WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTÉ
WELTGESUNDHEITSORGANISATION
ВСЕМИРНАЯ ОРГАНИЗАЦИЯ ЗДРАВООХРАНЕНИЯ Date: 14 November 2022
REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE Ms Elen Ohov
BUREAU RÉGIONAL DE L’EUROPE
REGIONALBÜRO FÜR EUROPA Adviser
ЕВРОПЕЙСКОЕ РЕГИОНАЛЬНОЕ БЮРО European Union Affairs and International Co-operation
Department
Head office:
Ministry of Social Affairs
UN City, Marmorvej 51,
DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark Suur-Ameerika 1
Tel.: +45 45 33 70 00; Fax: +45 45 33 70 01 10122 Tallinn
Email:
[email protected]
Website: http://www.euro.who.int
Estonia
Dear Ms Ohov,
Integrated Care Delivery
Technical meeting
8 December 2022 (10:00–11:30 CET)
The WHO Regional Office for Europe is honoured to host this regional virtual meeting, to which I
have the pleasure of inviting up to three nominated representatives from your country.
The aim of the meeting is to support the development of integrated care delivery models and to
promote knowledge exchange and joint learning on integrated care in the European Region. Please
find the scope and purpose of the event, as well as the provisional programme, attached.
The representatives should be officials from the ministries leading the long-term care and healthy
ageing agenda, who have the capacity to represent their organization and report back. As this meeting
will address topics grounded in cross-sectoral collaboration, we particularly encourage
representation across policy areas, for instance from the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of
Social Affairs.
The working language will be English, with simultaneous Russian interpretation provided.
We look forward to receiving your nominations, giving the names, job titles, and email addresses, at
your earliest convenience, and no later than 26 November 2022. We shall then communicate with
them directly to provide the necessary documentation and administrative information in good time.
Mr Satish Mishra is responsible for this activity and it would be appreciated if you would address
your reply to him at
[email protected] with
[email protected] in copy.
Sincerely yours,
Dr Natasha Azzopardi Muscat
Director, Division of Country Health Policies and Systems
UN City, Marmorvej 51 Tel.: +45 45 33 70 00 Email:
[email protected]
DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø Fax: +45 45 33 70 01 Website: http://www.euro.who.int
Denmark
Encls:
Scope and Purpose
Provisional programme
Copy for information to:
Ms Triin Uusberg, Head, European Union Affairs and International Co-operation Department, Ministry of
Social Affairs, Suur-Ameerika 1, 10129 Tallinn, Estonia
H.E. Ms Katrin Saarsalu-Layachi, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative,
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 William Mart Laanemäe, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Republic of
Estonia, Frederiksgade 19, 4th floor, 1265 Copenhagen K, Denmark
Ms Kristina Köhler, Liaison Officer, WHO Country Office, Estonia, Paldiski Road 81, 10617 Tallinn, Estonia
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WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTÉ
REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE BUREAU RÉGIONAL DE L'EUROPE
WELTGESUNDHEITSORGANISATION ВСЕМИРНАЯ ОРГАНИЗАЦИЯ ЗДРАВООХРАНЕНИЯ
REGIONALBÜRO FÜR EUROPA ЕВРОПЕЙСКОЕ РЕГИОНАЛЬНОЕ БЮРО
WHO Europe Technical Meeting on /2
Integrated care delivery
Virtual meeting 4 November 2022
8 December 2022 (10.00–11:30 CET) Original: English
Scope and purpose
Background
More than two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, European countries continue to report
significant disruptions to one or more essential health service, with primary care, community
services, long-term care and rehabilitation amongst the most likely services to be disrupted.
Disruptions to the continuity of care, adding to the fragmentation of care delivery that pre-
existed the pandemic, have severely limited accessibility of care, especially for vulnerable
groups, people with long-term care needs, long standing illnesses and chronic conditions and
older people.
