The SIP Focus Groups will take place on 14 and 15 May in the European Economic and Social Committee and the European Parliament in Brussels. The aims for SIP are to raise awareness of the impact of chronic pain, to exchange information and share best-practices across the European Union and develop and foster policy strategies and activities to improve pain care in Europe.Topic of Focus Group 1: Pain as Quality Outcomes Indicator.Focus Group 1 is based on the pilot project on good practice indicators for pain management (IPM) as presented by Professor Pedro Saturno (University of Murcia, Spain) during SIP 2012. The need for developing tools for monitoring the quality of pain management brought forth this national best practice, which has been successfully pilot-tested in the Spanish Health Care System by more than 10 Spanish regions.Topic of Focus Group 2: Chronic Pain in the Working Population.During the second SIP 2013 Focus Group the significance of the EU workforce and the impact of chronic pain on the latter will be presentend. The imprtance of oth preventive measures and rehabillitation programmes will be duscussed as part of an effort to ensure that the working population is able to re-enter the workforce even if they have been affected by chronic pain.