The forum aimed to develop a fuller understanding on the current and future impact of macro-economic drivers at EU and Global level on work, worklessness and social protection, analyzing the causes, solution and impact on health inequalities, with particular attention to the social determinants. The forum included input from Sir Michael Marmot, Fritz Von Nordheim Nielsen from the European Commission, Espen Dahl, Professor from Oslo University, Madi Sharma from the EESC etc. For more details see: http://eurohealthnet.eu/ See background paper: Macro drivers of Health Equity: Discussion paper for the Expert Forum (Eurohealthnet/European Social Observatory).