Laboratory networks and biosafety communities. How to make biosafety pan-European?

ECDC, together with the European Biosafety Association (EBSA), dedicated a special session at EBSA’s annual conference in Estoril, Portugal, in April 2011, to the development of biosafety networks or associations in the EU. Representatives of 10 Member States were invited to share ideas with international laboratory and biosafety experts about how to foster a more representative European biosafety community. The session was attended by over 30 participants from 20 countries. This report presents their discussions and conclusions.