The projects funded by the Euphresco network concern statutory plant health i.e. regulated/quarantine/emerging pests (no general plant protection topics). Applied topics with a good chance of delivering tangible outputs might be preferred, though more strategic topics are not excluded. Upcoming emergency topics are welcome.

Euphresco seeks transnational interest or “European added value”:
- meeting the challenge of growing global trade
- pooling research budgets to provide for financial ‘critical mass’
- combining international expertise which is necessary for success
- meeting the challenge of eroding expertise at an European level The objectives listed in the document set a common ground to increase coordination and co-operation between nationally-based, regional and international phytosanitary research programmes.

The Agenda's running title "Plant health research co-ordination, cross-sectoral collaboration and learning" resumes the scope of the document. In the context of global trade, phytosanitary research should be global too; interdisciplinary approaches are needed to address plant health challenges and to deliver stratified knowledge to nurture new research activities and to support decision making on appropriate phytosanitary measures. Governments cannot tackle threats to plant health alone and other stakeholders, including industry, non-government organisations, land-owners and the public, have an important role to play to protect the he

In 2017, Euphresco members have published the 2017-2022 Strategic Research Agenda to identify plant health research priorities to be addressed over the medium term through national and transnational efforts. The activities of Euphresco members will always try to synchronise with other research agendas so that:
- topics are complementary to and not overlapping with EU research frame work themes
- topics are in line with COPHS research priorities and/or EPPO priorities
- topics support EC policy need for a given pest  (e.g. DG Santé)

Among the topics selected in the past there are:

1. Forest related topics
2. Topics related to potato and other solanaceae
3. Topics related to vines
4. Topics related to other field crops
5. Topics related to fruit production
6. Topics on specific quarantine or emerging phytosanitary pests or taxonomic groups of pests
7. Topics on diagnostic methods for quarantine and emerging phytosanitary pests
8. Topics on science supporting pest risk analysis

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