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Acknowledgements
This book, the second volume of the PROMeTHEUS project, could not have
been written without the ground-laying work delivered by our colleagues from
all over Europe contributing to the first volume as country informants, country
correspondents and authors. As authors and editors of the second volume we
are deeply indebted to their intellectual leadership, expertise and commitment!
The aim and concept of this book were substantially shaped and refined by
insights gained from the interaction with policy-makers and senior officials
in a continuous string of face-to-face meetings including policy dialogues
in Prague, Venice, Stockholm (2009), Slovenia, Lithuania (2010), Hungary,
the policy dialogues in Louvain/Leuven during the Belgian EU Presidency
(2010), and the Baltic policy dialogue in Tallinn (2013), the joint workforce
conference in Brussels (2011), parallel forums and workshops at the EHFG,
Gastein (2009–2011), the event in the European Parliament (2011) and the
discussion in the European Council 2011 in Gödöllő under the Hungarian
EU Presidency. EHMA provided a platform for launching the first volume
and discussing implications for the second at its annual conference in Porto,
Portugal (2011). The editors presented preliminary results of this volume in
a large number of talks and presentations, and we have to admit that we are
unaware of all the presentations delivered by our authors. For all these events
mentioned above we are most grateful for the funding, support and advice
from the European Commission, the WHO Regional Office for Europe and all
the governments and institutions involved. Particular thanks go to Willy Palm
(European Observatory) for organizing, co-organizing and/or supporting all
mentioned face-to-face meetings.
This book would not have been written without the European Commission.
We are most grateful for the constant and active contents-related involvement
of Katja Neubauer, Caroline Hager, Balazs Lengyel and Liz Kidd (now retired)
from the European Commission DG SANCO. Their input and advice has
been indispensable for keeping on track and getting the most out of the project
for European policy development and implementation. Many thanks to Jürgen
Tiedje and his team from the European Commission DG MARKT, for keeping
us in the loop on developments updating the directive on the recognition of