Advocacy
EADV engages with policymakers and stakeholders to strengthen the position of dermatology venereology and increase awareness about skin and sexual health and prevention.
Advocacy highlights:
Protecting outdoor workers from skin cancer
Skin cancer is one of the most preventable cancers, yet its burden continues to grow across Europe.
This year EADV wants to highlight an angle that too often goes unnoticed: occupational skin cancer.
Call for evidence on cardiovascular health checks
The European Commission is developing a Council Recommendation on cardiovascular health checks, and EADV has submitted a formal response to the call for evidence.
Skin Health at the European Parliament
On 3 June, the European Parliament’s SANT Committee held its first-ever dedicated Exchange of Views on skin disease prevention and the public health risks associated with sunbed use.
Atopic Eczema – Break the invisible burden
EADV President Prof Branka Marinović attended a Policy Roundtable discussion on Atopic Eczema at the European Parliament for the #BreakTheInvisibleBurden campaign organised by the EFA – European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients’ Associations
5th Multi-Stakeholder Summit on Occupational Skin Cancer: “The Sleeping Giant”
The European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology will host the 5th Multi-Stakeholder Summit on Occupational Skin Cancer in Vienna in 2026, alongside its flagship Congress.
More than just skin: Turning global commitments on skin diseases into EU and national action
On 26 February 2026, the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) organised, together with European Parliament Vice-President Ewa Kopacz (European People’s Party, Poland) and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Elżbieta Łukacijewska (EPP, Poland), a high-level conference in the European Parliament.