CITTADINANZATTIVA APS
Acronym: CA
General Information
Identification Code: 549378714499-39
Website: http://www.cittadinanzattiva.it
Entity Form: PERSONALITA' GIURIDICA
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 9/24/2014
Last Update: 6/12/2024
EP Accredited Number: 2
Mission & Interests
Goals: Cittadinanzattiva APS (www.cittadinanzattiva.it) is an organization, founded in Italy in 1978, which promotes citizens' activism for the protection of rights, the care of common goods, the support for people in conditions of weakness. It has also been officially recognized in Italy as a consumer organization since 2000.
Since December 2001, Cittadinanzattiva operates also at the EU level thanks to its branch called Active Citizenship Network (ACN) - which has a dedicated website https://www.activecitizenship.net/about-us/cittadinanzattiva-active-citizenship-network.html - and a representative office to the EU located in Brussels.
Our commitment at the EU level is based on the following four pillars: 1.rights & duty; 2.empowerment; 3.cross-border related issues; 4.sustainability. Our Action Plan and a more complete overview of our priorities are available here: https://www.activecitizenship.net/about-us/our-priorities.html
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
- Consumers
- Education and training
- Energy
- Environment
- External relations
- Food safety
- Institutional affairs
- International co-operation and development
- Justice and fundamental rights
- Public health
- Research and innovation
- Transport
- Youth
Levels of Interest:
- global
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: Cittadinanzattiva, through its EU branch “Active Citizenship Network”, advocates to promote and strengthen citizen activism and participation in policy processes and to improve the protection of citizens' and patients' rights.
In terms of EU policy priorities for 2024, Cittadinanzattiva – through its EU branch Active Citizenship Network - will mainly focus on:
1. Advance Therapy Medicinal Products, Antimicrobial Resistance and the new EU pharmaceutical legislation;
2. the EU4Health Programme and its annual Work Programmes, with particular attention to Crisis preparedness, COVID19 and the role of HERA;
3. Health promotion & disease prevention, starting from the EU Vaccines Strategy;
4. Health systems, healthcare workforce and medical desertification;
5. the new European institutions;
6. supporting the implementation of the New Consumer Agenda (with a focus on sustainability and energy issues) to empower European consumers to play an active role in the green and digital transition.
Communication Activities: Recent publications on national and EU magazines and peer review international journals include:
- New EU Institutions are called to tackle the health workforce crisis, the main precondition for a greater protection of patients' rights across Europe - 05/24
- Prioritising energy efficiency: A global imperative for future sustainability - 04/24
- Healing the health workforce: A call to action for EU institutions - 03/24
- European Patients’ Rights Day: Addressing skills shortage, medical desertification and job strain - 03/24
- Strengthening vaccination policies towards the European elections: From recommendations to concrete experiences - 03/24
- EU Policy recommendations: Prioritising care for high-risk COVID-19 patients - 11/23
- 13 rights and 60 actions to promote global health from a civic perspective: The civic charter of global health - 08/23
- The value of investing in Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products: combining sustainability, innovation and respect for patients’ rights - 07/23
- Medical desertification and National Recovery and Resilience Plan in Italy: Focus on Inner Areas - 07/23
All publications, statements and interviews are published on our website at: https://www.activecitizenship.net/clippings-interviews-web-press-articles.html
Some relevant events:
Events we organized at the European Parliament:
20.03.24 - 18th European Patients' Rights Day "Combining the protection of patients' rights with skills shortage, medical desertification and job strain. The key role of HCPs for a healthier Europe"
14.02.24 - "Strengthening vaccination policies towards the European elections: from recommendations to concrete experiences"
14.11.23 - "Prioritizing care for high-risk COVID-19 patients in the EU: policy recommendations"
26.04.23 - 17th European Patients’ Rights Day “Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products in Europe: combining sustainability, innovation and respect for patients' rights”
27.04.23 – “Addressing medical deserts in Europe: a call to action”
Other in-person events:
26.06.24 – “Towards country-observatories for vaccination promotion: the role of civic and patient organisations”
25.06.24 - #VaccinAction2024 First Training Event
12.04.24 - Study visit for the exchange of good practices.
17.11.23 - EU seminar on intimate health conditions.
06.11.23 - “Saving energy through nudging - How can behavioural science be used to create energy saving incentives for end consumers?”
