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Chrodis Plus Online Conference on Chronic Diseases
2020-10-27 09:30 - 17:00 (Europe/Helsinki)
ON BEHALF OF JOINT ACTION CHRODIS PLUS
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION AT THE CONFERENCE
Key conference materials will be made available soon here.

PRESS RELEASE
Over its 3-year lifespan, the aim of CHRODIS PLUS Joint Action (2017-2020) was to support Member States in overcoming the burden of chronic diseases by promoting policies and practices that have proved successful in the past. Further refinement and EU cross-border sharing of these tested policies and good practices has been the core idea behind this pan-European project.
CHRODIS PLUS has implemented 21 pilot projects aimed at testing tools and good practices for certain chronic diseases, and held 17 policy dialogues (15 national and 2 EU-level ones). It has brought together over 50 partners from 21 European countries.
All good things come to an end: CHRODIS PLUS held its closing online conference on 27 October 2020.
This conference illustrated the impact that CHRODIS PLUS has had on public health systems across EU member states over the past 3 years. It focused on showing how the good practices, models and tools implemented by the project can be tailored to various national and local settings across Europe.
The conference’s presentations and roundtable discussions were structured around the project’s key focus areas:

Health Promotion & Primary Prevention
An Integrated Multimorbidity Care Model
Fostering Quality Care for People with Chronic Diseases
ICT-based Patient Empowerment
Employment & Chronic Diseases

Closing the evidence-practice gap on NCDs: Translation, transfer and sustainability for comprehensive responses across Europe
2020-10-02 11:30 - 13:00
The session is part of the online conference ‘EHFG 2020: Dancing with elephants: New partnerships for health, democracy, business’ organized by the European Health Forum Gastein.

On the surface, the steps to closing the gap between research findings and existing clinical practice are simple: 1. Identifying good practice; 2. Piloting; 3. Scaling-up. However, promising initiatives – and the big players overseeing them – often get stuck at the first step. At the same time, mechanisms like crowdfunding and startups have proven to mark a shift from the few major players towards community driven initiatives, often based on ideas and passion.
This session will showcase how ideas and passion on a small scale can be transferred to cross-national learning while respecting national interests, and explore the success factors to piloting, transferring and sustaining good practices that benefit patients affected by chronic disease. We will showcase outcomes of the CHRODIS+ Joint Action, focused on supporting Member States in scaling up practices aimed at reducing the burden of non-communicable diseases, and discuss how learnings on both the successes and barriers from the Joint Action can be taken forward to help health stakeholders achieve policy impact in the future. Join us to be guided through the potential dancing steps of ambitious partnerships in the battle against chronic disease!

Chrodis Plus Policy Dialogue in Hungary
2020-02-18 09:00 - 12:30 | Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
The Chrodis Plus policy dialogue held in Budapest, Hungary on 18 February 2020 has addressed the role of AI and BI solutions in medical decision support solutions.
National screening programs are potentially the most profitable public services in the health system, with the highest per-unit cost. There is a strong social interest in the efficient running of programs, so it is vital to incorporate state-of-the-art IT solutions as widely as possible. During the dialogue, participants looked at two options for information technology:

Technology assessment and regulatory environment
Artificial intelligence and deep learning algorithms

Artificial intelligence solutions can play a primary role in evaluating the results, supporting medical decision-making and improving the effectiveness of screening programs. Numerous publications are available that corroborate the diagnostic effectiveness of deep learning algorithms, primarily in medical imaging, but also in other medical decision areas. During the dialogue, we assessed which programs could be assisted by AI, what the prerequisites are, how we can create a training database that supports algorithm development, and how we can build an IT infrastructure capable of serving a national program.
The medical application of artificial intelligence also raises new regulatory issues. There are many situations in which artificial intelligence decides whether a person’s condition requires medical attention. For example, remote monitoring of patients with chronic illnesses, where processing large amounts of data without computer support is unthinkable. Regulating the application of AI technology and clarifying liability issues give legislators tasks. AI also poses new challenges in technology assessment procedures. AI as a decision making support for medical staff can contribute to the detection of chronic diseases at an early stage, thus alleviate national healthcare systems from the burden of treating acute chronic diseases. AI is based on extracting knowledge from massive pools of data, which demands the creation of data pools at national or international level. This needs government interaction at three levels:
– IT infrastructure: sound IT systems collecting, storing and distributing data
– Process management: well designed patient pathways that allow an optimal access of patient to screening supported by AI
– Legal regulations: a transparent legal background including data protection regulations, a transparent distribution of access rights to data

Detailed report about the event will be added to this page by 18 March 2020.

European Patients' Forum Congress
2019-11-12 13:00 - 2019-11-14 14:00
Congress programme
Congress registration
We are happy to announce that on 12-14 November 2019 the European Patients’ Forum will hold the first ever European Congress on patient involvement.
This event will be driven by leading representatives of the patient community, and patient experts, in the capital of the European Union.
The event will also provide an exceptional opportunity for dialogue, engagement with a wide range of health players who aspire to make patient involvement a reality.
This Congress is aimed at exchanging ideas and good practices in patient empowerment and involvement, moving forward on the much-needed policy commitments in this area, gaining a greater and genuine understanding of the wealth of expertise that patients bring to health systems’ design and strengthening, and much more!
Stay tuned for programme details, speakers updates and other highlights by subscribing to the Congress newsletter, and take a look at the latest version of the programme here.

EU Policy Dialogue on Employment and Chronic Conditions
2019-11-12 09:00 - 11:00
Click here to read the rationale and aims of this policy dialogue
Download the introductory presentation of the event
AGENDA
Welcome
Massimiliano Salini, MEP
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Chrodis Plus Joint Action
Rokas Navickas, VULSK Lithuania, Chrodis Plus Scientific Coordinator
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Employment and Chronic Conditions: a European Challenge
The Chrodis Plus Toolbox
Matilde Leonardi, FINCB Italy, Chrodis Plus WP8 Leader
Jaana Lindstrom, Eeva Rantala, THL Finland, Chrodis Plus WP8 Co-leader
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Round table
Addressing the impact of chronic diseases in the employment sector.
What are the practical steps for EU policy to support employment for people with chronic diseases?
Moderator: Clive Needle, EuroHealthNet, Brussels
Katie Gallager, European Patients Forum, EPF
Raymond Vanholder, European Chronic Disease Alliance, ECDA
Alberto Lapi, Accenture, Representative of Enterprises
Sarah Cospey, European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, EU-OSHA
Anna Ludwinek, European Foundation for Improvement of Living &Working Conditions EUROFOUND
Martin Jefflen, Trade Union voice of professionals and managers, EUROCADRES

Why best practices delivered by Chrodis Plus are significant?
Clive Needle | EuroHealthNet

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Explaining the practical use and benefits of the Chrodis Plus Toolbox
Katie Gallagher | European Patients Forum

