Diabetes and driving licence: IDF Europe meets DGMove - IDF Europe met with DG Move to share the feedback received from national diabetes associations on the implementation of the EU directive on driving licence. A review of the directive and annex 3 is likely to take place in 2014-2015. For more information, contact Gael Bassetto at gael.bassetto@idf-europe.org.

Investing in Health set as key priority in the Social Investment Package - Adopted by the European Commission, the package recognises that health is a value in itself and is a precondition to economic growth. To read the full Investing in Health paper, click here. For the publication's key messages, click here.

Dutch National Institute for Public Health and Environment publishes report on Europeans of retirement age: chronic diseases and economic activity - Click here to access the report and read about diabetes-related information as from page 51.

European Commission adopts recommendation on a common framework for a unique device identification system for Medical Devices - To access the full recommendation, click here. 

WHO Europe holds high-level conference on Health systems in times of global economic crisis - Held on 17-18 April, the event was the opportunity to assess the overall impact of the crisis on health care systems and review government policy responses. Webcasts and presentations from the conference are available here.

Mapping salt reduction initiatives in the WHO European Region - In order to reduce the growing burden of NCDs, WHO recommends reducing salt intake in the general population as a cost-effective strategy. For this purpose, the report presents an overview current salt reduction initiatives. Click here to access the report.

OECD publishes Health Policy Brief - The document focuses on strengthening health information infrastructure for health care quality governance and reviews good practices, new opportunities and data privacy protection challenges. To read the policy brief, click here.

The Executive Agency for Health and Consumers (EAHC) opens Call for tender on empowering patients in the management of chronic diseases. Deadline: 7 June. Read more.

EHAC Call for tender on multiple framework contracts with reopening of competition to support tobacco policies is also open. Deadline: 24 May. Read more.

Public Consultation on revised version of the World Medical Association’s Helsinki Declaration on medical research involving human subjects Deadline: 15 June. Read More.

The Diabetes Prevention Forum (DPF) has launched a new website. Click here to go to the new DPF webpage.