The European Patients’ Forum (EPF) hosted its fourthRegional Advocacy Seminar on 27-28 October in Bucharest, Romania. The purpose of the seminar was to strengthen trust and mutual understanding between patient and health professional organisations in order to foster their cooperation in the national health policy arena. The event, which was attended by representatives of patient and health professional organisations from Bulgaria, Romania, Estonia and Hungary, was a good opportunity for the EFN to establish a dialogue and build partnerships with EPF and other patient and professional organisations in order to learn and share experiences about the implications of some key EU policy initiatives for patients and national healthcare as a whole and about ways to enhance the cooperation between patient and professional organisations. The EFN was represented by policy advisor Silvia Gomez, who was invited as a moderator in a parallel workshop on health literacy, and members from Bulgaria and Romania.