BeWell Final Conference
2026-05-07 09:30 - 16:00 (Europe/Brussels)
The BeWell Final Conference took place in Brussels on Thursday, 07 May 2026.

The event was organised in hybrid format.

Moderators: Dr Matthias Wismar, Programme Manager, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies Natalia Allegretti, Senior International Project Manager, Global Health Connector

Links to presentations:

Europe’s health workforce at a turning point

Building skills intelligence: evidence for action

Shaping the future of health workforce skills: the BeWell Skills Strategy

9:30 – 10:30: Welcome coffee and registration 10:30 – 11:00: Europe’s health workforce at a turning point – Project vision and setting the scene: Federica Margheri, European Health Management Association (EHMA) and BeWell project coordinator– Opening remarks: Dr Petronille Bogaert, DG SANTE, European Commission– Opening remarks: Sonia de Melo Xavier, DG EMPL, European Commission11:00 – 12:00: Building skills intelligence: evidence for action – Key findings from the skills intelligence: Dr Gemma Williams, Research Fellow, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies and Prof. Ronald Batenburg, Programme Leader, Nivel– From competences matrices to training programmes: Rolf Aslaksrud Kristiansen, EUROMASC and Carmen Fusilli, ITS– Training the professionals – Lessons learnt from the pilots: Efstathia Koitsanou, University of Thessaly and Petra Ziegler, WIAB– Panel discussion12:00 – 12:45: Shaping the future of health workforce skills: the BeWell Skills Strategy– Presentation of the Skills Strategy by Federica Margheri, European Health Management Association (EHMA)– Panel discussion on how the strategy responds to the needs of the health workforce with: o Josefine Declaye, Policy Officer, ESNO o Sarada Das, Executive Director, CPME o Loredana Simulescu, Executive Director, BiomedAlliance o Jorge Batista, Senior Professional Affairs Advisor, PGEU o Adam Rogalewski, Policy Officer Health and Social Services, EPSU12:45 – 14:00: Lunch + celebration + Skills initiatives across Europe: projects in action:o AMR-EDUCareo H-PASSo JA HEROESo XiAo BRIGHTskills14:00 – 14:30: Hearing from the training participantsTestimonials from training participants– Comment from Dr Monica Brinzac, Babes-Bolyai University– Comments from Prof Todorka Kostadinova, Medical University Varna14:30 – 15:45: Implementing the Skills Strategy – multistakeholder panel– Michele Calabró, Director, EUREGHA– Nicola Scomparin, Health Workforce Communication Expert, ProMIS– Caroline Trillingsgaard Mejdahl, Researcher at DEFACTUM, Region of Central Denmark– Diane Whitehouse, Principal eHealth Policy Consultant, EHTEL– Gabriella Sutton, Project Coordinator, EuroHealthNet15:45 – 16:00: Closing remarks 16:00 – Onwards: Networking and coctail
