Nomination Request

____________________________________________________________________________________________ ICD-11 Training for Interoperable Mortality and Morbidity Reporting Copenhagen, Denmark 17 August 2026 9 - 13 November 2026 Original: English Scope and Purpose Background The 11th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) is a digital-first, multilingual, and interoperable international standard designed to support modern health information systems. Its implementation represents a critical step towards improving the quality, comparability, and usability of mortality and morbidity data. In the European context, countries are increasingly required to ensure that health data can be exchanged, linked, and reused across systems and borders. Interoperability is therefore a foundational requirement for effective mortality and morbidity reporting. This reinforces the need for common semantic standards, high-quality coded data, and consistent implementation of international classifications such as ICD-11 to enable meaningful exchange, linkage, and reuse of health data. This training is organized in the scope of EU-supported actions under the EU4Health Programme, implemented by the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, which aim to strengthen health information systems, health data governance, data quality, and interoperability across the WHO European Region. This training builds on World Health Organization guidance on digital health and interoperability, and positions ICD-11 not only as a statistical classification, but as a core semantic component within interoperable digital health ecosystems. The programme recognizes that successful ICD-11 implementation must be aligned with national digital health architectures, interoperability frameworks, and European data governance priorities. Scope of the training The scope of the training is to build national capacity for implementing ICD-11 for mortality and morbidity reporting within interoperable digital health systems. Purpose The purpose of this training is to strengthen national capacity for the implementation of ICD-11 for mortality and morbidity reporting, with a specific emphasis on interoperability. The training aims to equip participants with the conceptual understanding and practical skills needed to integrate ICD-11 into interoperable health information systems that support high-quality reporting, data exchange, and secondary use of health data. UN City, Marmorvej 51 Tel.: +45 45 33 70 00 Email: [email protected] DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø Fax: +45 45 33 70 01 Website: who.int/europe Denmark Provisional programme Page 2 Objectives The main objectives of the training are to: • Strengthen understanding of ICD-11 implementation for mortality and morbidity reporting in the context of digital health systems. • Enhance interoperability readiness by demonstrating how WHO Family of International Classifications (WHO FIC), particularly ICD-11, supports semantic interoperability across information systems and data flows. • Provide hands-on experience with ICD-11 tools, coding scenarios, mapping considerations, and implementation planning. • Support sustainable transition planning from ICD-10 to ICD-11 at national level, taking into account governance, capacity, and system readiness. Target Audience The training is intended for senior-level professionals involved in the production, management, standardization, and use of mortality and morbidity data, including: • National ICD country focal points from Western and Northern European countries. • Health information system and interoperability leads • Mortality and morbidity statistics specialists • Digital health and data standards experts • Ministry of Health officials with responsibility or authority for disease classification, reporting, or digital health governance Participants are expected to have sufficient technical background and institutional roles that enable them to contribute to, or influence, national ICD-11 implementation and interoperability efforts. WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTÉ WELTGESUNDHEITSORGANISATION Date: 20 August 2026 ВСЕМИРНАЯ ОРГАНИЗАЦИЯ ЗДРАВООХРАНЕНИЯ REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE Ms Helen Sõber BUREAU RÉGIONAL DE L’EUROPE REGIONALBÜRO FÜR EUROPA Adviser ЕВРОПЕЙСКОЕ РЕГИОНАЛЬНОЕ БЮРО European Union Affairs and International Co- Head office: operation Department UN City, Marmorvej 51, Ministry of Social Affairs DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark Suur-Ameerika 1 Tel.: +45 45 33 70 00; Fax: +45 45 33 70 01 Email: [email protected] 10122 Tallinn Website: https://www.who.int/europe Estonia Our reference: Your reference: Notre référence: Votre référence: Unser Zeichen: Ihr Zeichen: См. наш номер: На Ваш номер: Dear Ms Sõber, WHO Training on ICD-11 for Interoperable Mortality and Morbidity Reporting 9 – 13 November 2026, Copenhagen, Denmark The Eleventh Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) is a digital-first, multilingual, and interoperable international standard essential for improving the national health information systems including data quality, comparability, and reuse of mortality and morbidity data. To support coordinated implementation of ICD-11 and other WHO Family of International Classifications (WHO-FIC), the WHO Regional Office for Europe established the WHO-FIC European Network in 2021. The Network brings together national focal points and experts to support experience exchange, capacity building, and harmonized use of international classifications across the Region. In this context, the WHO Regional Office for Europe, with support from the European Union, is organizing an in-person training entitled “ICD-11 for Interoperable Mortality and Morbidity