WHO Representation at the European Union, Brussels, Belgium

WHO Representation to the European Union in Brussels, Belgium

The WHO Representation to the European Union (EU) facilitates the relations with the EU and its institutions. The WHO office in Brussels works primarily with all three EU decision-makers, the European Council, the European Parliament and the European Commission, to help further to advance and enrich the collaboration between the organizations.

Furthermore, the WHO Representation Office to the EU also builds and strengthens alliances for health with a diverse group of Brussels-based stakeholders involved in health and health-related issues – professional associations, civil society, media, country representations and the private sector.

The WHO Representation to the EU is led by WHO/Europe, but its work mandate is global. In 2011, the WHO Regional Director for Europe was given the responsibility to lead relations with the EU and its institutions for all of WHO.

The role of the WHO office in Brussels is to further foster and improve these partnerships by means of:

  • observing the EU health agenda – monitoring, analysing and interpreting health-related developments in the EU context;
  • disseminating information exchange between WHO and the various EU and EU-related partners;
  • supporting the European Commission and other EU institutions on health matters and promoting a health-in-all-policies approach;
  • facilitating contacts and strengthening links between the EU actors and Brussels-based stakeholders on one hand, and all WHO offices and programmes (country-based or technical) on the other hand;
  • supporting the establishment or updating of formal agreements for cooperation between the European Commission and various parts of WHO; and
  • communication and advocacy, including a proactive yet accurately targeted and tailored WHO involvement in the Brussels EU health debate.

Contact us

Visitors
Eurostation 5E
Place Victor Horta, 40/10
1060 Saint-Gilles
Belgium

Post/deliveries
Rue de l’Instruction, 154
1070 Anderlecht
Belgium

Tel.: +32 2 506 46 60
Fax: +32 2 506 46 66
E-mail: weu@who.int
Twitter   @WHOatEU

Research Agenda for Health Economic Evaluation (RAHEE) project

The RAHEE project aims to outline the existing health economic evidence on the 10 conditions responsible for the highest burden of disease in the European Union (EU), and to use the knowledge gaps identified to make recommendations for the European Commission.