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Summary
The increasing prevalence of chronic conditions in Europe’s working age population underlines the need for a European strategy towards inclusion, integration and reintegration of employees in the workplace as well as towards the development of actions to support workers’ health and wellbeing.
The JA Chrodis Plus Policy Dialogue on employment and chronic conditions will aim to identify the practical steps for EU policy to support employment for people with chronic diseases and to address the impact of chronic diseases in the employment sector.
Epidemiological transition and ageing across Europe is resulting in a rise of chronic diseases in the working population that will impact on the health and welfare sectors as well as an employment sector. This is a crucial issue for European and national policy makers, patients, NGOs, academies, and civil society which need legal, social, political and technical tools to face the challenge. Relevant stakeholders need to be encouraged to implement actions on the employment and chronic conditions at European and national level. The European Union has a significant role to play in supporting and encouraging national labour reforms, sharing innovative ideas and helping to create successful policy frameworks.
Questions for the Round Table discussion

What are the practical steps for EU policy to support employment for people with chronic diseases and to address the impact of chronic diseases in the employment sector?
How can the EU support health promotion and disease prevention in the workplace for people with or at risk for chronic conditions?
Can policies and implementation of best practices tackle the employment sector as an area where care of people’s health should be improved?
How can EU Policy support the implementation of the TOOLBOX: Training Tool and Toolkit?
How can the Chrodis Plus Training Tool and Toolkit promote or support existing European policies on inclusion and work ability of people with chronic conditions?

Aims of the EU Policy Dialogue on Employment and Chronic Conditions:

bring together EU stakeholders for a common understanding of the benefits of the workplace inclusion, integration and reintegration of people with chronic conditions,
present the Chrodis Plus Toolbox on Employment and Chronic Conditions developed within the EU Joint Action CHRODIS PLUS. This Toolbox includes a Training Tool for managers on workplace inclusion and work ability and a Toolkit for workplace adaptation, health promotion and disease prevention. The TOOLBOX will be freely available in different languages on the Chrodis website from April 2020.

Expected outcomes:

to draw attention to the effect that chronic conditions have in the work sector by adopting interventions and strategies that approach health in all sectors,
to encourage all relevant stakeholders to implement the Chrodis Plus Toolbox

CHRODIS PLUS Work Package 8 on Employment and Chronic Conditions (https://prescribeddrug.org/08-employment/) involves 12 institutional partners from 10 different European countries and aims to:

Implement good practices in the employment sector for people with chronic conditions: development of CHRODIS-PLUS Training tool for managers
Develop a CHRODIS-PLUS Toolkit for adaptation of the workplace for access, prevention and maintenance of chronic conditions at the workplace
Develop a road map for health promotion and disease prevention (HPDP) in the workplace for people with chronic conditions including access to, reintegration, maintenance and stay at work tackling the employment sector as an area where care of people with chronic conditions should be improved, by policies and implementation of best practices.

Official language: English
Picture gallery of the event

EU Health Programme High Level Conference
2019-09-30 08:30 - 18:00 | Brussels – Belgium, Mont des Arts, Brussels, 1000, Belgium
This high level conference highlighted the results of the current and previous EU Health Programmes and presented the new approach in the future Multiannual Financial Framework for 2021-2027.
The event was hosted by Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health, and is organised by the Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency with support by the European Commission Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety.
Date: Monday, 30 September 2019
Venue: The Square, Mont des Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Target audience:beneficiaries of the health programme, policy-makers, researchers, health professionals, representatives of intergovernmental organisations, NGO’s; civil society organisations
Agenda is available under the following link:
https://ec.europa.eu/chafea/health/newsroom/news/18032019/index_en.htm
Our scientific coordinator Dr. Rokas Navickas presented the activities currenty carried out in Joint Action Chrodis+ along with the preliminary results and impact. His presentation is available here:
Rokas Navickas presentation at EU Health Programme Conference

Open webinar: Employment and Chronic Conditions in Europe - Facing the challenge
2019-09-19 14:00 - 15:00
View Agenda
Thursday 19 September 2019, 14.00 – 15.00 CET, Brussels time
The webinar is publicly available in the Public Health website: https://ec.europa.eu/health/policies/videos_en#anchor0 under the title ’19 September 2019 Second Webinar of the CHRODIS PLUS joint action – Employment and chronic conditions in Europe‘
Download recording link: https://ecwacs.webex.com/ecwacs/lsr.php?RCID=530565c03288f3db79841ccf6feeb1f3

Webinar invitation
The “Chronic Diseases and Employment” work package of the CHRODIS PLUS project in collaboration with EU Health Policy Platform invites you to a webinar on “Employment and Chronic Conditions in Europe – Facing the challenge” on 19 September 2019 from 14.00 to 15.00 p.m. (CET).
This webinar will present the answers provided by Chrodis Plus to the European challenge on chronic conditions in the work sector. It provides information about the birth of the CHRODIS PLUS Training Tool, which has been developed to help employers understand the benefits of the workplace inclusion, integration and reintegration of people suffering from chronic diseases. Managers are encouraged to implement the Training Tool to evaluate inclusiveness and work ability of their teams so as to create facilitating environments for reaching desirable organizational outcomes: productivity, job satisfaction of all employees, and organizational commitment. Thus, it gives a general heads up on the importance and impact of these themes in the society of today.
The webinar will demonstrate the importance of informing managers, HR departments and employers regarding the capacities of people with chronic conditions to continue working, return to work, maintenance of work, fighting stigma and inappropriate behaviors when there is disclosure of a chronic condition.

We encourage you to share this information with your network and promote the link further.

Visit to Spanish implementation site in Zaragoza
2019-06-21 | Aragon Health Sciences Institute (IACS), Spain
On 21th June 2019, Carmen Rodriguez-Blazquez and Maria João Forjaz (ISCIII) held a visit to Aragon Health Sciences Institute (IACS), in Zaragoza, Spain. The primary care centre Actur-Norte and the Chronic Care Unit at Royo Villanova Hospital were both visited. The implementation team presented the three main strategies of the practice: training of professionals in multimorbidity (eMultiPAP), integrating complex chronic patients components (comprehensive assessment, virtual interconsultation, and electronic health records), and community care actions (health needs identification and resources map). The meeting closed with a debate on the facilitators, barriers and benefits of the program.

Spanish Policy Dialogue in Madrid
2019-06-10 | Madrid, Madrid, Spain
On the 10th of June 2019 the Spanish Policy Dialogue took place in Madrid, Spain. Please find detailed information and pictures about the event below.

Title of the policy dialogue:
ALTERNATIV35. Health Impact Assessment. Alternatives for effective implementation of Article 35 of the Spanish Public Health Act 33/2011

Extended explanation:
This policy dialogue focused on Health Impact Assessment (HIA). HIA is a useful tool for evaluating health policies but also for increasing awareness about the Health in All Policies approach and for boosting inter-sectoral collaboration.
The goal of this policy dialogue was to consider the integration of HIA into environmental projects and policies, thus enhancing collaboration between the Ministry of Health, Consumer Affairs and Social Welfare and the Ministry for the Ecological Transition.

General Intro to CHRODIS PLUS Policy Dialogues:
This is the summary of one of the 17 policy dialogues organised under the Chrodis PLUS Joint Action. For a summary of all Policy dialogues please visit the chrodis.eu/policy-dialogues webpage. These dialogues are to serve as inspiration for policy makers in other countries who are seeking good practices to consider when planning their own national policy dialogue processes.

