Table 1. Geographic regions of Europe as considered for European food-borne parasite prioritisation and workshop participant by country, 2016.

Geographic region of Europea	Countries included	Participant by country (number of participants)b
Northern Europe	Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden	Denmark (3); Norway (1); Sweden (1)
Western Europe	Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom	Belgium (1); France (1); Germany (1); Ireland (1); the Netherlands (1); Switzerland (1); United Kingdom (1)
Eastern Europe	Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovakia	Czech Republic (1); Estonia (1); Hungary (1); Latvia (1); Poland (2); Romania (2); Slovakia (1)
South-Western Europe	Andorra, Italy, Malta, Monaco, Portugal, San Marino, Spain	Italy (1); Spain (1); Tunisia (1)c
South-Eastern Europe	Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Greece, Kosovo*, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey	Bulgaria (1); Croatia (1); the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (2); Greece (2); Serbia (4); Turkey (1)

^a Geographic regions were defined as per the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) [18].

^b All 35 participants contributed to the European ranking; the participant from Belgium and one participant from Romania did not contribute to the ranking within the different parts of Europe.

^c Although Tunisia is not part of Europe, professionals from this country are eligible to participate in COST Actions. The professional input on FBP from Tunisia was considered valuable for this prioritisation.

*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244/99 and the International Court of Justice Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.