Funding programme

EU4Health is the EU’s funding programme to deliver on EU health policy and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Call overview

This call aims to support the organisation of not-for-profit, Union-wide high level science-policy-society conferences.

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Expected Outcome

The conferences should include high level speakers, and a representative number of participants from all relevant fields of the challenges to be discussed.

The action will support communication activities addressed to the general public and/or to specific groups of people or health professionals, in order to promote the European Health Union and its different initiatives.

Conferences must have a Union-wide dimension. The conferences will not focus on a specific condition or disease however, they will focus on current cross-cutting Union policy issues.

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Objective

The objective of this action is to support the organisation of not-for-profit, Union-wide high level science-policy-society conferences that bring together all interested parties such as citizens, patients, practitioners, scientists, policy makers from local, regional, and Union level. The conferences will cover important health topics that are related to the Union’s health priorities, and thereby contribute to the development and implementation of the European Health Union.

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Scope

These conferences are an opportunity for discussion on how to work better together at Union level on one or more health-related topics and will allow Member States, third countries associated to the EU4Health Programme and relevant stakeholders to exchange information and good practices on relevant topics in the field of public health.

Grants may be awarded to support the organisation of conferences that correspond to the objectives and the priorities of the EU4Health Programme, and which have a Union-wide dimension.

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Eligibility

Type of applicants targeted:

• Academia and education establishments, research institutes, hospitals, expert networks including ERNs;
• Civil Society Organisations: Associations, Foundations, NGOs.

In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:

+ be legal entities (public or private bodies)

+ be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:

• EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs))
• eligible non-EU countries: listed EEA countries and countries associated to the EU4HealthProgramme (list of participating countries)

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Consortium composition

Proposals may be submitted either by a single applicant or by a consortium (no minimum requirement).

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Project duration

Projects should normally be maximum 12 months. The duration of the conference is up to 5 calendar days.

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Budget

EUR 600 000

Three proposals are expected to be funded under this topic.