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)
Prepared at the request of the Danish Presidency, this opinion recommends that the EU and the Member States ensure that occupational safety and health (OSH) protection and prevention of OSH risks are ensured for all people at work, regardless of their employment contract, job title, or training path. According to the EESC, this protection should include a minimum and comprehensive standard of physical, mental, and social well-being in the workplace.
The EESC recommends strengthening cooperation and shared responsibility among all stakeholders, particularly the social partners, to ensure effective OSH management. Active involvement of workers’ representatives and the promotion of social dialogue at company level are essential.
The EESC stresses the importance of stepping up compliance and enforcement of existing OSH rules as a key step towards achieving the Zero Deaths goal.
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Wspólna Konferencja Ministry Społeczeństwa Obywatelskiego Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej i Grupy Organizacji Społeczeństwa Obywatelskiego Europejskiego Komitetu Ekonomiczno-Społecznego
Event type
Conference
Location
Chancellery of the Prime Minister
Warsaw
Poland
Konferencja odbędzie się 15 maja 2025 w Kancelarii Prezesa Rady Ministrów w Warszawie, Al. Ujazdowskie 1/3 w ramach prezydencji Polski w Radzie UE.
Warszawski Uniwersytet Medyczny, ul. 2a Księcia Trojdena
Warsawa
Poland
Europejski Komitet Ekonomiczno-Społeczny (EKES), Ministerstwo Zdrowia RP wraz z Warszawskim Uniwersytetem Medycznym (WUM) organizują 10 kwietnia 2025 r. o godz. 9.00 konferencję zatytułowaną „W kierunku planu działania UE w sprawie rzadkich chorób”.
In this own-initiative opinion, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is addressing the growing disparities in healthcare access across the EU. These inequalities, exacerbated by inflation and the cost-of-living crisis, disproportionately affect vulnerable groups such as low-income households, people with disabilities, children, and older people. The opinion calls for urgent action to ensure equitable access to healthcare and long-term care, in line with the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR), and proposes concrete policy recommendations to strengthen healthcare systems and reduce barriers to care.
