UK Presidency of the EU 2005: Events happening in Scotland
European Social Services Conference - Partnership and Performance in Social Care and Health in a Changing Europe
4-6 July 2005 Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh
Overview: 13th annual conference, organised this year in conjunction with the Scottish Executive. It brings together policy makers, senior managers and political representatives responsible for social and health care to exchange expertise and experience in policy and practice across Europe. The conference will address how public services in Europe should respond to growing care and health needs in a challenging social and economic environment. The Conference will be opened by the Scottish Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care and closed by the Parliamentary Under Secretary for Care Services for England.
Links: www.socialeurope.com
Contact:-
European Social Network
Kenwyn House
Wincombe Road
Brighton
BN1 5AR
United Kingdom
Phone: 01273 549817
Fax: 01273 549317
Meeting of the Heads of Human and Veterinary Medicines Regulatory Agencies
13-15 July Sheraton Hotel, Edinburgh
Overview: The regulatory heads of human and veterinary medicines meets twice during each presidency to provide a focus for leadership within the European system of medicines regulation, to devise and deliver practical solutions to problems and to provide a mechanism for communicating the views of the participating bodies to others including the European Commission.
Contact:-
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency,
Market Towers,
1 Nine Elms Lane,
London SW8 5NQ Email: ukpresidency@mhra.gsi.gov.uk
Phone: 020 7084 2316
Informal Meeting of EU Transport Attachés
26-29 July 2005 Glasgow / Ayr/ Arran
Overview: An informal meeting of the Brussels-based transport representatives from the EU 25 Member States to discuss current relevant issues. This will include visits to various transport-related operations in the West of Scotland.
Contact:
David Tripp
Scottish Executive EU Office
Scotland House
Rond Point Schuman
1040 Brussels
BELGIUM Email: seeuoevents@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
Phone: 00 32 22 82 83 34
3rd World Youth Congress
30 July - 8 August 2005 Stirling University
Overview: Though not formally a Presidency event, the World Youth Congress is relevant to UK priorities for the Presidency. The Congress will bring together 600 young people from over 100 countries worldwide to discuss, facilitate and expand practical youth action for sustainable development; prepare a policy document for the UN Review of the MDGs + 5; and participate in a range of exemplar projects around Scotland (and be introduced to the wealth and diversity of Scottish culture).
Links: www.scotland2005.com/wyc
Contact:-
Emma Sinclair
World Youth Congress Team
Scottish Executive Education Dept
1A Victoria Quay
Leith
Edinburgh EH6 6QQ
Phone: 0131 244 0717
The European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference
29 August - 2 September 2005 Glasgow University
Overview: Conference held every second year which has primarily been aimed at academics but has increasingly involved the commercial sector too. The lead organisers are the University of Strathclyde supported by the Scottish Renewables Forum, Highland and Islands Enterprise and the European Marine Energy Centre. The theme for the Conference will be EU policy development and legislation and the agenda will include discussion of the Commission's Framework Programme VI wave and tidal energy programme, as well as the opportunity for academia, industry and financiers to learn more about the excellent opportunities for wave and tidal energy development in Scotland. It is also intended to provide delegates with the opportunity to visit the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney.
Links: www.ewtec.net
Contact:
Event organisers can be contacted via their website
Young People and Crime - A European Perspective
5-7 September 2005 Thistle Hotel Glasgow
Overview: Designed to bring together police and other practitioners from Member States and regions to share best practice on deterring and preventing young people from anti-social and criminal behaviour and to encourage good citizenship.
Contact:
Drew Peterkin
Community Safety and Antisocial Behaviour Unit
Scottish Executive Justice Dept
1WR St Andrews House
1 Regent Road
Edinburgh EH1 3DG
Phone: 0131 244 3995
EU-Norway negotiations
6-7 September 2005 Victoria Quay, Edinburgh
Overview: Most fish stocks in the North Sea are shared between the EU countries and Norway: fisheries management arrangements are negotiated annually in accordance with the 1980 Eu-Norway fisheries agreement. These two-day negotiations are a technical part of the 2005 round of negotiations. They will focus on the development of new joint management arrangements for four shared stocks, inlcuding monkfish. Following the second round of technical negotiations on this subject in Bergen earlier in 2005 the UK will - as EU Presidency - host the second round in Edinburgh. The negotiations - and other parallel technical negotiations on subjects as diverse as weighing pelagic fish landings and satellite monitoring of vessels - will produce recommendations for consideration at the full EU-Norway annual consultation events in Brussels and Oslo later this year.
