Documents

2023

• “From Birth to Booster and Beyond: Optimizing Immunization Services”, published on November 2023. The recommendations featured in this position paper are based on insights shared by members of the Strengthening the childhood immunization pathway (SCIP) Advisory Group, composed by indipendent key opinion leaders, with expertise in pediatric clinical practice, behavioral psychology, and research in the fields of immunology and vaccine confidence. The ACN’ Director was involved in the pre-publishing discussion. To download click here.
• “Advancing Vaccination Equity in Europe”. A report, published in April 2023, on the essential strategies for advancing vaccination equity in Europe. Delve into the importance of targeting vulnerable populations experiencing poverty and social exclusion to reverse the decline in vaccination uptake across the continent. Featuring case studies from France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK, this report highlights three key priorities for EU and national efforts: improved data collection incorporating social determinants, enhanced access through community pharmacies and mobile clinics, and fostering trust via co-created community solutions. The ACN’ Director was involved in the activity by Business Fights Poverty.

2022

• “Vaccine-preventable respiratory diseases, challenges and recommendations for the future”. In recent years, respiratory diseases have become one of the most important health challenges of the modern world. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) was pointing to this urgent health problem and calling for long-term strategies to combat these diseases. Click here to download the document produced by ACN’ historical poland partner Instutute for Patients Rights & Health Education, titled “Vaccine-Preventable Respiratory Diseases - Challenges And Recommendations For The Future” report. IPPEZ. Warsaw, November 2022. The document hosts also the contribution “Why we must address vaccine-preventable lung infections this winter”, drafted by the ACN’ Director.
• “Diagnosis and treatment pathway for covid-19 patient in Poland”. We are convinced that the discussion around COVID-19 will continue in the coming years - also in terms of access to new therapies. Developing optimal solutions for the diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19 patients is crucial from a social, systemic and ethical perspective. Click here to download the document produced by ACN’ historical poland partner Instutute for Patients Rights & Health Education, titled “Diagnosis and treatment pathway for covid-19 patient in Poland”.
• “Commission Staff Working Document”. This document accompanies the report on the implementation of the third Programme for the Union’s action in the field of health in 2020, presenting critical results achieved for activities that were co-funded under the Programme in previous years through grants and service contracts, including the project AHEAD that builds knowledge and evidence on medical deserts for which Cittadinanzattiva represents Italy. For the download, click here.
• "Participation of Children and Teenagers in Public Safety”. This document produced by EENA, Cittadinanzattiva’s partner on the ENGAGE project, explores what else can be done to involve children more actively in public safety and cites Cittadinanzattiva’s investigation to understand how the pandemic changed schools and created materials to promote resilience in the face of disasters in schools. For the download, click here.

2020

• “Hera Group Sustainability Report 2020”. This report provides the principles guiding the Hera Group’s actions, the performance achieved, the objectives reached compared to stated and future objectives, and the results of dialogue with stakeholders and projects in the field. For the download, click here.
• “Circular Economy in Italy”. The present study provides a framework of the Italian water supply landscape— for which CIttadinanzattiva’s Prices and Fees Observatory provided its data— focusing on clean and safe technology and water resource recovery. It gives insight into Dutch companies’ innovation in business opportunities, favourable legislative conditions, relevant stakeholders and leading players to further improve the Dutch presence in the market and Dutch-Italian collaborations. For the download, click here.

2019

• “Interdependence between mountain forests and freshwater provision”. This report analyses the relationship between forests, the water cycle, and their interdependent nature. It provides clarification on the role forests play in the protection of water resources, focusing specifically on the Alpin regions (France, Switzerland, Italy. Austria, Germany and Slovenia) and, for the Italian case, cites data acquired through a survey by the Observatory prices and rates” of Cittadinanzattiva. For the download, click here.
• “Two years in Public Accounts: the work of the CPI Observatory from 2017 to 2019”. This volume collects some of the Observatory’s results on Italian Public Accounts of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan. The goal is to disseminate information on Italian public finance by addressing a public that is not just that of “experts”. For the download, click here (IT).

