Proposal for a Council Recommendation on strengthened cooperation against vaccine preventable diseases - Related Opinions

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European Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA)

Sprejeta on 23/02/2022
Referenca: 
SOC/702-EESC-2021
Referral: 
COM(2021) 576 final COM(2021) 576 final
Rapporteur: 
Ioannis VARDAKASTANIS (Diversity Europe - 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.

Mnenje EESO: European Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA)

Building a European Health Union

Sprejeta on 27/04/2021
Referenca: 
SOC/665-EESC-2020
Referral: 
COM(2020) 724 final COM(2020) 725 final 2020/0321 CODCOM(2020) 726 final 2020/0320 CODCOM(2020) 727 final 2020/0322 CODCOM(2020) 727 final 2020/0322 COD
Rapporteur: 
Ioannis VARDAKASTANIS (Diversity Europe - GR III / Greece)

The opinion, presenting EESC's position on the four proposals of the Health package published by the European  Commission in November 2020, supports and welcomes these initiatives but draws the attention on some elements.

  • The EU and Member States should ensure that everyone has equal access to quality, well staffed, well equipped health and social services. This is particularly important in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic which has deepened existing inequalities.
  • Special attention in future EU policies should be given to healthcare workers and the need to improve working conditions, including pay, recruitment and retention, as well as their health and safety.
  • The new EU health package should be combined with the roll-out of the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR), particularly its principles 12, 16, 17 and 18 and the Action Plan on the EPSR. It should also be part of achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.

Mnenje EESO: Building a European Health Union

Digital health literacy (own initiative opinion)

Sprejeta on 21/03/2019
Referenca: 
INT/874-EESC-2019
Rapporteur: 
Renate HEINISCH (Germany)

The own-initiative opinion presents the EESC’s views on the gaps in the current system and indicates potential measures for a European wide push for digital up-skilling of health and care workers, and also for policies that prevent further digital divides by addressing skill gaps in the population at large. This own-initiative opinion is in part a follow-up to the own-initiative opinion entitled "Towards digital health".

Mnenje EESO: Digital health literacy (own initiative opinion)

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