Contact:
Lachlan Stuart
Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department
Sea Fisheries - Conservation Division
Pentland House
47 Robb's Loan
Edinburgh EH14 1TY
Phone: 0131 244 6432
Chief Veterinary officers Informal Meeting
6-9 September 2005 Sheraton Grand Hotel Edinburgh
Overview: This bi-annual meeting brings together the CVO's of each Member State and senior officials. It will include a series of formal meetings followed by a social programme which will include an opportunity to demonstrate aspects of Scottish agriculture and production. The agenda for the meeting is likely to include consideration of the welfare of animals and the strategic framework for animal health.
Contact:
Dr Mike Lamont
Veterinary Unit HQ
Rm 337 Pentland House
47 Robb's Loan
Edinburgh EH14 1TY
Phone: 0131 244 6485
Informal Meeting of EU Fisheries Directors
7 - 9 September 2005 Edinburgh / Fife / Dundee
Overview: In line with a tradition built up over the years where the Presidency hosts an informal meeting of senior fisheries officials from all EU States plus the Commission.
Contact:
Fiona Watt
Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Dept
Sea Fisheries - Conservation Division
Pentland House
47 Robb's Loan
Edinburgh EH14 1TY
Phone: 0131 244 6442
Legal Issues Pharmaceuticals Meeting (EMACOLEX)
14-16 September Dynamic Earth Edinburgh
Theme: Informal forum for lawyers advising medicines regulatory agencies within the EU to discuss legal issues of relevance to EU medicines legislation.
Contact:
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency,
Market Towers,
1 Nine Elms Lane,
London SW8 5NQ Email: ukpresidency@mhra.gsi.gov.uk
Phone::020 7084 2316
International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) Annual Science Conference
19-25 September 2005 Aberdeen International Conference Centre
Theme: ICES is a marine science organisation formed to facilitate collaboration between its members and to provide scientific advice. The annual conference will discuss the latest developments in science related to fish populations and the marine environment such as pollution and ocean climate. The conference will also agree the tasks to be undertaken by working groups which will deliver the advice requested by policy makers.
Links: http://www.ices.dk/iceswork/asc/2005/index.asp
Contact:
Paul McCarthy
Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department
Sea Fisheries - Conservation Division
Rm 510 Pentland House
47 Robb's Loan
Edinburgh EH14 1TY
Phone: 0131 244 3358
Better Regulation Conference
"Competitiveness & Consultation - Business at the Heart of Europe"
22-23 September 2005 Sheraton Grand Hotel Edinburgh
Overview: Better Regulation is a top priority for the upcoming UK Presidency. The Better Regulation Executive in the Cabinet Office leads on taking forward the government's work on regulatory reform at both the domestic and European level. The overarching aim of the conference will be to engage European business leaders with the Better Regulation agenda, from whom, to date there has been less interest and pressure than from UK business. By engaging senior European business leaders with the agenda, we hope to generate genuine and tangible Europe-wide top-level support and engagement with structures which are designed to deliver better European regulation. The conference is set to be high profile. Vice President Günter Verheugen, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - John Hutton, Alan Johnson (Sec of State for Trade and Industry - tbc), Niall FitzGerland (CEO, Reuters) and Sir David Arculus (Chair of the Better Regulation Task Force) will all be making a keynote speeches.
Contact:
Better Regulation Executive
Europe Team
Cabinet Office
22 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2WH Email: better.euro.reg@cabinet-office.x.gsi.gov.uk
Phone: 0207 276 5007
COREPER II Informal Meeting
22-24 September 2005 Edinburgh
Overview: An informal meeting of the Brussels-based Permanent Representatives of each of the Member States which traditionally takes place in the Member State holding the EU Presidency. These Representatives are, in effect, their country's ambassador to the EU and meet weekly in Brussels within the Permanent Representatives Committee II (COREPER II). This Committee prepares the work of the Council, with the exception of agricultural issues, which are handled by the Special Committee on Agriculture.
