For an EU commitment to tackling rare diseases

  • November 29th, 2024

    • EU4Health
    • meeting
    • Rare Diseases

Event information

  • Location:

    Budapest, Hungary

  • Date:

    November 29th, 2024 9:00 am

  • Language:

    English, Hungarian

  • Event mode:

    In-person, online

The EESC is organising a major conference entitled «For an EU commitment to tackling rare diseases» on 29 November 2024 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm

This conference will present the EESC’s exploratory opinion drawn up at the request of the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the EU on Leaving No One Behind: European Commitment to Tackling Rare Diseaseswhich was adopted at the October EESC Plenary Session (Rapporteur: Ágnes CSER, Civil Society Organisations – GR III, Hungary).

This event,  will take place at the Budapest Congress Centre, in Alkotás street 63-67, in Budapest, Hungary. The event will also be webstreamed in English and Hungarian.

With this event, the EESC will demonstrate once again the commitment of civil society organisations to support the establishment of a European policy framework for rare diseases, bringing together all the stakeholders needed for a concerted strategy in the areas of research, prevention, digital, healthcare, social protection and investment in rare diseases, both at European and national levels.