Problem identification:
The specific question for this policy dialogue was to elucidate which would be the most effective way to implement in practice HIA in all Spanish Regions and therefore developing Article 35 of the Spanish Public Health Act 33/2011 that mandates that selected regulations, plans, programmes and interventions with an impact on health are subjected to HIA.

What is the primary reason for choosing this topic in your country?
Article 35 of the Spanish Public Health Act 33/2011 does not specify which policies are eligible for HIA. Additionally, underway of finished policies are not eligible for HIA. However, their evaluation would provide useful information to policy makers.
Furthermore, the Act does not mandate to specifically use HIA methodology (or whether other methodologies are eligible). HIA might be useful for evaluating some policies but others are not subjected to HIA. Other useful methodologies should be taken into account.
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) was already underway and mandatory. A debate among experts about integrating HIA into EIA as an effective solution is underway and some Spanish Regions are already implementing this approach.

The policy dialogue process:
A high level meeting with the participation of the Secretaries of both Ministries took place. The main dialogue was held between the General Director of Public Health and the General Director of Environmental Quality. After introductions by the representative from EuroHealthNet, and the other two keynote speakers from the General Directorate of Public Health, Quality and Innovation, the dialogue answered to the following questions:
· Health and Environment are intimately related factors. What is your perception of such relationship?
· How can we improve the integration of health into environmental policies and into EIA?
· What is your opinion of the recommendations for HIA included in the document “Proposals towards effective Health Impact Assessment”? Which specific measures would you prioritize to effectively integrate health into environmental policies?
After the discussion it was agreed to accept the recommendations of the document “Proposals towards effective Health Impact Assessment” and to create an Inter-Departmental working group to tackle the above mentioned topics.

Key stakeholders:
Policy makers:
Both Secretaries introduced the policy dialogue to the audience and the general directors held the dialogue
Hugo Morán. Secretary of State of Environment, MITECO.
Faustino Blanco. General Secretary of Health and Consumer Affairs. MSCBS.
Francisco Javier Cachón. General Director of Biodiversity and Environmental Quality. MITECO
Pilar Aparicio. General Director of Public Health, Quality and Innovation. MSCBS.
Keynote Speakers:
Lina Papartyte. EuroHealthNet.
Covadonga Caballo. Deputy Director of Environmental Health and Occupational Health. MSCBS.
Pilar Campos. Deputy Director of Health Promotion and Public Health Surveillance. MSCBS.
Moderator:
Antonio Sarría. Director of the National School of Health. Carlos III Health Institute.
Rapporteur:
Iñaki Imaz. Agency for Healthcare Technology Evaluation. Carlos III Health Institute.
Minute takers:
Jara Cubillo. Health Promotion Department. MSCBS
Alberto Martin-Pérez. Health Promotion Department. MSCBS
Attendees:
Ismael Aznar. Director of Cabinet of the State Secretary of Environment. MITECO
Francisco Muñoz. Advisor of Cabinet of the State Secretary of Environment. MITECO
Julio Bruno. Head of Technical Cabinet of the General Secretary of Health and Consumer Affairs. MSCBS.
Eugenio Domínguez. Deputy Director of Environmental Assessment. MITECO
Maj Britt Larka. Deputy Director of Air Quality and Industrial Environment. MITECO
Yolanda Agra. Deputy Director of Quality and Innovation. MSCBS.
Francisco Vargas, Margarita Palau, Santiago González. Subdirectorate General of Environmental Health and Occupational Health. MSCBS
María Terol, Claudia Ruiz-Huerta. Subdirectorate General of Health Promotion and Public Health Surveillance. MSCBS.
Carmen Arias. General Subidirectorate of Quality and Innovation. MSCBS.

How the EU supported this dialogue?
EuroHealthNet participated in the policy dialogue introducing the main framework of Chrodis PLUS to participants and highlighting already conducted policy dialogues that had focused on intersectoral action for inspiration.

Photos from the event

Visit to Spanish implementation site in Seville
2019-06-07 | San Jose de la Rinconada primry care centre in Seville, Spain
On June 7th 2019, Carmen Rodriguez-Blazquez (ISCIII) and Elisa Poses-Ferrer (AQuAS) visited San Jose de la Rinconada primary care center in Seville. Visitors received information on the Andalusian Comprehensive Healthcare Plan for Patients with Chronic Diseases (which includes training activities to health professionals), and the way Individualized care plans for multimorbid patients are completed within the corporate electronic health record (Diraya), and shared with patients interviewed by healthcare professionals. Participants also had the opportunity to discuss the benefits, experienced barriers and facilitators of the pilot action with the local implementers.

2nd CHRODIS PLUS Governing Board meeting
2019-06-04 - 2019-06-05 | Malta, Triq Wied Ghollieqa, San Ġwann, Valetta, Malta
Members of the Governing Board and the Executive Board of the Joint Action
Agenda of the meeting
Objectives of the meeting

to get accounted with the latest updates from the biggest JA tackling the burden non-communicable diseases and review innovative practice examples that are implemented by concrete pilot site in the different CHRODIS PLUS work packages;
to discuss how Prevention and Management of Non-Communicable Diseases post 2020 and potential EU funding strategy could be aligned with the activities at the national level;
to take further steps in creation of common vision and high level response to the burden of non-communicable diseases;
to discuss the possible scenario of the Steering Group on Promotion and Prevention (SGPP) “structured dialogue” with CHRODIS PLUS on the sustainability and future;
to give feedback on the structure and content of the survey (for SGPP members), as well as to discuss on how to gain the maximum results from the survey optimising the efforts;
to visit a Pilot site at ST. MICHAEL SCHOOL, KINDERGARTEN in Malta and get sight of ToyBox good practice implementation in Malta;

Key presentations

Key objectives of CHRODIS PLUS, Rokas Navickas. PRESENTATION
Connect the dots in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. Adaptation and implementation of ToyBox good practice in Malta, Roberta Zarb. PRESENTATION
From evidence to practice: Integrated Multimorbidity Care Model. The potential roll out in Lithuania health care system, Elena Jureviciene PRESENTATION and Gitana Ratkiene. PRESENTATION
How to improve the quality of care for people with chronic diseases? – The Quality Criteria and Recommendations tool. The potential for pilot site in Slovenia to be spread system wide, Denis Opresnik and Jelka Zaletel. PRESENTATION
Employment and NCDs: health in all sectors. Implementing prevention, inclusion, maintenance, return to work actions, Matilde Leonardi. PRESENTATION
OECD support: Cost-effectiveness and transferability of CHRODIS PLUS pilots. OECD, Dr Michele Cecchini. PRESENTATION
Prevention and Management of NCDs: the potential of EU plans post 2020. DG SANTÉ, Nicoline Tamsma. PRESENTATION
EU funding review, Andrew Barnfield (TBD). PRESENTATION
Integration in National Policies and Sustainability. Consensus statement. Is there an opportunity for GB members to act? WP4, Dr.Giovanni Nicoletti. PRESENTATION

Pictures on the Governing Board meeting

Pictures on the site visit to a local kindergarden
At the kindergarten of the ST. MICHAEL SCHOOL , elements of the ToyBox best practices were implemented as part of the CHRODIS PLUS Work Package 5 activities focusing on health promotion and prevention. To read more about the ToyBox model click here.