Contact:
Neil Watt
Scottish Executive Finance and Central Service Department
International Division
Area 2H North Victoria Quay
Edinburgh EH6 6QQ
Phone: 0131 244 2380
Conference on the European Qualifications Framework: Qualifications Frameworks in Europe: Learning Across Boundaries
22-23 September 2005 Glasgow
Overview: This conference is being organised by the Scottish Executive in conjunction with stakeholders throughout the UK and with the European Commission. It will inform the upcoming consultation on the European Qualifications Framework document 'Towards a European Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning'. The aims of the conference are to:
• Discuss and influence the vision and shape of the emerging European Qualifications framework in the context of existing and proposed frameworks;
• Demonstrate the potential challenges and opportunities faced by existing frameworks as they interface with the emerging European Qualifications Framework;
• Showcase existing qualifications frameworks; and
• Share practical experience in qualifications developments.
Links: Further information can be obtained from 4th July 2005 at:
www.eventsforce.net/eqfconference2005
Contact:
Anna Devlin
Skills for Life and Works Division
Scottish Executive
First Floor, Europa Building
450 Argyle St
Glasgow G2 8LG
Developments in EU Criminal Justice
29 September - 1 October 2005 Edinburgh
Overview: Seminar to review the development of co-operation in criminal justice matters within the EU with particular reference to the impact on Scotland.
Links: www.era.int
Contact:
Lorna Harris
Crown Office
25 Chambers Street
Edinburgh
Phone: 08456 066212
European Platform for Biodiversity Research Strategy (EBPRS)
2-4 October 2005 Aviemore
Overview: This meeting will take place just before the EU Nature Directors meeting. EPBRS meetings take place bi-annually and provide a forum for policy advisors and scientists to review the state of the knowledge of particular issues and agree shared research priorities for national and EU programmes. The likely theme of this meeting is climate change and biodiversity.
Contact:
Andrew Stott
Biodiversity and Landscape Branch
Natural Resources and Rural Affairs Science Division HRRA SD(B)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Temple Quay House,
2 The Square
Temple Quay
Bristol BS1 6EB
Phone: 0117 372 8445
EU Nature Directors Meeting
5-7 October 2005 Aviemore
Overview: A meeting of nature directors from throughout the EU. Theme of this meeting is consideration and discussion of issues relating to biodiversity and climate change.
Contact:
Neale Oliver
Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Wildlife, Countryside And Land Use Directorate (Wclu)
Temple Quay House, 2 The Square, Temple Quay, Bristol BS1 6EB
Phone: 0117 372 6153
Meeting of EU Climate Change Expert Group
October 6-7, Victoria Quay, Edinburgh
Overview: During the UK's presidency of the EU, the UK Government has the responsibility of leading on climate change for the EU. This entails chairing policy and expert groups, leading in policy development and speaking for the EU at meetings of the UNFCCC in Nov/Dec 2005. This meeting, as a part of the process, will allow the UK and other EU member states to discuss current issues and assist the UK Government in co-ordinating the EU's input to the subsidiary body on scientific and technological advice (SBSTA).
www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/international/eu-presidency/index.htm
Contact:
Chris Ellisdon / Katherine Bass
Zone 3/A2, Ashdown House
123 Victoria Street
London
SW1E 6DE
Phone: 0207 082 8153
Fax: 020 7082 8143
Protecting Patients: Healthcare Professionals Crossing Borders
13-14 October 2005 Castlehill Edinburgh
Overview: This event will look at ways of bringing together information and best practice from across Europe to make healthcare services and products safer for patients. A Europe-wide project group has been created and tasked with enhancing patient safety in the context of free movement of healthcare professionals across the EU and the wider European Economic Area. The conference will take forward the group's work. The audience will comprise regulators, health ministries, and representatives from health and social care organisations.
Contact:
Vanessa Pfitzer
Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London SW1A 2NL
European Forum on Architectural Policies
13-15 October 2005 Glasgow & Edinburgh
Overview: The first formal meeting of the European Forum for Architectural Policies took place in 2001 and since then each country holding the Presidency has hosted a Steering Committee meeting and conference. The Steering Committee discusses joint approaches to the EU to promote architectural quality and the associated conference usually explores issues in more depth. This year the conference will focus on issues about architecture, identity and democracy that are being illustrated through the new Welsh Assembly building and the Scottish Parliament.
