National Brain Councils & Strategies
Powering Brain Health Across Europe
Across Europe, National Brain Councils (NBCs) are driving change from the ground up — bringing together scientists, clinicians, patients, and industry to speak with one unified voice for brain health. These multidisciplinary platforms are vital to shaping brain-related policies where they matter most: at the national level, where healthcare systems are designed, funded and delivered.
By aligning closely with the European Brain Council while tailoring their work to national needs, NBCs are helping pave the way for ambitious National Brain Strategies — comprehensive plans to tackle the burden brain disorders, neurological and mental alike, promote prevention and improve lives.
This page brings together everything you need to know about NBCs and national strategies: their goals, their structure and how they are turning advocacy into action to improve brain health across Europe.
- National Brain Plans
- National Brain Councils
News Corner
Bulgarian Brain Council Pushes National Plan – Euractiv Article
Bulgaria will establish six high-tech stroke treatment centres in the country’s largest cities to reduce its record-high stroke mortality, with the project to be financed through EU funds under the Recovery Plan, the Sofia [...]
Hellenic Brain Council: 6th Brain and Mind Congress
The 6th Interdisciplinary Conference “Brain & Mind” will be held 18–20 December 2025 at the Book Castle Hall of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Athens. This hybrid-format conference (on-site and online) brings [...]
Spanish Brain Council: EMEA Webinar: “Spanish Brain Plan – Paving the Way for the Brain Economy”
The Euro-Mediterranean Economists Association (EMEA), The Brain Capital Alliance, and The Brain Economy Hub, in collaboration with the Spanish Brain Council, WeMind Cluster, and NeuroCentury, hosted the webinar “Spanish Brain Plan – Paving the [...]
Bulgarian Brain Council: Roundtable on the draft National Plan for Brain Diseases in Bulgaria (2026-2030)
On October 20, 2025 at a round table organized by the Brain Health Council Foundation in partnership with the Bulgarian Medical Association and the Sofia Medical Association, the draft National Plan for Brain Diseases [...]
Spanish Brain Council: Integrating Patients into Research on Brain Health and Disease
On Tuesday, September 23, 2025, at 4:30 PM in Madrid, the Spanish Brain Council and the Ramón Areces Foundation will host a scientific conference on the growing international trend of involving patients and the public [...]
Norwegian Brain Council: The Brain Health Conference 2025
On Thursday, November 6, 2025, the Norwegian Brain Council will host its annual Brain Health Conference, with this year’s theme focusing on brain disease. One in three people in Norway will be affected by [...]
National Overview
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| Gut Leben mit Demenz 2015 |
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Belgian Brain Council |
| Disease-Specific National Strategies |
| Le Programme d’Actions Alzheimer Wallon 2009-2014
Données phares dans les soins de santé: Soins en santé mentale |
| Report a missing strategy |
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Bulgarian Brain Health Council Foundation |
| Disease-Specific National Strategies |
| Report a missing strategy |
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Croatian Brain Council |
| Disease-Specific National Strategies
Strategic Framework for the Development of Mental Health until 2030 |
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| Disease-Specific National Strategies |
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| Disease-Specific National Strategies
National Action Plan for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Illnesses |
| Report a missing strategy |
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Danish Brain Council |
| Disease-Specific Plans
National Action Plan on Dementia 2025 National Strategy on Dementia 2010-2014 Strengthening mental health care: Recommendations for a 10-year action plan in Denmark
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Finnish Brain Council |
| National Brain Plan |
| Finnish National Brain Health Programme (English) |
| Disease-Specific National Strategies |
| National Mental Health Strategy and Programme for Suicide Prevention 2020–2030 |
| Report a missing strategy |
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French Brain Council |
| Disease-Specific National Strategies |
| Report a missing strategy |
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German Brain Council |
| National Brain Plan |
| National Brain Health Strategy (German) |
| Disease-Specific National Strategies |
| Geschäftsstelle Nationale Demenzstrategie (German) |
| Report a missing strategy |
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Hellenic Brain Council |
| Disease-Specific National Strategies |
| National Dementia Strategy |
| Report a missing strategy |
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Irish Brain Council |
| Disease-Specific National Strategies |
| National Stroke Strategy 2022-2027 |
| Report a missing strategy |
| National Brain Plan |
| Strategia Italiana per la Salute del Cervello 2024-2031 (Italian) |
| Disease-Specific National Strategies |
| National Dementia Strategy |
| Report a missing strategy |
| Disease-Specific National Strategies |
| Towards a Dementia Strategy: Situation Analysis and Public Awareness 2021 (Work in Progress) |
| Report a missing strategy |
| National Brain Plan |
| The Netherlands Brain Initiative |
| Disease-Specific National Strategies |
| National Dementia Plan |
| Report a missing strategy |
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Norwegian Brain Council |
| National Brain Plan |
| National Brain Health Strategy (Norwegian) |
| Disease-Specific National Strategies |
| 2025 National Dementia Plan (Norwegian) |
| Report a missing strategy |
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Mental Power Foundation |
| National Brain Plan |
| Polish Brain Plan (Polish) |
| Disease-Specific National Strategies |
| Report a missing strategy |
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Portuguese Brain Council |
| Disease-Specific National Strategies |
| Health Strategy for Dementia
National Plan of Mental Health: National Coordination for Mental Health |
| Report a missing strategy |
| Disease-Specific National Strategies |
| Resolution on the National Mental Health Programme 2018–2028 |
| Report a missing strategy |
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Spanish Brain Council |
| National Brain Plan |
| Spanish Brain Plan (Spanish) |
| Disease-Specific National Strategies |
| Spain Dementia Strategy (2019-2023) |
| Report a missing strategy |
Swedish Brain Foundation |
| National Brain Plan |
| Swedish Brain Plan (Swedish) |
| Disease-Specific National Strategies |
| Every Day Counts: National Dementia Strategy 2025–2028 (Swedish)
It’s about life – national strategy in the field of mental health and suicide prevention (Swedish) |
| Report a missing strategy |
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Swiss Brain Health Plan |
| National Brain Plan |
| Swiss Brain Health Plan (English) |
| Disease-Specific National Strategies |
| Report a missing strategy |
