young leaders in dementia meeting

Joint Programming in

Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND)

Coordinating approaches to research across Europe

Philippe Amouyel, JPND Chair

Young Leaders Workshop

London 27/2/2015

To overcome European barriers

• Fragmented research

• Non-concerted national funding

• Duplication

• Shared research via EC funding,

but only accounts for 5% of the

total European budget

JPND brings together

• Researchers (Basic, Clinical, Healthcare/Social)

• National Funding Bodies

• National Research Strategies and Investments

We cannot tackle neurodegenerative

diseases by acting as single countries

Albania

Austria

Belgium

CanadaCroatia

Czech Republic

Denmark

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Ireland

Israel

ItalyLuxembourg

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey

United Kingdom

JPND is the largest global ND research initiative

led by EU countries, with 28 participating

EU member states

Associated countries

Third countries

Increasing coordination of national

research programmes to improve

impact and effectiveness

A European Research Area and beyond

Australia coming soon

Defragmentation

– what JPND is all about…

STRATEGIC RESEARCH AGENDA

ALIGNMENT OF EU COUNTRIES

ON COMMON RESEARCH GOALS

To find a cure…

* From http://blogs.nymetroparents.com/your-childs-wonderful-magical-brain

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