The aim of this proposal is to submit proposal for two presidency conferences organized under the auspices of the Slovakian Presidency to the Council of the European Union. The Presidency conferences are to be partly financed under the work programme 2016. There are two conferences to be followed in this proposal: (1) a conference on ‘Prevention of chronic non-communicable diseases and healthy lifestyles’ and (2) a conference on ‘Alzheimer’s disease - the epidemic of the third millennium. Are we ready to face it’?
(1) ‘Prevention of chronic non-communicable diseases and healthy lifestyles’
The conference will focus on the impact of the reduction and elimination of risk factors causing non-communicable disease and support the EU aims in the area of chronic diseases mitigation.
The objective is to point to the issue of non-communicable chronic diseases and healthy lifestyle and to nourish the discussion to foster the topic on the European level.
(2) ‘Alzheimer’s disease - the epidemic of the third millennium. Are we ready to face it?
The aim is to promote research, prevention, early diagnosis and treatment of dementia. Our aim also is to strengthen the coordination within Member states of relevant policies in the field of dementia and discuss development of the future steps in the area of dementia.
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The objective of Conference on Non-communicable Chronic diseases was to point to the issue of non-communicable chronic diseases and healthy lifestyle and to nourish the discussion to foster the topic on the European level.
Strengthening of activities to reach the targets for reduction of NCDs incidence is a long-term leading challenge for the European Commission, the Member States and the other stakeholders. Development of best practices, experiences and progress of Member States in the field of chronic diseases prevention was brought into spotlight. The conference tackled the challenges with the aim to improve towards the policy implementation of NCDs.
The European Parliament adopted the European Parliament resolution of 19 January 2011 on a European initiative on Alzheimer's disease and other dementias (2010/2084(INI)). The EP calls for dementia to be made an EU health priority, and strongly urges Member States to develop dedicated national plans and strategies. Several EU countries have already transformed this urgent need into the national programs or actions plans, while the others have not still address this issue at the national level.
The aim of this conference focused on Alzheimer disease was to promote harmonization of the national plans and create the environment for the fruitful collaboration between EU countries in order to reach well-coordinated multi-national strategy to combat Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia in collaboration with Alzheimer’s Disease International and Alzheimer Europe.
The conference highlighted the scientific, medical, social and political aspects of the dementia; summarize the ground-breaking discoveries in the field, addresses prevention strategies and non-pharmacological approaches. Our aim is to strengthen the coordination within Member states of relevant policies in the field of dementia. The conference will follow the conferences organised beforehand (e.g. during Dutch presidency) and will foster the networking of experts and stakeholders in this field.
Project management skills were used during the entire process of organizing the the conference.
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The organizational team has worked throughout the conference and after the conference the org team was involved in follow up activities.
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Non-communicable chronic diseases - implement policies towards reducing risk factors for non-communicable disease and dementia and promoting a healthy lifestyle. Wide range of the stakeholders provided a well-built knowledge platform and paved the way towards a better implementation of reduction and elimination of risk factors causing non-communicable disease. The speakers presented rich portfolio of best practices and the challenges that Europe is facing. The conferences not only raised awareness but also initiated a broader discussion and thus further fostered the networking aspect.
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Non-communicable chronic diseases conference drew attention to all risk factors that influence the incidence of non-communicable diseases. The specific objective is to point to the issue of non-communicable chronic diseases and healthy lifestyle and to nourish the discussion to foster the topic forward.
Both conferences, as originally expected, shared knowledge and information that can help resolve some of the difficulties that Member States are facing in their reduction and facilitate close cooperation.
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The information about the conferences were published on the website of the Ministry of Health. The conferences focus were presented in Zdravotnícke noviny – newspapers with nation wide coverage. Both events were published on Facebook page of the Ministry of Foreign affairs.
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