European Civic Prize on Chronic Pain Collecting Good Practices - III edition 2020-2021

Active Citizenship Network is glad to launch the third edition of its bi- annual project at the European level “EU Civic Prize on Chronic Pain - Collection of good practices” with the aim to highlight existing good practices in several European countries in terms of struggle against pain.

This third edition allows us to continuing expanding the “agora” of operators of good practices on pain, encouraging the exchange of experiences among health professionals, healthcare providers, Institutions, civic associations, and patient advocacy groups.

Exceptionally, for this edition, the Prize recognizes also outstanding initiatives that have been put in place, modified, or updated to face and mitigate the COVID – 19 pandemic consequences on chronic pain patients’ life.

Aims of the project

• Giving continuity to the previous successful collections of good practices: “European Civic Prize on Chronic Pain - Collecting Good Practices" First Edition and Second Edition.
• Enriching European and national experiences, expertise, data and benchmarking on chronic pain.
• Fostering the multi-stakeholder platform of operators of good practices on pain, created in the last years of ACN’ projects on chronic pain, at European and national level.

Applications

THE APPLICATION PERIOD IS OPEN!!! THE PARTICIPANTS CAN ENTER A GOOD PRACTICE BY COMPLETING THIS FORM.

Before to start Read the Guidelines 2020-2021

The award is open to any healthcare stakeholder: patients’ associations, health professionals, private and public hospitals, universities, etc., also from extra UE countries.

 
The types of good practice to be identified has been classified in the following categories:

• Patients’ empowerment
• Innovation
• Clinical practices
• Professional education

Exceptionally, for this edition, the Prize recognizes also outstanding initiatives that have been put in place, modified, or updated to face and mitigate the COVID – 19 pandemic consequences on chronic pain patients’ life and healthcare services.

Read more in the Guidelines 2020-2021

Prize
There will be one prize in each category, allocated by the Jury (see below the members) to the  best submissions.
The winners will be offered the opportunity to share their projects during the Award ceremony,  a public European meeting pain-related, and a Publication in English in a suitable journal.

Here you can see the last two editions’ celebrations: Award Ceremony I Edition - Award Ceremony II Edition

All the gathered good practices will be collected in a Final Report like this one produced in the last edition:

For more information, please contact Daniela Quaggia: 

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Other information:
“EU Civic Prize on Chronic Pain - Collection of good practices” - First Edition.
“EU Civic Prize on Chronic Pain - Collection of good practices” - Second Edition.
The Engagement of Cittadinanzattiva in the Fight against Useless Pain
Good practice: the policy of Cittadinanzattiva

Media Partners

  

Active Citizenship Network is responsible for the scientific design and contents of this Project, that has been realized with the financial and non-financial support of

The Jury of the Prize is composed by the following project partners:

Joined For Vaccination: speakers list

ADDRESSING VACCINE HESITANCY AND INCREASING UPTAKE IN EU
A MULTI-STAKEHOLDER PERSPECTIVE 

28^th January 2020
ASP 3H1,  16.00 -18.00
European Parliament, Brussels 

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Joined For Vaccination: addressing Vaccine Hesitancy and Increasing Uptake in EU. A Multi-Stakeholder Perspective

Official launch for the 2019-2024 term of the MEPs Interest Group “European Patients' Rights & Cross-Border Healthcare”

28th January 2020
European Parliament, Brussels

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Pain Euro-Mediterranean Coalition (PEMeC) Aliança Euro-Mediterrânica da Dor

A primeira incubadora cívica de melhores práticas contra a dor em toda a Europa

Enquadramento: O que é a Dor Crónica e as suas implicações
A dor crónica é uma condição grave de saúde que afeta negativamente a qualidade de vida dos doentes, tanto a nível físico como a nível psicológico. Geralmente, a dor começa como um sintoma ou como um efeito colateral de outros problemas de saúde, mas após um determinado período de tempo, ela torna-se uma doença crónica por si só. No entanto, ainda é grande a luta para que a dor crónica seja reconhecida e tratada como uma doença e não como um sintoma porque não pode ser facilmente medida ou diagnosticada.

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National consultations: European active citizens for vaccination - 2019

National Civic consultations on the life-course immunization across Europe”

ACN, thanks to the work and cooperation of its constituency of national citizens’ organizations in various European countries, brought together around the table different key people about the theme of vaccination: leaders of civic and patients association, healthcare professionals, policymakers and other stakeholders involved in each country in the administration of vaccines (these might also include representatives of the education system -for vaccination in schools- and unions/employers- for vaccination in the workplace).

They hold 3 national focus group  on the specific theme of “the life-course immunization approach in the national immunization plan”, in order to make an exchange of information on how the national immunization plan is organized in that country. The aims was find together proposals and gather impressions, suggestions, advices on that aspect and provide institutional and health care stakeholders with: the strengths/weaknesses of national policies and plans on life course - vaccination for each selected country; the common elements or specificities that affect a greater or lower success of this approach in the different countries.

