Maintain the EU’s coordinative role in the development of the EU policy on rare diseases and to support Member States in their activities on the national level. Continue to support the development of high quality National Rare Diseases Plans/Strategies in the European Union. Provide continued support for the International Rare Disease Research Consortium and initiatives developed under its umbrella. Continue to ensure proper codification of rare diseases. Work further to decrease inequalities between patients with rare diseases and patients suffering from more common disorders and to support initiatives promoting equal access to diagnosi ...[+++]s and treatment. Continue to promote patients empowerment in all aspects of rare diseases policy development Continue activities increasing public awareness about rare diseases and EU activity in this field Make use of the Directive 2011/24/EU on the application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare to bring together European Reference Networks on rare diseases. Support the development of the tools facilitating cooperation and interoperability of the European Reference Networks for rare diseases. Stimulate development and use of eHealth solutions in the area of rare diseases. Implement and continue support for the European Platform on rare diseases registration. Continue playing a global role in the rare diseases initiative and collaborating with important international stakeholders.

The feasibility study carried out for the Commission concluded that there is a clear role for a European Institute for Gender Equality to carry out some of the tasks with which the existing institutions do not currently deal, specifically in the areas of coordination, centralisation and dissemination of research data and information, network building, the raising of visibility of equality between men and women, highlighting the gender perspective and the development of tools for improved integration of gender equality in all Community policies.

In addition, the directive provides for the establishment of promotional bodies in the Member States and for the social partners to play an active part in fostering equal treatment.

The Directive stresses the role the social partners can play in promoting equal treatment.

The Council, in its Resolution Council Resolution on mainstreaming equal opportunities for women and men into the European Structural Funds of 2.12.1996, OJ C 386 of 20.12.1996. on the Structural Funds and equal opportunities for women and men adopted in 1996, had argued that Structural Funds have an important role to play in supporting equal opportunities - a role that merited being strengthened.

One role that the legislature might play is that of educator by using such information to teach more broadly about what we mean by the ``concept of equality,'' about the differences between formal and substantive equality and that same treatment does not always mean equality.