Selecting Good Practices to Advance towards a European Network of Experts Fighting Against Chronic Pain

Abstract

In continuation with the second edition of the research project “European Civic Prize on Chronic Pain – Collecting Good Practices”, the third edition of the initiative led by Active Citizenship Network, whose term has spanned from 2020-2021, has recently selected several good practices in the fight against chronic pain in the European Union [1]. The value of this EU project is not only to collect and promote the experiences related to chronic pain, but also to strengthen collaboration and encourage the exchange of information and knowledge on chronic pain among different actors. This is crucial for ensuring longer life to good practices and for being able to identify conditions to replicate or implement them in other contexts. This article will focus on three of the winning good practices of the categories of patients’ empowerment, clinical practices, and Covid-19 special actions, that have been selected by the Jury of experts and emphasizes the need for an advancement towards the establishment of a European network of good practices’ managers fighting against cancer and non-cancer related chronic pain.