Joint Action HEROES Policy Dialogue

European health workforce development supporting health system transition and sustainability: strategy discussion and action plan

Joint Action HEROES Policy Dialogue
17 September 2025
Online

On Wednesday, 17 September 2025, from 10:00 to 16:00 CEST, a high-level policy dialogue as part of the Joint Action HEROES will take place online, hosted from Brussels.

Register to attend here: (https://tinyurl.com/17SepDialogue, not yet live)

This event will bring together EU institutions, Member States, and key stakeholders to discuss how health workforce development can drive health system transition and sustainability in times of workforce crisis.

The dialogue aims to set a strategic orientation for strengthening health workforce development as a foundation for sustainable health systems. It will explore how the EU, Member States, and stakeholders can collaborate to address workforce challenges, explore the lessons learned from national implementation, and discuss how to sustain and scale JA HEROES’ results to support resilience and reform.

The discussion will focus on three key themes:
– Planning for transformation: How workforce planning and forecasting can support innovative models of care and align skills with system reforms.
– Country use and implementation: Sharing experiences from countries already integrating tools and data into policy to accelerate uptake.
– Sustaining HEROES results: Ensuring that the knowledge and tools developed under HEROES are embedded in national and EU-level frameworks for long-term resilience.

Agenda to follow.