What is Young Forum Gastein (YFG)?
Since 2007 the YFG initiative enables promising young health professionals to become part of an inspiring network which nowadays offers support to over 600 members (Young Gasteiners) working in various health-related fields in Europe and beyond - covering all fours pillars of the EHFG: public and private sectors, civil society, and science & academia. Besides coming together at the annual EHFG conference, the YFG offers unique opportunities year-round to participate in workshops, webinars and other events.
YFG 2024
In 2024, the YFG is proud to welcome a diverse cohort of 61 scholars representing 28 nationalities. This year’s programme is supported by a conference Action Grant from the European Union’s EU4Health programme 2021-2027. Scholarship recipients will play an important role in the EHFG conference, actively participating in and contributing to the conference’s sessions and discussions, ensuring their perspectives and insights help shape the future of health policy.
How to join?
Each year a number of YFG scholarships are awarded to promising young professionals working in the field of health. The call for 2024 scholarship applications is closed now, and the outcomes has been communicated in mid-June 2024.
If you would like to learn more about the network, please watch the video below, or get in touch with us.
The YFG initiative was established in 2007 as a collaboration between the EHFG and DG SANTE (at the time DG SANCO), with a vision to introduce young, promising, health researchers and officials to the Gastein way – bridging the gap between research and policy-making and facilitating cross-sectoral learning and networking. Over the years the network has developed further, now providing Young Gasteiners opportunities to shape the EHFG conference programme by undertaking active speaking and rapporteur roles.
In the framework of an engaging YFG programme, the scholarship offers a unique opportunity to:
To engage the YFG network throughout the year, various activities are organised. Some examples of the recent activities include:
If you would like to know more about the Young Forum Gastein Network, please contact:
E: yfg@ehfg.org