The Health and Environment Alliance is pleased to invite its members to the 2025 in-person meeting of the HEAL General Assembly on 15-16 October 2025 in Brussels, Belgium.
Registration close on Friday 10 October. If you require accommodation and/or request travel funding support, please register by Wednesday 1 October at the latest.
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09:00 – Registrations and greetings
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09:30 – Opening of the HEAL General Assembly meeting
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10:00 – Stories of hope on preventing pollution and disease
External panel co-moderated by HEAL Executive Director and Deputy Director and followed by a Q&A session.
Speakers include:
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13:00 – Business section
- Approval of the minutes of the online GA meeting
- Approval of the 2026-2027 budget
- Highlights March – September 2025
- Approval of membership applications
- Approval of policy on engaging the far right
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14:00 – Membership fee proposal
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15:30 – Transfer to European Parliament
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17:00 – Agriculture, Health and Pesticides: A Phyto-Victimes Exhibition at the European Parliament
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09:00 – Registrations and greetings
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09:20 – Opening of the HEAL General Assembly meeting
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09:30 – The future of EU civil society support and engagement
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10:00 – Workshop: HEAL's key priorities for EU action
Led by the HEAL advocacy team:
- Getting ready for a health protective REACH
- The next EU budget: strengthening investments into zero pollution and climate action for better health
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Agriculture, health and pesticides: A Phyto-Victimes exhibition at the European Parliament
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HEAL and MEP Christophe Clergeau are pleased to invite HEAL members to view the exhibition “Agriculture, health and pesticides”, presented by HEAL member Phyto-Victimes, at the European Parliament in Brussels.
The exhibition will highlight personal stories of individuals and families whose health has been impacted by pesticide exposure. Through compelling photos, videos, and written testimonials, HEAL members will gain a deeper understanding of the human cost of pesticide use. Our friends from Phyto-Victimes will also be present and will share powerful firsthand accounts from those living with the consequences of pesticide exposure.
This special viewing will take place from 17:00 to 19:00 on Wednesday 15 October, after the first day of the HEAL General Assembly meeting, and will include a cocktail service.
Registration is required to take part in this event. Please select the relevant option when registering for the meeting.
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HEAL will cover the cost of accommodation for one representative per member organisation, for up to two nights if attending both days of the meeting, or for one night if attending one day of the meeting. The HEAL secretariat will organise bookings in line with the information provided in the registration form, and will include breakfast. No additional costs (such as telephone, minibar, etc.) will be reimbursed by HEAL.
If you require accommodation, please register by Wednesday 1 October and select the relevant option(s) when registering for the event. Requests for accommodation submitted after Wednesday 1 October will not be accepted.
Participants wishing to stay longer must manage their booking directly with the hotel and pay the associated costs when checking out.
The cost of other accommodation options will not be covered by HEAL.
Rooms will be booked at the Best Western Royal Centre hotel located on Rue Royale 160, 1000 Brussels.
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HEAL wishes to ensure that as many members as possible attend the meeting of the General Assembly. To this end, HEAL has limited funding available to cover the travel costs of members who would otherwise not be able to attend the meeting.
The following terms and conditions apply:
- Participants requiring travel funding support must submit their request when registering for the meeting, by Wednesday 1 October. No requests for funding support will be considered beyond that deadline.
- Requests for travel funding support will be processed by Friday 3 October. Do not make any bookings until your request has been approved!
- Travel funding support is only available to members whose HEAL membership status is in order (i.e. they have paid their membership fees or their request for a membership fee waiver was approved).
- Travel funding support is only available to members who participate in the full two-day programme of the GA meeting.
- Funding support is provided through the reimbursement of expenses, up to the pre-approved amount. Reimbursement requests must be made by Sunday 9 November, using the dedicated expense claim form. Copies of receipts, invoices, bills, boarding passes, train tickets, etc., must be attached to the submitted request. No reimbursement will be made without relevant proof of purchase.
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