Recent meetings
| Date | Commissioner / Cabinet | Topic | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02 Sept 2025 | Laszlo Andrejko Cabinet member | Cardiovascular | SRC |
| 02 Sept 2025 | Laszlo Andrejko Cabinet member | Cardiovascular | — |
| 28 Jan 2025 | Ricard Ramon I Sumoy Acting Head of Unit | Exchange of views on issue considered relevant by the organisations on the Vision of agriculture and food, under preparation; in particular the food aspects. | SRC |
| 28 Jan 2025 | Ricard Ramon I Sumoy Acting Head of Unit | Exchange of views on issue considered relevant by the organisations on the Vision of agriculture and food, under preparation; in particular the food aspects. | — |
| 18 Jun 2021 | Giorgos Rossides Cabinet member | Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan and cardiovascular health | SRC |
| 18 Jun 2021 | Giorgos Rossides Cabinet member | Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan and cardiovascular health | — |
| 18 Jun 2021 | Stella Kyriakides Commissioner | Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan and cardiovascular health | — |
| 18 Jun 2021 | Tove Ernst Cabinet member | Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan and cardiovascular health | — |
| 18 Jun 2021 | Tove Ernst Cabinet member | Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan and cardiovascular health | SRC |
| 20 Jan 2021 | Lukas Visek Cabinet member | Discussion on minimum sustainability criteria for public procurement | SRC |
| 20 Jan 2021 | Annukka Ojala Cabinet member | VC Meeting - Discussion on minimum sustainability criteria for public procurement. | SRC |
| 20 Jan 2021 | Lukas Visek Cabinet member | Discussion on minimum sustainability criteria for public procurement | — |
| 20 Jan 2021 | Annukka Ojala Cabinet member | VC Meeting - Discussion on minimum sustainability criteria for public procurement. | — |
| 25 Jun 2020 | Stella Kyriakides Commissioner | The MEP Heart Group also participated. The Associations presented their work and the discussion focused on the impact of COVID19 on patients with cardiovascular diseases and F2F and its link to healthy diets and benefits for cardiovascular patients. | SRC |
| 25 Jun 2020 | Stella Kyriakides Commissioner | The MEP Heart Group also participated. The Associations presented their work and the discussion focused on the impact of COVID19 on patients with cardiovascular diseases and F2F and its link to healthy diets and benefits for cardiovascular patients. | — |
| 11 Sept 2019 | Vytenis Andriukaitis Commissioner | EU Platform for action on Diet, Physical Activity and Health | SRC |
| 11 Sept 2019 | Vytenis Andriukaitis Commissioner | EU Platform for action on Diet, Physical Activity and Health | — |
| 13 Feb 2019 | Anne Bucher Director-General | introductory meeting | — |
| 13 Feb 2019 | Anne Bucher Director-General | introductory meeting | SRC |
| 12 Sept 2018 | Inga Preikšienė Cabinet member | Cardiovascular diseases, world heart day | — |
| 12 Sept 2018 | Inga Preikšienė Cabinet member | Cardiovascular diseases, world heart day | SRC |
| 27 Mar 2018 | Jerzy Bogdan Plewa Director-General | exchange of view on the Communication on Food and Farming | — |
| 27 Mar 2018 | Jerzy Bogdan Plewa Director-General | exchange of view on the Communication on Food and Farming | SRC |
| 18 Jan 2018 | Xavier Prats Monné Director-General | Discussion on the adoption of the EC Communication of the future of food and farming | — |
| 18 Jan 2018 | Xavier Prats Monné Director-General | Discussion on the adoption of the EC Communication of the future of food and farming | SRC |
Mission & Goals
The European Heart Network plays a leading role in the prevention and reduction of cardiovascular diseases, in particular heart disease and stroke, through advocacy, networking, capacity-building, representing patients' interests, and research so that they are no longer a major cause of premature death and disability throughout Europe.
EU Legislative Interests
EU governance; health policy; research policy; prevention and management of cardiovascular diseases; tobacco control; nutrition labelling; CAP; MFF; SDGs; trade; European Green Deal, Farm to Fork Strategy, climate change; Digital health; availability of medicinal products (i.e. access & shortages), EU4Health, Horizon Programme.
Communication Activities
EHN Annual workshop (internal meeting for all EHN Members) with speakers from the European Institutions, WHO, national ministries; European Alliance for Cardiovascular Health camaigns and events; partner in EU co-funded projects including AIDAVA, AI4HF, Hypermarker, COST Action AtheroNet; publishing papers on topics relevant to EU policy making, namely the EU4Health Programme and NCD initiatives.
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
EHN is a member of the European Alliance for Cardiovascular Health (EACH), European Chronic Disease Alliance (ECDA), the Smoke Free Partnership (SFP), the World Heart Federation (WHF) and the FAIB (the Federation of European and International Associations established in Belgium asbl.)
Organisation Members
Belgian Heart League(1), British Heart Foundation(1), Croatian Heart House Foundation(1), Czech Alliance for Cardiovascular Diseases (1) Danish Heart Foundation(1), Dutch association for people with cardiovascular diseases (1), Dutch Heart Foundation (1), Faroese Heart Foundation(1), Finnish Heart Association(1), Foundation of Health and Heart, Bosnia and Herzegovina(1), German Heart Foundation(1), Heart Foundation of Hungarian Society of Cardiology (1) Hellenic Heart Foundation, Greece(1), Icelandic Heart Association(1), Israeli Heart Association (1) Irish Heart Foundation(1), Italian Heart Foundation(1), Italian Society for Cardiovascular Prevention (1), Latvian Heart Health Promotion Alliance (1), Lithuanian Heart Association(1), Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke (1) Portuguese Heart Foundation(1), Romanian Heart Foundation(1), Serbian Heart Foundation(1), Slovenian Heart Foundation(1), Spanish Heart Foundation(1), Science for the Prevention and Education of Heart Health, Italy (1) Swedish Heart and Lung Association(1), Swedish Heart Lung Foundation(1), Swiss Heart Foundation(1), Turkish Heart Foundation(1) For further information, please see: https://ehnheart.org/ehn-members/