Dear Yvette, Thank you for your message. I completely understand the constraints you are facing, although the conclusion you have reached is obviously disappointing for us. However, I will not insist, because I am sure you have considered your possible participation very carefully. Of course, if there was any change in the conditions of your participation that would make it more likely for you to be able to join the proposal, we would be open to considering them. In particular, I do understand that interventions are organised at the state level, and we would not expect to deploy an intervention in all states. I think one or two would be sufficient for the purposes of this project. Are there State-level public health institutions that we could interact with? Thank you again for your interest in the proposal. Franco From: Yvette Shajanian Zarneh <Yvette.Shajanian-Zarneh@bioeg.de> Sent: 31 March 2026 13:56 To: Sassi, Franco <f.sassi@imperial.ac.uk> Cc: Christina Plantz <Christina.Plantz@bioeg.de>; zhealth-mgmt <zhealth-mgmt@imperial.ac.uk>; Katja Cic <Katja.Cic@nijz.si>; Monika Robnik <Monika.Robnik@nijz.si>; Nathalie Bélorgey <Nathalie.Belorgey@bioeg.de>; Annegret Dreher <Annegret.Dreher@bioeg.de> Subject: AW: Invitation to join Horizon Europe bid on behavioural interventions in young people CAUTION: This message came from outside Imperial. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and were expecting this email. Dear Franco, Many thanks for the video call yesterday and for the additional details you shared in your email of earlier today. We still believe that the project idea is very strong and highly innovative. After careful internal discussion, however, we have come to the conclusion that we will unfortunately not be able to contribute to the planned pilot. As you are certainly aware, both health and education are under the responsibility of the federal states in Germany. This means that access and implementation cannot be coordinated at the national level, but rather must be organised individually through each state. Aligning and securing these agreements would require a significant amount of time and effort. In addition, the strict data protection regulations in Germany will make a piloting even more complicated. We wish you every success with the proposal and would be very happy to explore opportunities to collaborate with you on other projects in the future. Kind regards, Yvette Im Auftrag Yvette Shajanian Zarneh ---------------------------------------- Referatsleiterin / Head of Unit Referat Q1 - Aufgabenplanung, Grundsatzfragen, Transfer, Internationale Beziehungen Unit Q1 - Task Planning, Strategy, Knowledge Transfer, International Relations Bundesinstitut für Öffentliche Gesundheit / Federal Institute of Public Health Maarweg 149-161 50825 Köln Tel: 0221/8992-374 Email: yvette.shajanian-zarneh@bioeg.de<mailto:yvette.shajanian-zarneh@bioeg.de> www.bioeg.de<http://www.bioeg.de/> Das Bundesinstitut für Öffentliche Gesundheit ist eine Fachbehörde im Geschäftsbereich des Bundesministeriums für Gesundheit / The Federal Institute of Public Health is a specialist authority within the portfolio of the Federal Ministry of Health Von: Sassi, Franco <f.sassi@imperial.ac.uk<mailto:f.sassi@imperial.ac.uk>> Gesendet: Dienstag, 31. März 2026 09:34 An: Yvette Shajanian Zarneh <Yvette.Shajanian-Zarneh@bioeg.de<mailto:Yvette.Shajanian-Zarneh@bioeg.de>>; Nathalie Bélorgey <Nathalie.Belorgey@bioeg.de<mailto:Nathalie.Belorgey@bioeg.de>>; Annegret Dreher <Annegret.Dreher@bioeg.de<mailto:Annegret.Dreher@bioeg.de>> Cc: Christina Plantz <Christina.Plantz@bioeg.de<mailto:Christina.Plantz@bioeg.de>>; zhealth-mgmt <zhealth-mgmt@imperial.ac.uk<mailto:zhealth-mgmt@imperial.ac.uk>>; Katja Cic <Katja.Cic@nijz.si<mailto:Katja.Cic@nijz.si>>; Monika Robnik <Monika.Robnik@nijz.si<mailto:Monika.Robnik@nijz.si>> Betreff: RE: Invitation to join Horizon Europe bid on behavioural interventions in young people Dear Yvette, Nathalie, Annegret, Thank you for a very helpful meeting yesterday. As promised, I am getting back to you with some additional information about the minimum intervention design requirements at the proposal stage (what information we need to be able to provide in the proposal on each intervention country) and a ballpark estimate of resources available within the project. In terms of intervention design requirements, we will need you to identify: 1. Key local actors/ stakeholders that will be essential for the successful deployment of the intervention. For instance, you mentioned BIOG’s Youth Advisory Council that is being established, and the Academy of Public Health Professionals. I assume you will also need to identify the authorities that will need to be involved in order to involve secondary schools. For each of these key actors, we would ask you to assess whether they may require funding, and whether they should be added in the proposal as partners. 2. Setting(s) in which the intervention will be deployed: schools and/or other relevant settings – how many? Where are they located in the country? 3. Approximate numbers of young people that will be involved in each setting. The more precise the above information is, the more credible the plan will look to reviewers. In terms of resources that we would be able to allocate to you in the project, we have estimated this would be in the region of 60 person months (over a 4-year project duration). Much of the effort would be in WP6 (Implementation of interventions), with smaller additional contributions to other WPs. Please, do not hesitate to get back to me should you require additional information at this stage. Franco From: Yvette Shajanian Zarneh <Yvette.Shajanian-Zarneh@bioeg.de<mailto:Yvette.Shajanian-Zarneh@bioeg.de>> Sent: 25 March 2026 15:17 To: Sheehy, Lorraine <l.sheehy@imperial.ac.uk<mailto:l.sheehy@imperial.ac.uk>>; Sassi, Franco <f.sassi@imperial.ac.uk<mailto:f.sassi@imperial.ac.uk>>; Katja Cic <Katja.Cic@nijz.si<mailto:Katja.Cic@nijz.si>>; Monika Robnik <Monika.Robnik@nijz.si<mailto:Monika.Robnik@nijz.si>> Cc: Nathalie Bélorgey <Nathalie.Belorgey@bioeg.de<mailto:Nathalie.Belorgey@bioeg.de>>; Christina Plantz <Christina.Plantz@bioeg.de<mailto:Christina.Plantz@bioeg.de>>; zhealth-mgmt <zhealth-mgmt@imperial.ac.uk<mailto:zhealth-mgmt@imperial.ac.uk>>; Annegret Dreher <Annegret.Dreher@bioeg.de<mailto:Annegret.Dreher@bioeg.de>> Subject: AW: Invitation to join Horizon Europe bid on behavioural interventions in young people You don't often get email from yvette.shajanian-zarneh@bioeg.de<mailto:yvette.shajanian-zarneh@bioeg.de>. Learn why this is important<https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification> CAUTION: This message came from outside Imperial. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and were expecting this email. Dear Lorraine, Monday 12 to 1 pm sounds good (it is Berlin oder London time?) Would you send a link for a video call to Nathalie, Anne and me please? Thank you and kind regards, Yvette Im Auftrag Yvette Shajanian Zarneh ---------------------------------------- Referatsleiterin / Head of Unit Referat Q1 - Aufgabenplanung, Grundsatzfragen, Transfer, Internationale Beziehungen Unit Q1 - Task Planning, Strategy, Knowledge Transfer, International Relations Bundesinstitut für Öffentliche Gesundheit / Federal Institute