Markos Kyprianou

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DG SANCO - HEALTH
PRIORITES

• Protecting and improving
• Public health
• Ensuring and promoting food safety
• Protecting the health of animals plants
• Promoting the humane treatment of animals

Markos Kyprianou Commissioner for Health
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Public Health core activities

• The EU aims to
• Deliver a high level of health protection
• Promote healthier lifestyles
• Respond to disease outbreaks
• Encourage member state co-operation on health
• Provide accurate health information and data
• Invest to tackle health inequalities
• Combat smoking through legislation and campaigns
• Deliver quality standards for blood, tissues, and
  cells

Public Health
Enabling good health for all
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Where we are!
Stockholm ECDC
DG SANCO Brussels - Luxembourg
Luxembourg PHEA
Grange FVO
Parma EFSA
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Health Challenges and EU Action
Health investments through Structural Funds etc
Projects funded Cross-sectoral work
Health information and Health Portal
Interactions with WHO
ECDC Organ Donation
White paper on Nutrition Communication on
Alcohol Tobacco control strategy
Pharmaceutical Forum
Health Services Initiative
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Principles for the Strategy

• 1 a Value-Driven approach
• Health as a Fundamental Right
• Engaging with Citizens, improving information
  and data, equity, solidarity, etc...
• 2 Health is Wealth
• HLY in the Lisbon Agenda
• Recognising the economic benefits of cost-
  effective health investments
• 3 Health in All Policies
• Bilateral work with (e.g.) Regional Policy on
  Health Investments, Employment on healthy
  workplaces, Enterprise on innovation
• Encouraging new partnerships at all levels
• 4 Global Health
• Strengthening EUs voice on global stage
• Tackling shared issues such as pandemic,
  climate change

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Strategic Objectives for the Strategy

• 1 Support HEALTHY AGEING through a lifecycle
  approach and reduce inequities in health
• 2 Protect citizens from THREATS TO HEALTH such
  as climate change
• 3 Support a sustainable future for health and
  health systems through NEW TECHNOLOGIES

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ImplementationStructured Cooperation Mechanism

• Together for Health needs to be implemented by
  all players in partnership
• New mechanism will
• - develop guidelines and exchange good
  practice
• - report and make recommendations
• - agree indicators and measure progress
• Accompanied by
• Review of existing mechanisms and bodies and a
  fresh look at involvement of other stakeholders

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Health Programme 2008-2013

• Objectives
• Improve citizens' health security
• Promote health including the reduction of
  health inequalities
• Generate and disseminate health information and
  knowledge
• In line with overall Community objectives of
  Prosperity, Solidarity and Security

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Wider participationin the Programme

• Participating countries
• Member States and EEA countries
• European Neighbourhood Policy countries
• International organisations
• Stakeholders
• Work plans developed in full consultation with
  stakeholders
• Partnership approach with new actors at local and
  regional level among wider civil society

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Greater range of financing mechanisms

• Cofinancing an action intended to achieve a
  Programme objective (up to 60 of project costs).
  
• Cofinancing the operational costs of a
  non-government organisation or a specialised
  network (up to 60 of eligible costs).
• Joint financing a public body or non-government
  organisation by the Community and one or more
  Member States (up to 50 of costs).
• Joint actions with other Community programmes.
• Greater use of calls for tender