ESQH 3rd Autumn Workshop,
Brussels,
30th November 2001
'The Value of European Collaboration'

The 3rd ESQH Autumn Workshop was held in Brussels on November 30th, 2001. A full Report on the proceedings will be available here in January. Below you will find the speakers' PowerPoint slides. If you have any queries, please direct them to info@esqh.net.

Workshop Chairs: David Somekh & Agnes Jacquerye.

Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen,

Welcome to the third Autumn Workshop of the European Society for Quality in Healthcare, here in Brussels. My co-chair for the day is David Somekh from the UK, and I am Agnes Jacquerye, the Belgian delegate of ESQH.

I would like to welcome especially all the delegates of the different countries that make up ESQH and if I'm not mistaken, tomorrow also we hope that Luxembourg will be joining us as a new member of our growing organization.

But first today. As you know, the theme for today is the value of European collaboration and we're very pleased to host so many people who represent a wide variety of European organizations with an interest in quality of care. When I look at the list of participants, it is quite clear that this is a topic with a growing interest on a European level. I am sure that Marius Buiting as president of ESQH will say a little more about this later in the day. And to do justice to this growing interest we are very pleased to present today's programme for you.

And to start today's programme, it is with great pleasure for me to introduce to you Mrs Anita Simoens-DeSmet. She is a lady with a great interest in quality of care, an interest she has had for many years. At the moment she is Advisor-General at the Belgian Ministry of Social Affairs, Health and Environment and we are very pleased that she has agreed to open this day as a representative of the Belgian government. So, I will stop talking now and would like to ask your attention for Mrs. Simoens.

Welcome; Anita Simoens-DeSmet
Public Health Programme, Belgian Presidency of the European Union

Benno van Beek
Interation Between the European Council, Commission & Parliament

Michael Hübel, European Commission, Health & Consumer Protection
Introduction to the 6th Framework Programme

Petra Wilson, European Commission, Information Society
An Introduction to the Sixth Framework Programme

Piotr Mierzewski Council of Europe Health Policy Division,
Council of Europe Programmes - Potential for Collaboration

Isuf Kalo, Regional Adviser, WHO Europe
WHO – An Active International Partner

Marius Buiting President ESQH
ESQH Vision

Quality: Co-operation in Action

Annette Geirnaert, EOQ
EOQ & ESQH

Elisabeth Holmgren, HOPE
HOPE & ESQH

Jan Mainz, ESQH, Danish National Indicator Project.
European Indicator Project

Carl Suetens, HELICS
HELICS Project