The European Commission’s (EC) Green Paper on Bio-preparedness is an effort by the European Union to gain input from public and private sector stakeholders in Europe and elsewhere on more than 30 bio-preparedness policy issues, including, but not limited to threat assessments, biosafety, international cooperation, disease surveillance, and development and stockpiling of medicines and vaccines. 

On September 10, 2007, in Washington, DC, the Center for Biosecurity and the Center for Transatlantic Relations of  JHU hosted Isabelle Benoliel from the EC's Health & Consumer Protection Directorate-General for a widely-attended public session to discuss the Green Paper.  Subsequently, the two Centers submitted joint comments to addressing biosafety, bio-threat assessments, international cooperation, and medicine and vaccine development.  Our comments were informed greatly by the biosecurity efforts in the U.S. over the past six years.

Center for Biosecurity and Center for Transatlantic Relations Joint Comments:  HTML | PDF

European Commission Green Paper on Bio-preparedness:  HTML | PDF | Languages other than English

European Commission: Bioterrorism Web page