CHRODIS PLUS Budapest Conference 14-15 May 2019
2019-05-14 14:00 - 2019-05-15 14:00
On behalf of Joint Action CHRODIS+ we would like to thank you for your participation at the Conference

The event was co-funded by the European Health Programme.

Miklós Szócska
Semmelweis University of Hungary
Former Hungarian Minister of Health

Antonio Sarria Santamera, Chrodis Plus Coordinator

Wojciech Kalamarz
Head of Unit for Health Determinants and International Relations DG Sante, European Commission

Rokas Navickas, Chrodis Plus Scientific Coordinator

Renata Pap
Hungarian Ministry of Human Capacities

Matilde Leonardi, The Foundation of the Carlo Besta Neurological Institute, Italy

Andrew Barnfield, EuroHealthNet and Nella Savolainen, National Institute for Health and Welfare of Finland

Inaki-Imaz Iglesia
Institute of Health Carlos III, Spain

Jelka Zaletel
National Institute of Public Health of Slovenia

Esteban de Manuel
Kronikgune Research Centre on Chronic Diseases,Spain

Graziano Onder
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Italy

Achieving long-term goals, such as staying healthy, requires the ability to maintain healthy lifestyle and the ability to resist temptations over and over again. Eeva Rantala gave us the insight on how to be the choice architect of our own lives. The bonus presentation is available here.

Click here to read the CHRODIS PLUS Budapest Conference Newsletter

Press Release – please share
The Budapest Conference of the CHRODIS PLUS Joint Action
14-15 May 2019
Budapest, Hungary
The CHRODIS PLUS Joint Action of the European Union (2017-2020), has brought together over 50 project partner institutions, representing 21 European countries, to collaborate on and implement 21 pilot projects, to test public health models and tools, and to organise 15 national and 2 EU level policy dialogues. The aim is to generate practical and policy level lessons to support Member States in tackling the burden of chronic diseases. During its 36 months of operation, this project contributes to the reduction of this burden by promoting the implementation of policies and practices that have been already successfully tested. The further refinement and cross-border sharing of these tested policies and good practices across EU countries is the core idea behind this action.
The CHRODIS PLUS Budapest Conference on 14-15 May has been one of the key events in this project where over 180 chronic disease experts arrived from 26 countries to discuss and provide feedback on the real-life experiences project partners have gained during the initiative’s first 20 months. This conference demonstrated the impact that CHRODIS PLUS has on public health systems across EU Member States with a special emphasis on proving that the good practices, models and tools that the project implements can be tailored to various national and local settings across Europe. The conference’s presentations and roundtable discussions were structured around the project’s key focus areas: Health Promotion & Primary Prevention, an Integrated Multimorbidity Care Model, Fostering Quality Care for People with Chronic Diseases, ICT-based Patient Empowerment, and Employment & Chronic Diseases.
More information about our work is available at the CHRODIS PLUS website: https://prescribeddrug.org/our-work/

CHRODIS+ Budapest General Assembly May 14th 2019
2019-05-14 08:30 - 13:30 | Hotel Benczur, Benczur street 35, Budapest, 1068, Hungary
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF JOINT ACTION CHRODIS PLUS
14 May – Tuesday 08.30 – 14.00
Location: Hotel Benczur, Budapest, Benczúr street 35, 1068 Hungary
On behalf of Joint Action CHRODIS+ we would like to thank all partners for taking part at the General Assembly.
Down below you may find the presentations as well as the picture gallieries from the event.
The general assembly was made possible thanks to our work package leaders and their team active involvement.
Thank you all for participation!

Agenda

Healthy lifestyle is the foundation of both prevention and tratment of non-communicable diseases. Many of us know this and strive for leading a healthy life, yet struggle translating good intention into action. Eeva Rantala explained it all in her bonus presentation during General Assembly. The presentation is available here.

CHRODIS+ pre-Conference workshops - 13 May
2019-05-13 10:00 - 18:00
LINK TO SOCIAL EVENT – BOAT RIDE
Events for CHRODIS PLUS partners: beneficiaries, implementing partners, collaborating and associated partners
Location: Hotel Benczur, Budapest, Benczúr street 35, 1068 Hungary

Work Package 5 workshops

Work Package 6 workshop

Work Package 7 workshop

Work Package 8 workshop

Link to CHRODIS PLUS General Assembly: 14 May 2019 @ 08:30 – 13:30
Link to CHRODIS PLUS Conference: TUESDAY 14TH MAY 14.00 – 19.30 AND WEDNESDAY 15TH MAY 9.00-13.00

Site visit in Thessaloniki, Greece
2019-04-09 - 2019-04-10 | Thessaloniki, Monastiriou Street 305, Thessaloniki, 54627, Greece
This workshop is to evaluate internally the implementation activity of the Greek partners involved in CHRODIS PLUS. This workshop offers an opportunity to the partners to invite policy makers, polititians andvpatients to discuss the value of this project and to build a strategy to sustain the project results after the CHRODIS PLUS project.
A site visit by Work Package 7 Leaders to Thessaloniki
Date: 9-10 April 2019
Click here to see the agenda of this event.

Some workshop participants from left to right:

Savopoulos Christos, Professor of Internal Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Chatzidimou Maria, Vice-President of the Medical Association of Thessaloniki
Kokkoris Panagiotis, Former General Secretary of Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Social Solidarity
Maria Antoniou, Member of the Greek Parliament
Hatzitolios I. Apostolos, Professor of Internal Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Study visit in Zagreb, Croatia
2019-03-26 08:30 - 17:00 | Croatian Institue of Public Health, Rockefellerova 12, Zagreb, Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska)
The study visit in Zagreb presented the work of Croatian Institute of Public Health in the field of diabetes registries.
Well established electronic patient registries improve quality indicators of diabetes control at population level due to better insights in patients’ health status, improved health care delivery and better patient complience as well as continuous organisational improvement within and between involved health care providers. Specific aim of using the tool of Quality Criteria Recommenations in this implementation project is to increase use of diabetes control check-list as a minimum data set within diabetes registry.
The agenda of the meeting is available here: agenda_study-visit-croatia
AGENDA OF THE STUDY VISIT IN CROATIA
8.30 – 9.00 Registration and coffee
9.00 – 9.15 Welcome and introduction to the aims of the study visit
9.15 – 9.45 What is CHRODIS+ and why are Pilot Actions needed (WP7 leaders Marina Maggini and Jelka Zaletel)
9.45 – 10.45 Background of the Croatian Pilot Local Implementation Working Group (LIWG) presents Key performance indicators of the Pilot Action
– Discussion and Q&A
10.45 – 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 – 12.00 Description of the Croatian Pilot
– LIWG presents assessment of the Pilot Action implementation with respect to the criteria on patient involvement and to the indicators as proposed by EPF
– Debate on key performance indicators with other participants from JA CHRODIS+
12.00 – 12.45 How to increase the pilot action sustainability and acalability with an aim to identify actions that would increase patient participation
13.45 – 14.15 LIWG presents assesment of the Pilot Action implementation with respect to the criteria on scalability and sustainability, building also on the result of first part of the study visit day
14.15 – 16.15 Debate with other participants from JA CHRODIS+ with an aim to identify actions that would increase scalability and sustainability of the practice
15.00 – 15.15 Coffee break
16.15 – 17.00 Summary of the next steps, lessons learnt, feedback to WP7 leaders and European Patient Forum
Downunder, you can view the list of presentations:
Marina Maggini and Jelka Zaletel – CHRODIS PLUS Work Package 7 Intro
Tamara Poljican – Croatian Pilot Description
Dunja Skoko Poljak – Croatian Pilot from Ministry of Health Perspective
Tatjana Bekic – Croatian Pilot from National Health Institute Perspective
Ivan Pristas – CroDiab registry
Vjekoslava Amerl Saric and Valerija Bralic Lang – Panels – Tool for Diabetes Mellitus
Domina Vusio – Baseline Analysis of Indicators
Marko Brkic – Key Performace Indicators
Marija Svajda – Sustainability and Scalability
Browse our picture gallery down below.

