The Faculty of Public Health’s Europe Special Interest Group (SIG) has been established to strengthen our capacity in health advocacy at the European Union level, and to collaborate on the development of competence-based public health education and training across Europe. Based on the best evidence.
The Europe Special Interest Group is co-chaired by Alison McCallum alison.mccallum@ed.ac.uk and Judit Simon judit.simon@muv.ac.at and reports to the Faculty's Global Health Committee.
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Activity: Re-establish the Europe SIG as a group
Outcome: Refreshed membership
Target date: March 2025
Name lead: Alison McCallum and Judit Simon
Progress to date: Outline plan for refreshing membership and webinars.
Outputs:
Activity: Engage with overseas Members, Fellows and Honorary Members and Fellows linked with ASPHER, WHO, EUPHA, EPHA, WFPHA, IANPHI and EUMS
Outcome: Enhanced opportunities for joint working and learning
Target date: December 2025
Name lead: Alison McCallum, Judit Simon and John Middleton
Progress to date: Ongoing outreach re interest in membership and shared seminars.
Outputs: Joint seminars during 2025.
Activity: Engage in European Public Health Core Curriculum actioning and revision
Outcome: Increased engagement of the SIG with European Public Health Week and improved teaching and training practice in Europe.
Target date: May - December 2025
Name lead: Alison McCallum and Judit Simon
Progress to date: Work by individual members during the pandemic highlighted opportunities for mutual support and learning for professional and public health benefit.
Outputs: Webinar series to develop shared priorities.
Activity: Develop shared understanding of priorities, strengths and challenges facing SIG members and their populations
Outcome: Enhance opportunities for collaboration through greater understanding of health systems, and organisation of public health and population health challenges across WHO Europe.
Target date: December 2025
Name lead: Alison McCallum and Judit Simon
Progress to date: Work by individual members during the pandemic highlighted opportunities for mutual support and learning for professional and public health benefit.
Outputs: Workshop to develop shared priorities.
Activity: Collaborate to develop an evidence statement that will inform Faculty’s position on public health priorities regarding the review and updating of the trade and co-operation agreement with the European Region during 2025/26.
Outcome: Shared statement from public health specialists based in UK, EU and WHO European Region regarding priorities for improving health and reducing health inequities
Target date: May 2026
Name lead: Alison McCallum, Judit Simon and Meri Koivusalo
Progress to date: Preliminary consideration of feasibility only
Outputs: Workshop European Public Health Conference 2025; Abstract May 2025
Activity: Contribute to the development of ASPHER 2030 Strategy
Outcome: The contribution of the FPH and SIG to the shape, content and priorities of the 2030 strategy is evident.
Target date: January 2025 - December 2025
Name lead: Alison McCallum and Judit Simon
Progress to date: EU SIG activities aligned with the up-to-date ASPHER timetable.
Outputs: ASPHER 2030 strategy, possible joint workshop at EPH 2025
Activity: Support international opportunities in PH simulation
Outcome: Established multi-country collaborations for improved PH simulation training.
Target date: December 2025
Named lead: Judit Simon/Alison McCallum/Anna Cooper-Ryan
Progress to date: Initial planning started
Outputs: Webinar and potential project proposal
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