BE READY officially started on June 1st, 2022. On September 19th, the BE READY project launched publicly its activities in Paris, France. The kick-off meeting organised by the ANRS | Emerging Infectious Diseases /INSERM, in collaboration with Inserm Transfert, at Paris Campus Santé, gathered the consortium representatives to discuss how they plan to carry out the different tasks described in the project and build synergies to effectively identify needs, challenges and priorities in the Research and Innovation agenda and funding in the international and national level.