This webinar will focus on different Arts on Prescription (AoP) models, with a particular emphasis on scaling up regional and national implementation across Europe. Building on recent developments in Greece, the Baltic Sea region and in the UK this session will highlight how culture-based interventions can be embedded into health systems. Contributions from institutional, research, and regional actors will provide a comprehensive overview of the current state of play, including emerging evidence from large-scale studies and policy frameworks. Particular focus will be placed on the role played by regional and local health authorities in implementing and sustaining Arts on Prescription initiatives, with examples from across Europe.
Speakers include:
Panel I – Arts on Prescription Models and Regional Policy frameworks
Nils Fietje, Research Officer, WHO Europe
Nikos Stefanis MD, PhD, FRANZCP, Prof. of Psychiatry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Eginition Hospital
Inga Surgunte, Culture and Arts Institute of the Latvian Academy of Culture and Latvian delegate to the EU Member States OMC group on “Culture and Health”
Stine Keiding, Programme Leader, Kulturregion Fyn, Odense Slot, Denmark (TBC)
Catterina Seia, Co-Founder and Vice-President of Fondazione Fitzcarraldo; Vice- President of Fondazione Medicina a Misura di Donna; President and Associate Founder of CCW-Cultural Welfare Center, Italy (TBC)
Panel II – Regional and local implementation and policies around Culture and Health
Giovanni Gorgoni, CEO (Director General) of Local Health Authority of Asti, Italy (TBC)
Kato Vanpoperinghe, Policy officer-Culture, health and wellbeing, Flanders Region (TBC)
Mikel Ottow, Health and Cultural Consultant, Central Denmark Region (TBC)
Moderated by:
Michele Calabrò, Director, European Regional Health Authorities (EUREGHA)
Kornelia Kiss, Head of Culture and Health, Culture Action Europe
This online webinar is part of the ongoing efforts of the CultureAndHealth Platform, a four-year initiative co-funded by the European Union and coordinated by Culture Action Europe, in partnership with EUREGHA. The platform supports over 200 emerging artists across Europe working at the intersection of culture, health, care, education, and the social sectors.
In case you have any questions, please contact the EUREGHA Secretariat at the following address angela.fayosmartinez@euregha.net.