EU Health Summit: Stronger Together for a Healthier Europe
EUREGHA was among the partners of the EU Health Summit, which took place on 29 November in Brussels.Ahead of the Summit, the partner organisations put together recommendations for a shared vision for the future of health in Europe, calling upon the next European...
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EUREGHA takes part in the first BOOST project meeting
From 24 to 26 September 2018 the first BOOST project meeting took place in Oslo, Norway, and gathered all consortium partners coming from four European countries as well as the members of the Advisory Board.On the first day, Gloria Azalde and Stine Hellum Braathen,...
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Buskerud (Norway) has officially joined EUREGHA
The Norwegian region is now fully member of EUREGHA and we are very much looking forward to working together on shared interests and priorities.
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Global Challenges, Territorial Answers: the Future of Health in Europe
At the EUREGHA/CoR Interregional Group on Health and Well-being event, several high-level speakers, included European Commissioner Andriukaitis, underlined the clear need for closer collaboration between European regions and the EU institutions and novel partnerships among health stakeholders.
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EUREGHA as a discussant at the 20th meeting of the NAT Commission
On Monday 1 October EUREGHA Vice-chair Dedeu participated as a discussant in the 20th meeting of the NAT Commission (on digital health) at the European Committee of the Regions.
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Austria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the EU
On 1 July 2018 Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov officially handed over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union to Austrian Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz. As holder of the Presidency, Austria will contribute significantly to the legislative and...
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Health policies in the future EU budget (2021-2027)
Following the adoption of the Multiannual Financial Framework for the period 2021-2027 on 2 May, the European Commission has been unveiling its legislative proposals for the next generation of spending programmes.Health will have a strong dimension in the next EU...
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EUREGHA Presented the BOOST project at Brussels dissemination event
“Building a Brighter Future: Promoting, Protecting and Improving Young People’s Mental Health in Europe”On 28 March 2018, EUREGHA presented the BOOST project at the Public Policy Exchange event on the promotion of young people’s mental health. The event focused on...
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Scotland has officially joined EUREGHA
We are delighted to announce that the Scottish Government has officially joined EUREGHA and is now a full member. The Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorate is now fully on board and we are very much looking forward to working together on shared...
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EUREGHA contributes to shaping the next EU budget
EUREGHA has officially contributed to the public consultation on the next Multiannual Financial Framework launched by the European Commission. By sending its position on the next generation of EU financial programmes, EUREGHA makes sure the Commission takes into...
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EUREGHA joined the Cohesion Alliance for a stronger post-2020 Cohesion policy
EUREGHA has officially signed the Cohesion Alliance declaration in order to advocate for a stronger Cohesion policy after 2020. The #CohesionAlliance is a coalition of those who believe that the EU Cohesion policy must continue to be a pillar of the EU's future, as it...
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SUNFRAIL Final Conference
On 7th of February, the 4-year SUNFRAIL Project was concluded by its Final Conference in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy. The final conference gathered regional health authorities, local and regional stakeholders, policy makers and SUNFRAIL project partners to...
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Global Challenges, Territorial Answers: the Future of Health in Europe
At the EUREGHA/CoR Interregional Group on Health and Well-being event, several high-level speakers, included European Commissioner Andriukaitis, underlined the clear need for closer collaboration between European regions and the EU institutions and novel partnerships among health stakeholders.
CoR Interregional Group on Health and Well-being Meeting on big data in health
Minutes of the 4th Meeting of 2018 of the Committee of the Regions’ Interregional Group on Health and Well-being of the 5th of July 2018. The topic of the meeting was “Big data and the health sector: the way forward”
CoR Interregional Group on Health and Wellbeing Meeting “Precision Medicine, HTA and Future European Scenarios”
Thursday 17 May 8h00 – 9h00Room JDE 52, Committee of the RegionsMinutesWelcome and introduction by the Chair, Birgitta SacrédeusThe Chair, Birgitta Sacrédeus welcomed the participants and introduced the topic of the meeting: “Precision Medicine, HTA and Future...
CoR Interregional Group on Health and Wellbeing Meeting “The Future of Primary Health Care in Europe”
Friday 23rd March 8h00 – 9h00Room JDE 51, Committee of the RegionsMinutesWelcome and introduction by the Chair, Birgitta SacrédeusThe Chair, Birgitta Sacrédeus welcomed the participants and introduced the topic of the meeting: “The Future of Primary Health Care in...
CoR Interregional Group on Health & Wellbeing “State of Health in the EU”
On the 1st of December, the CoR Interregional Group on Health and Wellbeing (for which EUREGHA is secretariat) held a meeting on the topic of the newly published reports in the initiative "State of Health in the EU".Stan Van Alphen, Lead Policy Coordinator of the...
