Committee for Public Involvement and Participation

Presentation and missions

The mission of the Committee for Public Involvement and Participation is to promote the participation and engagement of patients and social supported persons in the work carried out by the HAS (French National Authority for Health) and the three health system sectors: health, social and medico-social care. It is made up of equal numbers of individuals chosen primarily for their experiential knowledge as users of healthcare, social or medico-social facilities, or for their professional or academic expertise in the field of health engagement or citizen participation.

It is the successor of the Public Involvement Council, extending the ambition of the 2019-2024 strategic plan to make user engagement a priority.

The Committee’s mission is to promote the participation and engagement of health and social care users, in particular via:

• the preparation and promotion of the HAS Board’s work, with a view to adopting documents specifically covering methods for user participation and engagement, aimed at all stakeholders in the health, social and medico-social sectors;
• the implementation of actions to measure and evaluate the actual participation and engagement of users in the work of the HAS and in the health system;
• the provision of support to HAS bodies to help ensure better consideration of user participation and engagement in all their activities.

At the request of the HAS Board, the committee may be tasked with carrying out work, studies or consultations that it deems useful for preparing its deliberations.

Composition

The committee is made up of 21 members with voting rights. It includes a broad range of practice types and experience in the health, social and medico-social sectors. Members were primarily chosen based on their experiential knowledge as users or their professional or academic expertise. However, some of them may have dual competency with regard to these criteria.

The current term of office runs from 1 May 2025 to 30 April 2028.

List of members:

• Chairperson: Christian Saout, magistrate - HAS board member
• Vice-chairs:
  • Ève Gardien, associate professor / researcher in sociology, Ille-et-Vilaine
  • Fabienne Ragain-Gire, healthcare, social or medico-social system user, Haute-Garonne
• Members:
  • Catherine Beauson-Simonet, healthcare, social or medico-social system user, Ille-et-Vilaine
  • Béatrice Biagini, healthcare, social or medico-social system user, Paris
  • Julia Boivin, healthcare, social or medico-social system user, Rhône
  • Frédéric Bouhier, health democracy project management, Gironde
  • Agnès Bourdon-Busin, healthcare, social or medico-social system user, Ille-et-Vilaine
  • Laurence Cassé, midwifery, Hérault
  • Rémy Cavalin, coordination of research and studies, child welfare, Savoie
  • Christian Comte, healthcare, social or medico-social system user, Rhône
  • Isabelle Dadon-Banterla, healthcare facility management, Rhône
  • Mathieu Gasnier, medico-social facility management, Gironde
  • Olivia Gross, lecturer/researcher in education sciences, Seine-Saint-Denis
  • Ramon Jimenez, healthcare, social or medico-social system user, Côte-d'Or
  • Aurore Lebecq-Duvaud, quality engineer, Nord
  • Muriel Londres, healthcare, social or medico-social system user, Val-d'Oise
  • Fath Allah Meziane, social engineering, legal protection of adults, Charente
  • Yann Stephan, healthcare, social or medico-social system user, Finistère
  • Romain Tesson, healthcare, social or medico-social system user, Haute-Garonne
  • Béatrice Sorrieul, senior nursing care manager, Finistère

This list is liable to change during the term of office. Consult the history of member appointment decisions here or via the links in the "See also" section below.

Ethics

The members of the committee and any person assisting it are required to comply with the ethical rules in force at the HAS. 

The public declarations of interests of the committee members are available on dpi.sante.gouv.fr.

Meetings

• Consult the calendar of sessions for 2025
• Consult the agendas and minutes of the sessions
• View the general calendar of events of the HAS