Links: www.architecture-forum.net
Contact:
Architectural Policy Unit
Scottish Executive Education Dept
Area 1-B(N) Victoria Quay
Edinburgh EH6 6QQ
Phone: 0131 244 7461
European Crime Prevention Network (EUCPN) Meeting
17-18 October 2005 Edinburgh
Overview: Yearly meeting which follows the Presidency. Brings together key practitioners and professional in the field of Crime Prevention to stimulate co-operation and identity best practice. The Network consists of National Representatives designated by each Member State plus substitutes and crime prevention contact points within academia or umbrella organisations.
Contact:
Drew Peterkin
Community Safety and Antisocial Behaviour Unit
Scottish Executive Justice Department
1WR St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh EH1 3DG
Phone: 0131 244 3994
EU Poverty Round Table Conference
17- 18 October 2005 SECC Glasgow
Overview: The Round Table will provide a forum for discussion and sharing of good practice between those with an interest in social inclusion issues across Europe. It brings together a wide range of stakeholders (academics, NGOs, MEPs, local governments, national governments and the Commission). The Round Table is seen as an important part of the process of involving civil society (an in particular, people experience social exclusion) in developing the EU strategy on social inclusion. The UK intends to make the Round Table the focus of action to develop the UK's National Action Plan - in particular by working in partnership across Government and with NGOs to deliver and event which relates to the concerns of people at risk of social exclusion
Contact:
Social Inclusion Division
Development Department
Scottish Executive
Victoria Quay
Edinburgh EH6 6QQ
Phone: 0131 244 7595
EU Employment Committee (EMCO)
18-19 October SECC Glasgow and Signet Library Edinburgh
Overview: The EU Employment Committee comprises officials from all 25 Member States and discusses employment issues, often to clear the way for texts to be adopted by the Council of Ministers. EMCO will first have a joint session with the EU Social Protection Committee in Glasgow following the Poverty Round Table event. Following this they will meet in Edinburgh - business will be dominated by the agenda inherited at the time.
Contact:
Social Inclusion Division
Development Department
Scottish Executive
Victoria Quay
Edinburgh EH6 6QQ
Phone: 0131 244 7595
EU Social Protection Committee (SPC)
18-19 October 2005 SECC Glasgow
Overview: The Social Protection Committee is a committee of senior officials from all 25 Member States and the Commission which meets about 10 times a year to discuss pensions, social exclusion, healthcare and making work pay. The SPC will first meet jointly with the EU Employment Committee on the 18 Oct, followed by a separate meeting in Glasgow on 19 Oct.
Contact:
Social Inclusion Division
Development Department
Scottish Executive
Victoria Quay
Edinburgh EH6 6QQ
Phone: 0131 244 7595
Transport Conference on Public-Private Partnerships
19-21 October 2005 Sheraton Grand Hotel Edinburgh
Overview: Conference involving senior transport officials from EU Member States, the Commission and key private sector entities to consider the role of public-private partnerships in facilitating transport investment.
Contact:
Helen Cameron
Transport Department
Scottish Executive
Victoria Quay
Edinburgh EH6 6QQ
Phone: 0131-244-7241
Civil Justice Conference
24-26 October 2005 Sheraton Grand Hotel
Overview: The Conference takes place on the European Day of Civil Justice and the likely theme is 'citizens solving cross border disputes in a practical way'. Delegates and speakers will come from the 25 Member States, the non-EU members of the Council of Europe and Accession States.
Contact:
EU JHA Strategy Unit
Scottish Executive Justice Department
2-W St Andrews House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG
Phone: 0131 244 3247
EU Textiles Committee Meeting
2-5 November 2005
Overview: Meeting of senior officials from throughout the EU to discuss current issues. The meeting will include a visit to textile firms in the Borders.
Contact:
Ana Richardson
Textiles Executive
Scottish Textiles Cluster
Scottish Enterprise
150 Broomielaw
Atlantic Quay
Glasgow
G2 8LU
Phone: 0131 313 6004
Council of European Municipalities and Regions Policy Committee Meeting
9-10 November 2005
Overview: The Council of European Municipalities and Regions brings together national associations of local and regional authorities from more than 30 European countries, predominantly from EU member states. It provides a key platform for furthering the interests of local/regional government. COSLA is a member of the CEMR as part of the Local Government International Bureau delegation.
