1. Support provided by EHES Reference Centre Hanna Tolonen Susanna Conti Johan Heldal EHES JA Kick-off meeting, 21 January 2010, Luxembourg

2. EHES RC Established jointly by National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Finland Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Italy Statistics Norway (SSB), Norway

3. Personnel Kari Kuulasmaa Hanna Tolonen Sanna Ahonen Johan Heldal Susie Cooper Susanna Conti Mark Kanieff Johanna Mäki-Opas Jari Kirsilä Ari Haukijärvi Jouko Sundvall Päivikki Koponen Georg Alfthan THL, FinlandISS, Italy SSB, Norway

4. Tasks of the EHES RC (1/3) Development and publication of the EHES Manual Assessment of available standards for suggested additional measurements Providing professional support to the countries planning a national HES Developing the training programme for the EHES system, preparing training material and organizing international training seminars

5. Tasks of the EHES RC (2/3) Coordinating external quality control and preparing guidelines for and monitoring of internal quality control Developing principles and rules for sharing individual-level HES data Establishing a data transfer and management system Planning standardized blood sample storage protocols

6. Tasks of the EHES RC (3/3) Developing a system for rapid reporting of the basic survey results Performing a risk assessment for the implementation and coordination of the pilot EHES Preparing national manuals together with the national authorities

7. Professional support Review of the national HES plans Dissemination plans Assistance for Sampling issues (SSB, Norway) Legal, ethical and data confidentiality issues (ISS, Italy) Defining the national HES budget