Health Strategy

Over the past years the European Commission has been developing a new European Health Strategy, which will be adopted by the end of 2007. This new Strategy will provide a strategic framework spanning core issues in health, as well as health in all policies, and global health issues. The aim of the strategy is to set clear objectives to guide future work on health at the European level. Stakeholders were given the opportunity to contribute to the development of the health strategy through a discussion document, which focused mainly on practical issues regarding the definition of objectives, priorities and implementation of mechanisms.

To read the ERS contribution to the Health Strategy, please  click here.

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Public Health Programme

The Second Programme of Community Action in the Field of Health 2008-2013 will come into force on 1st January 2008. This follows the First Programme of Community Action in the Field of Public Health (2003-2008), which financed over 300 projects and other actions.

The objectives are:

• improve citizens' health security;
• promote health, including the reduction of health inequalities;
• generate and disseminate health information and knowledge.

    Participation criteria:

• Member States
• EFTA/EEA countries (under conditions of EEA agreement)

In accordance with bilateral or multilateral agreements:

• Candidate and accession countries
• European Neighbourhood Policy countries
• Western Balkans included in the stabilisation and association process

• International co-operation with third countries and relevant international organisations, for example OECD and WHO

The financial envelope for the programme is EUR 321 500 000

 (source: DG SANCO)