of Public Health Maarweg 149-161 50825 Köln Tel: 0221/8992-374 Email: yvette.shajanian-zarneh@bioeg.de<mailto:yvette.shajanian-zarneh@bioeg.de> www.bioeg.de<http://www.bioeg.de/> Das Bundesinstitut für Öffentliche Gesundheit ist eine Fachbehörde im Geschäftsbereich des Bundesministeriums für Gesundheit / The Federal Institute of Public Health is a specialist authority within the portfolio of the Federal Ministry of Health Von: Sheehy, Lorraine <l.sheehy@imperial.ac.uk<mailto:l.sheehy@imperial.ac.uk>> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 25. März 2026 13:15 An: Yvette Shajanian Zarneh <Yvette.Shajanian-Zarneh@bioeg.de<mailto:Yvette.Shajanian-Zarneh@bioeg.de>>; Sassi, Franco <f.sassi@imperial.ac.uk<mailto:f.sassi@imperial.ac.uk>>; Katja Cic <Katja.Cic@nijz.si<mailto:Katja.Cic@nijz.si>>; Monika Robnik <Monika.Robnik@nijz.si<mailto:Monika.Robnik@nijz.si>> Cc: Nathalie Bélorgey <Nathalie.Belorgey@bioeg.de<mailto:Nathalie.Belorgey@bioeg.de>>; Christina Plantz <Christina.Plantz@bioeg.de<mailto:Christina.Plantz@bioeg.de>>; zhealth-mgmt <zhealth-mgmt@imperial.ac.uk<mailto:zhealth-mgmt@imperial.ac.uk>> Betreff: RE: Invitation to join Horizon Europe bid on behavioural interventions in young people Dear Yvette Would 12-1pm CET work on the 30th? Kind regards Lorraine From: Yvette Shajanian Zarneh <Yvette.Shajanian-Zarneh@bioeg.de<mailto:Yvette.Shajanian-Zarneh@bioeg.de>> Sent: 25 March 2026 07:29 To: Sassi, Franco <f.sassi@imperial.ac.uk<mailto:f.sassi@imperial.ac.uk>>; Katja Cic <Katja.Cic@nijz.si<mailto:Katja.Cic@nijz.si>>; Monika Robnik <Monika.Robnik@nijz.si<mailto:Monika.Robnik@nijz.si>> Cc: Nathalie Bélorgey <Nathalie.Belorgey@bioeg.de<mailto:Nathalie.Belorgey@bioeg.de>>; Christina Plantz <Christina.Plantz@bioeg.de<mailto:Christina.Plantz@bioeg.de>>; zhealth-mgmt <zhealth-mgmt@imperial.ac.uk<mailto:zhealth-mgmt@imperial.ac.uk>>; Sheehy, Lorraine <l.sheehy@imperial.ac.uk<mailto:l.sheehy@imperial.ac.uk>> Subject: AW: Invitation to join Horizon Europe bid on behavioural interventions in young people You don't often get email from yvette.shajanian-zarneh@bioeg.de<mailto:yvette.shajanian-zarneh@bioeg.de>. Learn why this is important<https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification> Dear Franco, Many thanks for both documents and the offer to have a call what is indeed an easier way to talk on more details. I am flying to Copenhagen today. Is Monday afternoon possible for you? I am available, and I hope my colleague Nathalie can join us also. Looking forward to your reply. Kind regards, Yvette Im Auftrag Yvette Shajanian Zarneh ---------------------------------------- Referatsleiterin / Head of Unit Referat Q1 - Aufgabenplanung, Grundsatzfragen, Transfer, Internationale Beziehungen Unit Q1 - Task Planning, Strategy, Knowledge Transfer, International Relations Bundesinstitut für Öffentliche Gesundheit / Federal Institute of Public Health Maarweg 149-161 50825 Köln Tel: 0221/8992-374 Email: yvette.shajanian-zarneh@bioeg.de<mailto:yvette.shajanian-zarneh@bioeg.de> www.bioeg.de<http://www.bioeg.de/> Das Bundesinstitut für Öffentliche Gesundheit ist eine Fachbehörde im Geschäftsbereich des Bundesministeriums für Gesundheit / The Federal Institute of Public Health is a specialist authority within the portfolio of the Federal Ministry of Health Von: Sassi, Franco <f.sassi@imperial.ac.uk<mailto:f.sassi@imperial.ac.uk>> Gesendet: Dienstag, 24. März 2026 09:25 An: Yvette Shajanian Zarneh <Yvette.Shajanian-Zarneh@bioeg.de<mailto:Yvette.Shajanian-Zarneh@bioeg.de>>; Katja Cic <Katja.Cic@nijz.si<mailto:Katja.Cic@nijz.si>>; Monika Robnik <Monika.Robnik@nijz.si<mailto:Monika.Robnik@nijz.si>> Cc: Nathalie