Mainstreaming Healthy Ageing in the Renewed Social Agenda, 14 October 2008
A debate hosted by Lambert Van Nistelrooij MEP and Claude Moraes MEP, Co-Presidents of the Intergroup on Ageing, in cooperation with AGE and EPHA on the 14th of October 2008 from 08:45-12:00 in Room A5E-2 at the European Parlieament, Brussels.
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Programme
08:45 – 09:15 – Registration of participants
09:15 - 10:30 – Session 1: Healthy Ageing chaired by Claude Moraes MEP
09:15 – 10:00
Ø EU Health Strategy 2008-2013 - Androula Vassiliou, Commissioner for Health (tbc)
Ø Adequate use of medicines – Isabelle Moulon, European Medicines Agency (EMEA) (tbc)
Ø Information to patients – John Chave, Secretary General of The Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union (PGEU)
Ø Swedish Presidency: Future actions and initiatives - Annika Mansnérus, Swedish Permanent Representation
10:00 - 10:30 – Discussion
10:30 -10:45 - Coffee Break
10:45 -12:00 – Session 2: The Quality of Health Services and the Prevention of Elder Abuse chaired by Lambert Van Nistelrooij MEP
10:45 – 11:30
Ø Quality of long term care and the prevention of elder abuse – Jan Jařab, Cabinet Vladimir Spidla, Commissioner for Employment, Social affairs and Equal Opportunities
Ø Achieving the objectives of the renewed Social Agenda: the older people's point of view – Anne-Sophie Parent, Director of the European Older People's Platform (AGE)
Ø Draft Directive on the application of patients rights in cross-border healthcare – Monika Kosinska, Secretary General of the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA)
Ø Czech Presidency: Future actions and initiatives – Czech Permanent Representation
11:30-12:00 - Discussion
Please confirm your registration at Lambert.vannistelrooij@europarl.europa.eu by 1 October 2008. If you need access to the European Parliament, please mention your nationality and passport number.