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EUROPEAN SPAS ASSOCIATION

ESPA

The European Spas Association was founded in 1995 in Brussels as an umbrella federation for the 1,400 medical spas in over 20 European countries, their research institutes, and medical universities where Medical Spa treatments are taught.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Tilly Metz (Member of the European Parliament)

24 Oct 2025 · site visit

Meeting with Daniel Attard (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

18 Sept 2025 · Sustainable Tourism Report, smart destination policy and well-being of travelers

Meeting with Katri Teedumäe (Cabinet of Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi), Laszlo Andrejko (Cabinet of Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi)

12 May 2025 · Prevention/treatment of non-communicable diseases (NCDs)

Meeting with Viktória Ferenc (Member of the European Parliament)

7 Apr 2025 · Introduction, exchange of views

Meeting with Ivan Dimov (Cabinet of Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva)

5 Feb 2025 · Preservation and use of Europe's water resources for the treatment and prevention of socially important diseases

Response to The European Oceans Pact

21 Jan 2025

We are the EU Federation of the 1400 Medical Thermal & Thalasso Spa hospitals & Medical Universities with a faculty on Thermalism. We have been contacted by the #EuRuralPact for our capacity to combat Rural & Coastal Desertification as we bring Medical Staff to where there are Thermal Springs & pristine Coastal Areas. We have an economic model to see if it is feasible to develop a Medical Thermal & Thalasso Spa - and determine the size - which can bring Medical Staff to the area. When the last doctor has passed away and the pharmacy closes, then the young couples with children don't want to stay anymore. When we bring medical staff, they will stay, the grand-parents - who were not going to leave for the bigger villages/communes/cities - the family node remains in tact, etc and you get in a positive spiral. We also have a network of Rural & Coastal Health Authorities in villages where we have our Thermal & Thalasso Spas. To let organisations from different stakeholders collaborate, we use serious games. We collaborate with the EU Commission Serious Games team: https://blogs.ec.europa.eu/eupolicylab/about-us/ All this has not yet been taken up in the European Oceans Pact. Sincerely, and for more information: https://europeanspas.eu/spa-medicine/
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