The Programme aims to improve and promote health in the Union to reduce the burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases by:
This topic focus on the support of stakeholders on the prevention of NCDs in the area of chronic respiratory diseases.
This action is part of the Health promotion and disease prevention strand.
The activities will cover the prevention and management of CRDs and will complement the joint action. Activities will include implementing projects involving civil society organisations to support the Member States’ authorities in the implementation of comprehensive public health policies, the development and transfer of best practices, the development of public health guidelines, the preparation and roll-out of innovative approaches, projects supporting patient pathways and the launching of projects expected to have a significant public health impact and which benefit citizens directly.
Activities should also include an equity dimension and aim at reducing health inequalities.
Activities will include implementation of projects involving civil society organisations to support the Member States’ authorities in accomplishing comprehensive public health policies to address CRDs and their risk factors
The costs will be reimbursed at the funding rate fixed in the Grant Agreement (60%). Your organisation can apply for a higher project funding rate (80%) if your project is of “exceptional utility”. Actions shall be considered to have exceptional utility where at least 30% of the budget of the proposed action is allocated to Member States whose GNI per inhabitant is less than 90% of the Union average; or the project concerns actions with bodies from at least 14 Member States and where at least 4 are from Member States whose GNI per inhabitant is less than 90% of the EU average.
Applications will only be considered eligible if their content corresponds wholly (or at least in part) to the topic description for which it is submitted.
In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:
Type of applicants targeted: Academia and educational institutions, civil society organisations supporting the priority areas (health professional associations, patient organisations, foundations, NGOs and similar entities).
Specific eligibility criteria applicable to the consortium composition: Proposals must be submitted by a consortium of at least 3 applicants (beneficiaries; not affiliated entities), which complies with the following conditions: minimum 3 entities from 3 different eligible countries.
Non-eligible activities: Purchase of health care related products
Ministry of Health, Department of European Affairs
Ms MAKRIGIORGI Elena
emakrigiorgi@moh.gov.cy
Stefan DE KEERSMAECKER
+32 2 298 46 80
stefan.de-keersmaecker@ec.europa.eu
Darragh CASSIDY
+32 2 298 39 78