Europediatrics addresses the objectives of the national and European Paediatric societies, namely: • looking at the differences still existing between Regions, Countries and social classes, a major priority being to reduce or abolish these differences, but also to take advantage of the challenges provided by cross-border healthcare; • maintaining a high standard of knowledge about the everchanging health problems of children and adolescents; • maintaining a cultural level such that scientific progress can be applied to the changing needs of children and adolescents; • promoting, organizing and practicing an excellent system of continuous paediatric education; • and lastly maintaining a strong link between research, teaching and healthcare. <...> However, I must also say that all is not well in the vast European territory: unfortunately there are still too many delays in the adoption of interventions to promote the health of children and adolescents. <...> Therefore, let’s hope that also this Congress will help to alert governments and public opinion to the need for urgent new interventions and initia168 tives aimed at promoting the health of children and adolescents in Europe. <...> In this precise moment, I cannot but recall the drama affecting children and adolescents in relation to the immigration from the south towards Europe. <...> Not only for this reason, but also for this reason, there is a need for a new, extraordinary commitment to improve the medical, social and psychological care of infants, children and adolescents in Europe. <...> A major effort is required to know more, and by knowing more, to act appropriately. <...> There is an urgent need to promote and to invest more in scientific research, in paediatric training and in enhanced initiatives to improve health conditions for infants and adolescents, in both the EU and Non-EU Countries. <...> For such studies and interventions, implementation of a special task force is called for. <...> I strongly believe that the European paediatricians are poised to collaborate in these initiatives. <...> I would like to conclude this welcome address with words that sound to me like a motto for this Congress: TOGETHER FOR CHILDREN Prof. <...> Armido Rubino Past-President EPA/UNEPSA BUCHAREST: 8th EUROPEDIATRICS CONGRESS & 13 NATIONAL CONGRESS OF ROMANIAN PEDIATRICS SOCIETY. <...> LOOKING FORWARD TO 2017 Dear colleagues, It is a great pleasure to invite the Pediatricians from all over Europe and outside of Europe to the 8-th Europediatrics Congress & The 13 National Congress of Romanian Pediatrics <...>