A specific priority setting process is important to provide clarity over priorities and to ensure the successful outcomes from research funding. In the long term outcomes will include better focused research into those areas where new tools and methods for control have a priority and improved public and private sector funding of research.

The objective of this Work Package is to develop and deliver a comprehensive, harmonised and validated methodology for the prioritisation of infectious animal diseases. The model will be used to produce a validated list of diseases in priority order which will be published and recommended as the basis for research funding.