Workshops

The purpose of the workshop is to highlight current and new approaches to the treatment of brain diseases, including diagnosis and rehabilitation. The panel of expert speakers will address both clinical and policy issues through an exploration of the following topics: neurological disorders, dementia, stroke, framework conditions for tackling brain diseases in Europe: The importance and scope for dialogue and co-operation between scientists, industry and society will also be explored.

The workshop aimed to highlight the relationship between cardiovascular diseases and a number of lifestyle choices. The workshop was divided into two parts: the first part covered the most up-to-date scientific, medical and socio-economic research assessing the effects of lifestyle choices on CVDs. The second part provided an outline of the EU’s current policy and advocacy programme and activities landscape.

The digitalisation of medicine allows the comparison of disease progression or treatment responses from patients worldwide. However, digitalisation is going on in each sector of the economy and it has been put at the core of the EU activities, particularly through the Digital Single Market Strategy (DSM) (COM (2015) 192 final), which is one of European Commission’s 10 priorities.

Health systems contribute to preserving and restoring good health of the EU population. They also enable people to live independently through the provision of social care services. The health care sector also plays an important role in the overall economy: it accounts for 8% of the total European workforce and for 8.5% of GDP in the European Union. The sector contributes to economic prosperity through improving labour market participation and productivity .

The aim of the workshop is to feed into the debate and help prepare the EP position on the Commission proposal on post 2020 CO2 emission targets for cars and vans (COM (2017) 676) . It will try to answer among other the following questions:

The workshop aims to inform the Members of the AFET and ENVI Committees and all participants about the state of play on climate diplomacy. The workshop will provide insights from experts and give the opportunity to reflect on the role the EU wants to play on climate diplomacy. The workshop is hosted by MEPs Jo LEINEN and Arne LIETZ, co-rapporteurs of the EP own initiative report on climate diplomacy.

The third EU Health Programme (2014-2020) is relatively minor in terms of magnitude, but it has a significant impact on the work done by public health practitioners across the EU. It achieves certain, albeit modest, global resonance that is important for its recognition. The programme is instrumental in creating and maintaining a strong professional public health community at European level that finds it natural to exchange knowledge and experience.

Complementary and alternative therapies do constitute a part of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). CAM is now used by every other citizen of the European Union (EU) because more people are seeking natural and gentler treatments, increasingly supporting integration of CAM within existing healthcare systems. This increased demand seems to create a favorable position for CAM within this area. However, CAM practice and its application is different across the continent.

The ENVI workshop aims to inform the Members of the ENVI Committee and all participants on the implementation of LIFE programme 2014-2020 and the first results of its integrated projects. The workshop will answer the question on how the new edition of LIFE is contributing to the achievement of environmental protection and climate change targets in the most effective way. Future funding opportunities and environmental topics to be covered by the LIFE Programme up to 2020 will be also presented.

Immune system disorders cause abnormally low activity or over activity of the immune system. In cases of immune system over activity, the body attacks and damages its own tissues (autoimmune diseases). The scope of the workshop is to get an answer to questions such as: Why does somebody's immune system start attacking its own health cells? How much is this related to modern way of living? What are the causes? Do we talk enough about AID?