CoR Interregional Group on Health and Wellbeing Meeting on Integrated Care
Friday 12 May 8h00 – 9h00Room JDE 63, Committee of the RegionsMinutesWelcome and approval of agendaBirgitta Sacrédeus, Chair of the CoR Interregional Group on Health & Wellbeing, welcomed participants to the second meeting of the year and informed attendees about...
CoR Interregional Group on Health and Wellbeing Meeting “Integration, Cooperation and Performance of Health Systems”
Thursday 23th March 8h00 – 9h00Room JDE 70, Committee of the RegionsMinutesWelcome and approval of agendaThe Chair, Birgitta Sacrédeus welcomed participants to the first meeting of the year. She informed attendees about the logistical arrangements.The agenda of the...
CoR Interregional Group on Health and Wellbeing Meeting on eHealth
Thursday 8 December 8h00 – 9h00Room JDE 63, Committee of the RegionsInterpretation available in ES/IT/ENMinutesWelcome and approval of agendaThe Chair, Birgitta Sacrédeus welcomed participants to the last meeting of the year. She informed attendees about the...
CoR Interregional Group on Health and Wellbeing Meeting on “Active and Healthy Aging”
Thursday 13th October 10h00 – 11h30 Room JDE 3253, Committee of the Regions Minutes Welcome and approval of agenda The Chair, Birgitta Sacrédeus welcomed participants to the meeting and invited everyone to present themselves. She informed attendees about the...
CoR Interregional Group on Health and Wellbeing Meeting on “Health Systems Performance Assessment”
Thursday 16th July 08h00 – 09h00 Room JDE 63, Committee of the Regions Minutes Welcome and approval of agenda Interim Chair, Karsten Uno Petersen, opened the meeting and welcomed all participants and speakers to the meeting of the Interregional Group on Health and...
CoR Interregional Group on Health and Wellbeing Meeting on “ESIF for Health Investments”
Friday 8th April 08h00 – 09h00Room JDE 60, Committee of the RegionsMinutesWelcome and approval of agendaInterim Chair Mr Karsten Uno Petersen opened the meeting and informed participants that this would be his last meeting as Chair of the group, due to his new...
CoR Interregional group Health & Wellbeing meeting on “Active and Healthy Ageing”
Friday 4th December 08h00 – 09h00Room JDE 53, Committee of the RegionsMinutesWelcome and approval of agendaInterim Chair, Mr Karsten Uno Petersen, opened the meeting and welcomed all participants. He informed that this would be the last meeting of the year, that...
Austria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the EU
On 1 July 2018 Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov officially handed over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union to Austrian Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz. As holder of the Presidency, Austria will contribute significantly to the legislative and...
Health policies in the future EU budget (2021-2027)
Following the adoption of the Multiannual Financial Framework for the period 2021-2027 on 2 May, the European Commission has been unveiling its legislative proposals for the next generation of spending programmes.Health will have a strong dimension in the next EU...
EUREGHA contributes to shaping the next EU budget
EUREGHA has officially contributed to the public consultation on the next Multiannual Financial Framework launched by the European Commission. By sending its position on the next generation of EU financial programmes, EUREGHA makes sure the Commission takes into...
EUREGHA joined the Cohesion Alliance for a stronger post-2020 Cohesion policy
EUREGHA has officially signed the Cohesion Alliance declaration in order to advocate for a stronger Cohesion policy after 2020. The #CohesionAlliance is a coalition of those who believe that the EU Cohesion policy must continue to be a pillar of the EU's future, as it...
Commission Communication “Boosting Growth and Cohesion in EU Border Regions”
On the 20th of September 2017 the European Commission adopted its Communication “Boosting Growth and Cohesion in EU Border Regions”. The Communication aims to highlight ways in which the EU, Member States and regions can reduce the complexity, length and costs of...
European Parliament approves new tobbaco legislation
On Tuesday 8 October, the European Parliament voted on the Tobacco Products Directive. The Parliament approved the text although the Commission’s original proposal was changed in several ways. With the approved text, cigarette packs will contain health...
New Health and Consumer Programmes
On 9 November, the European Commission adopted proposals for the new Health for Growth and Consumer Programmes. The two programmes aim to foster a Europe of healthy, active, informed and empowered citizens, who can contribute to economic growth.
EU Parliament takes a stand on the patients’ rights directive
MEPs on 19 January 2011 approved a new EU law setting out patients' rights to seek medical care in another EU country. The legislation clarifies the rules for reimbursement, including when advance authorisation may be required.The new rules clarify that EU citizens...
The European Commission launches its work programme 2010
The European Commission has recently published its work programme 2010, which highlights four main strands:Tackling the economic crisis and sustaining Europe's social market economyBuilding a citizens' agenda which puts people at the heart of European actionDeveloping...
Harnessing ICT to improve healthcare
The European Commission has unveiled a strategy to put Europe at the forefront when it comes to the development of smart internet-powered infrastructures. It calls on Europe's governments and its ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) sector to take...
