Advocacy

The EAN, together with the European Brain Council and the Brain Health Mission Partnership, co-organised the special session Brains, Bytes, and Budgets at this year’s European Health Forum Gastein.

The next meeting of the MEP Interest Group on Brain Health and Neurological Conditions will take place on Thursday, 16 October at the European Parliament in Brussels.

The Brain Health and Sustainability Booth at EAN Congress 2025 in Helsinki brought together two core priorities of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN): brain health and sustainability.

The PANACEA Project is pleased to invite healthcare professionals, educators, and medical students to its Final Conference on 5 November 2025

Calling on health professionals and policy experts from across Europe to share their expertise on protecting brain health with the public.

The European Huntington Association is thrilled to announce its 5th Biennial Conference, in Bucharest, Romania, on 25–28 September. Under the theme “Shaping our Future Together, We are the Change!”

With a vibrant award ceremony in Thessaloniki, the first Greek Brain Health School Challenge concluded successfully, marking a significant step in promoting neurological awareness among young minds.

This EAN TV Studio session brought together the Presidents of WFN, AAN, and EAN to stress the importance of joint action to elevate neurology on the global health agenda.

This EAN TV Studio session spotlighted the urgent need for national brain plans and a coordinated EU strategy to tackle the rising burden of brain disorders.

EAN supports the G7 Canada Brain Economy Summit, a global initiative uniting leaders to position brain health and brain skills as drivers of economic growth, resilience, and cross-sector innovation.

The Innovative Health Initiative (IHI) has just published draft topic texts for its upcoming Call 11, expected to launch officially in late June 2025.

The European Commission has released draft details for Horizon Europe’s 2025 Cluster 1 – Health calls, with official publication expected on 22 May 2025. These calls include several funding opportunities of high relevance to the neurology research community.

EAN Communications Committee Chair, Matilde Leonardi, looks back on an extremely busy and productive period of communication activity for the EAN.

Watch a full recording of the latest European Brain Health Summit, held in Brussels on 19 March under the heading 'Brain Health for a Resilient Europe'.

A new EAN paper published in the European Journal of Neurology presents a roadmap toward reducing the burden imposed on patients, caregivers, and society by neurological diseases in Europe.