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Health & Environment Alliance

Acronym: HEAL

General Information

Identification Code: 00723343929-96
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Entity Form: aisbl - not for profit association
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 7/28/2010
Last Update: 2/21/2024
EP Accredited Number: 5

Mission & Interests

Goals: Founded in 2003, the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) is a leading European not-for-profit organisation addressing how the environment affects health in the European Union and beyond. HEAL’s 80+ member organisations include international and European organisations as well as national and local groups of health professionals, not-for-profit health insurers, patients, citizens, women, youth, and environmental experts, together representing over 200 million people across the 53 countries of the WHO European Region. With its members and partners, HEAL brings independent expertise and evidence from the health community to different decision-making processes. The organisation’s vision is a healthy planet for healthier people in Europe and beyond. https://www.env-health.org/about/
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
  • Agriculture and rural development
  • Budget
  • Business and industry
  • Climate action
  • Competition
  • Consumers
  • Employment and social affairs
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • Food safety
  • Public health
  • Research and innovation
  • Single market
  • Transport
Levels of Interest:
  • national
  • global
  • european

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: EU Green Deal, Next Generation EU, EU air quality policies (zero pollution, ambient air quality, industrial emissions), EU chemicals policies (chemicals strategy for sustainability, endocrine disruptors, glyphosate, REACH, CLP, PFAS, pesticides, food contact materials and Farm to Fork strategy), climate and energy policies such as the Fit for 55, Paris Agreement implementation, Europe’s Beat Cancer Plan
Communication Activities: This includes implementation of the EU Green Deal and its strategies, Resilience and Recovery Facility, 8th EU Environmental Action Programme, as well as the ambient air quality, industrial emissions directive, pesticides and chemicals regulations.
EU Supported Forums and Platforms: Zero Pollution Stakeholder Platform#E03790#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3790 #MEMBER #C#Academia/Research#Civil society#ProfessionalsWorking Group on Plant Health#E03832/2#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=103432 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyCompetent Authorities for Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and restriction of CHemicals (REACH) and Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP)#E02385#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2385 #OBSERVER #C#Civil societyAdvisory Group on Sustainability of Food Systems#E03832#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3832 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyAnimal Health Advisory Comittee#E03832/1#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=103292 #MEMBER #C#Civil societyWorking Group on Seeds and Propagating Material#E03832/3#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=103433 #MEMBER #C#Civil society
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A

Head Office

Address: Rue de la Charite 22Mundo Madou
Post Code: 1210
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
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EU Office

Address: Rue de la Charite 22Mundo Madou
Post Code: 1210
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
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Financial Data

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Complementary Information: For an overview of HEAL's financing and annual reports see here: https://www.env-health.org/about/financing-funding/

Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 0
Members25 Percent: 2
Members50 Percent: 2
Members75 Percent: 1
Members: 5
Members F T E: 2.25

Structure

Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: For the list of HEAL members please see: http://env-health.org/members/
Organisation Members: HEAL is member of a range of organisations from health, medical, environmental, climate civil society on specific topics, or in coalitions, to engage, raise awareness and advocate for more health-protective policies: • Civil Society Europe via the Green 10 • Collaborative on Health and Environment (CHE) • EDC-Free Europe • EU Food Policy Coalition • Global Climate and Health Alliance (GCHA) • Green 10, the group of leading environmental NGOs at EU level • International Federation of Gynecologists and Obstetricians (FIGO) – Committee on Climate Change and Toxic Environmental Exposures • International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN) Steering Committee • Justice Pesticides • Europe Beyond Fossil Fuels HEAL is a partner in and collaborates with organisations, institutions and leading experts in the following EU research projects: ATHLETE - Advancing Tools for Human Early Life course Exposome Research and Translation POLYRISK - Understanding human exposure and health hazard of micro- and nanoplastic contaminants in our environment UBDPolicy - Urban Burden of Disease Policy CATALYSE - Climate Action To Advance HeaLthY Societies in Europe HEAL is an accredited stakeholder with the United Nation Environment Programme (UNEP) and member of the following expert groups and networks: World Health Organization (WHO): • WHO Chemical Safety Network • WHO Civil Society Working Group on climate change and health • WHO Environmental Health Economics Network (EHEN) • WHO European Environment and Health Task Force and Bureau (EHTF) • WHO European Working Group on Climate change and Health (HIC) • WHO Non-communicable disease (NCD) Advisory Council • HEAL also regularly participates in the meeting of the WHO/LRTAP Joint Task Force on the Health Aspects of Air Pollution EU institutional level: EU Commission • Observer to DG SANTE Advisory Group – Food Chain and Animal and Plant Health • Zero Pollution Stakeholder Platform EU Chemicals Agency (ECHA) • ECHA Member State Committee • ECHA ED Expert group • ECHA Management Board via our NGO seat • Advisory Group on the dissemination of public information about chemical substances • EU EDCs Strategy Ad hoc Group