Regional Pilot Training East
This Pilot training offers a cross-sectoral and cross-border approach, focusing on the critical issue of Infodemic Management across borders. It addresses the growing challenge of managing health misinformation and disinformation during public health emergencies, providing participants with insights into both national and cross-border strategies to counter infodemics in the digital age. The training will enable action-oriented learning, allowing participants to identify gaps and build on both evidence-based practices and their own experiences to enhance preparedness and response efforts.
The Regional Pilot Training aims to test the relevance, usefulness, and quality of training materials, as well as the appropriateness of the teaching methodology. Your participation and feedback are critical to ensuring that the course content is practical, user-friendly, and adaptable to the diverse needs of learners. We want your input to help shape and contextualise future iterations of the training, making it a truly collaborative effort that reflects real-world challenges and solutions.
As part of the DG SANTE implementation of Regulation 2022/2371, EPIC11 is contracted by HaDEA (HADEA/2022/OP/0017) to develop an EU preparedness training programme. This training programme aims to address the needs of prevention, preparedness and response (PPR) planners, managers, and practitioners, addressing current gaps in EU Member States and EEA countries, and complementing existing training initiatives by ECDC, WHO, and the EC’s policy departments (DGs), and others. The project aims to reinforce PPR planning with targeted training and knowledge exchange activities for healthcare and public health staff (Article 11 – Regulation 2022/2371).
Target audience: This training is open to mid-level managers and technical experts from various fields, including:
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Public Health and other relevant sectoral Officials and Practitioners: Individuals responsible for public health related policy, planning, and implementation at local, regional, and national levels.
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Healthcare Providers: Doctors, nurses, and other healthcare workers who directly interact with affected populations and need to communicate health risks effectively.
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Emergency Response Coordinators: Governmental personnel involved in PPR planning and coordinating PPR activities to health threats.
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Government and Policy Makers: Officials from relvant sectors involved in creating policies around public health and PPR plans.
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Communications Specialists: Professionals focused on health communication and risk communication.
Participants with experience in social media management, community engagement, misinformation management, fact-checking, digital communication, and social and behavioural change are especially encouraged to attend. The Regional Pilot Training is open to all EU and EEA countries, with a special focus on Romania, Hungary, Poland, Moldova, and Ukraine.
The event will be conducted in English, and travel and accommodation will be covered. Please mark your calendars. A formal invitation with a detailed agenda and venue information will follow soon. If you are certain of your participation, you can register here to secure your spot.