Webinar on "Health Promotion and Primary Prevention in 21 European Countries. A report prepared by the CHRODIS PLUS Joint Action."
2019-03-15 09:30 - 10:30
Webinar: “Health Promotion and Primary Prevention in 21 European Countries. A Comparative Overview of Key Policies, Approaches, Examples of Good Practice, and Gaps and Needs. A report prepared by the CHRODIS PLUS joint action” takes place.
Date: Friday 15 March 2019 from 09.30 to 10.30 CET Brussels time.
Webinar was free and open to the public. A total of 53 participants attended this online webinar.
The webinar is uploaded here: ec.europa.eu/health/sites/health/files/policies/videos/20190315_en.mp4 (during the month after the event a total of 553 personss viewed this link)
Link to download: ecwacs.webex.com/ecwacs/lsr.php?RCID=4fd0e5416308790ae71e5a0593849bb7

Agenda:
9.30 – 9.35 Welcome/Introductory remarks
European Commission, DG SANTE
9:35 – 10:05 Presentation of the report
Andrew Barnfield, Coordinator, Practice Platform, EuroHealthNet, Nella Savolainen, Senior Specialist, Welfare and Health Promotion Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland
10:05 – 10:30 Questions from the participants and discussion

Expert meeting WP6-WP8 on "Employment in the multi-morbidity care model for people with chronic conditions"
2019-02-28 | Rome, Largo Agostino Gemelli 8, Rome, Italy
This expert meeting was organized in a collaboration between WP6 and WP8.
Objectives of the event

to address the problems of chronic patients with multi-morbidity,
to define how the employment might impact on the care process of these patients, and
to make aware the employment sector of their situation.

Millions of European with non-communicable diseases will benefit from a more holistic biopsychosocial, inclusive approach aiming to achieve the prevention of disability due to non-communicable diseases.
The output of this expert meeting has been the production of a document useful to the introduction of employment into the Multimorbidity Care Model so as to innovate care and pathways of chronic patients.
Final report on Employment in the Multimorbidity Care Model
Final Report on Employment in the Multimorbidity Care Model
Appendix-1 List of Participants
Appendix-2 Review type of interventions for reintegration of people with chronic diseases
Appendix-3 Agenda
Appendix-4 Chrodis background expert meeting
Appendix-5
Workshop presentations
Employment and persons with chronic diseases: an European key issue – Presentation
Dr. Matilde Leonardi, Leader WP8, FINCB Italy
The Multi-morbidity care model – Presentation
Dr. Rokas Navickas, co-leader WP6, VULSK Lithuania
How can working environment support employees with chronic diseases to adopt and maintain healthy lifestyles? – Presentation
Ms Eeva Rantala, THL and VTT, Finland
Employment and Chronic Disease: State of the art and work ability – Presentation
Dr. Fabiola Silvaggi, FINCB Italy and Dr. Davide Vetrano, UCSC Italy
The Multi-morbidity care model: Components – Presentation
Dr. Graziano Onder, Leader WP6, UCSC Italy

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Policy dialogue in Portugal on the Advertisement of Food and Beverages to Children
2019-01-30 | Lisbon – Portugal, Lisbon, Portugal
A Policy Dialogue was held, on the 30th of January, at the Directorate-General of Health of Portugal. This meeting was focused on the Advertisement of Food and Beverages to Children. The main objective of this Policy Dialogue was to gather a group of national stakeholders, in order to find ways to tackle this issue at a national level.

In this Policy Dialogue it was possible to shed a light on what each entity has done regarding this issue; to get to know what areas each entity considers more relevant, within this issue and to discuss the most effective way of regulation – regulation vs. self-regulation.

There was also an identification of the main barriers regarding the regulation of Advertisement of Food and Beverages to Children. Additionally, each entity stated their availability to develop new actions to tackle this issue in an intersectoral way. Afterwards, there was a debate to define a strategy towards the conclusion of the legislative process on the Portuguese Advertising Code that is already ongoing.
The Portuguese policy dialogue fits neatly with the Chrodis+ aim of adopting health promotion and primary prevention strategies as the best way to reduce the burden of chronic diseases. In this case it is through improving the environment that children and young people grow up in by maximising their opportunities to live long, healthy lives by focussing on health dietary practices.
All entities present in this Policy Dialogue were directly or indirectly working on issues related to this subject. In general, all entities agree with self-regulation but consider that it should coexist with regulation. It was said that the role of Health Literacy may be preponderant in changing behavior amongst children, young people and families. Regarding perceived barriers, digital media brings new challenges for the regulation of advertised content. Furthermore, the measures to be applied must focus not only on the media and digital platforms, but also on actions that attract children and young people, such as festivals, merchandising, sporting events, among others. It will be important to use digital influencers as partners for promoting healthier food choices and the “counter advertising” method may be a very important debunk to demystify myths about traditional advertising.

The next steps for Portugal will be to create a working group with the main stakeholders for the conclusion of the alteration of the Portuguese Advertising Code; and, regarding communication, to define several actions of Health Literacy for children, youth and families, through positive messages.

Work package 7 workshop on interim follow-up
2018-12-03 - 2018-12-04 | Belgrade, Hilton Hotel Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
Focus of the event: Ensuring that implementation projects meet patients’ expectations, empower the target population and train to promote empowerment
Event organised by the European Patients’ Forum
The workshop took place on December 3rd – 4th 2018 in Belgrade, Serbia
Objective of this workshop was to set standardized pathways for the implementers of the Quality Criteria Recommendations Tool and to prepare them to successfully run the study visits that will take place in 5 implementing countries in 2019. Study visits are an important step in the implementation process. During the workshop in Belgrade, the details of the site visits were thoroughly planned, to ensure that patients are involved meaningfully in the process.
QCR tool will be tested at 8 locations in 5 countries: Slovenia, Serbia, Croatia, Finland and Greece. Click here to see the description of this tool.
The agenda and the concept of the workshop is available here.
Rationale, objective and methods are described here along with the expected outcomes and recommendations in the nutshell.
Patient involvement and patient empowerement has always been one of our focus areas as the patients are in the centre of our implementation projects. If you want to learn more on aspects and various dimentions of empowerment, click here and learn more.
And last but not least, here you can find the Key Recommendations for Future Implementations. This presentation contains the SWOT analysis that focuses on enablers and barriers related to the implementaion. This excercise preceded the finalization of Pilot Action Plan as the essential tool for future operational planning and monitoring.
An important step of the implementation process is a site visit at these 8 locations during the first half of 2019 by a group of experts including the leaders of this work package.
During this workshop, the details of these site visits were planned thoroughly. The study visits were designed from a patient/person perspective to assess if the pilot activities meet patients’/persons’ expectations with a special emphasis given to the respective QCR Tool, on empowering the target population, as well as education and training to promote empowerment.
Valentina Strammiello, Senior Programme Manager from EPF commented on the event: “The WP7 Workshop was of key importance for the implementation phase of CHRODIS + project in general and specifically for the work undertaken in WP7. The objective of the Workshop was to set standardized pathways for the implementers of the QCR Tool and to prepare them to successfully run the study visits that will take place in the 5 implementing countries in 2019. Good practices and lessons learnt were shared among the stakeholders and next steps were planned.”
Further meetings of this working implementation group will continue in March and in April and we are happy to keep you updated!

