abouthope mission

The European Hospital and Healthcare Federation is a non-governmental European association, which was created in 1966 and is since 1995 an international not-for-profit association. Its acronym is HOPE (Hospitals for EurOPE).

In accordance with the provisions of the Treaty of Rome (1957), the Single European Act (1986), the Treaty on the European Union (1991), the Amsterdam Treaty (1997) and the Nice Treaty (2002) HOPE seeks to promote improvements in the health of citizens throughout the countries of the European Union, and a uniformly high standard of hospital care throughout the European Union and to foster efficiency, effectiveness and humanity in the organisation and operation of hospital services and of the health systems within which they function.

to act as a principal source of advice on hospital and health affairs to the institutions of the European Union;
to develop and maintain information about planning and operation of the hospital services and of the health systems within which they function;to advise members on matters relating to standards of provision, organisation and operation of hospital services and of the health systems within which they function;
to promote exchange and twinning programmes within the European Union and elsewhere in the world;
to maintain links with health professions in the European Union;
to liaise and co-operate with international bodies concerned with health affairs, particularly with the World Health Organization and the Council of Europe and with other international associations of health;
to engage in any other activity designed to further the best interests of the hospital services in the European Union and of the health systems within which they function.

HOPE may develop on its own or as a partner with others all kinds of activities which may contribute to the realisation of its aims, such as launching projects, establishing technical working parties, setting up educational, twinning, health assistance and retraining programmes, issuing publications and organizing workshops and congresses.

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