EURORDIS supports EU Member States’ efforts to secure reintroduction of health NGOs’ operating grants March 2026

EURORDIS supports EU Member States’ efforts to secure reintroduction of health NGOs’ operating grants March 2026 4 March 2026, Brussels – EURORDIS–Rare Diseases Europe, together with fellow members of the EU4Health Civil Society Alliance, reiterates its call for the European Commission to reinstate operating grants for health non-governmental organisations, as political momentum grows among EU Member States for their return from 2026 onwards. https://www.eurordis.org/eurordis-supports-member-states-efforts-operating-grants-reintroduction/ Also this month, France sent a non-paper to the European Commission, formally endorsed by 12 other Member States, calling for the reintroduction of operating grants under EU4Health from 2026. EURORDIS welcomed France's initiative, with Virginie Hivert, our Acting Chief Executive Officer, reiterating that "stable partnerships strengthen the quality of EU health policy."