2017

• “European Parliament Resolution of 2 March 2017 on EU options for improving access to medicines”. The document recognizes the value of citizens’ initiatives, such as the European Charter of Patients’ Rights and the European Patients’ Rights Day and invites the Commission to institutionalize the European Patients’ Rights Day at local, national and EU level. For the download, click here.
• “Female labour supply and childcare in Italy”, a Technical Report by the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Commission’s science and knowledge service. In the document you can find, as a source of information, data on kindergartens coming from the Prices and Fees Observatory of Cittadinanzattiva. For the download, click here.
• “Primary Health Care Quality in Italy: a literature overview”. This literature review presents results of primary care since the year 2000 as a contribution to the European project MOCHA (Models of Child Health Appraised), covering International and national publications and various projects designed to enhance the quality of care and the culture of performance evaluation in primary care. For the download, click here.
• “Cross-border health care and European Union law. This book examines the Cross-Border Care Directive by exploring its rationale and its impact on solidarity and equal access in the Member States; explaining legal issues regulated by the directive, such as quality of care, reimbursement issues, the use of the internet in healthcare, as well as examining the broader context, i.e., the relationship with professional mobility and even the global setting of patient mobility. To download the book, here.

2015

• “European Parliament Resolution of 19 May 2015 on safer healthcare in Europe: improving patient safety and fighting antimicrobial resistance”. The document recognizes the value of citizens’ initiatives, such as the European Charter of Patients’ Rights and the European Patients’ Rights Day and invites the Commission and the Member States to support the European Patients’ Rights Day at local, national and EU level. For the download, click here.
• “Identification of skill and competency needs in the home care sector”. Deliverable realized along 2016 in the framework of the EU CARESS Project. This project has received funding from Erasmus+, the European Union programme for Education, Training, Youth and Sport for 2014-2020. In the document you can find data of Cittadinanzattiva’s survey on integrated care, carried out in Italy in 2006. For the download, click here.
• “When rationing plays a role: selection criteria in the Italian early childcare system”. This study explores the impact of selection criteria on the costs and benefits of early childcare for mothers’ employment, child development, and municipalities’ revenues by exploiting the selection criteria of different Italian municipalities in assigning childcare slots for which Cittadinanzattiva provided its data. For the download, click here, here and here.
• “Evaluative study on the cross-border healthcare Directive Final Report”. The study analysed the functioning of the Directive 2011/24/EU on the application of patient’s rights in cross-border healthcare using several evaluative questions grouped according to three main areas: reimbursement of cross-border healthcare, quality and safety of cross-border healthcare, and undue delay. For the download, click here.

2014

• “Governance and Public Management: Strategic Foundations for Volatile Times”, a book in which you can find data on water coming from the Prices and Fees Observatory of Cittadinanzattiva and published in Italy in 2013. To know more, click here.
• "Our idea of Europe" is the Manifesto/appeal that Cittadinanzattiva submitted last May 2014 to the attention of the candidates to the European Parliament Elections in 2014. Read more. For the download, click here.
• “Civil Society Monitoring on the Implementation of the National Roma Integration Strategy in Italy in 2012 and 2013”. The present report aimed at developing civil society monitoring reports on the implementation of National Roma Integration Strategies (NRIS) and Decade of Roma Inclusion National Action Plans, intending to present integrative and alternative information to those submitted by State parties to the European Commission on the implementation of the NRIS, channelling local knowledge and data gathered from the point of view of civil society organisations. For the download, click here.

2013

• “Primary care in Italy: towards care and assistance horizons, 2013 report”. In this report, in collaboration with Cittadinanzattiva-ACN, the ISTUD FOUNDATION Health department and VAlue GovernANCE analysed the reorganisation of primary care after the “Balduzzi decree” in Italy and surveyed citizens and health professionals. The research examined the state of health planning, undertaken actions and those planned by the individual Regions and discovered the point of view of health professionals and citizens on the inherent issues. For the download, click click here (IT).
• "How to manage a Citizen Advisory Center on Public Services and Health. Practical Handbook for active citizens". The handbook is written by Cittadinanzattiva to formalize ideas, principles, procedures and actions supporting the work of citizens engaged in civic participation and rights’ protection, which took place in Colombia through the project “Derechos y Desarrollo”. Read more and download the handbook, the final report and the synthesis. 
• "Encuesta sobre riesgos de corrupción en el sector salud en Colombia". Download the Report and the summary.
• "Riesgos de corrupcion en el sistema de saludcolombiano: Estudio de caso Cartagena de Indias" written in Colombia. 
• "Manual del vocal de control"written in Colombia.
• "Manual de Comités de Desarrollo y Control Social" written in Colombia.
• “Manual básico del lider refundacional”. Download the document written in Colombia and read more. 

