Sylvie Slangen elected as Secretary General of HOSPEEM

On 20 November the HOSPEEM General Assembly elected Sylvie Slangen as Secretary General. 

Ms Slangen has been involved in HOSPEEM’s activities on behalf of Zorgnet-Icuro since 2020, since 2021 as a member of the Steering Committee. At European level she will be mainly responsible for leading the negotiations with the European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) in the framework of the European Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee for the Hospital Sector as well as representing HOSPEEM at high level meetings and towards the European institutions and other relevant stakeholders. 

At national level Ms Sylvie Slangen represents Zorgnet-Icuro, the Belgian member organisation which represents the Flemish network of care organisations. She has long experience in the field of social dialogue and collective bargaining in the healthcare sector, be it within Belgium, the European hospital sector or the cross-sectoral European Social Dialogue. Since 2017 as Advisor on Human Resources, Organisation and Social Dialogue at Zorgnet-Icuro, she previously worked as Director of the association of Belgian social profit enterprises Unisoc. 

 “It is a privilege to be elected Secretary General of HOSPEEM, and I am sincerely grateful for the trust placed in me by members across Europe. At a moment where our Social Dialogue Committee has just adopted a new Joint Work Programme, I look forward to building on this renewed mandate to strengthen our collective work and deliver concrete outcomes for health and hospital employers. HOSPEEM has a long-standing tradition of constructive, forward-looking social partnership, and I am committed to ensuring that our organisation continues to shape EU policies. In a rapidly evolving health landscape, it is more important than ever that employers’ voices are heard clearly and consistently.” 

HOSPEEM would like to thank Marta Branca for her leadership as Secretary-General since 2021 as well as the Vice-Secretary General since 2018. HOSPEEM is happy to note her continued dedication to HOSPEEM, now as a member of the Steering Committee. Furthermore, HOSPEEM wishes to express its gratitude to its now outgoing Vice-Secretary General John Delamere who has represented the Health Service Executive (HSE Ireland) in HOSPEEM since 2010. 

 

For further information, please contact the HOSPEEM Secretariat (hospeem@hospeem.eu).