A total of five network meetings were held under StAR-2, each with 50 to 70 participants. Four meetings took place online and one meeting was held in person.

The topics covered were the specific design of local antimicrobial stewardship programmes. Topics discussed included audits and improvement measures, monitoring and feedback on antibiotic consumption and the use of lists such as the World Health Organisation (WHO) AWaRe Antibiotic List:

• SwissASP virtual meeting, November 2020: Challenges in the implementation of local antimicrobial stewardship programmes in Swiss hospitals.
• SwissASP virtual meeting, March 2021: Quality assurance and audit as part of local antimicrobial stewardship programmes
• SwissASP virtual meeting, Mai 2021: Quality assurance and audit as part of local antimicrobial stewardship programmes (continued)
• SwissASP networking call: Antimicrobial consumption monitoring (ANRESIS) - What's new?, June 2022: Current developments in the monitoring of antibiotic consumption
• Swiss ASP workshop & networking event in Berne, November 2021: Antimicrobial stewardship in practice: Making the most of what you have.

With contributions from Prof. Philip Howard, BSAC (Vice President) and University Hospital Leeds and Dr Benedikt Huttner, Programme Manager EML, World Health Organization Geneva:

• “Local implementation of stewardship, a UK perspective”. Recorded PowerPoint presentation by Prof Philip Howard, BSAC and University Hospital Leeds Aufgezeichnete PowerPoint (pdf, 3MB).
• "WHO Essential Medicines List - Antibiotic AwaRe Lists (2017). Überlegungen zum antimikrobiellen Stewardship im Spital". Recorded PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Benedikt Huttner, (pdf, 9MB).