as Health Level Seven (HL7). It is a membership based organization promoting the role of interoperability for better provision of healthcare to the people. The main goals of HL7 Pakistan are: Certifications in HL7 standard resulting in its wider use Specifications and training to healthcare organization Promote HL7 Pakistan as Organization and make healthcare information systems HL7 compliant HL7 Pakistan will result in the economic growth of Pakistan by creating jobs E-Health Culture Promotion, for enabling the communication of all healthcare systems with each other Memberships to organizations and individuals Pakistan representation in international Health Level 7 community. Europe Finland HL7 Finland was founded in Finland in 1995 and was the fifth international affiliate of HL7. The association in financed internally by its members; however it does collaborate on domestic and international projects. The HL7 Finland website cites the following principle activities of the association: Forum for identification of needs and production of solutions related to interoperability Localisation and implementation guide projects, such as HL7 version 2 and version 3, CDA R1 and R2 + V3 implementation and adapters Production of national reports and interoperability specifications Promotion of HL7 and other interoperability standards Technical and system integration committees, SIG activities (LAB, CDA, IHE, Common Services) Training courses and seminars Follow-up and participation in international activities Document and specification archive and link collection Participation and standards support for the national development efforts such as eArchive, ePrescription and eView. There has been a HL7 CDA R2 AND V3 MESSAGING FOR NATIONAL ePRESCRIPTION IN FINLAND initiative. Spain HL7 Spain currently has approximately 60 members in Spain, of whom roughly 70% are companies with the other 30% being made up of foundations, healthcare authority and university members. J oan Guanyabens, President of HL7 Spain, reports that a good proportion of the work currently being done by HL7 Spain is centred on education – disseminating the standard, as he puts it. During 2005/6, HL7 Spain offered frequent workshops, seminars and opportunities for V2 training and certification. Sweden HL7 Sweden is the Swedish subsidiary organization representing HL7 in Sweden. HL7 Sweden started in late 2005, and today consists of about twenty members from government, organizations and businesses. HL7 Sweden is a non-profit organization open to all individuals, companies and organizations operating in Sweden. Purpose of the HL7 Sweden HL7 Sweden aims to assist its members to understand and, where appropriate, using standards from the HL7 Inc.