2012

• “Redesigning local democracy”. The “European Charter of Active Citizenship” sets out the rights and duties of civic organizations that participate in the decision-making processes related to public policies. Promoted by FONDACA and Active Citizenship Network between 2005-2006, the Charter has overcome the European borders, as demonstrated by the citations in the document “Redesigning local democracy”, published by the Local Government Community Development and Services Association of Australia.  For the download, click here.

2010

• “Written declaration on the establishment of a European Patients’ Rights Day of 17 September 2010”, a brief declaration with which the European Parliament officially supports the establishment of a European Patients' Rights Day to promote equal access to healthcare and health services and calls on the Commission and the Member States to support initiatives which, in line with the European Patients’ Rights Day, raise awareness about patients' rights. For the download, click here.

2009

• “The Hera Group Sustainability Report for 2009”. This Sustainability Report, the eighth published by the Hera Group, is a primary tool for reporting on the Hera Group’s activities and results in the economic, environmental and social fields, as well as providing information to and dialoguing with stakeholders. Within the report, particular importance was accorded to local projects for which Cittadinanzattiva provided the Prices and Fees Observatory Integrated Water Service Report. For the download, click here.
• "Experimenting civic audit in Emilia-Romagna: considerations and perspectives". The volume presents the results of the experimentation within the Civic audit project developed in two phases in 11 Health Trusts of Emilia-Romagna between April 2005 and the end of 2007. Civic audit represents a method developed by the non-profit organization Cittadinanzattiva to evaluate services quality from citizens’ point of view. To know more, click here, for the download, click here.

2008

• “Groundwater country report for Italy: an assessment of current knowledge and future prospects. This paper helps understand some key characteristics of the Italian water institutions, namely sectoriality, fragmentation, add-on and lack of coherence, emergency driven, and its supply-side and public-work approaches. For the download, click here.

2007

• The "Code of Good Practice for Civil Participation" (the “Code") was prompted by The Council of Europe Forum for the Future of Democracy in 2007, designed to facilitate NGO and civil society involvement in decision-making processes through productive dialogues with public authorities. Informed by real-world experiences, the Code offers principles, guidelines, and tools to enhance participatory governance. The Code aims to strengthen collaboration between NGOs and public authorities, fostering effective decision-making across Europe. Cittadinanzattiva is featured as a remarkable case study, our NGO, joined forces with Local Health Agencies and private companies to assess and enhance healthcare services in Italy. With exclusive access granted by public authorities, we employed specialized evaluation tools to conduct thorough assessments within healthcare facilities. This exemplifies successful collaboration among civil society, public entities, and private sectors, driving significant improvements in Italian healthcare. For the download, click here
• "Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on Patients' Rights" of September 26, 2007. The document explicitly calls on the European Commission to guarantee patients' rights as proposed by the European Charter of Patients' Rights and to take initiatives enabling the implementation of health policies which respect patients' rights, including the establishment of a European Patients' Rights Day”. To know more, click here.
• “European Parliament Resolution of 23 May 2007 on the impact and consequences of the exclusion of health services from the Directive on services in the internal market”. The document calls for "the adoption of a European Charter of Patients' Rights on the basis of existing charters in the Member States". For the download, click here (EN - IT).

2005

• “Civil Society Partnerships and Development Policies: Emerging Trends”. The “European Charter of Active Citizenship” sets out the rights and duties of civic organizations that participate in the decision-making processes related to public policies. Promoted by FONDACA and Active Citizenship Network between 2005-2006, the Charter has overcome the European borders, as demonstrated by the citations in the document “Civil Society Partnerships and Development Policies: Emerging Trends”, commissioned by UNESCO and written by International Federation of University Women. For the download, click here.

2004

• “Participation in policy-making criteria for the selection of civic NGOs”. The document contains information on the survey’s main findings on the institutional criteria and practices for selecting civic NGOs to participate in public policy-making, implementation and evaluation. This survey was carried out in 21 countries of Latin America by Inés Brill and in 28 countries in Europe, coordinated by the Active Citizenship Network office in Rome. For the download, click here.
• “Safe Hospital Campaign - Final Report 2003-2004”. In its sixth edition, the Safe Hospital Campaign 2003-2004 is accompanied by a targeted survey on clinical analysis laboratories alongside traditional hospital monitoring, confirming the often-significant improvement in buildings, surveillance, and organisations. For the download, click here.