Social Employers meet Minister of Health of Czech Republic

photo (left to right): Jiri Horecky (President European Ageing Network und Deputy President Federation of European Social Employers), Gregor Tomschizek (Managing Director of Volkshilfe NÖ/SERVICE MENSCH GmbH und President Federation of European Social Employers), Rudolf Hundstorfer (former social minister, Austria), Adam Vojtech (Minister of Health, Czech Republic), Aad Koster (President EAHSA)
Photographer: Veronika Hotová

500 representatives of the social and health sector as well as politicians from Europe, North America and Australia attended the EAHSA-EDE congress "Future of Long-term Care in Europe" in Prague, Czech Republic, in mid-September. During the congress, the managing director of Volkshilfe NÖ, Gregor Tomschizek, in his function as the President of the Federation of European Social Employers met the Minister of Health of the Czech Republic, Mr Adam Vojtech, and informed him about the Federation, its objectives and membership. 

„Long-term care is a major challenge in Europe due to the ageing population”, said President Gregor Tomschizek, „we can learn from each other in many fields to face the shortage of staff, skill gaps and migration of workforce into other sectors. Everybody benefits from a good cooperation.”

"Long-term care in Europe is undergoing a lot of changes, facing key future challenges”, said Jiri Horecky,  Deputy President and co-organiser of the congress, „it is the first European Ageing Network (former EDE and EAHSA) congress and we are opening the crucial topics. We are discussing the role of the European Commission and the member states in social policies. What is our vision for 2030? The future is European cooperation.”

A PDF of the Press Release is available here. 

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