SITE VISIT IN SEVILLE - Understanding the implementation of the Multimorbidity Care Model at a primary care centre
2018-11-20 - 2018-11-21 | Seville, Spain
Context: On November 20 and 21, two important meetings were organised by CHRODIS PLUS at the Andalusian Health Service (SAS) headquarters in Seville: a workshop by Work Package 4 – Integration to National Policies and Sustainability, and then the Executive Board meeting. After the Executive Board meeting, members of the EB visited a primary health centre in Seville.
Site visit to the Primary Healthcare Centre Las Palmeritas
The aim of the site visit to the Primary Healthcare Centre Las Palmeritas was to provide a better understanding the selected Andalusian approach for the pilot implementation within the Work Package 6 at regional level. Work Package 6 focuses on the implementation of Integrated Care Model for Multimorbidity at 5 pilot sites in Europe, including Seville.
The Work Package 6 pilot implementation in Andalusia addresses component-4 (individualized care plans) of the Integrated Care Model for Multimorbidity-ICMM developed during the former Joint Action Chrodis. The general purpose of the intervention in the pilot is the assessment of the influence of the systematized application of individualized and comprehensive care plans to complex chronic patients, within the framework of the Andalusian Public Health System strategies at primary healthcare centres.
During the site visit, first a general overview of the Andalusian Public Health System-APHS was provided by the Regional Ministry of Health of Andalusia (CSJA) project coordinator (Dr Ana Carriazo) Then the Director of the Primary Health Centre (Dr Inmaculada Gabaldón) presented how the Integrated Care Process ‘Healthcare for Multimorbidity Patients’ works in practice at the centre. She also analysed how this work is in line with the Andalusian comprehensive health plans and strategies: mainly the ‘Comprehensive Healthcare Plan for Patients with Chronic Diseases’, the Andalusian ‘Comprehensive Care Strategy’ and the ‘Andalusian Plan for Primary Healthcare Renewal’. A fruitful debate among participants to clarify the particularities of the Andalusian model was also organised. The event ended with an on-site visit to the premises of this healthcare centre.

Additional information in Spanish:

Proceso Asistencial Integrado ‘Atención a pacientes pluripatológicos’ [The Integrated Care Process ‘Healthcare forMultimorbidity Patients’]

https://juntadeandalucia.es/export/drupaljda/salud_5af1956d9925c_atencion_pacientes_pluripatologicos_2018.pdf

Plan Andaluz de Atención Integrada a Pacientes con Enfermedades Crónicas – PAAIPEC [The Comprehensive Healthcare Plan for Patients with Chronic Diseases]

https://juntadeandalucia.es/organismos/salud/areas/planificacion/plan-integral/paginas/paier.html

Estrategia de Cuidados de Andalucía: nuevos retos en el cuidado de la ciudadanía – PiCuida [Andalusian Comprehensive Care Strategy].

http://www.sas.junta-andalucia.es/contenidos/gestioncalidad/estratcuidados/estrategia_enero_2016.pdf

Plan para la Renovación de la Atención Primaria en Andalucía [The Andalusian Plan for Primary Healthcare Renewal]

http://www.sas.junta-andalucia.es/principal/documentosacc.asp?pagina=gr_renovacionap

JOGG site visit in Helsinki
2018-08-13 - 2018-08-14 | Helsinki, Finland
The event of site visit organized under the auspices of Joint Action Chrodis+ was held on August 13-14th in Helsinki, Finland, hosted by THL. The event provided a platform for deeper approach understanding of the methodology of JOGG implementation both at local and national level. Selected elements of JOGG will be adapted and implemented within the Health Promoting Community Programme (HPC) in Iceland by the Directorate of Health.
The JA-CHRODIS Good Practice “JOGG” addresses children and adolescent obesity and encourages all people in a town or neighbourhood to make healthy food and physical activity an easy and attractive lifestyle option for young people. HPC is an umbrella for comprehensive health promotion work in municipalities, including all school levels. HPCs main aim is to support communities/schools to create supportive environments that promote healthy lifestyle, health and well-being for all. Iceland will adapt selected elements concerning the structure of the JOGG program and the main aim of the HPC will continue to be well being for all.
The description of the model project is available here.
The objectives of this site visit were:

Improved shared understanding of the JOGG approach
Exchange of good examples from the local implementation and actions from JOGG-cities
Practical guidance on the local implementation of JOGG
Stakeholder mapping: both national and local – who to include/who do we miss?
Communication strategies
Advice on how to make contract with the local level
How do we support the local programme-managers – the national JOGG-support model.
Determine next steps on JOGG implementation

Site visit - mHealth tools for chronic diseases
2018-06-19 13:30 - 16:00 | Ulm University, James-Franck-Ring str., Ulm, 89081, Germany
We had a privilage to participate at the presentation of our partner organization University of Ulm where the mHealth application is being developed and used by the patients who have developed tinnitus.
Dr. Ruediger Pryss along with Wilfried Schlee delivered a interesting and inspiring presentation on the application development as its everyday practical use. The presence of patients who are using the application underlined the added value and strengthen the importance of new technologies in the service of health. The event was a proof that mobile technologies support the achievements of health objectives.
The presentation is available here
Down below you may see the photo gallery of the mHealth events as well as the pictures from Governing Board meeting.

First Governing Board Meeting
2018-06-19 09:00 - 16:00 | Ulm University, James-Franck-Ring str., Ulm, 89081, Germany
1st Governing Board meeting of the Joint Action CHRODIS PLUS (2017-2020).
The purpose of the meeting:

create a common vision, to provide strategic guidance and thoughtful sounding board for the JA_CHRODIS PLUS
discuss and agree on Terms of Reference and Operating Procedure of the Governing Board.

Date: Tuesday, 19 June 2018, Time: 8:00 – 16:00
Location: Ulm University, James-Franck-Ring str., 89081 Ulm
Participants: one nominated person per country. See the Governing Board members list here.
The board session (09:00 – 14:00) will be immediately followed by a presentation of the mHealth tool developed by the IT department of the Ulm University working for the Work Package on Fostering the Quality of Care.

Click here to see the Agenda
1st Governing Board Meeting in Ulm – Venue
One-minute-video on Ulm – Click on the picture

Presentations
Click on the title of the presentation and download it!

