The European Commission has sent the Ministry of Health the request to start the procedures for the nomination of one or more organizations as beneficiary partners (so-called “Competent Authorities” – “Competent Authority” – CA) for each of the Joint Actions (Joint Actions-JA ) and within the Direct Grants (DG) provided for in the Work Plan (WP) 2024 of the European Union Action Program in the field of health for the period 2021-2027 (EU4Health).
Below is the complete list of the 2024 JAs and DGs, with the references of the WP 2024 pages where the objectives and planned actions are summarized.
There are eleven JA 2024, divided into three cycles.
First cycle
JA-01 Support to the development of sustainable, forward-looking national and Union stockpiling strategies (HERA) (CP-g-24-13) (p. 29-30)
EU Co-Funding EUR 10.000.000
Second cycle
JA-02 Strengthening digital capabilities including e-health, telemedicine, remote monitoring systems, health data access and health data exchange services in cancer centres in the Union (CR-g-24-36) (p.19-22)
EU Co-Funding EUR 20,000,000 -JA-03 Support quality improvement of cancer registry data feeding the European Cancer Information System (CR-g-24-40) (p. 65-67)
EU Co-Funding EUR 13.000.000
Third cycle
JA-04 Cancers caused by infections, vaccine-preventable cancers and addressing communicable diseas (HIV/AIDS, Tubercolosis, Hepatitis) (DP/CR-g-24-28) (p.15-18)
EU Co-Funding EUR 20,000,000 JA-05 Personalised Cancer Medicine (CR-g-24-41) (p. 23-25)
EU Co-Funding EUR 27,900,000 JA-06 Promoting a comprehensive, prevention-oriented approach to mental health to support vulnerable groups (DP-g-24-24 (p. 34-38) EU Co-Funding EUR 6,000,000 JA-07 Health promotion and disease prevention including smoke- and aerosol- free environments (DP/CR-g-24-27) (p.42-45)
EU Co-Funding EUR 16,000,000 JA-08 Supporting National Focal Point (“NFPs”) in providing guidance, information and assistance related to the promotion and implementation of the EU4Health Programme and other relevant legislation (DP-g 24-34) (p. 54-55)
EU Co-Funding EUR 2,000,000 JA- 09 Paediatric palliative care (CR-g-24-44) (p. 56-58)
EU Co-Funding EUR 14,500,000 JA-10 Pricing and Reimbursement Authorities – to step up national work and collaboration in the group of National Competent Authorities on Pricing and Reimbursement and Public Healthcare Payers (“NCAPR”) (HS-g-24-54) (p. 82-84)
EU Co-Funding EUR 2,000,000 JA-11 Effective use of regulatory flexibilities including the use of magistral preparations that might be used to mitigate certain shortages (HS-g-24-104) (p. 85-86)
EU Co-Funding EUR 2,000,000 DGA-MS-IBA-01 Expansion of MyHealth@EU (DI-g-24-75) (p. 89-90)
EU Co-Funding EUR 7.000.000
To participate in the JA and the DGA, both as Competent Authority (National Coordinator) and Affiliated Entity (Affiliated Partner), it is necessary to be nominated by the Ministry of Health, by submitting a specific request.
The deadlines for submitting Competent Authority applications to the Ministry of Health are as follows:
19 April 2024 JA of the first cycle 16 May 2024 JA of the second cycle 15 July 2024 JA of the third cycle and DGA-MS-IBA-01.
Requests for applications as Competent Authority received after the deadline will not be taken into consideration.
For the submission of Applications as Affiliated Entity, the same deadlines indicated above apply. Requests received after the deadline will still be evaluated, but acceptance of the application by the European Commission is not guaranteed.
Applications for Joint Actions and Direct Grant should be addressed to:
Ministry of Health – Department of Prevention, Research and Health Emergencies ex Uff.2 SEGGEN (ca Dr. G. Nicoletti) Viale Giorgio Ribotta 5, 00144 – Rome and transmitted only electronically to the following certified mail address Prevention Department @postacert.sanita.it
A copy of the request and the attached documentation must also be sent to: [email protected]
The request must be sent in compliance with current regulations on the matter and in any case in such a way as to be able to verify the validity of the subscriber’s signature.
The Italian focal point, in collaboration with the Coordination of the Regions-Programma Mattone Internazionale (PROMIS), will organize an information webinar on the Joint Action of the first cycle on 12 April 2024 (10.30 am).
To participate in the Webinar you need the registration by 12 noon on 11 April 2024.
The Webinar will be held in Italian.
Consult the provisional Agenda.
For any further information it is possible to contact the Italian focal point, preferably by email [email protected] or by telephone on 0659943173.
For details and subsequent updates see:
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