Clive Needle is an independent public policy advisor for organisations. Since 2000 he has been strategic advisor and director for EuroHealthNet, a network of public bodies developing health promoting policies in Europe (www.eurohealthnet.eu and www.equitychannel.net). Clive has directed its policy work on health in all EU policies and actions on social, economic and environmental determinants of health. Clive represents the network on bodies such as the EU Health Policy Forum and the EU Platform on Diet, Physical Activity & Health and has frequently chaired, advised or facilitated high level processes and events, including:
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Chairing the Stakeholder Platform for the EU Mental Health Consultation process
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Keynote speaker at the EU Open Health Forum
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Presenter at the EU Presidency Conference on preventing obesity
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Presenter on inequalities and leadership to the EU High Level Public Health Comittee.
Clive has advised and supported numerous activities of the World Health Organization, including chairing and moderating processes for Health Promoting Schools, Poverty and Health, Social Determinants of Health, Transport and Environment. He advises various other civil society organisations, local and national authorities and academic bodies.
Clive has also worked for business, voluntary organisations and political campaigns. He is a former Member of the European Parliament where he specialised in health, environment and development issues, authoring parliamentary reports on economic cooperation and public health strategies. He co-chaired the cross party intergroup for Indigenous Peoples and was Vice Chair of the Parliamentary Delegation with Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan.
