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Ce rapport est le résultat des travaux du groupe d'étude «Droits des personnes handicapées» (SG DIS) au cours des deux dernières années et demie. Il rassemble les recommandations du CESE recueillies auprès de différentes parties prenantes dans le but de contribuer aux comptes rendus que l’Union présente au Comité de la convention des Nations unies relative aux droits des personnes handicapées (CNUDPH).
Cette brochure examine les réalités socio-économiques du vieillissement en Europe, les défis et opportunités que cette nouvelle "silver economy" implique.
Ensuring health security for future generations within the EU
In this issue:
Members on ways to ensure (mental) health security
Guest articles by Lejla Šehić Relić (Centre for European Volunteering), Ian Mostert (Dutch Institute for Nature Education) and Christelle Savall (Young European Federalists)
Interview with rapporteur Miguel Ángel Cabra de Luna on how to address loneliness (EESC opinion SOC/813)
Our members present their ideas for the future of health policy in the EU
Guest articles by Marc De Paoli (Managing Director, Liège University Hospital), Sylvianne Portugaels (Director-General, Citadelle Hopital) and Martyna Kowacka (Chief Commissioner, Polish Scouting and Guiding Association (ZHP))
Interview with rapporteur Krzysztof Balon on the EESC opinion 'Digitalisation in social security'
Report on our recent #EUelections2024 conference on 'Building Together the EU We Want'
Our members share their suggestions and demands on the subjects of health, care and prosperity after COVID-19
Guest articles by Dr. Andrea Ammon (Director of ECDC), Andrej Martin Vijkovac (President of the International Youth Health Organization) and Enrico Kreft (Board Member of Europa-Union Deutschland e. V.)
Interview on ensuring strong European solidarity for rare disease patients with rapporteur Alain Coheur
Report on the Group's recent conference on 'Health,Care and Prosperity after COVID-19' in Stockholm