Division Cooperation with the World Health Organisation (WHO)F1

Cooperation with the WHO will be implemented in accordance with:

• the ‘ Agreement between the United Nations and the European Community on the principles applying to the financing or co-financing by the Community of programmes and projects administered by the United Nations ’ which entered into force on 9 August 1999 , and the Verification Clause Agreement between the European Community and the United Nations which entered into force on 1 January 1995 , as amended,

• the Exchange of Letters between the WHO and the European Commission concerning the consolidation and intensification of cooperation (including the memorandum concerning the framework and arrangements for cooperation between the WHO and the European Commission forming part of the Exchange of Letters),

• financial assistance by the European Commission for activities undertaken by the WHO shall, unless agreed otherwise in exceptional circumstances, be provided in accordance with the Financial and Administrative Framework Agreement between the European Community and the United Nations, which entered into force on 29 April 2003 (to which the WHO acceded on 11 December 2003 ).

Following the discussion had with the WHO, the priority areas of climate change/environment, nutrition and physical activity surveillance, and mental health have been identified.

• Climate change/environment & health information to implement the Climate Information Decision Support Tool for Heat in Europe as a EU Heat Health Warning Systems to predict heat events in Europe,

• Nutrition and Physical Activity surveillance to link the databases, to update their content and to provide technical support to Member States for the standardisation and quality control of the information collected by the Commission and the WHO,

• Mental health. To map the richness of experience and initiatives in mental health promotion, mental disorder prevention and social inclusion of people with mental health problems in countries at national, regional and local levels, identify and support credible leaders in the health sector and identify gaps in evidence where a need for further research exists.

The actions undertaken will avoid any overlaps or duplication with other activities funded by the Community, in particular other actions funded under the public health programme.