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Active Citizenship Network is glad to have officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Heart Failure Policy Network (HFPN), an independent, multidisciplinary platform of healthcare professionals, advocacy groups and policymakers from across Europe who work together to raise awareness of unmet needs surrounding heart failure. ACN and HFPN have agreed to cooperate and support each other’s initiatives with the objective to raise awareness on the needs surrounding patient care with relation to CVDs and heart failure prevention and promote the empowerment and participation of patients in European public policies, activities, and dialogues as a key step towards a more inclusive Europe.
Active Citizenship Network has recently formalized a new partnership with Malta Health Network (MHN), an umbrella organisation which brings together health related organisations to give patients an informed voice in health-related matters in Malta, in the EU and internationally. The main objectives of the Malta Health Network are patient empowerment, patient advocacy and training, and also aims at providing an efficient platform where all members can network and achieve common goals through sharing of resources. In this framework, ACN and MHN have initiated a collaboration to protect patients’ rights and reduce health inequalities across Europe, a topic emphasized also by their support to the MEPs Interest Group “European Patients' Rights and Cross- border Healthcare”, launched in 2015 with the support of associations from all over Europe with the aim to: increase awareness regarding the importance of patients’ rights; safeguard the sustainability of healthcare systems; build an enabling environment for citizens' and patients' organizations in the European health policy; contribute to strengthen an European citizenship.
Active Citizenship Network has officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding with International Longevity Centre UK (ILC), the UK’s specialist think tank on the impact of longevity on society, which aims at pioneering solutions for a society where everyone can thrive, regardless of age. In this framework, ACN and ICL welcomed the opportunity to work together at the EU level to support each other’s initiatives and projects on the topic of reduction of health inequalities, vaccination, healthy ageing, and promotion of public health as a common good. The two also agreed to join forces to cooperate with EU institutions and both private and public relevant stakeholders towards a more resilient healthcare system for a healthier European Union.
Active Citizenship Network is pleased to announce that a Memorandum of Understanding has been signed with the German Collective Leadership Institute (CLI), an international non-profit organization and one of the world’s leading mission-driven organizations with the mission to scale up collaboration skills for a sustainable future. It aims at empowering people to lead collectively towards a sustainable future by building competence for sustainability. ACN and CLI agreed to work together at the EU level in order to join forces to cooperate with EU institutions towards the implementation of the new European consumer agenda. Moreover, the Collective Leadership Institute has officially endorsed the Inter-Institutional Group “SDGs for well-being and consumers’ protection” by raising awareness among consumer associations and MEPs about the activities realized by the Group in order to empower citizens and consumers in their participation in European public policies, with a particular focus to the field of SDGs.
Representatives of the Albanian association Together for Life, partner of Active Citizenship Network, have spoken on World Health Day to the media about the problems of the health system in Albania, focusing on the need to increasebudget allocation to the healthcare sector; increase investment in medical equipment and devices, and providing new incentives to encourage doctors and nurses to work in municipal and regional hospitals. The World Health Organization ranked Albania as the last country in Europe with the lowest public spending per capita on health. According to indirect data, COVID-19 pandemic has further exacerbated this trend, as there has been an increase in health expenditures in the household budget.
Active Citizenship Network is pleased to announce that a Memorandum of Understanding has been signed with the Asociación Española contra la Meningitis, which is currently the only non-profit organization fighting to defeat meningitis in Spain to protect the entire population from the consequences of this terrible disease.
Active Citizenship Network has signed an official agreement with the European Network of Fibromyalgia Associations(ENFA), whose aim is to promote fibromyalgia awareness among politicians, physicians, scientists and the general public at the European level. The primary goal of the network is to get fibromyalgia as a key topic in the European Health Programme. ACN and ENFA have agreed to cooperate to educate and provide training to citizens, patients, physicians, and all the other relevant stakeholders regarding chronic conditions of patients and have strengthened their partnership to enable advocates to confidently brief policymakers in the field of pain relief.
Active Citizenship Network is happy to announce that it has recently signed a new Memorandum of Understanding with EPECS, a non-profit Dutch foundation that wants to give a voice to the citizens of the EU and wants to engage them in policy development processes. Active Citizenship Network and EPECS will support each other’s initiatives with the objective to promote and accelerate the empowerment and engagement of citizens and patients and their participation in European public policies, activities, and dialogues as a key step towards a more inclusive Europe.
Active Citizenship Network is glad to announce an official new partnership with euPrevent, a Euroregional network that focuses on promoting cross-border health and sustainable partnerships to increase the quality of life of residents in the border region between the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. In this regard, ACN and euPrevent have agreed to collaborate to increase protection of patients’ rights, diminish health inequalities among European Member States, and raise awareness on the needs surrounding patient care and patients’ quality of life.
CONFERENCE ON THE FUTURE OF A HEALTHY EUROPE: “Taking part in the decision-making process on health priorities” (14:30 – 16:00 CEST)
Given the current situation of uncertainty, the conference will be organized in a digital format. To virtually attend the conference, please register here (registration is mandatory).
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