Our international projects are carried out in collaboration with European colleagues, for the European Commission en for the WHO (World Health Organization), among orthers. Take a look at the partners and funders with whom we work together in our ongoing projects.
Partners and funders in our international research
We present the basic information for each ongoing project, with a link to its project site. The projects are listed in alfabetical order.

AMEQUIS (2020-2022)
Assessment, Monitoring, Evaluation and Quality Improvement System for the European Reference Networks (ERN)
- Funding: European Commission
- Project partner: Avedis Donabedian Foundation (FAD), Barcelona, Spain
- Nivel involvement: project partner
- Nivel experts: Lilian van Tuyl MBA, Prof. Cordula Wagner PhD
- Nivel project site: Project AMEQUIS
- Project website international: -
BIRD: global burden of influenza and RSV (2018-2021)
- Funding: Foundation de France
- Project partners: University of Edinburgh, Scotland; Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Seattle, USA; Dr Evidence, Santa Monica, USA; OpenHealth, Paris, France
- Nivel involvement: project partner
- Nivel experts: John Paget, PhD, Peter Spreeuwenberg, PhD
- Nivel project site: Project BIRD
- Project website international: -
COMPAR-EU (2018-2022)
Comparing effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of self-management interventions in chronic diseases
- Fundings: European Commission (Horizon 2020)
- Project partners: Avedis Donabedian Research Institute, Spain; European Patients’ Forum (EPF); Institute for Medical Technology Assessment (iMTA), The Netherlands; Fundació Privada Institut de Recerca de l´Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (IR-HSCSP), Spain; OptiMedis AG Consulting Organization, Germany; University of Ioannina (UOI), Greece
- Nivel involvement: project partner
- Nivel experts: Prof. Jany Rademakers PhD, Monique Heymans PhD
- Nivel project site: Project COMPAR-EU
- Project website international: COMPAR-EU.eu

EU Health Programme: providing scientific and logistical support to expert groups (2019-ongoing)
Setting common goals and reduce inequity across Europe to cancer treatment
- Nivel involvement: consortium leader
- Nivel expert: Prof. Robert Verheij PhD, Johan Hansen PhD, Madelon Kroneman PhD
- Nivel project site: Project Supporting the EU Health Programme
- Project website international: EU4health
EUHealthSupport Consortium: supporting EU and DG SANTE (2019-2023)
- Funding:
- Project partners:
- Nivel involvement: consortium member
- Nivel expert:
- Nivel project site: Project EUHealthSupport Consortium
- Project website international: EUHealthSupport
FluCov (2021-ongoing)
Understanding and communicating the impact of COVID-19 on influenza
- Funding: Sanofi Pasteur, France
- Project partner: Sanofi Pasteur, France
- Nivel involvement: project leader
- Nivel expert: John Paget PhD
- Nivel project site: Project FluCov
- Project website international: -
GERi Study (2016-ongoing)
Global Epidemiology of RSV in Community and Hospitalized Care Study
- Funding: -
- Project partners: 16 nations across the world
- Nivel involvement: project partner
- Nivel expert: John Paget PhD
- Nivel Project site: Project GERi Study
- Project website international: -

Global Influenza Mortality Research (2016-ongoing)
Assessing influenza mortality at a global, regional and national level
- Funding: WHO
- Project partners: about 30 countries worldwide
- Nivel involvement: project partner
- Nivel expert: John Paget PhD
- Nivel project site: Project Influenza Mortality Research
- Project website international: -
I-MOVE (2019-ongoing)
Influenza - MOnitoring Vaccine effectiveness in Europe
- Funding: European Commission
- Project partners: --
- Nivel involvement: project partner
- Nivel experts: Mariëtte Hooiveld PhD
- Nivel project site: Project I-MOVE
- Project website international: I-MOVE.eu

I-MOVE COVID-19 (2020-ongoing)
Influenza: MOnitoring Vaccine effectiveness in Europe-COVID-19
- Funding: European Commission
- Project partners: 23 partners from 11 European countries
- Nivel involvement: project partner
- Nivel experts: Mariëtte Hooiveld PhD
- Nivel project site: Project I-MOVE COVID-19
- Project website international: I-MOVE-COVID-19.eu

Impact of influenza, pneumococcal and COVID-19 vaccination on antibiotic use (2021-2022)
- Funding: Sanofi Pasteur, France
- Project partner: Sanofi Pasteur, France
- Nivel involvement: project partner
- Nivel experts: Prof. Michel Dückers PhD
- Nivel project site: Project Impact of influenza, pneumococcal and COVID-19 vaccination on antibiotic use
- Project website international: -
Lessons learnt from the surveillance during the COVID-19-epidemic and other epidemics (Feb - Sep 2022)
- Funding: European Health and Digital executive Agency (HaDEA)
- Project partner: Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment ( RIVM); Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE); Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI Dublin)
- Nivel involvement: project partner
- Nivel experts: Johan Hansen, Robert Verheij
- Nivel project site: Project Lessons learnt from the surveillance of COVID-19
- Project website international: -

