Children's environment and health action plan for Europe (CEHAPE) Event

Als Beitrag zur Budapest-Konferenz der WHO hat die EU Kommission ihren "Aktionsplan Umwelt und Gesundheit 2004 bis 2010" vorgelegt. Er ist Teil der 2003 verabschiedeten europäischen Strategie für Umwelt und Gesundheit "Scale" (Science, Children, Awareness, Legal Instruments, Evaluation). Ziel des EU-Aktionsplans ist, wissenschaftliche Informationen zu generieren, auf deren Grundlage der Beitrag von Umweltfaktoren zu Gesundheitsproblemen beurteilt werden kann, sowie Maßnahmen zur Reduktion und Prävention von umweltbedingten Gesundheitsrisiken bereit zu stellen.

CEHAPE is a document for policy makers, negotiated with Member States, that highlights the main commitments on children's environment and health and details the four regional priority goals (RPGs) for Europe. CEHAPE was adopted by European Ministers at the Budapest Conference through the Conference Declaration.
The Budapest Conference is the fourth in a series started in 1989, bringing together ministers of health and of the environment as well as major stakeholders. European ministers are expected to reach consensus and make political commitments to ensure safer environments for children, through the adoption of a Conference declaration and of a children's environment and health action plan for Europe.