Registration is now open for the first hearing on effective ways of investing in health, organised by the European Commission's Expert Panel on Health. The half-day event will take place in Brussels on 3 October 2017.

The hearing will be an opportunity for all stakeholders to explore concrete aspects and actions in health investment and to help shape a realistic proposal for the Panel's Opinion on ''Tools and methodologies for assessing the performance of primary care'' at European and national levels.

The hearing aims to gather feedback on how to maximising the usefulness of its Opinion and on what should constitute the EU's agenda on performance assessment.

Interested stakeholders can register here until 18 September 2017.

Programme

09.30-10 Registration

10.00 -10.15 Opening of Hearing

10.30 11.30 Summary of Opinion and contribution to EU health policy development

• The context: linkages with Health Systems Performance Assessment Group
• The requests from the EC: appropriateness/pertinence of the mandate

11.30-12.30 Open discussion: stakeholders' views

12.30-13.00 Closing: conclusions of the day and next steps

More information:

• More information on the hearing