project
Work plan
The SPARC activities are organised in 6 Work Packages with the following objectives
WP1 - Creation of networks
- To create national sector level networks of stakeholders involved in sustainable parasite control
- To establish regional and local subnetworks of stakeholders
- To establish and maintain relationships with other relevant networks
WP2 - Identification of needs, good practices, stimulating measures
- To identify the needs of farmers, veterinarians, and other stakeholders to achieve sustainable worm control practices in small ruminants and cattle in different epidemiological and management settings
- To translate those needs to good practices for sustainable worm control and critically assess them
- To validate the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of the suggested good practices.
WP3 - Validation, demonstration of good practices
- To demonstrate sustainable worm control practices in different settings
- To improve adoption of sustainable worm control practices using stimulating measures and to adapt sustainable worm control practices based on feedback from end-users
- To validate the feasibility, effectiveness and economic return of sustainable worm control practices
WP4 - Creation of tools, materials, Knowledge Exchange Platform
- To create a knowledge exchange platform (KEP) dedicated to sustainable worm control practices
- To develop technical communication and dissemination material for best practice to stakeholders
- To collect secondary data and generate a data hub and a WebGIS on helminth infections, anthelmintic resistance and worm control practices
WP5 - Dissemination, communication, exploitation
- Large scale dissemination of the best practical solutions identified by WP2 and boosting their uptake
- Creation of a dedicated website to host SPARC KEP and promote the utilisation of all tools developed in WP4
- Ensure the network activities are sustained in a continuous way after the completion of SPARC, by developing an exploitation plan.
WP6 - Project Management
- To ensure effective and efficient management with the consortium in order to deliver a successful project
- Administration/finance coordination between partners and stakeholders and coherence between the WPs, including the vision and scientific soundness of the overall methodology
