Work Plan

The plan was developed to support EIWH’s work programme for 2018-2020.

Funding: To date EIWH has received funding from EU projects and a small amount from the commercial sector. The stop – start cycle of funding has hindered the development plans of EIWH.

Regular board meetings have identified the need for more sustainable resources for the organisation to continue and expand it’s remit and impact tackling disparities and inequalities in health and healthcare while striving to advocate y for the delivery of resourceful health policies that benefit all European citizens.

Over the last few years the EIWH has concentrated on building financial stability by identifying EU projects where funding could be secured. Our goal in 2018 is to increase and secure diverse funding so that we can go deeper and more consistently into areas such as providing good quality information through our;ongoing series of policy briefs on different disease areas; through our representation in the EMA Patient and Consumer working party to promote equitable access for women and their families to high quality safe and effective medicines and to promote more awareness of the need for safe use of medicines in pregnancy .

We highlighted the need for considering the; Promoting biological sex difference in the evaluation of risk/benefit of medicines.

We also campaigned for the integration of sex and gender differences in all EU and national research and public health policies; promoting vaccination across the lifespan as a mechanism for preventing infectious diseases.

Through our members we are building capacity and knowledge on health issues and how they affect women differently than men in all Member States, thus consolidating the work of the EIWH over the last 21 years.

EIWH’s mission is to:

Advocate for an equitable, gender-sensitive approach in health policy, research, treatment and care:

  • To promote health throughout the lifespan in women, men and children.

  • To ensure quality and equity in health policy, research treatment and care for all.

  • To draw policymakers attention to the obstacles that women in minority and socio-economic

         disadvantaged groups face in obtaining a desirable health status.

  • To encourage individuals to play an active part in their own health management.

  • To promote gender-specific bio-medical and socio-economic research that addresses sex (biological and physiological) and gender-based differences to ensure access to quality treatment and care for women across their life span.

EIWH’s goal from 2018 to 2020 is to:

EIWH will work in particular to reduce the burden of chronic diseases by investing in prevention across the lifespan, tackling cross-cutting disease issues to and encourage healthy lifestyles and promoting the implementation of sex and gender in all policies.

With more financially stable resources we will focus on the following priorities between 2018 and 2020

Key Priorities for 2018 -2020

  1. Campaigning for the prevention of chronic disease

  2. Fostering active and healthy ageing across the lifespan

  3. Integration of Sex and Gender and age in biomedical research and medicines regulation

  1. Integration of Sex and Gender in Health Professional education and training

  2. Supporting Healthy pregnancies including safety of medicines in pregnancy

  3. Implementation of Sex and Gender in all relevant social policies

  4. Promoting vaccination -through a life course approach

  5. Strengthening EIWH communication and out-outreach

  6. Expanding our Membership

  7. Supporting and mobilising our Advisory Board

  8. Completion of a succesful 21st Annivarsary Conference

  9. Preparation of Manifesto to guide the work of the EIWH in the future

The Plan is divided into 5 sections

        1. Organisational Governance
        2. Policy
        3. Advocacy
        4. Communication
        5. EU projects
 2018 -20 Focus: 1. Organisational Governance

 

2018 -2020 Strategic Objective

2018 Objective

Outcome 2018

Delivery method

Deliverables

Measurement of success

Strengthen EIWH organisation, structure & resources

Secure ongoing funding to facilitate continuity of WPs

(see Key Priorities 2018 to 2020 page 3)

Agree EIWH priorities

3 year plan developed

Proposals

Meetings

Lobbying

Business

plan &

strategy

Diverse funding mix

Increase the in-house team capacity when funding is secured.

Appoint 1 part time communication/

membership and IT person and 1 part time finance person

Recruitment

Appointment of 1 part time communication/

membership and IT person and finance person

Increased project outputs & deliverables

Grow EIWH membership, capacity & resources

Membership – engagement programme

Online

Crowd funding engagement programme

Membership increases by 10%

Revenue of €10,000 secured via crowdfunding

Membership engagement programme

Online

Face to face meetings

Communication, newsletters, etc.

Conference calls

Meetings

Education module x1

Facilitated sessions on women, healthy lifestyle.

Development of peer review platform online

EIWH branding byline in emails

Increased participation of membership in 

review processes

Strengthen & deepen EIWH Board & Advisory Board interaction.