Approach of the CHRODIS PLUS outcomes from the decision maker perspective – Lina Jaruševičienė, Vice Minister, Ministry of Health of Lithuania
Employment and Chronic Diseases Health in All Sectors
Fostering Quality of Care for People with Chronic Diseases
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Presentation of the proposal for the Terms of References Operating Procedures and Working Plan of the GB
Integration in National Policies and Sustainability
Integrated Care Model for Multi-morbidity

Pictures taken during the event

Active School Flag Site Visit
2018-06-06 13:30 - 2018-06-07 15:30 | Dublin, Ireland
The main intention behind this site visit was to demonstrate and share learning from the Active School Flag (ASF) initiative as part of Joint Action CHRODIS-PLUS
And what were the main learning outcomes of this site visit?

To gain an understanding of the background policy and programme context to ASF- To gain an understanding of:
The key components of ASF, in particular, the core elements that must be implemented to achieve the desirable changes in physical activity of children
The ASF programme, practical steps in engaging schools, implementation, administration, etc.
The success criteria for participating schools
The different types of partnerships required to implement and support ASF
To learn about the success factors, challenges and key drivers of ASF
To gain an insight into the research linked to ASF programme
To gain an understanding of ASF in practice through visiting demonstration schools across Dublin city
To clarify the next steps and actions required to support the pre-implementation planning phase with local implementation groups in other member states.

Click here for a link to all resources and presentation from this event.
The full agenda of the event can be found here.

Pre-implementation workshop of Work Package 7 in Ljubljana
2018-06-04 08:00 - 2018-06-05 17:00 | Ljubljana, Slovenia
The workshop was held on 4-5 June in order to provide the partners with pilot actions operational support for developing the Pilot Action Plan based on the Guideline for the pre–Implementation phase, and instructions on how to use the Quality Criteria Recommendation Tool. Representatives from Task 2 (Task 2: Piloting the Quality Criteria and Recommendations Tool through pilot actions across different countries) pilot sites (Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Greece, and Finland) were present.

The pilot action in Slovenia was used as a case study to verify all the necessary steps to define the Pilot Plan. The two-day workshop mostly focused on group work in a preparatory process. At the same time, the experience served as field training for sharing the knowledge, skills and tools necessary for carrying out the SWOT analysis and the design of the Pilot plan within a local context.

Adaptation and implementation of the intersectoral good practices: Lombardy program "Workplace health promotion"
2018-05-22 10:00 - 2018-05-23 16:00 | Regione Lombardia, Piazza Citta di Lombardia 1, Milan
Adaptation and implementation of intersectoral good practices: Lombardy Program “Workplace Health Promotion: the WHP Lombardy network”
The Italian Joint Action Chrodis good practice “Lombardy Workplace Health Promotion Network” is a public-private partenrship that promotes a healthy lifestyle through different actions and information that target healthy eating, smoking cessation, increased physical activity, alcohol reduction and safe walking/biking to work.
Some elements of the Lombardy Workplace Health Promotion Network are being implemented by the Andalusian Regional Ministry of Health in Spain within CHRODIS PLUS Joint Action.
The description of the model is available here.
This good practice is part of Work Package 5 agenda.
Date of the meeting: 22nd – 23rd May 2018
Location: Milano
Click here to see the Agenda
http://www.promozionesalute.regione.lombardia.it/wps/portal/site/promozione-salute
We are happy to share with you the Pre-implementation Phase Report /Scope & Swot Analysis/ where you will find all that you need to know about the step-wise approach of implementation Lombardy Workplace Health Promotion by the Regional Ministry of Health of Andalusia. The report is available here.
Browse through our photogallery to see the pictures on the site visit

WP8 Expert meeting - EMPLOYMENT AND CHRONIC CONDITIONS
2018-03-20 14:30 - 2018-03-21 13:30 | Brussels – Belgium, Mont des Arts, Brussels, 1000, Belgium
Location: Bruxelles – Fondation Universitaire, Rue d’Egmont 11 – 1000 Brussels (Belgium)

AGENDA
Tuesday 20th March 2018 h 14.30 -18.00
14.30 –15.00 Welcome and registration
15.00–15.10 Presentation WP8: Employment and Chronic Diseases in Europe: linking to Pathways Recommendations
Dr. Matilde Leonardi, Leader WP8, FINCB
15.10–15.35 Presentation Task 8.1 “Training tool for employers and the employment sector: CDs and employment”
Dr. Fabiola Silvaggi, FINCB
15.35–16.00 Presentation Task 8.2 “Toolkit for adaptation of the workplace for prevention and maintenance of chronic diseases at the workplace”
Dr. Jaana Lindstrom, Co-leader WP8, THL
16.00–17.15 Presentation of some European and International “Training tools” and “Toolkits” for employment sector
Better inclusion of patients with chronic conditions in the workplace and training practices for employers: a European tool
Dr. Katie Gallagher, European Patients Forum
Cancer&Work: The French training and strategy for employers
Dr. Jérôme Foucaud, The French National Cancer Institute
“Not myself today”: to help employers transform mental health at work
Dr. Fred Destrebeq, European Brain Council
#MAKEWORKWORK: Ensuring good work for neurological patients
Dr. Donna Walsh, European Federation of Neurological Associations
Work and Multiple Sclerosis: Improving workability for Multiple Sclerosis
Dr. Elisabeth Kasilingam, European Multiple Sclerosis Platform
17.15–17.45 Open Discussion
17.45- 18.00 Closing of meeting by Matilde Leonardi

19.00 – 22.00 “Cocktail Dinatoire” with all partners and collaborating partners at Fondation Universitaire (at each participant’s costs)

Wednesday 21st March 2018 h.9.00 -13.15
9.00 –10.50 Development of Chrodis+ Training tool for employers- task 8.1
Chair: Dr. Matilde Leonardi, Leader WP8, FINCB
WP8 Partners & Collaborating partners
Work plan
Phase 1: Literature Review and Grey Literature, M6-M8
Phase 2: Structuring the training tool, M8–M12
Phase 3: Training Tool in English: test pilot, M12 – M18
Phase 4:Training tool translated in Italian, French, Slovenian, German, and Hungarian, M18-M28
Subtask 8.1.1 Expert meeting for Multi-morbidity and Employment, M18
10.50–11.10 Coffee Break
11.10–13.00 Development Chrodis+ Toolkit for adaptation of the workplace. Task 8.2
Chair: Dr. Jaana Lindstrom, Co-leader WP8, THL
WP8 Partners & Collaborating partners
Work plan
Phase 1: Literature study and website searches, M3-M12
Phase 2: Interviews /focus groups with stakeholders, M13-M15
Phase 3:Development of chronic disease prevention and management Toolkit in workplaces, M15-M18
Phase 4: Piloting the Toolkit, M18-M26
Phase 5: Reporting of the pilots and finalizing of the Toolkit, M26-M30
Phase 6: Dissemination of the Toolkit M31-M36
13.00–13.15 Conclusions and next steps
Dr. Matilde Leonardi, Leader WP8, FINCB
Dr. Jaana Lindstrom, Co-leader WP8, THL
Expert Meeting participants

