November 2024—The European Federation of Psychologists’ Associations AISBL (EFPA) has been accepted as a member of the European Commission's Health Technology Assessment Stakeholder Network.
This aligns with the organisation's purpose of contributing to society, developing psychology and serving psychologists—in this case by bringing the expertise of EFPA's network to health technology assessment. This includes the role of more traditional healthcare interventions, but also increasingly the role of digitalisation.
In addition to well established work in relevant areas such as healthcare, assessment and ethics, earlier this year EFPA launched a Digitalisation Expert Reference Group to draw together expertise from throughout the European region to help develop policy priorities around the role of psychology and technology.
EFPA looks forward to contributing to regulatory work in this important area, in close collaboration with the Federation's Full Members through Europe.