Health Promotion, Zagreb, 15 June 2018

In collaboration with the 'Healthy Living' project

The purpose of this workshop was to foster knowledge and experience exchange regarding the role that European Structural and Investment Funds (ESI Funds) can have in supporting health promotion and disease prevention, active and healthy ageing, and workplace health and safety. The following issues were discussed:

Health promotion and disease prevention as one of the key areas of investment in health. The ways health promotion measures are implemented across the Member States (e.g. mainstreaming in other policies, specific health programmes);
The role of Country Specific Recommendations made during the European Semester in relation to health promotion, active and healthy ageing and workplace health and safety;
The role of the ESI Funds in supporting 1) health promotion and disease prevention; 2) active and healthy ageing; 3) workplace health and safety.

The workshop was carried out in collaboration with the Croatian Institute of Public Health and featured the ‘Healthy Living’ project supported by the European Social Fund.

Programme Agenda

9:30-9:45 Opening session

Croatian Ministry of Health representative and Milieu

9:45-10:15 Policy developments and ESI Funds priorities related to the theme 'Active and healthy ageing, workplace health and safety, health promotion, disease prevention and disease management'  

10:15-10:45 Keynote presentation: Active and healthy ageing, workplace health and safety, health promotion and disease prevention

Dr. Sanja Musić Milanović, Head of Division for Health Promotion, Croatian Institute of Public Health

10:45-11:15 Overview of statistics and findings from the ESI Funds for Health project related to this theme

Agnieszka Markowska, Milieu

11:15-12:00 The future competence demands for health promotion

Kaija Matinheikki-Kokko, Health Promotion Programme, Interreg Central Baltic

12:00-13:00 Networking lunch

13:00-15:00 Breakout sessions

15:00-15:15 Coffee break

15:45-16:30 Closing remarks

Dr. Mojca Gabrijelčič-Blenkuš, National institute of Public Health Slovenia (NIJZ) and EuroHealthNet