Public Health

Exhibition name:Public Health

Organiser:ITE Group Plc

venue:International Exhibition Centre (IEC)

Detail: Main objective of Expo are: The objectives are to: • Improve citizens health security • Promote health for prosperity and solidarity • Generate and Disseminate Health Knowledge Under Objective Three, actions will be taken to exchange knowledge and best practice in areas where the Community can provide genuine added-value in bringing together expertise from different countries, e.g. rare diseases and cross-border issues related to cooperation between health systems. It will provide for action on the horizontal issues stressed in Parliament first reading opinion of 16 March 2006, of gender health and childrens health. It will also cover key issues of common interest to all Member States such as mental health. Objective 3 will also allow for action to expand EU health monitoring and develop indicators and tools as well as ways of disseminating information to citizens in a user-friendly manner, such as the health portal. Budget The financial envelope of the public health programme for the period 2003-2008 is € 353.77 million. According to the annual work plan the budget available for 2006 is € 55,817,661 million. This amount is divided into the "operational budget" of € 53,863,521 million, which will be used by awarding grants for projects and by issuing calls for tenders, and resources for technical and administrative assistance and support expenditure of € 1,954,140 million. The intention is to allocate the operational budget in 2007 in a balanced way between the three objectives of the programme: health information, rapid reaction to health threats and addressing health determinants unless particular public health emergencies arise, justifying a reallocation of resources. http://ec.europa.eu/health