European Health Forum Gastein

About the Organisation

The European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG) was founded in 1998 as a European health policy conference with the aim of providing a platform for discussion for the various stakeholders in the field of public health and health care. Since then the EHFG has developed into a key annual event, bringing together politicians, senior decision-makers and representatives of interest groups. Experts coming from public and private sectors, civil society and science and academia form the four groups of stakeholders which constitute the four pillars of the EHFG with their specific perspectives and knowledge.

Our aim is to provide a neutral platform for the discussion and advancement of health policy in the EU and beyond. Our founding principle is the equal representation of all stakeholders from the fields of public health and healthcare.

The EHFG further considers the vertical organisation of societies and the EU by integrating regional, national, European and international levels and thus facilitating the exchange of views and experience amongst key actors and experts from the 28 EU members and the EEA countries, but also from the 52 countries of the WHO European region.

Over the past decade, the EHFG has established itself as an indispensable institution in the scope of European health policy. It has made a decisive contribution to the development of guidelines and above all the cross-border exchange of experience, information and cooperation.