With 118 participants attending the event both in-person and online, the high level of engagement highlights a strong, shared commitment among the stakeholders to strengthen AMS policies.
Highlights from the meeting
The drive-AMS meeting opened with a half-day Networking Event, open to anyone interested in innovative AMS approaches but mainly targeted at policy makers and public health professionals. Speakers explored what drive-AMS had achieved so far – from shaping national policies to embedding AMS in medical education – and how to amplify its impact – through outreach, data-driven strategies, and collaborations across regions. The event closed on a high note with the launch of the drive-AMS Alumni Network, ensuring that the connections made will continue to thrive.
🎥 All lectures of the Networking Event were recorded and are available on the brand new Media Repository page of the drive-AMS website.
Consortium members continued the meeting on 17 October with a review of the project’s journey and then moved into four dynamic working groups to discuss the sustainability of drive-AMS’s results:
- Group A: National courses & post-course support – How do we keep training programs alive and impactful?
- Group B: Data-driven AMS through Global-PPS – What’s next for using data to improve antibiotic use?
- Group C: EU-wide certification/recognition – Can we create a standard for AMS expertise across Europe?
- Group D: Alumni network & SPICE expert repository – How do we build a strong community and knowledge hub?
After intense discussions, participants came back together for plenary feedback, where moderators shared concrete actions and commitments. drive-AMS may indeed have reached its official end, but its legacy lives on through the Alumni Network, the SPICE Expert Repository and various ongoing collaborations.