Last updated: 17 July 2007

President’s Message

Dear EFN Members and Colleagues,


EFN has had a very busy month monitoring the many issues and challenges facing nursing in the European arena.

Our work continues to gather momentum particularly in the areas of health and education and EFN has made many inroads in the European political debate.

 

However, this month we face more serious human rights issues which we, as nurses, members of national associations and members of EFN cannot ignore. Our Bulgarian nursing and medical colleagues are still facing the death sentence in Libya despite the evidence against them being discounted. Our Polish nursing colleagues had to take their action to the public arena in pursuit of better pay and conditions, negotiations having failed.

 

EFN has and will continue to advocate on their behalf and urges its members and their associations to lend their voice and influence to the efforts to ensure justice.

 

 Annette Kennedy
 EFN President

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17 July 2007


News from EFN

 

“Healthy Ageing – a Challenge for Europe”

The EFN participated in the Concluding Conference of the Healthy Ageing three years Project (2004-2007), held in Brussels, on 26 June 2007, which highlighted the importance of healthy ageing in Europe and debated on how to achieve effective implementation of healthy ageing strategies at European, national and local levels, and how to put the Project results and recommendations into actions, as one third of Europe’s population will be aged 60 years and over, by 2025. A report entitled “Healthy Ageing – a Challenge for Europe” presenting an overview of interventions on ageing and health, with recommendations to decision makers, NGOs and practitioners on how to get into action to promote healthy ageing among the growing number of older people; and the different countries’ policies/strategies for older people’s health, was presented.

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News from the EU

 

Portuguese EU Presidency 2007

On 1st July Portugal took over the EU Presidency from Germany. The Portuguese Presidency has set an ambitious agenda, calling an Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) for 23 July to provide a new Treaty for Europe to be adopted at the October EU summit. Concerning Health, the Portuguese Presidency decided to focus mainly on health promotion, disease prevention, access to healthcare and innovation. The main initiative of this Presidency in this field will be the conference on the topic “Health and Migration in the EU”, which is aiming to mobilise Member States, national and international organizations, and NGOs to discuss and work on proposals of intervention strategies and policies, in order to promote health, prevent disease and improve the access to healthcare by migrants. The Portuguese Presidency will also focus on issues, such as: EU Health Strategy, HIV/AIDS, and Health Systems Impact Assessments.


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European Research Area

Following the Green Paper on the European Research Area (ERA), the European Commission has launched a consultation on what should be done to create a unified and attractive European Research Area to fulfil the needs and expectations of the scientific community, business and citizens. The European Commission invites every citizen and stakeholders to participate in this consultation by answering a questionnaire, by 31 August 2007. The results will be used by the European Commission to support proposals, to be published in 2008, for the future development of the European Research Area (ERA).