on the risks of diseases emergence for humans, livestock, and wildlife.
- Develop prevention strategies with stakeholders, in particular local communities, and decision-makers, through a bottom-up approach.
- Promote sustainable agriculture, food systems and landscape management that respect the One Health approach and contribute to strengthening biodiversity.
- Improve systems for the monitoring and early assessment of threats at the human-wildlife-environmental interface.
- Support participatory approaches to ensure the empowerment of communities in developing innovative solutions and their adoption for the benefit of all.
- Ensure the sustainability of actions, in particular through long-term capacity building with the instruction of trainers and education programs.
- Share our projects, actions, experiences, and results, through a common platform, and organize regular meetings for discussion and capitalization with the support of the international scientific community.
- Promote best practices in public-private partnerships and inter-sectoral collaboration within an integrated One Health approach.