E-geia Event INVITATION
The Union of Working Consumers of Greece and the Institute of Innovation and Development Studies invites you in the online event, on Wednesday, June 5th, at 11:00 CEST.
In the event will be presented:
«Health Rights in the EU: Third Age Citizens in Greece»
The event is implemented in the framework of the project “Cognitive Enrichment of European health rights for the Elderly (E-geia)” funded by the BUILD program.
Register here
More information for the E-geia project here
The general objective of E-geia is to provide people of the third age the opportunity to know their rights in the EU context through the understanding of practical benefits about them. This way they can use health services more effectively with useful practical information mainly for their access and more efficient use, with the ultimate goal of improving their physical and mental health.
A parallel aim is to raise awareness among the Civil Society Organizations/CSO, relatives and students of health professions, mainly on discrimination and equal treatment issues.
AGENDA
“Cognitive Enrichment of European health rights for the Elderly (E-geia)
Wednesday, 05 June, 11:00-13:00 CEST
10.30-11.00 | Arrival of participants and welcome |
11:00-11:15 | Opening Remarks by the President of Union of Working Consumers of Greece, Apostolos Raftopoulos |
11:15-11:30 | The program BUILD – Building a robust and democratic civic space (Build) Eleni Karakitsou, Project Officer, Bodossaki Foundation |
11:30-11:45 | The project «Cognitive Enrichment of European health rights for the Elderly (E-geia)» Anastasia Chatzipavlou, Director, Union of Working Consumers of Greece |
11.45-12:00 | The Relevance of the European Charter of Patients’ Rights as a Tool for Advocacy in the Framework of the post Covid-19 Pandemic. Mariano Votta, Responsible EU Affairs at Cittadinanzattiva / Director Active Citizenship Network. |
12:00 – 12:30 | «Health Rights in the EU: Third Age Citizens in Greece» Konstantinos Grigoriadis, Policy Analyst, Institute of Research for Innovation and Development (IMKKA) |
12:30-13:00 | Questions & Answers. Closing Remarks |
The project “Cognitive Enrichment of European health rights for the Elderly (E-geia)” is implemented in the framework of BUILD program, by the Union of Working Consumers of Greece in partnership with the Institute of Innovation and Development Studies.
The project “Building a robust and democratic civic space” (BUILD) aims to protect, promote and widely recognize the EU fundamental rights and values, through the support of Civil Society Organization in Greece and the Republic of Cyprus and the strengthening of their capacities and sustainability.
BUILD Program cofunding is provided by the European Education and Culture Executive Agency, within the framework of the program “Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values” (CERN) the Bodosaki foundation in Greece and the NGO Support Center in the Republic of Cyprus with a funding amount of 2,9 million Euros. . The coordinator of BUILD is Bodosaki Foundation (Greece) in partnership with the NGO Support Center in the Republic of Cyprus.