Bélorgey <Nathalie.Belorgey@bioeg.de<mailto:Nathalie.Belorgey@bioeg.de>>; Christina Plantz <Christina.Plantz@bioeg.de<mailto:Christina.Plantz@bioeg.de>>; zhealth-mgmt <zhealth-mgmt@imperial.ac.uk<mailto:zhealth-mgmt@imperial.ac.uk>>; Sheehy, Lorraine <l.sheehy@imperial.ac.uk<mailto:l.sheehy@imperial.ac.uk>> Betreff: RE: Invitation to join Horizon Europe bid on behavioural interventions in young people Dear Yvette, Thank you very much for your positive reply, and also for being transparent on your Institute’s possible participation in a competing bid. I would like to share two brief documents (attached) containing descriptions of our two intervention packages aimed, respectively, at the age groups 12-18 and 19-25, in case they have not been shared with you before. It would be great if your Institute were willing to take the lead on implementing one pf the two packages (preferably the one for 19-25 year olds) in a sample of young people in Germany. Perhaps we can schedule a call later this week to discuss the feasibility of this. Sincerely, Franco Franco Sassi PhD Chair in International Health Policy and Economics Director, Centre for Health Economics and Policy Innovation (CHEPI) Imperial Business School London SW7 2AZ United Kingdom Email: f.sassi@imperial.ac.uk<mailto:f.sassi@imperial.ac.uk> Tel: +44(0)207 594 9157 From: Yvette Shajanian Zarneh <Yvette.Shajanian-Zarneh@bioeg.de<mailto:Yvette.Shajanian-Zarneh@bioeg.de>> Sent: 24 March 2026 07:48 To: Katja Cic <Katja.Cic@nijz.si<mailto:Katja.Cic@nijz.si>>; Sassi, Franco <f.sassi@imperial.ac.uk<mailto:f.sassi@imperial.ac.uk>>; Monika Robnik <Monika.Robnik@nijz.si<mailto:Monika.Robnik@nijz.si>> Cc: Nathalie Bélorgey <Nathalie.Belorgey@bioeg.de<mailto:Nathalie.Belorgey@bioeg.de>>; Christina Plantz <Christina.Plantz@bioeg.de<mailto:Christina.Plantz@bioeg.de>> Subject: AW: Invitation to join Horizon Europe bid on behavioural interventions in young people You don't often get email from yvette.shajanian-zarneh@bioeg.de<mailto:yvette.shajanian-zarneh@bioeg.de>. Learn why this is important<https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification> CAUTION: This message came from outside Imperial. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and were expecting this email. Dear Katja, Thank you very much for your patience! We would be very happy to participate. The tasks briefly outlined below fit very well with our profile and services. We look forward to receiving more information. Just to be transparent: a colleague from another unit informed me that they have also been approached for this project and are assessing participation. Looking forward to your reply. Kind regards, Yvette Im Auftrag Yvette Shajanian Zarneh ---------------------------------------- Referatsleiterin / Head of Unit Referat Q1 - Aufgabenplanung, Grundsatzfragen, Transfer, Internationale Beziehungen Unit Q1 - Task Planning, Strategy, Knowledge Transfer, International Relations Bundesinstitut für Öffentliche Gesundheit / Federal Institute of Public Health Maarweg 149-161 50825 Köln Tel: 0221/8992-374 Email: yvette.shajanian-zarneh@bioeg.de<mailto:yvette.shajanian-zarneh@bioeg.de> www.bioeg.de<http://www.bioeg.de/> Das Bundesinstitut für Öffentliche Gesundheit ist eine Fachbehörde im Geschäftsbereich des Bundesministeriums für Gesundheit / The Federal Institute of Public Health is a specialist authority within the portfolio of the Federal Ministry of Health Von: Yvette Shajanian Zarneh Gesendet: Freitag, 20. März 2026 12:15 An: 'Katja Cic' <Katja.Cic@nijz.si<mailto:Katja.Cic@nijz.si>>; f.sassi@imperial.ac.uk<mailto:f.sassi@imperial.ac.uk>; Monika Robnik <Monika.Robnik@nijz.si<mailto:Monika.Robnik@nijz.si>> Cc: Ursula von Rüden <ursula.von-rueden@bioeg.de<mailto:ursula.von-rueden@bioeg.de>>; Nathalie Bélorgey <nathalie.belorgey@bioeg.de<mailto:nathalie.belorgey@bioeg.de>>; Christina Plantz <christina.plantz@bioeg.de<mailto:christina.plantz@bioeg.de>>; Verena Grau <verena.grau@bioeg.de<mailto:verena.grau@bioeg.de>> Betreff: AW: Invitation to join Horizon Europe bid on behavioural interventions in young people Dear Katja and colleagues, Many thanks for the invitation sent. The project sounds very interesting and relevant. We will come back to you beginning of next week as we need to assess both our involvement and the possible input with other colleagues at BIÖG indeed. Kind regards, Yvette Im Auftrag Yvette Shajanian Zarneh ---------------------------------------- Referatsleiterin / Head of Unit Referat Q1 - Aufgabenplanung, Grundsatzfragen, Transfer, Internationale Beziehungen Unit Q1 - Task Planning, Strategy, Knowledge Transfer, International Relations Bundesinstitut für Öffentliche Gesundheit / Federal Institute of Public Health Maarweg 149-161 50825 Köln Tel: 0221/8992-374 Email: yvette.shajanian-zarneh@bioeg.de<mailto:yvette.shajanian-zarneh@bioeg.de> www.bioeg.de<http://www.bioeg.de/> Das Bundesinstitut für Öffentliche Gesundheit ist eine Fachbehörde im Geschäftsbereich des Bundesministeriums für Gesundheit / The Federal Institute of Public Health is a specialist authority within the portfolio of the Federal Ministry of Health Von: Katja Cic <Katja.Cic@nijz.si<mailto:Katja.Cic@nijz.si>> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 19. März 2026 13:13 An: Christina Plantz <Christina.Plantz@bioeg.de<mailto:Christina.Plantz@bioeg.de>>; Verena Grau <Verena.Grau@bioeg.de<mailto:Verena.Grau@bioeg.de>>; Yvette Shajanian Zarneh <Yvette.Shajanian-Zarneh@bioeg.de<mailto:Yvette.Shajanian-Zarneh@bioeg.de>>; f.sassi@imperial.ac.uk<mailto:f.sassi@imperial.ac.uk>; Monika Robnik <Monika.Robnik@nijz.si<mailto:Monika.Robnik@nijz.si>> Betreff: Invitation to join Horizon Europe bid on behavioural interventions in young people Dear Yvette, Christina and Verena, I am reaching out to you on behalf of a partner consortium led by Imperial College London (cc-ed Franco Sassi) for a bid on the Horizon Europe call concerning behavioural interventions in young people. The call I am referring to can be found here: HORIZON-HLTH-2026-01-STAYHLTH-02 https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opport... It has a deadline of the 16th of April 2026. We were wondering if BIÖG would be interested in joining our proposal, titled "Z-Health - Health in the digital generation", as a leading institution from Germany that could become one of the partner countries to implement interventions and co-create with young people (age groups 12-18 and 19-25). We were very excited to learn about the launch of your Jugendbeirat (Youth Advisory Board) and thought your institution would be a great fit for our consortium. Currently, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, the National Institute of Public Health Slovenia, Issinova, and a few others have already joined the partner consortium. Please let us know if you would be interested in joining the bid and learning more about the project proposal itself, and we would also appreciate an answer if you are already a part of a different bid for this specific call. We remain available in case of any questions. Wishing you a lovely rest of the day! Kind regards, Katja Katja Čič Služba za NVO Trubarjeva cesta 2, SI - 1000 Ljubljana M +386 40 303 773 E katja.cic@nijz.si<mailto:katja.cic@nijz.si> www.nijz.si<http://www.nijz.si> [Image]<https://www.nijz.si/>