The Policy Committee, normally held twice a year, is the main governing body of the CEMR. It brings together a maximum of 150 people, with high-ranking politicians from across the CEMR membership, together with officers and administrative staff.
Links: www.ccre.org
www.cosla.gov.uk
Contact: Silke Isbrand, Jennifer Watson
Silke Isbrand, Brussels Policy Manager
COSLA
Rosebery House
9 Haymarket Terrace
Edinburgh EH12 5XZ
Jennifer Watson, Brussels Policy Officer
Scotland House
Rond Point Schuman 6
B1040 Brussels
Phone: Silke Isbrand - 0131 474 9200
Jennifer Watson - 00 32 2 282
8395
Mobile - 00 32 496 084 967
Next Generation Regulation: Delivering Competition Communications Conference
10-11 November 2005 Balmoral Hotel Edinburgh
Overview: This conference takes place against a background of European efforts to move forward the Lisbon Competitiveness Agenda. It will examine whether regulatory models for telecommunications and spectrum management remain fit for purpose in the light of these challenges of whether further change and development is required. The Conference will look at best practice from across Europe and the world.
Contact:
Becky Foreman
Riverside House
2a Southwark Bridge Road
London SE1 9HA
Phone: 020 7981 3636
European Economic and Social Committee Bureau Meeting
21 November 2005 Scottish Parliament Edinburgh
Overview: Extraordinary Meeting of the Bureau of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) followed by a public meeting organised jointly with the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish Civic Forum on a theme linked to the role of civil society in communicating about the role of the EU. The EESC is the consultative body set up by the European Treaties whose main task is to advise the three major institutions (European Parliament, Council of the European Union and European Commission). It consists of representatives of the various economic and social components of organised civil society in the EU.
Links: www.esc.eu.int/pages/en/home.asp
Contact:
Fritz Rath
European Economic and Social Committee
99 Rue Belliard
1040 Brussels
Phone: 00 32 2 546 9250
Exploring the Impact of Migration within the EU: How can we harness our talents?
28-29 November 2005 Hilton Hotel Dunblane
Overview: Conference being organised jointly by the Scottish Executive and the European Economic and Social Committee. It will consider the nature and impact of migration across the EU in a period of demographic change.
Links: www.esc.eu.int/pages/en/home
Contact:
Europe Division
Scottish Executive Finance and Central Services Dept
Area 2H(N) Victoria Quay
Leith
Edinburgh EH6 6QQ
Phone: 0131 244 5020
European Police College (CEPOL) Board Meeting
28 - 30 November 2005 Caledonia Hotel Edinburgh
Overview: Quarterly meeting of the Governing Board of the European Police College Network. This involves all 25 Member States and is designed to discuss issues and developments on the police training field. The Governing Board is responsible for the governance and budget for the College and for the provisions of training opportunities for senior officers across Europe.
Links: www.cepol.net
Contact:
CEPOL Secreriat
Bramshill House
Bramshill
Hook
Hampshire RG27 0JW Email:
Phone:
Innovative Public Services Group Meeting (IPSG)
1-2 December 2005 Roxburghe Hotel Edinburgh
Overview: The IPSG is a sub-group of the European Public Administration Network. This meeting will finalise the groups' work programme for 2006-2007 as well as focusing on UK-led work like the study on methods of measuring customer satisfaction and the review of Quality Conferences. Time will also be spent looking at issues like Benchmarking, the Common Assessment Framework, Communications, Knowledge Management as well as ensuring a smooth hand-over to the Austrian Presidency.
Contact:
James Airey
OPSR
Cabinet Office
22 Whitehall
LONDON
SW1A 2WH
Alternative Scottish contact:
Richard Walsh
Public Service Reform & Efficiency Team
Area 3H-80
Victoria Quay
EDINBURGH
EH6 6QQ
Phone: (020) 7276 3567
Phone: (0131) 244 0022
UK Committee of the Regions (CoR) Annual Meeting
5 December Victoria Quay Edinburgh
Overview: This meeting is the inaugural meeting of the new CoR delegation for 2006-10. Delegates will discuss the work of the CoR for the year ahead, identifying priorities for UK members and potential Opinions that might be applied for, as well as receiving presentations from representatives of the UK Government and the forthcoming EU Presidency. The UK delegation to the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe (CLRAE) will also attend for part of the meeting. The Committee of the Regions (CoR) is the political assembly that provides local and regional authorities with a voice at the heart of the European Union.