Following on the recommendations of the Pan-European Commission on Health and Sustainable
Development, the WHO Regional Office for Europe is committed to supporting countries in the
region to improve coordination and collaboration across their health and long-term care systems
and accelerate progress on integrated care delivery. Furthermore, the Regional Office has
established a strategic partnership with the European Commission through which both
institutions can coordinate efforts to provide country-specific support for the design,
implementation and monitoring of policies and interventions on integrated care service delivery.
To deliver on these commitments and ensure Member States are adequately supported in their
efforts to strengthen and develop integrated long-term care provision, the Regional Office is
convening a technical meeting to present to Member States its vision for accelerating adoption
and scale-up of integrated care models and jointly define priority action areas for technical
support and collaboration.
Date and time
The WHO European Regional Technical Meeting will be held on Thursday 8 December 2022
and will have a duration of one and a half hours, from 10:00 to 11:30, Central European Time.
Aim
To support the development of integrated care delivery models and promote knowledge
exchange and joint learning on integrated care in the European Region.
Objectives
1. Define and describe integrated care and its potential as a care practice, as a service
delivery model and as a design principle for health and long-term care systems
2. Share information on good practices, successful innovations and enablers of
integrated care delivery
Scope and purpose
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3. Identify priority intervention areas for technical support and establish a joint learning
cross-national network on integrated long-term care delivery in the European Region
Participants
Representatives from ministries of health and social affairs in selected Regional Office Member
States; each Member State is invited to nominate three participants – one representing each
Ministry.
Languages of the meeting
The technical meeting will be held in English with simultaneous Russian translation provided.
Saatja: euroltc <
[email protected]>
Saadetud: 14.11.2022 12:48
Adressaat: Elen Ohov <
[email protected]>
Koopia: Triin Uusberg <
[email protected]>; SM Info <
[email protected]>; Ms K.
Saarsalu-Layachi <
[email protected]>; <
[email protected]>;
Kaisa.Mitt-Alvarez <
[email protected]>
Teema: EST: Virtual event - Regional technical meeting on Integrated
Care, 8 December 2022
Dear National Counterpart,
Please find attached a letter requesting nominations to the above virtual
event, kindly noting that the deadline for receipt of nominations is 26
November 2022.
Yours sincerely,
Health Workforce and Service Delivery Programme
WHO Regional Office for Europe
Copenhagen, Denmark
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WELTGESUNDHEITSORGANISATION ВСЕМИРНАЯ ОРГАНИЗАЦИЯ ЗДРАВООХРАНЕНИЯ
REGIONALBÜRO FÜR EUROPA ЕВРОПЕЙСКОЕ РЕГИОНАЛЬНОЕ БЮРО
WHO Europe Technical Meeting on /3
Integrated care delivery
Virtual meeting 11 November 2022
8 December 2022 (10.00–11:30 CET) Original: English
Provisional Programme
Thursday 8 December 2022
Welcome and briefing logistics
10:00 – 10:05
Satish Mishra, WHO Regional Office for Europe
Introduction
10:06 – 10:11 Natasha Azzopardi Muscat, Director of the Division of Country Health Policies and
Systems, WHO Regional Office for Europe
Why integrated care and why now? Integration as a linchpin to strengthening health
10:12 – 10:20 and care systems
Tomas Zapata, WHO Regional Office for Europe
What can we do? A roadmap to developing integrated care delivery across the
10:20 – 10:34 European region
Stefania Ilinca, WHO Regional Office for Europe
Yuka Sumi, WHO HQ
Country Perspectives
The Romanian National strategy for Long-term care development
Ministry of Social Affairs, Romania
10:35–11:00 Strengthening integration in care delivery in Sweden
Ministry of Health / National Board of Health and Welfare, Sweden
The National Integrated Care Network - Portugal
Ministry of Health & Ministry of Social Affairs, Portugal
EU Care Strategy & Instruments to support integrated long-term care delivery in the
11:00 – 11:08
EU
DG EMPL, European Commission
Plenary discussion – identifying priority areas for technical support
11:10 – 11:25
Satish Mishra
Conclusions and closing
11:25 – 11:30
Satish Mishra