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  • Adottati on 26/10/2022 - Bureau decision date: 24/02/2022
    Riferimento
    SOC/729-EESC-2022
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Belgium

    Rare diseases are often chronic and sometimes disabling diseases affecting an estimated 25/30 million European citizens. Even more people are affected as care taker or family. Patients and relatives face difficulties in access to diagnosis, treatment or care and in their inclusion to society and labour market. In this opinion, the EESC presents its  recommendations on how to improve social protection for these patients and raise awareness on their situation and needs.

    EESC opinion: Ensuring strong European solidarity for rare disease patients
  • Adottati on 21/09/2022 - Bureau decision date: 22/03/2022
    Riferimento
    INT/990-EESC-2022-02531
    Employers - GR I
    Portugal

    The European strategy for data proposed the establishment of domain-specific common European data spaces. The European Health Data Space (‘EHDS’) is the first proposal of such domain-specific common European data spaces. It will address health-specific challenges to electronic health data access and sharing, is one of the priorities of the European Commission in the area of health and will be an integral part of building a European Health Union. EHDS will create a common space where natural persons can easily control their electronic health data. It will also make it possible for researchers, innovators and policy makers to use this electronic health data in a trusted and secure way that preserves privacy.

    EESC opinion: European Health Data Space
  • Adottati on 21/09/2022 - Bureau decision date: 20/01/2022
    Riferimento
    SOC/720-EESC-2022

    This opinion presents the EESC's contribution to the current discussion on the future of care and health across Europe and to the European Care Strategy. The Committee recommends setting common minimum standards to ensure that every one living in the EU has access to affordable, accessible and high-quality care, that there is proper investment in the care services and in health, that the health sector, care providers and health workers are properly recognised and valued, including through investment in skills, decent working conditions,  and the creation of quality jobs.

    EESC opinion: Health Workforce and Care Strategy for the future of Europe
  • Adottati on 13/07/2022 - Bureau decision date: 05/05/2022
    Riferimento
    SOC/735-EESC-2022
    Workers - GR II
    Hungary
    EESC opinion: COVID-19 - Sustaining EU Preparedness and Response: Looking ahead
  • Adottati on 13/07/2022 - Bureau decision date: 22/02/2022
    Riferimento
    SOC/726-EESC-2022
    Workers - GR II
    Spain
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Netherlands
    EESC opinion: Combatting violence against women
  • Adottati on 18/05/2022 - Bureau decision date: 18/01/2022
    Riferimento
    SOC/716-EESC-2022
    Employers - GR I
    Bulgaria
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Poland
    EESC opinion: European Union Drugs Agency
  • Adottati on 23/03/2022 - Bureau decision date: 25/03/2021
    Riferimento
    SOC/690-EESC-2021
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Italy
    EESC opinion: The EU action for Post COVID-19 period: recovering better through sport (own-initiative opinion)
  • Adottati on 23/02/2022 - Bureau decision date: 21/09/2021
    Riferimento
    SOC/702-EESC-2021
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Greece

    In this opinion, the EESC presents its view on the Commission's proposal establishing the European Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority. (HERA), whose mission is to prevent, detect, and rapidly respond to transnational health emergencies. The EESC welcomes this initiative but is concerned by the very limited role given by HERA to the European Parliament, regional authorities, health insurance bodies and civil society organisations and recommends their stronger involvement by adapting HERA structure and ensuring greater transparency with regard to the funds allocated and spent by and through HERA.

    EESC opinion: European Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA)
  • Adottati on 19/01/2022 - Bureau decision date: 23/09/2021
    Riferimento
    SOC/703-EESC-2021
    Workers - GR II
    France

    This exploratory opinion, requested by the French Presidency of the EU, has the following objectives:

    EESC opinion: Social dialogue as a tool to promote health and safety at work
  • Adottati on 19/01/2022 - Bureau decision date: 25/03/2021
    Riferimento
    SOC/687-EESC-2021
    Civil Society Organisations - GR III
    Spain

    This Own-initiative Opinion analyses  the structural causes that have led to the elderly care systems in general and to the nursing homes in particular, to become some of the most contagious and lethal factors of this pandemic. To this end, the different systems that exist in EU Member States are compared to learn useful lessons.

    In addition, the opinion calls for the need to address the demographic transition as one of the major challenges of the twenty-first century, alongside environmental and digital transitions.

    EESC opinion: Towards a New Care Model for the Elderly: learning from the Covid-19 pandemic (own-initiative opinion - Gr III)