Italian Presidency of the EU

Data evento: 1 - 31 luglio 2014

From 1 July to 31 December 2014, Italy is in charge of the presidency of the Council of the European Union. The Council of the European Union, also known as EU Council, is the institution that represents the governments of the member states. The presidency of the Council of the European Union rotates amongst member states every six months according to a pre-set order. During the six-month term, Italy is in charge of preparing, coordinating and chairing the work of the Council; it shall act as an honest broker in order to promote legislative decisions and policy initiatives, and to negotiate with member states. The presidency has two main tasks:

a) planning and chairing the meetings of the Council and its preparatory bodies. The presidency is in charge of the agenda of the Council and of chairing a number of meetings: two meetings of the European Council, the meetings of the Councils of Ministers (with the exception of the Foreign Affairs Council), the meetings of its preparatory bodies, several informal ministerial meetings, summits and other meetings between the EU and third countries as well as many other sector specific events;

b) representing the Council in relations with the other EU institutions, especially with the Commission and the European Parliament. Its task is to try and reach agreement on legislative files through trialogues, informal negotiation meetings and Conciliation Committee meetings.

For more information please visit the website of the Italian Presidency of the European Union Council - www.italia2014.eu

Calendar of Events in the Health Sector

All the events organised during the Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the health sector, subdivided by month, type, place and date.

For more information and contacts on the current events open the active link to the specific section.

**Calendar of the events of the Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the Health Sector**
Month	Event	Place	Date
July	Working Party on Public Health - Senior level	Brussels	15
July	1st Meeting of Heads of human and veterinary Medicines Agencies	Rome	16-17
September	Conference on “Innovation Systems and Prospects of Health”	Milan	21-22
	Informal meeting of the Ministers of Health	Milan	22-23
	Meeting of Health Attachés	Milan	23-24
	Presidency meeting of the Coordination Group for Mutual Recognition and Decentralized Procedures (CMDv) and of the Committee for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use (CVMP), including the joint meeting of the two groups	Rome	22-23
	53^rd Meeting of the EFSA Advisory Forum	Venice	24-25
	Meeting of the Heads of European Food Safety Agencies	Venice	26
October	Meeting of Chief Veterinary Officers (CVO)	Milan	1-3
	Ministerial Conference on “Women’s Health, a life-course approach”	Rome	2-3
	Meeting of Chief Medical, Nursing and Dental Officers	Rome	6-7
	Conference on “e-Health”	Rome	7-8
	Meeting of Competent Authorities on medical devices	Rome	16-17
	Conference on “The cross-border care Directive (2011/24/EU) one year into practice”	Venice	23-24
	Conference “Food Fraud – the fight against economically motivated violations of food law”	Rome	23-24
	Ministerial Conference on “Health in the Mediterranean”	Rome	27-28
	Meeting of the Competent Authorities for HTA	Rome	29
	International Conference Rare Diseases: Europe's Challenges	Rome	31
November	Conference on “Quality, Safety and Costs of care”	Rome	3-4
	Strengthening Health Policy Governance across all levels in the EU	Brussels	6-7
	IV International Conference on “The Blue Tongue and other diseases caused by Orbivirus”	Rome	5-7
	Technical Conference on “Dementias in Europe: a challenge for our common future”	Rome	14
	Ministerial Conference on “The fight to HIV/AIDS ten years after the Dublin Conference”	Rome	27-28
	2nd Meeting of Heads of human and veterinary Medicines Agencies	Rome	27-28
December	Council of Ministers of Health	Brussels	1
	2nd Annual Conference on “Planning and forecasting of Health Professions”	Rome	4-5
	European Conference on “Youth Mental Health: from psychopathology continuity to care continuity”	Venice	16-18
	Conference on “Neurodevelopmental disorders, with specific reference to speech and language disorders in evolutive age and to Autistic disorders”	Rome	17
	Presentation of the Report on the State of Health of the Country 2012-2013	Rome	18
	International conference on medical devices	Rome	18-19
	Conference on “Antimicrobial resistance”	Rome	22-23

Organised by General directorate of Communication and international and european relations
Director General Daniela Rodorigo

Contact
Pasqualino Rossi
Tel. 0659943636
Email p.rossi@sanita.it

Media Relations
Contact the Press Office of the Ministry of Health

Registration for Ministry Meetings
Please go to the section Register on the website of the Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union