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In coherence with its long lasting committement on the topic, Active Citizenship Network is glad to join SIP Stakeholder Forum, led and coordinated by the organisation representing healthcare professionals in the fields of pain management and pain science.
Active Citizenship Network – Cittadinanzattiva, as a partner of the EU-funded PROPHET project, is pleased to invite you to take part in the ongoing public consultation, open from 26 June to 16 July 2025. This initiative supports our broader goal of helping define and implement personalised prevention approaches in EU health systems. We believe that effective personalised prevention strategies are only possible if citizens, healthcare professionals, and policymakers are fully aware of their potential and equipped with the knowledge and tools to co-design and implement them. All materials and the consultation form are available on this page. We strongly recommend you start by reading this factsheet, which summarises the purpose of the consultation and the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA),
We are pleased to announce that the 19th European Patients' Rights Day 2025 has been officially endorsed by the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union (January-June 2025) and by the Polish Commissioner for Patients' Rights, who is deeply committed to the implementation of concrete measures aimed at the official adoption of the European Charter of Patients' Rights at EU level, as outlined in the recently published White Paper “Healthcare Policy Recommendations”.
Ten years after its inaugural launch in 2015, we are pleased to announce the re-establishment of the MEP Interest Group “European Patients' Rights & Cross-Border Healthcare” for a third consecutive term.
Created to foster cooperation and close the gap between European institutions, civil society and all stakeholders involved in public health, the Interest Group brings a civic perspective to health policy, placing citizens at its core to drive meaningful and sustainable change.
On 4th and 5th December 2024, the AIB hosted its annual country meeting in Helsinki (Finland), bringing together local experts to discuss key aspects of adult vaccination. In 2023, the country meeting was realized in Florence (Italy), and on both occasions the Director of Active Citizenship Network, as AIB Board Member, joined the appointments.
Adult Immunization Board (AIB) Country meetings are a unique opportunity to exchange ideas and best practices for improving adult immunization strategies. Experts from academia, healthcare, public health, and policy shared their innovative approaches to tackling challenges in adult vaccination.
In 2024, the Director of Active Citizenship Network was engaged in a COVID-19 Global Stakeholder Policy Roundtable with stakeholders representing advocacy organizations across Europe, Canada and Japan. The collaborative initiative marked the release of a new policy paper aimed at identifying best practices for a sustainable public health management of COVID 19 in a post-pandemic phase and supporting patients at higher risk of developing severe COVID-19, including those with chronic conditions and compromised immune systems, as we navigate this new phase. In particular, on the occasion of the roundtable carried out on 2 December 2024, experts involved discussed key policy recommendations aimed at enhancing public health strategies. These include the establishment of national vaccination schedules aligned to risk groups to ensure timely and equitable access, especially for vulnerable communities. Additionally, the discussions emphasized the importance of improving communication between public health authorities, healthcare providers, and patients to raise awareness of and support the continued need for COVID-19 prevention, mitigation and treatment.
Active Citizenship Network was at the 9th Life Course Immunisation Summit on equitable access to vaccination across the life course, held during the 16th Excellence in Paediatrics Conference in Barcelona, Spain, on 28-30 November 2024. The ACN’ Director spoke about the “Grassroots mobilisation leveraging civil society and community leadership to bridge gaps in vaccine coverage”, and highlighted the work of the intermediate body of the society to improve vaccination uptake and to promote the life course immunization culture.
ACN published a new policy paper entitled ‘Strengthening the European ecosystem for equitable patient access to Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products’, based on a multi-stakeholder roundtable discussion held on 4 July 2024. The backbone of the discussion was the study conducted by the #VITA consortium, which includes a concrete proposal to make spending on advanced therapies no longer a current expense but an investment. The ACN paper garnered interesting insights from independent experts from Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and the UK, also reflecting on which direction we should move and how the newly elected European institutions should act to make the right to care enforceable in the context of ATMP.
Published in September 2024 by the new born European Network on Infection Prevention and Antimicrobial Resistance (ENIPAR) - in which Active Citizenship Network is officially involved – to mark the second UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR).
As AMR stands out as one of the top 3 health threats in the EU, a new Call to Action with baseline recommendations urges decision makers to take timely action to ensure the 2030 targets are met. Read more
Fruitful days for the EU funded BioReCer project in Milan (Italy), from 1 to 3 of October, 2024. In particular, the 3rd coordination meeting of the project took place, hosted by UNI Ente Italiano di Normazione where the different partners shared their progress and visited the wastewater treatment plant of Gruppo CAP located in Robecco sul Naviglio.
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