Employers and trade unions sign an agreement to prevent injuries from blood-borne infections
Employers and trade unions in the healthcare sector have signed an EU-wide agreement to prevent injuries from needle sticks and other sharp objects. More than 1 million such injuries occur every year, forming one of the most common health and safety threats in the...
The European Commission launches the Partnership for Action against Cancer
On the 24th June the European Commission reinforced its long-term commitment to the fight against cancer by creating a European Partnership for Action against Cancer. The partnership will focus on actions that can be taken at EU level to more effectively prevent and...
EUREGHA takes part in the first BOOST project meeting
From 24 to 26 September 2018 the first BOOST project meeting took place in Oslo, Norway, and gathered all consortium partners coming from four European countries as well as the members of the Advisory Board.On the first day, Gloria Azalde and Stine Hellum Braathen,...
Report of the EUREGHA & EUMH Alliance Conference: “Mental Health in the Workplace” of the 11 October 2017
On 11th of October, EUREGHA co-organized a full-day conference on the topic “Mental Health in the Workplace – A multi-stakeholder dialogue” in cooperation with EUMH Alliance (European Alliance for Mental Health – Employment and Work) and the Committee of the Regions...
EUREGHA morning seminar 27 April Mental Health in the Young: good practices and new initiatives
On 27 April, EUREGHA held a seminar on the topic “Mental health in the young: Good practice and new initiatives” at Skåne European Office. During the event, participants had the opportunity to hear from and discuss with representatives from European and regional level...
EUREGHA at Counselling and Telepsychology Conference
On 30 June, EUREGHA attended a conference in Florence on Counselling and Telepsychology.EUREGHA was represented by Sol Wallyn, from the Flemish Agency for Care and Health, who presented EUREGHA and the activities of Euregenas. Sara Carbone, from...
Joint Action on Mental Health and Well-being
EUREGHA is a Collaborating Partner on the Joint Action for Mental Health and Well-being. This Joint Action primarily seeks to formulate policy recommendations that will overcome previous limitations and create a sustainable commitment for their implementation....
EUREGHA Working Group on Mental Health
On the 20th April 2009, EUREGHA will launch a working group on suicide prevention aiming at exploring the initiatives promoted by local and regional authorities.
The EU Health Commissioner Vassiliou launches “The European Pact for Mental Health and Well-Being”
On the occasion of the "EU High-Level Conference on Mental Health", EU Health Commissioner Vassiliou together with the Slovenian Presidency and the World Health Organisation Regional Office for Europe launched "The European Pact for Mental Health and Well-Being". The...
Exchanging best practices for suicide prevention
Suicide is not only a personal tragedy, it represents a serious public health problem, particularly in the WHO European Region. There is a growing evidence that mental disorders and self-destructive behaviour have increased in the last 40 years in both poor and rich...
Mental health conference in preparation
More information is becoming available about plans for future EC mental health activities following some preparatory meetings. The objective of the conference on 13 June in Brussels is to launch a so-called European Pact for Mental Health.
Joint Action CHRODIS
JA-CHRODIS is a three-year initiative (2014-2017) led by the Institute of Health Carlos III and is being funded by the European Commission and the participating parties. EUREGHA was part of the Dissemination Working Package.
Better use of existing knowledge to fight chronic diseases
On 28 November, EUREGHA organised a workshop at the European Parliament with the aim of presenting JA-CHRODIS (EU Joint Action on Chronic Diseases and promoting healthy ageing across the life-cycle) to European policy makers. The workshop had a special focus to...
Joint Action CHRODIS General Assembly and Stakeholder’s Forum
On 4 February, the EUREGHA Secretariat attended the second General Assembly and Stakeholders’ Forum of the Joint Action on Chronic Diseases (JA CHRODIS), taking place at Instituto de Salud Carlos III in Madrid.JA CHRODIS started in 2014 and is a project jointly funded...
EUREGHA Conference: Linking Chronic Diseases and Frailty
The EUREGHA high-level conference took place on 11 December on the theme “Linking Chronic Disaeses and Frailty: Creating Synergies and Collaboration Between Efficient Policies for Disease Prevention and Management at European and Subnational Level”. Mr Xavier Pratts...
Press Release: CHRODIS General Assembly 19 February
As a partner in the Joint Action on Chronic Diseases and Promoting Healthy Ageing Across the Life Cycle (JA-CHRODIS), EUREGHA will be attending the CHRODIS General Assembly, tomorrow 19 February. EUREGHA is a partner in the CHRODIS Joint Action to contribute to...
Chronic Care Plan of Catalonia
On the 19th of September, the EUREGHA Secretariat attended a meeting at the Catalonia Delegation on their Chronic Care Plan. The meeting was held in order for the Catalonia Delegation to present their best practice. The Catalan Health Plan 2011-15 was explained, with...
