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European Public Health Alliance

A network of 85 non governmental and not-for-profit organisations across Europe working on health and health-related issues

Our mission is to improve the health of European citizens and to increase their participation in EU policy-making

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How does EPHA work?

Advocacy Information exchange Membership services Lobbying Networking Tracking policy issues Representation of NGO and citizen

interests

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How is responsibility for health issues covered at EU level?

DG Health and Consumer Protection DG Environment DG Employment and Social Affairs DG Internal Market DG Competition DG Agriculture DG Development DG Education and Culture

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How is responsibility for health issues covered at EU level? Part II

DG Trade DG Research DG Information Society DG Transport DG Enterprise DG Tax and Customs European Medicines Evaluation Agency

(EMEA)

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Health in the European Parliament

Committees Environment, Public Health and Consumer

affairs (ENVI) Industry, External Trade, Research and

Energy (ITRE) Legal Affairs and Internal Market (JURI) Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)

Inter-group on health

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DG Trade dialogue process

Informal exchange with key partners : industry, NGOs, trade bodies

Shared ownership of the process by a contact group (agenda setting, calendar, topics)

Update with information from specific trade negotiators

Commission facilitation (travel costs)

Mixed results : technical issues not easily understood, continuity of involvement needed

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DG SANCO dialogue

Virtual Forum : internet based, all contributions listed

Health Policy Forum: 45 invited stakeholders from industry, trade unions, professionals, patients, NGOs

Open Forum : large open information exchange and discussion event

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Commission’s initiative on governance

Wide participation Openness and accountability:

What issues are being developed Who is consulted and why? What mechanisms are being used?

Effectiveness: start early and continue throughout, be an appropriate to the policy

Coherence: consistency and transparency Feedback: contributions should be

acknowledged

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Commission initiative on governance II

Minimum standards for consultation Clear structure/content: timing, contact

details, documentation, scope of process Consultation target groups

those affected by the policy, implementing groups, wider policy impact, specific expertise

all sections of the community are represented

Publication: awareness raising, visibility

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Goals for EPHA

Campaign to change the EU Treaty to strengthen the competence on public health.

Promoting healthy public policies throughout EU activities

EU health policies to be based on the highest common denominator rather than lowest.

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European Public Health Alliance

33 Rue de Pascale

B-1040 Brussels

Belgium

Tel : +32-2 230 30 56

Fax : +32-2 233 38 80

epha@epha.org

www.epha.org