Steering Group on Health Promotion, Disease Prevention and Management of Non-Communicable Diseases (SGPP) - Main contents

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Abbreviation: SGPP

Policy Area: Public Health

Lead DG: DG Health and Food Safety

Type: Formal

Scope: Limited

Mission: (a) to assist and advise the Commission in taking initiatives to promote coordination between the Member States to address challenges caused by non-communicable diseases in the Union; (b) to advise the Commission in the selection of best practices to support Member States in their transfer and further implementation in the area of health promotion, disease prevention and management of non-communicable diseases by using the EU Health Programme or other financial instruments of the Union; (c) to support the Commission in monitoring the progress towards reaching the Sustainable Development Goal 3 under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development "Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages" and in particular towards reducing mortality due to non-communicable diseases; (d) to advise the Commission in its efforts to coordinate activities which contribute to reduction of premature mortality due to non-communicable diseases ; (e) to advise the Commission on improving the uptake of research results in the area of health promotion, disease prevention and management of non-communicable diseases; (f) to assess the outcomes of transfer and implementation of best practices in cooperation with the Expert Group on Health Information which will provide advice on relevant health data in the area of health promotion, disease prevention and management of non-communicable diseases.

Task: Assist the Commission in relation to the implementation of existing Union legislation, programmes and policies

Contact: -

Publication in RegExp: 02/08/2018

Creating Act: -

Last updated: 08/12/2022

Additional Information

Selection procedure: The Members are nominated by the Member States. Norway and Iceland may nominate observers. Third countries may be granted an observer status as well.

Rules of procedure: Rules of procedure

SGPP rules of procedure.pdf (approx. 284 kb)

Other: Group Formalisation Decision EN. Decision available in the other EU languages under below link.

https://ec.europa.eu/health/non_communicable_diseases/steeringgroup_promotionprevention_en

C_2018_4492_F1_COMMISSION_DECISION_EN.pdf (approx. 166 kb)

Subgroups

Sub-group on Cancer

Sub-group on “Healthier together: EU Non-communicable Diseases Initiative”