Work Package 7

PDF to download   E.B. APPROVED (12.11.2014)  

WP7 (Sustainability) consolidates the experience of the Joint Action on Health Workforce Planning and Forecasting in order to have a higher impact of health workforce planning and forecasting on policy decision making.

The sustainability plan is built on the basis of The Knoster model (it connects the symptom with the components of change). The main roles of the stakeholders’ group, the policy dialogues, the educational plans for transferring the knowledge and the indicators for monitoring the implementation are considered in the sustainability plan. The results of the Joint Action activities would enable the process of overcoming the gap between education and health employment. They would also lead to further development of common guidelines for recognition of diplomas and licenses from the different countries and establish training equivalency recognition. The outcomes of the JA could increase the understanding of global developments beyond the national strategies in order to plan and manage human resources for health in the EU internal market.

release 1   E.B. APPROVED (04.06.2014) 

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The Joint Action on Health Workforce Planning & Forecasting, funded by the Health Programme of the European Union is progressing towards the creation of a platform for collaboration and exchange of experts in Health Workforce Planning and Forecasting. This network is urgently needed to help the European Union to identify and address the increasing unbalance of health workforce.

Current delivery: Phase 1 /
We have created the first list of experts with all the known experts participating in the JA, but also with the experts highlighted by our major stakeholders.The first matrix-like List of Experts matches the names with types of expertise with additional columns highlighting the professions that are mastered by each expert.Finally we have updated the list after the first Joint Action Conference & Stakeholder Forum in Bratislava

Technical Recommendations and Recommendations towards Policy Making

WP7 Report on Circular Migration of the Health Workforce – E.B. APPROVED (27.01.2016)  

Report on Circular Migration of the Health Workforce is a part of D074 Recommendations towards Policy Making. This report provides an overview on circular migration of the health workforce and provides European Member States with preliminary guidance on how source and destination countries may cooperate in order to find a mutually beneficial solution in terms of circular mobility of the health workforce, within the framework of the WHO Global Code of Practice.

The report describes the various definitions of circular migration of the health workforce, reviews the current evidence on circular migration of the health workforce, provides an overview of formal and informal cooperation on circular migration of the health workforce in the EU and discusses education and training in relation to circular migration of the health workforce.