was elected vice-chair of the ENVI Committee. Environment Daciana has a longtime involvement in environmental issues and co-authored an important resolution, adopted in 2010 by a large majority of the European Parliament, concerning the general ban on the use of cyanide mining technologies in the EU. She is a promoter of the Danube Delta, working with several NGOs to bring the EU authorities' attention to this area that needs special funding for protection and development. Agriculture Agriculture is one of her main areas of involvement and she supports the promotion of organic and traditional products, as well as calling for a strategic shift in EU agriculture towards supporting small farms and organic farming. In 2011, as member of the Agriculture Committee, she was the author of a report on the recognition of agriculture as a strategic sector in the context of food security. Health and Children’s nutrition One of her main priorities lies with children's nutrition. She has asked the European Commission to design a Child Health Strategy, consisting of integrated policies regarding prevention and nutrition. Besides her initiatives in the European Parliament, she has also founded an association – School for Health – which aims to support parents to learn about healthy food for the benefit of their children, bringing them together with nutrition specialists, physicians and cooks. In spring 2015, she was a nominee at the MEP Awards in Brussels, being shortlisted for her activity related to Health issues. She has a strong involvement in patients' rights support and in February 2014 she had co-hosted in Strasbourg the launch of the European Cancer Patient’s Bill of Rights, stating that "Launching the Bill of Rights in the European Parliament on World Cancer Day underlines our will and the commitment of the European Parliament to abolish disparities in cancer care across for the European citizen. In the current socio-economic circumstances in Southern, Eastern and Central Europe, where the public health systems are under constant pressure from austerity measures, cancer patients and their families are the first to feel the impact on their health, finances and quality of life". She is co-chair of the MEP Interest Group on Brain, Mind and Pain, an initiative of the European Federation of Neurological Associations [EFNA] and Pain Alliance Europe, whose aim is to explore issues of common interest to those affected by neurological and chronic pain disorders, including stigma, quality of life, research and