The Co-chairs of the European Parliament Interest Group on Carers and the Interest Group on Mental Health, Well-being and Brain Disorders, the Board of Eurocarers and the Board of GAMIAN-Europe organized a joint meeting, which took place on 12th January at the European Parliament in Brussels. EBC was represented at the meeting by a Senior Public Affairs Manager Tadeusz Hawrot. The [...]

On the 8th of January 2016, the European Brain Council (EBC) brought together all the relevant stakeholders in the brain field for an Expert Workshop discussing the upcoming project, “The Value of Treatment for brain disorders”. The project, set to be officially launched on the 27th January 2016, aims to explore the effectiveness and sustainability of a coordinated health care [...]

This time of year provides us with an excellent opportunity to look back on the year elapsed as well as to plan ahead for the year to come. We have been extremely pleased within EBC to conduct landmark activities that have confirmed the organisation as the recognised and trusted partner to the institutions that it is and must be. This [...]

As the year finishes, the European Brain Council takes up the opportunity to look back and assess some of its most successful recent initiatives. High among them was the Year of the Brain (YotB) campaign. The YotB aimed to promote the importance of brain research, raise awareness of the challenges faced by those living with a brain condition, foster education [...]

In response to the EBC Call to Action for developing an EU-wide Strategy for Brain Disorders, the Parliamentary Magazine devoted two articles to support this initiative in its November issue. Professor David Nutt, the President of the European Brain Council (EBC), writes in his piece that brain health must be at heart of Europe 2020 strategy, arguing that a healthy [...]

The European Brain Council (EBC) concluded its Year of the Brain campaign with a multi-stakeholder conference titled ‘Lifting the Dark Clouds: What can Europe do to Reduce the Burden of Depression in the Workplace’. The event was organised on 9 December in Brussels, Belgium, and was attended by key representatives of patient organisations, European Union (EU) institutions, academia and pharmaceutical [...]

On the 10th November the European Animal Research Association (EARA) published a Statement on behalf of leading biomedical research organisations, learned societies, industry representatives, universities and patient groups in Europe in support of the Directive 2010/63/EU. The use of animals in research has facilitated major breakthroughs in medicine which have transformed human and animal health. This Statement supports research using animals where alternative [...]

On 9th December, the European Brain Council- in collaboration with its partners, organized a conference entitled ‘Lifting the Dark Clouds: What can Europe do to Reduce the Burden of Depression in the Workplace?’. The event was held at the Thon EU Hotel in Brussels, Belgium. Depression has a substantial impact on the workforce in terms of presenteeism, sick leave and early [...]

On 7th December 2015, Luxembourg, the current holder of the EU’s rotating presidency, unveiled its long-awaited Council Conclusions on personalized medicine. While these are recommendations and invitations to Member States to act in certain areas –and thereby carry little political weight-, they were welcomed by many as a significant step forward in pushing the agenda in this new field. The [...]

On 1st December 2015, United4Health and the European Health Telematics Association (EHTEL) organized a workshop on “eHealth in Europe: Reality and challenges ahead” at the European Parliament in Brussels. The workshop was chaired by MEP Eva Kaili, Vice-Chair of the EP scientific foresight unit (STOA), and brought together European, National and Regional eHealth Stakeholders and Policy Makers to discuss what [...]