Entitled “Citizen in the centre in the EU”, the event was financed partly by the European Commission and partly by the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports of The Netherlands.
EPHA, the Netherlands Institute for Care and Welfare (NZIW) and the Social Work Advisory Board (RPSP) in Slovakia co-organised the event.
The aim of the event was to build up the capacity of NGOs in Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland and Romania on networking and participation in decision-making processes in EU level.
The event covered the following topics:
Private and public partnership, the EU perspective of NGO definition.
Quality standards, Spanish experience.
The EU in general and EU public health policy.
The European Public Health Alliance - the advocacy
network on public health in EU.
The EU directive on services.
Global developments and the role of NGOs.
Interactive methods were used and the participants had the opportunity to share their experiences and to establish mutual cooperation between the organisations.
At the end of the conference the participants agreed that this process should continue and asked for a follow up capacity building event focusing on advocacy and legislative proceses in the EU instituions.
The report of the conference will be published in nearest future.
The presentations of the conference can be downloaded below.
