Mandate:       Resolution of the Council to renew and revise the mandate of the Health Committee up to 31 December 2030 as indicated in Annex to document [C(2025)122/REV1], approved at its 1503rd session on 17 December 2025 [C/M(2025)16, Item 265].

 

 

 

Resolution of the Council C(2025)122/REV1

RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL RENEWING AND REVISING THE MANDATE OF THE HEALTH COMMITTEE

 

   THE COUNCIL,

HAVING REGARD to the Convention on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) of 14 December 1960;

HAVING REGARD to the Rules of Procedure of the Organisation;

HAVING REGARD to the Resolution of the Council on Partnerships in OECD Bodies [C(2012)100/REV2/FINAL];

HAVING REGARD to the Resolution of the Council establishing the Health Committee [C(2006)175 and C/M(2006)20/PROV, Item 264], last revised in 2017 [C(2017)111 and C/M(2017)18, Item 188] and extended in 2022 [C(2022)196 and C/M(2022)23];

HAVING REGARD to the Declaration on Building Better Policies for More Resilient Health Systems [OECD/LEGAL/0500];

RECOGNISING that good health is necessary for people to flourish as citizens, family members, workers and consumers, that improvements in health contribute to higher economic growth and improved welfare and that high-performing health systems are key to achieving better population health;

ACKNOWLEDGING that while the health sector represents a large and growing share of OECD economies, health systems will continue to face important challenges in the future, in particular in view of ageing populations; changing lifestyles; fiscal pressure; unexpected shocks; and technological change;

HAVING REGARD to the proposed revision of the mandate of the Health Committee [C(2025)122/REV1]

DECIDES:

A. The Health Committee (hereafter the “Committee”) is renewed with the following revised mandate:

I. Objectives

1. The overarching objective of the Committee is to foster improvements in the performance of Members and Partners health and long-term care systems in the following key areas:

i)Financial sustainability, resilience, access and efficiency of their health and long-term care systems;

ii)Better public health policies and health prevention and promotion initiatives; and

iii)The provision of high-quality, people-centred health and long-term care to all.

 

II. Working Methods

2. To achieve these objectives, the Committee shall:

i)Assist policymakers in designing, adapting and implementing policies for achieving high-performing, people-centred, and resilient health and long-term care systems.

ii)Provide a forum for Members and Partners to share views and experiences on, and consider responses to, current and emerging health issues and challenges.

iii)Steer and review progress of the work and its financial status, co-ordinate the work programmes of subsidiary bodies and receive regular reports from them to ensure analysis and policy recommendations are fully integrated and evaluated.

iv)Further develop a body of health data informed by the OECD Health System Performance Assessment framework; fill gaps in health data and analysis on key themes (e.g., on value for money in health systems and productivity, quality and outcomes of care, ageing and health, health workforce and health technologies including digital technologies and Artificial Intelligence (AI), pharmaceutical and medical devices, and low pollution and energy efficient health systems), as well as on cross-cutting issues such as efficiency, health for all, sustainability and resilience.

v)Promote co-operation across Members and Partners in developing and supporting the implementation on a consistent basis of standards such as the system of health accounts, and in developing and disseminating relevant indicators of inputs, outputs and outcomes of health and long-term care systems, including through the Patient Reported Indicators Survey Initiative.

vi)Undertake comparisons and economic analysis of health and long-term care systems, including on the economics of public health, bearing in mind the competences and mission of the OECD, and the fact that there is no one ideal health system.

vii)Assess options for sustainable financing of efficient health and long-term care systems and for the performance of health and long-term care systems.

viii)Undertake policy analysis and evaluation to identify people-centred, effective, efficient and high-quality health policies and practices.

III. Coordination arrangements

3. In order to efficiently implement the aforementioned objectives, the Committee shall:

i)Maintain close working relationships with other relevant bodies of the Organisation (particularly the Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Committee; the Committee on Statistics and Statistical Policy; the Economic Policy Committee; the Committee of Senior Budget Officials; the Committee for Agriculture; the Digital Policy Committee; the Committee for Science and Technological Policy; the Trade Committee; the Economic and Development Review Committee; the Development Assistance Committee; the Committee on Fiscal Affairs; the Education Policy Committee) as well as the Steering Committee for Nuclear Energy of the Nuclear Energy Agency, in order to: (i) be actively engaged in, co-ordinate and where appropriate lead horizontal work; (ii) complement and support work that other bodies are leading; and (iii) ensure that other work of the OECD considers the impacts on health systems.

ii)Maintain relations with other international organisations and fora, particularly the World Health Organization, the World Bank, the Council of Europe and the International Social Security Association, seeking to achieve nonduplicative, co-ordinated and complementary work programmes in areas of shared interest and mutual benefit, conducting joint projects where appropriate and ensuring that the experience and expertise of other bodies are appropriately incorporated into the Committee’s work.

iii)Ensure, as appropriate, that the views and expertise of non-governmental organisations are drawn upon in the conduct of OECD's health work, utilising, inter alia, Business at OECD (BIAC), the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC) and contacts with relevant non-governmental organisations, including organisations representing patients and health professionals, and outside experts.

B. The mandate of the Health Committee shall remain in force until 31 December 2030