“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 [...]

‘Better research for better health’: A holistic approach to challenges & opportunities At the end of its first year, the Scientific Panel for Health presented its initial findings at a public conference which was held on 21 January 2016. One of EBC's main objectives is to promote research on brain disorders in order to better understand  the healthy and diseased brain. The [...]

ROAMER, an EU funded project endorsed by EBC, published a new video calling for help to increase research in mental health. WATCH THE VIDEO HERE. ROAMER is a three-year project funded by the European Commission, under the Seventh Framework Programme, to create a coordinated road map for the promotion and integration of mental health and well-being research across Europe, based [...]

On 19th and 20th January, United4Health and the European Health Telematics Association (EHTEL) co-organized a ‘Joint Digital Healthcare Symposium’ with a subtitle: ‘Our Digital Health: … is everyone ready?’. The event took place at the Stanhope Hotel in Brussels, Belgium. "Our Digital Health: ... is everyone ready?" The Joint Digital Healthcare Symposium convened the Thought Leading European eHealth community to [...]