Skills building seminar: Develop collaborative tools among public health societies to mutually reinforce their interventions
Abstract National public health societies face specific national challenges but also common challenges in several countries but in specific national contexts. At EPH2018, a first workshop entitled ‘ Can national public health societies work together for mutual support on their daily challenges? “ had allowed the national public health societies represented to highlight their interest and their ability to work together. Among the different lines of work identified, one of them was particularly emphasized: ‘How to make allies and influence health policies?’. This line of work brings different reflections: When adopt postures of conflict and / or cooperation with the public authorities? How to choose to argue from evidence based public health and / or to build and tell simple and consistent stories? What are the situations where we risk going from ‘collaborating with’ actors to’being manipulated by’ actors? What are the conditions for forming effective alliances in public health? Several topics have been identified as common issues facing the different national public health societies: migration and health, alcohol, food and information of public, physical activities and active mobility, environmental pollution. As part of this workshop we want to share the feedback of experiences presented by several national public health companies on common public health issues to learn lessons to strengthen their actions. The feedback presented will help identify and construct shared analysis frameworks, to identify the conditions favoring the influence of national public health societies. The development of these common tools will strengthen their interventions at a national level and enhance their collective effectiveness at the European level. EUPHA is the relevant framework for inscribing this approach in time and space. Key messages Eupha is the ideal place to meet other public health companies and find opportunities to develop practical transnational collaborations for a better impact of public health at the national level. The sharing of experience on common topics will strengthen the influence of the SNSPs and the impact of their actions at the country level.