Links: www.cor.eu.int
www.lgib.gov.uk
www.coe.int
Contact:
David Lynch
Institutional Affairs Co-ordinator
LGIB
Local Government House
Smith Square
London SW1P 3HZ
Phone: 020 7664 3124
European Judicial Network (Criminal)
5-7 December 2005 Edinburgh
Overview: This bi-annual meeting brings together the contact points of the European Judicial Network, who are judges, magistrates and prosecutors from EU Member States involved in international criminal investigation and prosecution. They discuss matters of common interest in the field of justice, security and freedom.
Links: www.atlas.mj.pt
Contact:
Claire Fielder
Home Office
Judicial Co-operation Unit
5th Floor
Fry Building
Phone: 0207 035 1275
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6th ASEM Customs Directors General / Commissioner Meeting
27-29 June 2005 Peebles Hydro Hotel Peebles
Overview: The ASEM Customs Directors General/Commissioner Meeting meets every two years and provides an Asia/Europe inter-governmental forum for the Heads of Customs Services from the EU Members States and 13 Asian countries to discuss the latest customs strategic issues and to identify opportunities for mutual co-operation.
Links: www.aseminfoboard.org
Contact:
HM Customs and Excise
Customs and Internal Trade Group
1 Parliament Street
London SW1A 2BQ
Phone: 0207 147 0580
Positive Externalities Conference: Reaping the benefits of Europe's precious places - policies realising the potential of mountain and remoter rural areas
9-11 November 2005 Aviemore Mountain Resort
Overview:
A Euromontana coordinated event sponsored by Highlands and Islands Enterprise, the Scottish Crofters Commission, Scottish Natural Heritage, the Forestry Commission and the Scottish Executive Environment & Rural Affairs Department in association with FAO and the OECD. This high level symposium will be run as a series of discussion sessions, based around case study information and visits. Invited participants will comprise international policy makers and experts. The discussion will focus on the most effective policies for realising the potential of mountain and remoter rural areas in Europe.
Contact:
Frank Gaskell / Fiona Reid
Highlands & Islands Enterprise
Cowan House
Inverness Retail & Business Park
Inverness IV2 7GF
Phone: 01463 244279
Healthy Scotland Convention
21 November 2005 Glasgow
Overview: This event will link local, national and international work on health improvement, tackling health inequalities. It is the 4th in a series. One objective is to celebrate success of policy/delivery to date and call for more action.
Contact:
Jackie Willis
NHS Health Scotland
Clifton House
Clifton Terrace
Glasgow
G3 7LS
Phone: 0141 300 1021
Best of Scotland Week
28 November - 1 December 2005 Brussels
Overview: Scottish MEPs have proposed a week of Scottish activities in Brussels (mainly located within the European Parliament) during the week of St Andrew's Day to promote Scotland during the UK Presidency. The Executive is supporting some of the planned activities which include policy seminars, an art exhibition, Scottish films and possibly a major buffet reception featuring the best of Scottish food.
Contact:
Scottish Executive EU Office
Scotland House
Rond-Point Schuman 6
1040 Brussels
Belgium
Email: seeuoevents@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
Phone: 00 32 22 82 83 39
Please note that any press queries relating to the above events should be directed in the first instance to Jane Robson, Scottish Executive Strategic Communications Unit, Tel: 0131 244 2557
In Good Health : Linking Social Inclusion & Health - From good practices into policy
8-9 December 2005 SAS Radisson Hotel Edinburgh
Overview: This conference is a joint collaboration between NHS Health Scotland and EuroHealthNet and is an associated event of the UK Presidency.
The conference has three main aims: It will highlight the strong correlation that exists between social exclusion and poor health; summarise and disseminate the results of the EuroHealthNet project Tackling Health Inequalities and Social Exclusion in Europe; and focus on issues relating to 'practice-based evidence' and explore the complex journey from 'practice to policy' highlighting the processes and mechanisms required which would allow projects tackling social exclusion to influence their respective national policy agendas.
The conference will also provide practitioners and policy makers from across Europe with further networking opportunities.
Contact
Margit Andreasen
Project Assistant at EuroHealthNet
Phone: 00 32 22 35 03 22