IDF Europe - Advocacy

IDF Europe is involved in several advocacy activities by its self or in coalition with other European organizations. The advocacy targets are the European Parliament, the Council of Europe, the Interparliamentary Assembly and WHO Europe. In the same time IDF Europe offers its support to the member organizations lobbying or advocating their governmnets.Some of the activities and results are presented here below:

Advocacy by an individual or by an advocacy group aim to influence public-policy and resource allocation decisions within political, economic, and social systems and institutions; it may be motivated from moral, ethical or faith principles or simply to protect an asset of interest. Advocacy can include many activities that a person or organization undertakes including media campaigns, public speaking, commissioning and publishing research or poll or the 'filing of friend of the court briefs'. 

IDF Europe contributes on a regular basis to the European Parliament Diabetes Working Group and lobbies for raising diabetes on the agenda of the European Parliament. It also increases the awareness of the members of the EU Parliament on the issues related to diabetes. Advocating this group is done in alliance with FEND, EURADIA, PCDE (the European Coalition for Diabetes). More...

• IDF Europe promoted the European Parliament Written Declaration on diabetes (nr 01/2006) 
• IDF Europe supports the activities of the Non Communicable Disease Alliance and the Campaign for the UN Summit on NCDs 
• EU regulation on Food Information to Consumers (Food Labelling) (IDF Europe Position Paper, brochure)
• EU regulation on Information to patients
• EU regulation on Cross Border Health Care
• The way in which the EU Driving Licence Directive is implemented in the member states. The results of the IDF Europe study done in early 2010 are available here (English, .pdf)
• Proper support in schools for children with diabetes

IDF Europe is one of the founding members of the European Chronic Diseases Alliance (ECDA). More...

IDF Europe contributed to the development of the EU Public Health Action Programme (2008-2013) bringing its input to shaping the health policy in the EU for the comming years. More...

IDF Europe constantly contributes to the works of the EU Platform on Diet, Physical Activity and Health, with a direct input on the EU Commission's policy in the area of prevention of diabetes and other chronic conditions. More...

IDF Europe is a member of the European Patient Forum, a lobby group representing the interests of the European patients and targetting mainly the EU Commission and Parliament. More...

IDF Europe is actively participating in the European Health Forum (Bad Gastein); it supported the parallel forum on diabetes in 2007. More...

In February 2006, IDF Europe was recognised by the Council of Europe as an International Non-Governmental Organisation (INGO) which enables IDF Europe to attend future Council of Europe meetings on matters which relate to health and social issues and/or propose topics for CoE recommendation. More...

IDF Europe contributes to the works of the High Level Pharmaceutical Forum – Information to Patients Working Group. More...

IDF Europe participates to the works of the European Medicines Agency (EMA). More...

IDF Europe is a founding member of the EU Platform on Mental Health and Physical Health.
The Charter (Eng, pdf)  Update (Oct 2011)