Reporting”, to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, from 9 to 13 November 2026. The training will strengthen national capacity for ICD-11 implementation within interoperable digital health information systems and support alignment with the regulatory aspects. It will combine ICD-11 technical content with sessions on semantic interoperability, digital integration of WHO-FIC classifications, governance, and secondary use of health data. Additional information about the training is provided in the attached scope and purpose document and provisional program. In this context, we kindly invite you to nominate two national focal points for ICD-11 to join the WHO-FIC European Network and attend the above-mentioned training. The nominated participants should have responsibility or decision-making authority related to ICD-11, mortality and morbidity reporting, semantic interoperability, or health data governance. Given the technical nature of the workshop and in view of strategic discussion regarding ICD-11 implementation planning we would kindly suggest that your nominations include your ICD country UN City, Marmorvej 51 Tel.: +45 45 33 70 00 Email: [email protected] DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø Fax: +45 45 33 70 01 Website: https://www.who.int/europe Denmark focal point, or that you identify within the MoH participants at a senior level with ICD competency, responsibility and authority. WHO will cover the travel and accommodation costs for two nominated participants, in accordance with WHO rules. We are also working closely with Health Information Network members to raise awareness of ICD-11 and have recently asked them to support completion of the WHO-FIC Implementation and Information Tracker (iMINT) survey, with a focus on ICD-11. Where possible, we strongly recommend that one of the nominated participants be the person coordinating the iMINT survey in the country. Please submit the nominations (including names, functional titles, institutions, addresses and email addresses) by 11 September 2026 to the focal point of this activity, Dr Karapet Davtyan, Technical Officer, Data, AI and Digital Health Unit, WHO Regional Office for Europe, at [email protected]. After we have received this information, the WHO Secretariat will follow up with the participants directly for travel arrangements and to provide more information about the training. Should you require further information, please do not hesitate to contact Dr Karapet Davtyan at [email protected]. We thank you for your continued collaboration with the WHO Regional Office for Europe. Yours sincerely, Dr David Novillo Ortiz Regional Adviser Data, AI and Digital Health (DAD) Division of Health Systems (DHS) WHO Regional Office for Europe Encls: Scope and purpose Provisional agenda Copy for information to: Ms Agne Nettan-Sepp, Head, European Union Affairs and International Co-operation Department, Ministry of Social Affairs, Suur-Ameerika 1, 10129 Tallinn, Estonia H.E. Ms Riia Salsa-Audiffren, Ambassador Representative of the Republic of Estonia, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Estonia to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva, Chemin du Petit-Saconnex 28A, CH-1209 Genève, Switzerland H.E. Mr Andre Pung, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Republic of Estonia, Frederiksgade 19, 4th floor, 1265 Copenhagen K, Denmark Ms Kristina Köhler, Head of Office, WHO Country Office, Estonia, Paldiski Road 81, 10617 Tallinn, Estonia –2– Saatja: "WHO/EURO Data, Metrics and Analytics" <[email protected]> Saaja: "Helen Sõber - SOM" <[email protected]> Teema: WHO ICD-11 Training 9-13 November 2026 - Nomination Request CRM:0323355 Kuupäev: 2026-08-20 19:22 Tähelepanu! Tegemist on välisvõrgust saabunud kirjaga. Tundmatu saatja korral palume linke ja faile mitte avada. Please see the attached correspondence sent from the World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe. One or more attachments may be included. Veuillez vous référer à la correspondance ci-jointe du Bureau régional de l'Europe de l'Organisation mondiale de la santé. Une ou plusieurs annexes peuvent être jointes. Mit der Bitte um Kenntnisnahme der beiliegenden Korrespondenz (eine oder mehrere Anlagen), Weltgesundheitsorganisation, Regionalbüro für Europa См. прикрепленные письма от Европейского регионального бюро Всемирной организации здравоохранения (один или несколько прикрепленных файлов). ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ICD-11 Training for Interoperable Mortality and Morbidity Reporting Copenhagen, Denmark 17 August 2026 9 - 13 November 2026 Original: English Provisional Agenda Day 1: WHO FIC Foundations and Digital Integration • Introduction to WHO-FIC and ICD-11. • ICD-11 coding principles and tools. • Digital integration of ICD-11 in health information systems. Day 2: Mortality Reporting and Digital Cause-of-Death Systems • Mortality data workflows and reporting processes. • ICD-11-based cause-of-death reporting. • WHO digital tools for mortality data quality and analysis. Day 3: Morbidity Reporting, Implementation Planning, and Monitoring • Morbidity data workflows and reporting use cases. • ICD-11 implementation planning and transition considerations. • Introduction to iMINT (WHO-FIC Implementation and Information Tracker). Day 4: Interoperability Context • Interoperability concepts and digital health architecture. • Governance and requirements for interoperable health data reporting. Day 5: Standards and Semantic Interoperability • Health data standards supporting interoperability. • Terminology standards and semantic interoperability. • Consolidation of the next national steps and closing discussions. UN City, Marmorvej 51 Tel.: +45 45 33 70 00 Email: [email protected] DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø Fax: +45 45 33 70 01 Website: who.int/europe Denmark