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Relevant to AI safety discussions around pandemic preparedness, biosecurity governance, and international coordination models; CEPI represents a real-world example of proactive global risk coordination that is sometimes cited in arguments about how to structure AI governance institutions.

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CEPI is an international coalition founded in 2017 to finance and coordinate the development of vaccines against emerging infectious diseases. It operates as a public-private partnership bringing together governments, philanthropies, and the pharmaceutical industry to accelerate vaccine development for epidemic threats. CEPI gained global prominence during the COVID-19 pandemic for funding multiple vaccine candidates at unprecedented speed.

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•Founded in 2017 at Davos with funding from governments (Norway, India, Germany, Japan, UK) and foundations (Gates, Wellcome Trust) to address vaccine gaps for epidemic threats.
•Focuses on diseases with epidemic/pandemic potential including Ebola, MERS, Lassa fever, Nipah, and unknown 'Disease X' pathogens.
•Operates as a public-private partnership coordinating between governments, academia, and pharmaceutical industry to reduce vaccine development timelines.
•Played a major role in COVID-19 pandemic response, funding development of multiple vaccine candidates including AstraZeneca/Oxford and Moderna vaccines.
•Represents a model of international coordination for biological risk preparedness, relevant to discussions of global catastrophic risk governance.

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# Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations

Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations

Public-private organization for vaccine development

| [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0e/Coalition_for_Epidemic_Preparedness_Innovations_%28logo%29.svg/500px-Coalition_for_Epidemic_Preparedness_Innovations_%28logo%29.svg.png)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CEPI.svg) |
| Abbreviation | CEPI |
| Formation | January2017;9years ago(2017-01) |
| Founders | - [Wellcome Trust](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellcome_Trust "Wellcome Trust")[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalition_for_Epidemic_Preparedness_Innovations#cite_note-founding-1)[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalition_for_Epidemic_Preparedness_Innovations#cite_note-Who_we_are-2)<br>- [Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_&_Melinda_Gates_Foundation "Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation")[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalition_for_Epidemic_Preparedness_Innovations#cite_note-founding-1)<br>- [Government of India](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_India "Government of India")[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalition_for_Epidemic_Preparedness_Innovations#cite_note-founding-1)<br>- [Norway](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Norway "Government of Norway")[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalition_for_Epidemic_Preparedness_Innovations#cite_note-founding-1)<br>- [World Economic Forum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Economic_Forum "World Economic Forum")[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalition_for_Epidemic_Preparedness_Innovations#cite_note-founding-1) |
| Founded at | [Davos](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davos "Davos"), Switzerland[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalition_for_Epidemic_Preparedness_Innovations#cite_note-FT-3) |
| Purpose | Fund vaccine development[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalition_for_Epidemic_Preparedness_Innovations#cite_note-FT-3) |
| Headquarters | [Oslo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oslo "Oslo"), Norway |
| Locations | - [London](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London "London"), [England](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England "England")<br>- [Washington, D.C.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C. "Washington, D.C."), [United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States "United States") |
| Chief executive | [Richard J. Hatchett](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_J._Hatchett "Richard J. Hatchett") |
| Key people | [Jane Halton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Halton "Jane Halton") (Chair) |
| Staff | 68[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalition_for_Epidemic_Preparedness_Innovations#cite_note-BB-4) (2020) |
| Website | [CEPI.net](https://cepi.net/) |

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