When: 12-14 March 2019 
Where: Piraeus, Greece

The 3-day face-to-face training of the trainers training course titled “Preparedness and response to public health events at ports’’ will take place on the 12-14 March 2019 on board the cruise ship Celestyal Olympia docked at the port of Piraeus, Greece.

The training programme is being organised within the framework of the EU HEALTHY GATEWAYS joint action by the University of Thessaly (UTH), Greece in collaboration with the National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIMV), Netherlands.

The purpose of the training of the trainers’ programme is to increase competence and capacity for managing public health events at ports and on ships including risk assessment, decision-making and crisis communication. The training course will address issues of decision making for implementing evidence based health measures proportionate to the health risks.

After completing this course, participants will act as trainers to the face-to-face training course at national level to be organised within the framework of the EU HEALTHY GATEWAYS Joint Action at their country.

The EU Health Gateways joint action consortium will be asked within the next month to nominate participants to this training event according to their countries needs and priorities.