National Project manager OECD PaRIS (2020-2023)
Coordinating the development of a new generation indicators for the outcomes and experiences of healthcare
- Funding: Ministry of Public Health, Welfare and Sports, the Netherlands
- Project partners: the project is carried out within the Consortium PaRIS (see www.oecd.org/els/health-systems/paris)
- Nivel involvement: project partner
- Nivel experts: Prof. Judith de Jong PhD
- Nivel project site: National Project manager OECD PaRIS
- Project website international: www.oecd.org/els/health-systems/paris
Norce (2019-2024)
Coordinating and prioritizing healthcare and welfare services in the municipal landscape (ISP)
- Funding: Research Council of Norway (RCN)
- Project partners: 6 partners, central partner is the National Centre for Care Research West Norway
- Nivel involvement: project partner
- Nivel expert: Sandra van Beek PhD
- Nivel project site: Project Norce, Politics of a Changing Institutional Ecology - Norway
- Project website international: Norceresearch.no
OECD PaRIS (2020-2024)
Setting common goals and reduce inequity across Europe to cancer treatment
- Funding: the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
- Project partners: OESO, Ipsos MORI, University of Exeter, Avedis Donabedian Institute, OptiMedis
- Nivel involvement: consortium leader
- Nivel experts: Prof. Mieke Rijken PhD, Wienke Boerma PhD, Monique Heymans PhD, Prof. Peter Groenewegen PhD
- Nivel project site: Project OECD PaRIS
- Project website international: PaRIS-SUR.org
PREMs and PROMs in Slovenia (2018- ongoing)
Supporting the development and implementation

PriCov-19 (2020-2023)
International survey concerning quality and safety in primary care in the time of COVID-19
- Funding: EGPRN COVID-19
- Project partners: research teams of 40 different European countries
- Nivel involvement: project partner
- Nivel experts: John Paget PhD, Prof. Peter Groenewegen PhD
- Nivel project site: Project PriCov-19
- Project website international: PRICOV-19 Study

PROMISE (2021-2024)
Preparing for RSV Immunisation and Surveillance in Europe
- Funding: Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), supported by the EU Horizon 2020
- Project partner: the project is carried out within the European PROMISE Consortium: 22 organisations of scientists, clinicians, public health institutions, pharmaceutical industry and patient associations (see www.imi-promise.eu).
- Nivel involvement: project partner
- Nivel experts: Prof. Michel Dückers PhD
- Nivel project site: Project PROMISE
- Project website international: www.imi-promise.eu
Route-HWF (2021-2024)
A Roadmap OUT of mEdical deserts into supportive Health Workforce initiatives and policies
- Funding: CHAFEA (European Commision)
- Project partners: six research teams of five European countries: Italy, Netherlands Lithuania, Estonia, Norway
- Nivel involvement: consortium partner
- Nivel experts: Prof. Ronald Batenburg PhD
- Nivel project site: Project Route-HWF
- Project website international: route-hwf.eu

RSV ComNet I, II en III (2019-ongoing)
Burden of RSV in the Community Network
- Funding: Sanofi Pasteur and AstraZeneca
- Project partners: RIVM, The Netherlands; Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital in Rome, Italy; University of Oxford and Royal College of General Practitioners, United Kingdom
- Nivel involvement: leading partner (overall coordination)
- Nivel experts: John Paget PhD, Mariëtte Hooiveld PhD, Prof. Michel Dückers PhD
- Nivel project site: Project RSV ComNet
- Project website international: -
Sonar-Global (2019-2021)
International collaboration tackling infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance
- Funding: European Commission
- Project partners: 11 partners from Europe, Asia and Africa
- Nivel involvement: project partner
- Nivel expert: Prof. Michel Dückers PhD
- Nivel project site: Project Sonar-Global
- Project website international: Sonar-Global.eu

TaSHI (2021-2024)
Empowering EU health policies on Task SHIfting
- Funding: CHAFEA (European Commission)
- Project partners: five research teams; Hungary, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Lithuania, Estonia
- Nivel involvement: consortium partner
- Nivel experts: Prof. Ronald Batenburg PhD, Lilian van Tuyl MBA
- Nivel project site: Project TaSHI
- Project website international: tashiproject.eu
Taxinomisis (2018-2023)
Multidisciplinary approach for the stratification of patients with carotid artery disease
- Funding: European Commission
- Project partners: 17 partners from all over Europe, coordinated by Greece
- Nivel involvement: project partner
- Nivel experts: Prof. Robert Verheij PhD; John Paget PhD
- Nivel project site: Project TAXINOMISIS
- Project website international: TAXINOMISIS-project.eu
VIcTOR Study (2021-ongoing)
Impact of influenza vaccination on GP consultation rates, antibiotic usage, COVID-19 rates, influenza-related hospitalizations and mortality
- Funding: ZonMw Infectious Disease Control Program
- Project partners: National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) Research and Surveillance Centre based at the University of Oxford
- Nivel involvement: project partner
- Nivel experts: John Paget PhD, Mariëtte Hooiveld PhD
- Nivel project site: Project VIcTOR Study
- Project website international: -
What can Nivel do for you?
For more information about Nivel as a partner in health services research, please feel free to contact Jeroen Hasselaar, head of the research unit Primary Care and of the unit Support International Research. He looks forward to getting in touch with you!