2023-10-26 09:21:02
The Environmental Health Group (GSE) is a national consultative body reporting to the Minister responsible for ecology and the Minister responsible for health. Its purpose is to enable consultation on environmental health issues while ensuring that the “One Health” approach is applied.
This body has brought together, since 2009, representatives of stakeholder groups: State, parliamentarians, local authorities, associations, businesses, to which are added qualified personalities.
The GSE can be consulted during the development, monitoring and evaluation of the National Environmental Health Plan and can be requested, for opinion, on all questions relating to environmental health falling within its area of competence. It can also examine any question relating to environmental health and propose measures to prevent the impacts of the environment on health or to reduce their effects.
The GSE is chaired by MP Anne-Cécile Violland, and is made up of 6 colleges:
- College of representatives of local authorities;
- College of representatives of environmental and consumer associations;
- College of representatives of economic actors;
- College of representatives of human, animal and ecosystem health stakeholders;
- College of qualified personalities;
- College of representatives of the State and its operators.
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The PNSE 4 monitoring groups
In order to involve stakeholders in the monitoring of PNSE 4, four monitoring groups (GS), composed of members of the GSE, were set up in fall 2021:
- The One Health Monitoring Group (GS USS)
Presidents: Jean-Luc Angot, general inspector at the general council for food, agriculture and rural spaces (CGAAER) and Sandrine Le Feur, farmer and deputy for the fourth constituency of Finistère
- The risk reduction monitoring group (GS RIS)
Presidents: Sylvie Gillet, director of development and biodiversity within the ORÉE network and Ginette Vastel, vice-president of France nature environment (FNE)
- The training/information/awareness monitoring group (GS FIS)
Presidents: Françoise Schaetzel, municipal councilor in Strasbourg and Pr Virginie Migeot, head of the public health service of the CHU de Poitiers
- The research/data monitoring group (GS REDO)
Presidents: Robert Barouki, director of the pharmacology, toxicology and cell signaling unit (INSERM) and Pascal Sanders, scientific director of exposure and toxicology of chemical contaminants (ANSES).
These four groups meet at regular intervals to ensure the plan is implemented. All groups have a mandate, a common charter of ethics and professional conduct. Each group relies on a pair of presidents to carry out the monitoring work.
The territorial animation committee (CAT)
In order to strengthen the consideration of environmental health issues in the territories through massive involvement of all communities (regions, departments, EPCI, municipalities), according to their competence and their lever of action: territorial planning, town planning, transport and mobility, housing, environment, food, social action, etc., the 4th national environmental health plan led to the creation of a territorial coordination committee. This committee is made up of associations of elected officials and communities, representatives of environmental defense associations as well as representatives of ARS and the State.
A booklet “Acting for an environment favorable to health – What local environmental health policies? » was developed by the territorial animation committee. It was established on the basis of feedback presented on the territory-environnement-sante.fr website.
The CAT is co-chaired by Véronique Garnier, elected representative of the city of Croissy sur Seine and health representative at the association of mayors of Île-de-France and Richard CHEMLA, deputy mayor of Nice in charge of health, ecology and well-being and vice-president in charge of the ecological transition of the Nice Côte d’Azur Metropolis.
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