Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council. Implementation of the second programme of Community action in the field of health in 2013

This report focuses on the Health Programme’s implementation in 2013. This was the last year of the implementation of the Second Health Programme established by Decision 1350/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007. The Programme started on 1 January 2008 and ended on 31 December 2013.

Under Article 13(1) of the Programme Decision, the Commission shall annually report to the Health Programme Committee on all actions and projects funded through the programme, and keep the European Parliament and the Council informed. This report meets this requirement. It provides detailed information on the 2013 budget and its execution. The accompanying Staff Working Document in Annex 1 presents a set of examples of the key actions which were funded under the programme mainly in 2009-13 and which delivered substantial results. Overview tables detailing all actions co-funded and contracts provided can be found in Annexes 2-10.

The programme, with a total budget of €321,500,000, provided a wide range of funding instruments in order to achieve its objectives. These were: actions co-financed with Member State authorities (‘joint actions’), projects, co-funding for conferences and operating grants to specifically support non-governmental organisations and networks, direct agreements with international organisations, public procurement and other actions.

The Second Health Programme was the main instrument to implement the EU Health Strategy, and contributed to achieving the EU 2020 objectives on smart and sustainable growth. The programme’s main aim was to complement, support and add value to the policies of the Member States, and contribute to increased solidarity and prosperity in the European Union by protecting and promoting human health and safety and improving public health.

While the detailed evaluation of the Second Health Programme will be forthcoming in 2015, this report gives a comprehensive overview of its implementation in 2013, highlighting several actions that came to an end that year.

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EUR-Lex: COM(2015)306: Follow the progress of this report through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2015:306:FIN

EUR-Lex: SWD(2015)122: Commission Staff Working Document accompanying the report http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=SWD:2015:122:FIN

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