European Implementation

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European Implementation

• Caroline Costongs
• EuroHealthNet

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Overview

• Summary Healthy Ageing through EU Policies and
  programmes
• Discussion What can we realistically do to
  advance European implementation?

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Lisbon Strategy

• More growth and social cohesion by 2010
• Healthy Life Years as structural indicator

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Lisbon Strategy OMC

• Open Method of Coordination (OMC) for social
  protection
• MS reports (2006-2008) on
• Part 1 Promoting social inclusion and fighting
  poverty
• Part 2 Safe pensions
• Part 3 Sustainable health long term care
• by promoting healthy and active lifestyles
• Potential to advocate for Healthy Ageing
  strategies

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OMC useful tool for implementation?

• What is really happening in countries as a result
  of OMC - implementation gap
• Trends in inequality, poverty and exclusion at EU
  level show little change over the past years
• OMC recognised as driving policy priorities in MS
• Public Health and health promotion actors should
  become more involved!

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OMC what can we do?

• Get engaged at national level i.e.
• gather information and analyse NAP
• ensure visibility of OMC in the health field
• brief colleagues, get supporters
• develop a submission to the light update of the
  national report (September 2007)
• make contacts with government officials
• Find out possibilities for input to EC Joint
  Report for Spring summit 2007

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Other EU policy process

• Structural funds (2007-2013) no link with NAPS
• National strategic reference frameworks per
  country
• socio-economic measures to support regional
  development (incl. health)
• Find out! in particular CEE countries
• Communication on Demographic Change (2006)
• 5 Steps of EU and MS to respond to ageing
• Improving public health for higher and longer
  work productivity (no health promotion narrow
  approach)
• Bi-Annual fora on Europes Demographic Future

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EU Health Strategy

• SANCO is working on a new health strategy for
  adoption in Summer 2007.
• Core health issues
• Health in all policies
• Global health
• Drafting a response using healthy ageing
  recommendations
• Deadline response 12 February 2007

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EU Action Programmes2007 2013

• Funding opportunities for Healthy Ageing
• PROGRESS for employment and social solidarity
  (2007-2013 / 700 million).
• Research FP 7 (20072013 / 628 million for
  health for 2007). Call for proposals on
  22-12-06. Deadline mid April.
• Public Health (2007-2013 / 365 million). Active
  Ageing is cross-cutting theme.
• Life-long Learning programme (7 billion)

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Progress

• 5 sections
• Employment
• Social protection and inclusion
• Working conditions
• Anti discrimination and diversity
• Gender equality

Activities such as Building networks to
encourage mutual learning, exchange of good
practice Call for proposals in Spring
2007 Co-funding up to 80
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Proposals for European implementation

• Explore input opportunities in OMC at European
  and national level (guidelines)
• Advocate for healthy ageing in Demography
  process liaise with AGE
• Draft response for health strategy
• Explore opportunities for an EU bid on healthy
  ageing
• Disseminate recommendations short version of
  report to European Institutions and networks.
• Organise the final event on Healthy ageing in
  Brussels (late June 2007)

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Discussion