24-25.10.23 “RE-energising Europe - Sharing ideas and knowledge”
Webinars:
04.07.24 – “Strengthening the European ecosystem for equitable patient access to Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs)”
14.12.23 – “The value that vaccines bring in the AMR fight and why new-generation antibiotics alone cannot resolve the AMR crisis.”
25.10.23 – “Civil Society promoting vaccination across the life-course.”
14.09.23 – “Healthy living, healthy ageing: the burden of VPDs in the European adult population - what if we do nothing?”
A full list of events is available here: https://www.activecitizenship.net/events.html
Information about the EU projects we work on can be found here: https://www.activecitizenship.net/projects.html
Our European campaigns are available here: https://www.activecitizenship.net/campaigns.html
PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS:
• New EU Global Health Strategy
• Roadmap "Cross-border healthcare – evaluation of patients’ rights"
• Serious cross-border health threats – stronger, more comprehensive rules"
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: Unofficial groupings
Head Office
Address: IMERA 2
Post Code: 00183
City: ROMA
Country: ITALY
Phone:
Indic Phone: 06
Phone Number: 367181
EU Office
Address: rue Philippe le Bon 46
Post Code: 1000
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
Phone:
Indic Phone: 32
Phone Number: 489705047
Financial Data
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Funding Sources:
- EU funding
- Other
- Public funding
Other Source Info: None of the individual contribution amounts received exceed 10% of our total budget.
Contributions:
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Total Budget: 2841097
Grants:
- Source: ENGAGE project - Horizon 2020 research and innovation programAmount: 0Currency: €_id:Buffer:0: 1041: 642: 603: 2124: 1585: 2126: 1827: 328: 869: 8910: 25111: 209
- Source: Bliss project - Erasmus+ programAmount: 0Currency: €_id:Buffer:0: 1041: 642: 603: 2124: 1585: 2126: 1827: 328: 869: 8910: 25111: 210
- Source: BioReCer project - Horizon Europe, framework programmeAmount: 0Currency: €_id:Buffer:0: 1041: 642: 603: 2124: 1585: 2126: 1827: 328: 869: 8910: 25111: 211
- Source: project PROPHET - Horizon Europe - research and innovation programmeAmount: 0Currency: €_id:Buffer:0: 1041: 642: 603: 2124: 1585: 2126: 1827: 328: 869: 8910: 25111: 212
- Source: FACILITATE (FrAmework for ClInicaL trIal participants’ daTA reutilization for a fully Transparent and Ethical Ecosystem) - IMI H2020Amount: 0Currency: €_id:Buffer:0: 1041: 642: 603: 2124: 1585: 2126: 1827: 328: 869: 8910: 25111: 213
- Source: project AHEAD - EU CHAFEA – 3rd Health ProgrammeAmount: 0Currency: €_id:Buffer:0: 1041: 642: 603: 2124: 1585: 2126: 1827: 328: 869: 8910: 25111: 214
- Source: project NUDGE - Horizon 2020 Research and innovation programmeAmount: 0Currency: €_id:Buffer:0: 1041: 642: 603: 2124: 1585: 2126: 1827: 328: 869: 8910: 25111: 215
- Source: NIGHTINGALE Novel InteGrated toolkit for enhanced pre-Hospital life support and Triage In ChallenGing And Large Emergencies - H2020 HorizonEU Research & Innovation ProgrammeAmount: 0Currency: €_id:Buffer:0: 1041: 642: 603: 2124: 1585: 2126: 1827: 328: 869: 8910: 25111: 216
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Membership Information
Members25 Percent: 1
Members: 4
Members F T E: 3.25
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: - IAPO (the International Alliance of Patients Organizations)
- World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA)
Organisation Members: • AMR Patient Alliance Advisory Group
• European Association for Educational and Preventive Health in Epigenetics
• European Movement (Italian branch)
• European Consumer Union
• Health First Europe
• EU-Russia Civil Society Forum, a network of thematically diverse non-governmental organisations fromRussia and the European Union, established as a bottom-up, non-partisan civic initiative.
https://eu-russia-csf.org/
• All.Can international
• the AMR patient Group
• AMR Stakeholder Network
• EU Health Coalition
• Steering Group on Influenza Vaccination
• All Policies for a Healthy Europe (AP4HE)
• Fight the Fakes
• Adult Immunization Board
• AMR Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Platform
• PAE (Pain Alliance Europe)
• European Public Health Alliance (EPHA)
• Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union (PGEU)
• European Specialist Nurses Organisations (ESNO)
• European Federation of Nurses (EFN)
Current Job Opportunities
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