In collaboration with :
The Future of Health in the EU - Advancing the UN Sustainable
The multiple dimensions of health and well-being
• Finnish Presidency priorities include economy
of well being into all policies, linked with
previous FL Presidencies
• Investment in health not a cost: mindset
change required
• No new competencies are required; current
framework offers possibilities for change
• Health integrated into other sectors as core
principle/driver
• Warmly welcomed by participants as start of
substantial political debate
• Definition of ‘well-being’?:
subjective/objective/perception
• Underline that health is a value in its own
right
Development Agenda in Europe
• Challenges: distance between’Brussels
bubble’ and EU citizens
• Solution: communication, not only to national
level but also to local and regional levels
• How to get the media on your side?
• Bottom-up approach required – politicians
needs to be pushed by civil society (which is
strong in Europe)
• Semester is an important tool for change and
inclusion
• Knowledge based decision making
• Good practice: collect, disseminate and make
use of these
• No reinvention of wheels