On the 24th of February 2016, the Members of the European Parliament Interest Group on Brain, Mind and Pain met together to discuss “Neurological and Chronic Pain Disorders at Work”. The meeting was chaired by MEP Jeroen Lenaers. Click here to download the Agenda for the event. For more information visit the website.

The EBC held the 1st Meeting of its Board and Industry Board in 2016 in Brussels on 17th and 18th February. On this occasion, delegates from EBC’s member organisations and industry partners discussed the ongoing activities and plans for the months to come. In regard to EBC’s Governance arising from the new Statutes approved in November 2015, elections were organized for [...]

“Healthcare in Europe: the challenge of sustainability and innovation” On the 17th of February, the 2nd plenary session of the European Health Parliament 2016 titled “Healthcare in Europe: the challenge of sustainability and innovation” took place at the European Parliament. MEP Giovanni La Via and MEP Philippe de Backer co-hosted the session, being accompanied by MEP Eva Kaili and MEP Karin [...]

On 16th February 2016, the European Parliament Science and Technology Options Assessment Panel (STOA) pannel in cooperation with the European Brain Council organised a 'Working Breakfast - A European Approach to Human Enhancement'  at the European Parliament. The meeting was organised in the framework of EU funded project NERRI (Neuro-Enhancement: Responsible Research and Innovation). Meeting report Paul Rübig MEP, STOA Chair [...]

On Thursday 4th February, the Joint Action CHRODIS held its 2nd General Assembly for all Partners as well as Advisory Board and Governing Board members which was held in Madrid, Spain. The 3rd Stakeholders’ Forum took place in parallel with the GA. The meeting discussed how JA-CHRODIS promotes the exchange and transfer of good practices in Europe. CHRODIS aims to emphasize the [...]

The European Brain Council (EBC) held a kick-off meeting for its project on the Value of Treatment for Brain Disorders (VoT) on 27 January, at the University Foundation in Brussels. Find the VoT presentation leaflet here. And the Vot discussion paper brochure here. Why is VoT important? Opening the event, EBC's President David Nutt explained the Value of Treatment proposes "an in depth [...]

‘Together Under the Umbrella’ is an innovative European campaign to be launched during Brain Awareness Week. Aiming to educate society on the range of brain disorders and the number of people affected and to raise awareness of the impact and prevalence of these conditions. The colourful website is a hub featuring information, resources and ideas of ways to get involved. [...]

In December 2015, the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) launched a Call for Proposals followed by a number of webinars on each topic of the upcoming IMI 2 7th and 8th Calls for proposals, as well as one webinar deemed to provide a better understanding of IMI's rules and procedures. Those webinars were launched on the 11th of January 2016 with the last [...]

The Final Conference of the Joint Action on Mental Health and Wellbeing was held on the 21-22nd January 2016 at the Flemish Parliament building in the centre of Brussels. Mary Baker, President of EBC 2010-2013, chaired a panel on 'Future challenges in Mental Health: the perspective of international and professional organisations.' Since the Joint Action started in February 2013, national [...]