Alzheimer Europe organised its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 16 October 2023, in Helsinki, with representatives of its national member organisations. 33 out of 36 full members were in attendance or were represented. During the AGM, the “Helsinki Manifesto” was adopted. The Helsinki Manifesto sets out the current position of dementia in Europe as well as calling for actions in four main areas: health, research, disability and social rights, and informal carers. The document, along with a public call for action and our 2024 European Parliament election campaign (Dementia Pledge 2024), will be officially launched at our next European Parliament lunch debate in Brussels, taking place on 5 December 2023. The Alzheimer Europe AGM also celebrated the organisation’s achievements in 2022 and shared its plans for 2024 and its 2022-2023 finances with meeting participants and observers. Both the Chairperson of the European Working Group of People with Dementia, Chris Roberts (United Kingdom – Wales) and the Chairperson of the European Dementia Carers Working Group, Sonata Mačiulskytė (Lithuania) then addressed the attendees of the meeting and following their speeches, the meeting closed with the AGM unanimously adopting Alzheimer Europe’s 2024 Work Plan and Budget.
