Division 3.4.1 Exchange knowledge and best practise (Annex — point 3.1.)

The evaluation of health care interventions aims at ensuring that health care systems are working efficiently. The 2009 joint action on health technologies assessment (HTA, which covers pharmaceuticals, medical devices and health care interventions) promotes collaboration at EU level on scientific and methodological HTA related issues. It is now important to accompany this cooperation through the development of HTA capacities in Member States. The aim of this action is to identify the organisational needs of some Member States to set up/develop their HTA capacity and expertise, either at national or at cross-border level. The project should also map the potential sources of Community support, notably from the EU cohesion policy (use of the structural funds).

[Call for proposals for projects]

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Conference on Global health. The fourth principle of the Health Strategy is to strengthen the EU's voice in global health. A major conference on this topic in 2010 will reinforce this principle. The aim is to facilitate a dialogue with Member States and key global players and partners dealing with global health with the objectives of identifying priority areas for coordination and action, and feeding into a proposed Commission Communication on Global Health to be adopted later in 2010.

[Call for tenders]