title: Education for public health in Europe and its global outreach.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  At the present time, higher education institutions dealing with education for public health in Europe and beyond are faced with a complex and comprehensive task of responding to global health challenges.
  
  
  METHODS
  Literature reviews in public health and global health and exploration of internet presentations of regional and global organisations dealing with education for public health were the main methods employed in the work presented in this paper. Higher academic institutions are searching for appropriate strategies in competences-based education, which will increase the global attractiveness of their academic programmes and courses for continuous professional development. Academic professionals are taking advantage of blended learning and new web technologies. In Europe and beyond they are opening up debates about the scope of public health and global health. Nevertheless, global health is bringing revitalisation of public health education, which is recognised as one of the core components by many other academic institutions involved in global health work. More than ever, higher academic institutions for public health are recognising the importance of institutional partnerships with various organisations and efficient modes of cooperation in regional and global networks. Networking in a global setting is bringing new opportunities, but also opening debates about global harmonisation of competence-based education to achieve functional knowledge, increase mobility of public health professionals, better employability and affordable performance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  As public health opportunities and threats are increasingly global, higher education institutions in Europe and in other regions have to look beyond national boundaries and participate in networks for education, research and practice.
authors.affiliation: University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Centre School of Public Health and Management, Belgrade, Serbia; bjegov@med.bg.ac.rs.
authors.forename: Vesna
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bjegovic-Mikanovic
authors.affiliation: University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Centre School of Public Health and Management, Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: Aleksandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jovic-Vranes
authors.affiliation: Department of International Health, CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Czabanowska
authors.affiliation: Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER), Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Otok
mesh_terms: D040381:Education, Public Health Professional; D005060:Europe; D014943:Global Health / Q000193:education; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D011634:Public Health / Q000193:education*; D012581:Schools, Public Health
keywords: competences; continuing professional development; education; global health; networking; public health