Public Health Executive Agency and Public Health Program

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Public Health Executive Agency andPublic Health
Program

• Vaida Bankauskaite
• PHEA
• Oslo, 30th August

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PHEA key facts and figures

• Lifetime 1/1/2005 31/12/2010
• Located in Luxembourg
• Staff /- 32
• Annual budget /- 5.6 M
• Budget for projects in 2006 /- 40 M
• Director
• Steering Committee
• PHEA the smallest among three Executive Agencies

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PHEA will

• Implement the Public Health Programme
• Manage the projects and events organised under
  the PHP
• Disseminate the know-how and best practices
• Foster exchange and co-ordination between all
  players involved and with other
• Community and national activities
• Feed back projects results to DG SANCO policy
  makers and help improve the programme

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Distinct Responsibilities

• Commission
• Set priorities in annual Public Health work
  programmes
• Liaise with Member States
• Executive Agency
• Launch calls for proposals and tenders
• Improve efficiency of management and dissemination

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but close collaboration

• Steering committee meetings
• Regular liaison meetings
• Regular meetings at technical level
• Mutual participation in evaluation committees

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Timeline
Move to new premises
Decision to set up PHEA
Responsibility for programme
Administrative and financial autonomy
2005 Preparatory phase
2006 Start-up phase
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2006 towards autonomy (1)

• Finalise and activate the administrative
  structures and procedures
• Staff, project officers (8)
• Health threats
• Health information
• Health determinants

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2006 towards autonomy (2)

• Gradual take-over of operational tasks
• 2006 Call for Proposals
• Managing some of the running projects
• Setting up National Focal Points Network
• Publication and dissemination tasks
• Organising technical meetings

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Call for proposals 2006

• DG SANCO
• launching of the Call (drafting, approval,
  publication, information)
• PHEA
• processing and assessment of the proposals (in
  close co-operation with DG SANCO)
• PHEA follow-up of the outcomes of the CfP
• negotiating, finalising and signing grant
  agreements
• managing the projects

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Selection process

• Deadline for submission 19 May 2006
• Analysis of exclusion criteria
• Not excluded proposals Excluded
  proposals
• Analysis of selection criteria
• Selected Proposals Not selected
  proposals

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Evaluation process 2006(1)

• Individual evaluations by
• Two external evaluators (28)
• One internal evaluator (SANCO)
• Consensus evaluation
• Chaired by PHEA staff
• Criteria
• Methodology, relevance to PHP, Community added
  value, project management

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Evaluation process 2006 (2)

• Verification of the legal status of the applicant
• Assessment of the financial capacity of the
  applicant
• Assessment of the operational capacity of the
  applicant

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Award procedure

• Analysis of award criteria
• Proposals recommended for funding
• Funded high scores
• Reserve list lower scores
• Proposals not recommended for funding

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Evaluation outcomes (1)

• Total of 281 applications were received
• Health determinants (141)
• Health information (122)
• Health Threads (18)
• Organizations of applications
• NGOs (107)
• Academic organizations (56)
• Public bodies (47)
• Governmental organizations (41)
• Commercial organizations (15)
• International organizations (9)

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Evaluation outcomes (2)

• Total of 250 projects were evaluated
• Approx 64 projects were recommended for funding,
  for a total
• Approx 36.60 million
• Health information
• Health Determinants
• Health Threats

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Challenges of evaluation

• Evaluation process
• Measurement of the impact of PH interventions
• Appropriateness of methodology
• Continuity of the projects or new projects

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PHP Priority areas for 2006

• Health Information (definition of indicators,
  collection of data, exchange of best practice)
• eHealth, HIA, HTA, ECHI
• Health Determinants
• Link actions to policy priorities
• Address children and young people
• Health Threats
• Influenza pandemic
• Health security
• Safety of blood and tissues

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Useful information

• PHP
• http//ec.europa.eu/health/ph_overview/pgm2007_201
  3_en.htm
• PHEA
• http//ec.europa.eu/health/ph_programme/agency/age
  ncy_en.htm
• Call for Proposals
• http//ec.europa.eu/health/ph_programme/howtoapply
  /call_for_propal_en.htm

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• Thank you!
• Vaida.bankauskaite_at_ec.europa.eu