A total of 28 partner institutions from 15 countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa work together within the PACE-UP coalition. The consortia have highlighted the need to obtain 'UNITY OF PURPOSE' for fulfilling the objectives.

The well-established and successful North-South and South-South collaborative networks bring into the PACE-UP a comprehensive, multidisciplinary expertise and experience covering public health, capacity development, clinical trials, ethics of research in emergency situations, surveillance of zoonotic infections, molecular biology, epidemiology, rapid diagnostics, rapid whole genome sequencing, phylogenetic analyses and pathogen evolutionary trends, infection control, microbiology, virology, immunology, data analyses, publication and dissemination of data, risk communication, management, operational logistics, patient and community engagement, advocacy, global policy issues, disease modelling, trends and prediction.