The first 3 Countries involved are Hungary, Poland, Spain with the respective associations: Vedem Civilian for Vaccination, Institute of Patients’ Rights and Health Education, Foro Español de Pacientes and the Asociación Española contra la Meningitis.

After each meeting a brief national report for each country, has been produced, with opinions, suggestions and concrete proposals on the state of the art of national policies regarding life- long approach to vaccination.

NEW read the National Reports:

Spain

Hungary

Poland

Civic consultations:

• Madrid, Spain - 26^th November 2019, Real Academia Nacional de Medicina see the leaflet with all the details
  
  
  
  
• Budapest, Hungary – 9th December 2019, National Institute of Public Health
  
  
  
  
• Varsavia, Poland - 12th December 2019, National Aids Centre
  

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The project will be realized thanks to the support of

Read more about the Active Citizenship Network engagement on vaccination

The involvement of Active Citizenship Network in SIP

The "Societal Impact of Pain" (SIP) is an international platform created in 2009 as a joint initiative of the European Pain Federation EFIC® and the pharmaceutical company Grünenthal GmbH and aims for:

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The involvement of Active Citizenship Network in SIP SYMPOSIUM 2019

More than 210 persons have registered to the international SIP 2019 Symposium on November 7 in Brussels titled “Bringing Pain Policy to the next Decade”, and many followed the event via live stream. Have a look at the impressions from the Opening Ceremony on November 6 in the Concert Noble where the winners of the 2^nd edition of the EU Civic Prize on Chronic Pain, led by Active Citizenship Network, were awarded, and also the impressions from the SIP 2019 Symposium on November 7.

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European Civic Prize on Chronic Pain Second edition 2018-2019 Award Ceremony

Award Ceremony of the II° Edition of the
strong>“EU Civic Prize on Chronic Pain - Collection of good practices” 6th November 2019
Concert Noble, Brussels

Programme (19:00 – 20:30)

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European active citizens for vaccination - 2019

Improve the awareness on the importance of vaccination across Europe Project

Leaders and activists engaged in social, civic and patients associations, parents, teachers, health workers, bloggers and popularizers: everyone can commit to disseminate correct scientific information, ready to defend the importance of vaccination from the wave of misinformation that is being spreading for some years.

Active Citizenship Network (ACN), is deeply committed to contribute to raise awareness about the importance of vaccination across Europe and to shift to a common knowledge linked to a life-course vaccination approach: immunization is vital to prevent diseases and protect life.

For this reason in the second half of 2019 ACN has realized:

• a Spot for a social media communication campaign that supports and spread this core messages: “Together, as active and aware citizens, we can protect ourselves, become the champion of your future! “sending a unified, clear and strong message on the importance of vaccination directly from citizens to citizens. Moreover, an informative leaflet in a different language has been produced (you can download them here below on the page).
  
  

• with the cooperation of its constituency of national citizens’ organizations in various European countries, hold national focus groups on the specific theme of the life-course immunization approach in the national immunization plan. The aims were finding together proposals and gather impressions, suggestions, advice on that aspect and provide institutional and health care, stakeholders, with the strengths/weaknesses of national policies and plans on life-course - vaccination for each selected country; the common elements or specificities that affect a greater or lower success of this approach in the different countries. Read more about national events!
  
  NEW read the National Reports
  
  

  Spain

  Hungary

  Poland

  
    

Accross Europe

Active Citizenship Network promotes  a life course immunization approach!
See the Spot in English

See the spot updated with Info on Covid-19 for the European Immunization Week EIW2020

In Spain
The Foro Español de Pacientes and the Asociación Española contra la Meningitis promote life course immunization approach!

See the Spot in Spanish
Download the Leaflet in Spanish

In Hungary
The Vedem - Civilian for Vaccination promotes a life course immunization approach!

See the Spot in Hungarian
Download the Leaflet in Hungarian

In Poland
The Institute of Patients’ Rights and Health Education promotes a life course  immunization approach!

See the Spot in Polish
Download the Leaflet in Polish

In Ireland
The Irish Patients Association promotes  a life course immunization approach!

See the Spot in English
Download the Leaflet for Ireland

In Italy
Cittadinanzattiva promotes a life course immunization approach!

See the Spot in Italian

Prevent diseases without borders! See the vaccine schedules in all countries of the EU

Immunization throughout the life-course enables adults to age with reduced risk to such vaccine-preventable diseases.
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The project will be realized thanks to the support of

Read more about the Active Citizenship Network engagement on vaccination

The Engagement of Cittadinanzattiva-Active Citizenship Network on Therapeutic Adherence

At the National level
The topic of therapeutic adherence was addressed by Cittadinanzattiva through the National Coalition of Associations for Patients Suffering Chronic Diseases (CnAMC). The CnAMC is a network of Cittadinanzattiva established in 1996, which represents an example of crosscutting alliance between associations of people with chronic and rare diseases for the protection of their rights. It has about one hundred members.

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