Introduction

The EU Health Award 2018 rewards the efforts and achievements of outstanding initiatives of international, European, national or regional non-governmental bodies that contributed or are contributing to a higher level of public health in the European Union by working to prevent tobacco use. This award is linked to the European Commission's work to build up a database of good practices in various health fields from NGOs that can serve as models for the future. Access to this database should inspire other NGOs and public authorities in EU Member States as well as international organisations to replicate these good practices to protect human health and raise the quality of life of EU citizens.

Objective

The call for applications is open to initiatives that work to achieve a higher level of public health for EU citizens, in particular through actions aimed at avoiding tobacco use initiation among adolescents and young adults. The type of initiatives that could be submitted includes but is not limited to:

- Awareness and information strategies for effective community change, including school programmes and /or involvement of parents;

- Social media and networks counter-advertising campaigns to prevent smoking initiation in the concerned age group(s);

- Promoting tobacco free norms targeted at adolescents and young adults;

- Supporting the successful implementation of EU and national tobacco control legislation;

- Interventions designed to reduce the accessibility of tobacco products (cigarettes, water pipe, chewing tobacco and others) to the age groups concerned;

- Engaging with health care professionals to strengthen education/medical curricula/training aimed to reduce tobacco use initiation by the targeted group(s);

- Developing initiatives addressing social factors with the aim of discouraging tobacco consumption in the concerned aged group(s);

- Interventions demonstrating potential synergies across the prevention areas mentioned above;

- Other innovative approaches not mentioned above that successfully help reduce smoking initiation

Eligible applicants

The call is open to the participation of legally established non-governmental bodies, non-profitmaking, not dependent from industry, and without commercial and business or other conflicting interests. Eligible entities must be established in one the following countries: a) EU Member States; b) Iceland and Norway; c) Countries which have a bilateral agreement with the European Union, in accordance with Article 6 of Regulation No 282/2014 on the establishment of a third Health Programme. Currently Serbia, Moldova and Bosnia-Herzegovina have a bilateral agreement with the European Union. Only applications from single applicants are acceptable (with or without partners).

Funding

The winner of the competition and the two runners-up will receive:

- 1st prize: 20.000 euro

- 2nd prize: 15.000 euro

- 3rd prize: 10.000 euro

More information at

https://ec.europa.eu/health/ngo_award/home_en