Over 70 delegates from public and private sectors involved in the security of supply of vaccines for FAST diseases, participated in a meeting held at the FAO headquarters in January 2020. They expressed a high level of support for a Multi-Stakeholder Platform (MSP) that would enable closer co-operation on issues of common interest.

The main actions agreed were:

1) further development of an MSP, through consultation between FAO and key private sector associations;

2) working groups on vaccine pre-qualification and vaccine demand;

3) development of a problem statement relating to the Nagoya Protocol;

4) a more systematic approach to engaging private sector in international working meetings relating to surveillance or vaccination strategies and their impacts.