METHODOLOGY

A consortium of four Member States partners have been created, including four National Institutes of Public health with high skills in the field of vaccine preventable diseases (Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Italy; Institut de Veille Sanitaire, France; Health Protection Surveillance Centre, Ireland; National Institute of Public Health, Poland). A non profit Consortium of Universities (CINECA, Italy), operating in the technological transfer sector through high performance scientific computing, will give the Information Technological support to the consortium.
A four person management team (PMT), including the Project Leader and three persons representative of the partners of the consortium, have been established to ensure that the aims and objectives of the project are met.
The day-to-day management of the project will be undertaken by the project co-ordinator at ISS (Istituto Superiore di Sanità).

The Venice network of experts in field of vaccination, representative of the 29 participant countries (all 27 EU member states plus Iceland and Norway), will be consolidated. For each state a national gatekeeper and some contact points will be identified to be involved in VENICE II activities.

Methods fall into three categories:

1. Management outputs: co-ordinating the communication process between participating member states, identifying and co-ordinating the working groups, developing and managing the process for bringing together documentation from member states, overseeing the development and maintenance of the website.
2. Epidemiological outputs: providing the skills and knowledge required to complete the Work Packages and ensure the quality control of the contents of the website.
3. Information Technology outputs: providing the skills and knowledge required to develop and maintain the website.