Increase the numbers of representatives on the Advisory Board to cover the 28 Member States,

Build on 2018 – 2020 meeting schedules

8 teleconferences

1 AGM

Proposal / review participation

Monthly conference call

AGM

Ongoing contact during the year

Conference calls, meetings, minutes

Speaker platforms

Expert feedback (proposals, policy papers etc…)

No of meetings attended

No of projects / proposals supported

No of invitations to review / participate in activities

2018-20 Focus  – 2. Policy

 

2018 – 20

Strategic

Objective

2018

Objective

Outcome 2018

Delivery method

Deliverables

Measurement of success

Support & contribute to high quality public health policies

Delivery of specific policy recommendations on prevention & reduction of chronic diseases across life span

Actively input into Policy development

if possible in 2018/2019

Influenced EU policy, programmes

Meeting with key policy makers,

DG Sante Xavier Prats Monne;

DG Research

Meeting with policy makers,

John Ryan

DG Sante

Meeting with DG Research Line Mathiesson

Sante Joint Action on Vaccination

Q1 follow up on policy briefs published in 2017 -2018 (Breast, Menstruation, Incontinence, Nutrition, Dementia

Policy Briefs update and new policy briefs

Bi monthly reports

Annual reports

Status reports

Updates on policy

Document downloads

Questions / queries from policy makers & professionals

Number of policy recommendations adopted

Publish and follow up on policy briefs (Medicines in Pregnancy, and Women and Dementia, Ovarian Cancer)

Policy Briefs publication

& update (later)

Progress report & milestones achieved

Policy reports published

Status reports

Updates on policy

Document downloads

Questions / queries from policy makers & professionals

Number of policy recommendations adopted

Explore opportunities to update Older Women’s Health Report?

Older Women’s Health Network with a focus on Dementia initially using Dementia Policy Brief as the evidence base

Updated report

Communication & dissemination programme

Integration with Chronic Disease and inequality priorities of EIWH

Secure funding,

Updated Report

Communications programme

Speaker platforms

Lobbying programme

Policy maker / health planner fact sheet

Eu Parliament Roundtable

EIWH Report

Press release &

social media

campaign

Launch meeting

Speaker platform

Meet & greet key policy makers

Policy maker &

health planner fact sheet

EIWH policy brief

Strategic Plan

Document downloads

Questions / queries from policy makers & professionals

Number of policy recommendations adopted

Interest in Dementia Report and interest in joining Network

2018-2020 Focus 3. Advocacy

2018-2020 Strategic Objective

2018 Objective

Outcome 2018

Delivery method

Deliverables

Measurement of success

Inclusion of sex & gender at all levels

EMA Ensure that EMA considers the safe and effective medicines use in women as the biggest population group taking medicines as well as informal family carers

Highlight the need for Promote Safe Medicines information and use in women, Pregnancy, and older people

EIWH President attends meetings and contributes to discussions after infernal consultation where necessary to promote the work of the EIWH.

Participated in

Public Hearing/ meetings

Scientific Advice procedures, patient expanded input into regulatory process WG,

Workshop on long-term pregnancy outcomes

Number of meetings attended

Number of Patient Leaflets and EMA Safety Communication reviewed

EPF

Attend and contribute to Patient Advisory Group

EIWH President attend Digital Health WG, member of secretariat attends when necessary

Contributed to EPF Annual meeting

member of Digital Health WG?

EPHA

Attend and contribute promote our priorities when possible

Discuss with

EIWH secretariat who should attend in person or TC

1.Participated Attend and supported Access to Medicines WG

Policy Co-ordination meetings monthly when possible

2.Attend  other group meetings when possible

EFPIA

Attendance at meetings

Peggy

1.maintain membership of Think tank

FRA Consultative Platform

Liaise strengthen influence in gender and health area

Secretariat

1.maintain membership of the NGO platform

2.Attend annual platform member meeting in Vienna-April every year.

3. Contribute to FRA consultations

4. Continue to promote awareness of health inequalities and discrimination

4th Health Programme

Advocate for EIWH priories to be included

Need plan of Action

Influence content of programme

9th Framework programme for Research

Advocate for EIWH Priorities to be included

Need plan of Action

Influence content of programme

Integration of Sex and gender in Health Professional education and training

Arrange discussion with Janusz re integration of sex and gender in Medical Education

Discuss moving forward

Roundtable with relevant stakeholders

agree an action plan

Coalition for Life Course Immunisation

CLCI is formed

Joint position paper with EU paediatric Society

Strategic

4.Communication Events

 

2018-2020

Strategic

Objective

Outcome 2018

Delivery method

Deliverables

Measurement

of success

Improve & increase the effectiveness of internal & external communications.

Annual report

PDF

Online

Website

review

Update

Newsletters

Press releases

Pdf and online

When appropriate

Internal reporting systems

TC bi Monthly

Report Bi Monthly

Company Secretary organises meetings

Minutes (board & Adv board)

Status reports

Quarterly updates

Board meetings

EIWH conference in Brussels

Event in EESC in Brussels

Conference report and follow up

Manifesto

Manifesto supported by Conference experts and others

Launch of Manifesto in EU Parliament

2018-2020 Focus:  5.EU projects

 

2018-2020 Strategic Objective

2018 Objective

Outcome 2018

Delivery method

Deliverables

Measurement of success

Working in consortia with diverse multinational partners to achieve specific project objectives and contribute to better EU health policy

My Health

Mapping of legal situation in partner countries

online and print

Deliverables of the project on time

Go Nano

Literature review

Handbook

Literature review

Deliverables of the project on time

Mopead

Policy Brief

Policy Brief

Deliverables of the project on time