Health and Wellbeing Angela Hamilton Policy and Information Officer Newcastle City Council
Apr 01, 2015
Health and Wellbeing
Angela HamiltonPolicy and Information Officer
Newcastle City Council
Transnational funding proposals
• must link to EU objectives and Europe 2020 priorities
• must be relevant to the programme’s objectives
• need European added value
• should complement national actions
Health 2020
• Invest in health throughout the life course
• Tackle health challenges
• Strengthen health systems
• Improve governance
• Five priorities
Health for Growth
Health systems need reform to:•keep up with demographic and social change •make services sustainable•encourage innovation in health•Improve public health
Health for Growth – the programme
€446m budget to fund:•cost-effective solutions to health challenges•more responsive and sustainable health systems•projects to promote health, prevent disease and foster healthy
lifestyles
Horizon 2020
Objective •Drive economic growth and create jobs
Budget of €80bn•Excellent science €24.4bn•Industrial leadership €17bn•Societal challenges €29.7bn
Horizon 2020Eligibility•Collaborative projects•At least three organisations •At least three countries
Actions and funding rates•Research and innovation – 100% •Innovation – 70 or 100%•Coordination and support – 100%
Horizon 2020 – Societal Challenge 8
Health, Demographic Change and Wellbeing •Understanding health, ageing and disease•Effective health promotion, disease prevention, preparedness and screening•Improving diagnosis•Innovative treatments and
technologies•Advancing active and
healthy ageing
Horizon 2020 – Societal Challenge 8
Health, Demographic Change and Wellbeing •Integrated sustainable, citizen-centred care•Improving health information, data exploitation and providing an evidence base for health policies•Coordination activities•Other actions
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/home.html
Budget of €7.5bn
What the EU wants
• Progress and modernisation
• New agendas and innovation
• Collaboration and partnerships
• Shared learning and best practice
‘European dimension’
Building a bid – ask yourself
• Will the project meet EU objectives?
• Does it meet your priorities?
• Who do you want or need to work with?
• What resources are needed to develop the bid?
• What is the deadline?
• Will you need match funding?
• How will you monitor success?
• Are you ready to be a partner or to lead?
Building a bid – prepare for success
• Choose your partners • Agree objectives, actions and outcomes• Define roles and tasks• Share the work• Decide timescales• Assess the risks• Identify resources
Building a bid – writing your bid
• Set aside enough time • Draft the bid including a budget• Talk to partners and colleagues• Evaluate the bid• Write the bid • Submit your bid 24 hours before the
deadline
Building a bid – your experience
• Have you ever been involved in an EU funded programme?
• What was the experience like?
• Would you do it differently next time?
• What is your top tip?
Areas of interest?
• Active ageing
• Citizen centered care
• Healthy lifestyles
• Tackling health inequalities