20th-21st March 2018
Bruxelles- Fondation Universitaire
WP8 Leaders & Meeting secretariat:
Matilde Leonardi – matilde.leonardi@istituto-besta.it
Foundation IRCCS Neurological Institute ”Carlo Besta” (FINCB) Milan, ITALY
Jaana Lindstrom – jaana.lindstrom@thl.fi
National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, FINLAND
Fabiola Silvaggi- fabiola.silvaggi@istituto-besta.it
Chiara Scaratti – chiara.scaratti@istituto-besta.it
Erika Guastafierro – erika.guastafierro@istituto-besta.it
Carla Finocchiaro (Besta Grant Officer) – carla.finocchiaro@istituto-besta.it
Foundation IRCCS Neurological Institute ”Carlo Besta” (FINCB)- Milan, ITALY
WP8 Partners
Lyudmil Ninov – European Patients Forum (EPF)-BELGIUM
Katie Gallagher – European Patients Forum (EPF)-BELGIUM
Isabelle Girard – The French National Cancer Institute (INCa)-FRANCE
Jérôme Foucaud- The French National Cancer Institute (INCa)-FRANCE
Ulf Manuwald – Technische Universität Dresden (TUD)-GERMANY
Ulrike Rothe – Technische Universität Dresden (TUD)-GERMANY
Bruno Caffari – National Institute of Health (ISS)-ITALY
Karin Proper – National Institute for Health Public and the Environment (RIVM)-THE NETHERLAND
Jelka Zaletel – National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ)-SLOVENIA
Francisco Javier Dolz López – Regional Ministry of Health of Andalusia (CSJA/SAS)-SPAIN
WP8 Collaborating Partners
Fred Destrebeq – European Brain Council (EBC)
Donna Walsh – European Federation of Neurological Association (EFNA)
Nancy Van Hoylandt – European Federation of Neurological Association (EFNA)
Lars Munter – The Danish Committee for Health Education (ENOPE)
Other Participants
Rogerio Ribeiro – Associação Protetora dos Diabéticos de Portugal (APDP), Chrodis +WP3- Evaluation
Elisabeth Kasilingam – European Multiple Sclerosis Platform (EMSP)

Joint Action event in Treviso, Italy
2018-02-13 14:00 - 2018-02-14 18:00 | Treviso, Treviso, Italy
Meeting venue: Centro Studi Achille e Linda Lorenzen – Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Treviso, Italy
Date: February 13-14, 2018

Implementation workshop
February 13th 2018 (starting at 2 p.m.) and February 14th (ending at 1 p.m.)
Workshop aims to define the common methodology and process for the cross-national implementation pilots
Agenda
February 13th 2018
14:00 – 14:30 Opening session
14:30 – 15:00 Presentation of the implementation strategy
15:00 – 15:30 Pre-implementation phase: Techniques and working plan
15:30 – 17:30 Working groups’ session
17:30 – 18:30 Plenary session
18:30 – 18:45 Wrap up
February 14th 2018
9:00 – 09:15 Presentation of the day
9:15 – 9:45 Collaborative methodology
9:45 – 11:45 Working groups’ session
11:45 – 12:45 Plenary session
12:45 – 13:00 Wrap up and future work
13:00 – 13:15 Work Package 3 – Protocol requirements

Work Package 4 workshop
February 14th 2018 (starting at 2 p.m.) lasting all afternoon
Workshop aims to discuss the key principles to create a common vision regarding the post 2020 perspective: integration in national policies, sustainability and EU added value
Agenda
15:00 – 15.15 Introduction (I. Imaz)
15.15 – 15.45 Presentation of the concepts: Integration in National policies, Sustainability, EU added value (Giovanni Nicoletti, P. Michelutti)
15.45 – 17.00 Work in 4 parallel groups (15+60 min) Moderator: J. Zaletel
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Group 1– Facilitator: C. Marinetti, G. Nicoletti
15.45 – 16.00 Presentation of an example of the good practice in health promotion
16.00 – 17.00 Discussion session

Group 2– Facilitator: G. Onder, R. Navickas, P. Michelutti
15.45 – 16.00 Presentation of IMM care model
16.00 – 17.00 Discussion session

Group 3– Facilitator: M. Maggini, A Giusti
15.45 – 16.00 Presentation of QCR Tool
16.00 – 17.00 Discussion session

Group 4– Facilitator: M. Leonardi, J. Lindstrom
15.45 – 16.00 presentation of an example of the good practice in employment area
16.00 – 17.00 Discussion session

17.00 – 17:45 Reporting back by group facilitators
17.45 – 18.00 Closing remarks – (P. Michelutti, J. Zaletel)

CHRODIS PLUS Joint Action Kick-Off Meeting
2017-09-18 - 2017-09-20 | Vilnius – Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania
AGENDA

Monday 18 September 2017
Public session at the Artis Centrum hotel Totoriu str. 23, 01120, Vilnius, Lithuania
9:00 – 10:00 – Official opening session
– Minister of Health, Lithuania, Aurelijus Veryga
– European Commissioner for Health, Vytenis Andriukaitis
The Commissioner Andriukaitis gave a video interview on the importance of CHRODIS PLUS. Click here to download the video.
To read the speech of Vytenis Andriukaitis, please, click here.
10:00 – 10:30 – Keynote speech Dr. Miklos Szocska, former Minister of State for Health of Hungary
10:30 – 11:00 – Presentation of the new joint action by the coordinator Antonio Sarria Santamera and the scientific coordinator Rokas Navickas
11:00 – 11:30 – End of the public session with a coffee break
11:00 – 11:30 – Press conference / options for press contact with Commissioner V.Andriukaitis, representative of the Lithuanian Ministry of Health and Dr. G. Galea
11:30 – 12:15 – Administrative aspects of joint action management – Marc Vandenbroeck, Chafea
12:15 – 13:15 – Lunch break
13:15 – 14:00 – Financial aspects of joint action management – Klara Kasnyik, Chafea
14:00 – 15:00 – Questions and answers
15:00 – 15:30 – Coffee break
15:30 – 17:00 – Presentation of the horizontal work packages by the (co-)coordinators – Work Package 1, Work Package 2 and Work Package 3

Tuesday 19 September 2017
9:00 – 9:15 – Introduction to the CHRODIS PLUS kick-off meeting – A. Sarria Santamerra
9:15 – 10:30 – Presentation of each core work package (Work Package 4, Work Package 5, Work Package 6, Work Package 7 and Work Package 8) by the (co-) coordinators
10:30 – 11:00 – Coffee break
11:00 – 13:00 – Working groups according to the work packages
13:00 – 14:00 – Networking lunch
14:00 – 17:30 – Working groups continued (coffee break to be taken by the groups)
18.30 – 19.20 – Group discussion on common methodology (piloting) in WP5, WP6 and WP7 (Lead by KRONIGUNE with WP 5,6,7 leaders and co-leaders)

Wednesday 20 September 2017
8:15 – 9:15 – Reporting back from the working groups: WP4, WP5, WP6, WP7 and WP8
9:15 – 11:15 – Presentation and discussion on horizontal issues concerning various the partners:
– commonalities of the transfer/piloting methodology in WP5, WP6, WP7 (Methodology presentation by KRONIGUE)
– the policy dialogues (EHNet)
– organization of dissemination activities, GB and EB meetings, site visits and other events with a maximum benefit and communication impact (WP2)
