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public and of healthcare professionals about prudent use of antibiotics and national targets for antimicrobial use. The data provided by ESAC-Net support evaluation of these campaigns and follow-up of progress towards national targets. 

ECDC needs to assure continuous specific state-of-the-art scientific expert support of coordination activities of ESAC-Net including scientific and technical support on analysis of antimicrobial consumption data as described in 2.2. 

## 2.2 Scope and objectives 

The scope of this call is to ensure providing ECDC with the sustainable scientific support of ESAC-Net coordination activities including its further developments and to provide scientific and technical advice needed to conduct state-of-the-art analysis of antimicrobial consumption data. 

Specific objectives  of this call for tender include providing scientific and technical support on: 

1. Analysis of antimicrobial consumption data from different segments (community, acute care hospitals, long-term care facilities) in the human health and social care sector; 

2. Production of regular ESAC-Net outputs on antimicrobial consumption data; 

3. Preparing antimicrobial consumption related reports and documents and participating in selected ESAC-Net meetings; 

4. Provision of integrated surveillance of antimicrobial consumption and antimicrobial resistance data using data from ESAC-Net and EARS-Net* and additionally antimicrobial use data collected through point prevalence surveys organised by HAI-Net**; 

5. Joint reporting of ESAC-Net data together with data (a) from countries other than EU/EEA countries or (b) from other sectors, e.g. veterinary/animals; 

6. Strengthening capacity building in data reporting for EU candidate and potential candidate countries if requested by ECDC work plan. 

*: European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network (at ECDC) 

**: Healthcare-associated Infections Surveillance Network (at ECDC) 

## 2.3 Tasks, deliverables, quality requirements and time lines 

Work package (WP)1: Scientific and technical support of analysis of antimicrobial consumption data from different segments in the human health and social care sector 

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