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MATTONE

NEWS

UPCOMING EVENTS OF MATTONE INTERNAZIONALE

7-10 May 2013 Bologna

Trainig course: “Project drafting”

14-17 May 2013 Rome

Training course: “Project

management”

Info: [email protected]

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FURTHER EVENTS

13 May 2013 Bruxelles

IMI Stakeholder Forum 2013

Info:

www.progettomattoneinternazionale.it/servizi/notizie/notizie_fase02.aspx?ID=1327

16 May 2013 Bruxelles

Conferenza "Can EU Citizens Afford Their Medicines? The Economic Crisis & Access to Medicines in Europe"

Info: http://my.epha.org/civicrm/event/info?

reset=1&id=153

30 - 31 May 2013 Bruxelles

“The Joint Programming Initiative “More Years Better Lives” Stakeholder’s meeting

Info: [email protected]

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N. 25 - April 2013

WORKSHOP "THE OECD MEETING WITH: THE QUALITY OF HEALTH

SERVICES IN EUROPE AND EXPENDITURE FOR HEALTH" ROME, 2 AND

3 APRIL 2013 AUDITORIUM OF THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH.

As part of the activities promoted by the project Mattone Internazionale

- MI, on the 2nd and 3rd of April 2013 was held in Rome, in the

auditorium of the Ministry of Health, the workshop "Meeting with the

OECD: the quality of health services in Europe and the expenditure for

health." The event included the participation of some experts of the

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) for a

thorough analysis and debate on some priorities related to health and

health systems in Europe. During the two days meeting several issues

were examined including the activities of the OECD and in particular:

prevention economy, dynamics of health care spending at the

international level and the financial sustainability of health services.

During the first day Dr. Francesca Colombo (Senior Health Policy Analyst,

Health Division, OECD) addressed the analysis of health services quality in

Member States (Health Care Quality Indicators project) illustrating some

quality indicators in definite areas, such as primary care, hospital

admissions for chronic diseases; mortality rate 30 days after

hospitalization due to heart attack and stroke; mental health care

(readmission rates); cancer care (survival rate, mortality and screening);

patient safety indicators; vaccination rate for infectious diseases. In

addition, the differences in the quality of health care in different

countries was highlighted (with a specific focus on some case studies

related to cancer and cardiovascular disease and major achievements of

the national "quality review"). Dr. Colombo also provided an overview of

public health expenditure in some countries, highlighting the retardation

or the inverse trend in spending growth for almost all EU countries.

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Dr. Colombo made also reference to the mechanism for the

determination of drugs price and the frequent "skill mismatch" (i.e. non-

alignment) between the theoretical skills of health care professionals (e.g.

nurses) and skills required for duties to be performed.

Dr. Michele Cecchini (Health Policy Analyst, Health Division, OECD)

focused on the results of the two main OECD studies regarding economics

of chronic diseases prevention, respectively obesity and alcohol abuse.

The studies analyse, in particular the effects of health policies adopted by

the OECD area governments with reference to the above mentioned

diseases, in order to develop a framework in order to evaluate possible

effects of chronic diseases (focus on their capacity to reduce disease

generation mechanism and social inequalities).

Dr. Luca Lorenzoni (Economist, Health Division, OECD) related on

different health spending levels among countries and illustrated the new

calculation methodology adopted by OECD . He illustrated, in particular,

the new method for indexes calculation of comparative price levels for a

comparison between Italian hospital and health spending data and data

related to some OECD countries (2010 survey in 30 countries, including

Italy). The pricing policy is a tool to promote efficiency improvements and

the alignment of costs and hospital admissions remuneration. According

to preliminary results (unofficial) the Italian level of consumption is 8%

higher than the European average; the percentage of Scandinavian

countries is, however, even higher. Starting from hospital spending, and

indirectly with a methodological approach, it was possible to make

comparisons between countries by analysing the aggregation level of

health spending. Italy is in line with per capita health expenditure at

European level. Finally two different management models of the health

system remuneration system were presented: the British model (entered

into force on 01/04/2013) and the French model.

During the second day there was a round table, with the presence of

economic experts and academics, focusing on "Fiscal sustainability" of

health systems. The round table was moderated by Dr. Fabrizio Oleari

(Head of the Department of Public Health and Innovation, Ministry of

Health).

Before the debate, Dr. Mark Pearson (Head of Health Division, OECD)

explained the long-term projections on health spending (until 2060),

highlighting the need to identify new and innovative strategies for its

sustainability and presenting current solutions adopted in OECD

framework such as private co-pay suite ( increased over the last 10 years,

in particular private insurances especially in Eastern European countries).

PAST EVENTS funded by notice n.1 OF MATTONE INTERNAZIONALE

19 April 2013 Naple

Workshop “La Partnership Europea per l’Invecchiamento Attivo ed in Buona Salute ( E IPAHA) come s t rumento operative di innovazione”

5-6 March 2013 Ancona

Training Course “Efficient use of

energy resources and public-

private partnerships in the health

sector: best practices and skills

development in order to use

Structural Funds and EU

Programmes 2014-2020"

10 - 11 January 2013 Tourin

Workshop “Group hea l th

promotion and psychological

consultation

17 - 18 January 2013 Tourin

W o r k s h o p ” G r o u p

psychodiagnosis and networking

organization

3 -10 -17 December 2012 Ancona

Workshop “ Facilitate and

promove the European exchange

and benchmarking on the

implementation of ICT solutions

and for the use of the electronic

health record”

12-13 December 2012 Tourin

Training event: "We put the

Network into the network:

developing the Adolescent

Psychology Network of the

P iedmon t Reg ion i n t he

perspective of EU health policy"

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Dr. Luca Lorenzoni showed that Italy is the country where the aging

population is more consistent (and will age more and more in the long

run) and the short-term projections of the ratio income/GDP for 2013

indicate a recession continuation, while for 2014 GDP is expected to

increase. Projections for 2060 indicate a 1% average annual growth of

Italian GDP. There is also a need for a productivity growth (among other

things it is expected that in 2060 Italy will have the lowest percentage of

active population, about 40% of the work force). The tax wedge (fiscal

projection in the various OECD countries) is a very important element; in

2012 the tax burden was too high (only Belgium has a tax burden greater

than Italian one).

Dr. Franco Sassi (Senior Economist, Health Division, OECD, Programme

Officer for the Prevention) highlighted the relationship between

prevention and health care costs. Prevention is one of the most affected

area during an economic downturn. During the last OECD Health

Ministerial Conference, which was focused on prevention, it was made a

commitment (non-binding) not to cut spending on prevention because,

prevention policies of chronic diseases, can lead to a containment of

health care costs in the medium and long term. Prevention has a high

level of cost effectiveness and must be preserved especially for health

benefits (Italy is the last country in terms of prevention costs: 0.5% of

total health expenditure).

The Round Table, which was also attended by Dr. Cesare Cislaghi

(AGENAS), Dr. Elio Borgonovi (CERGAS University "Luigi Bocconi", Milan,

Italy) and Dr. Antonio Giulio de Belvis (Catholic University “Sacro Cuore”,

Rome) represented an occasion for some reflections on the possible

Health Model. Dr. Elio Borgonovi underlined that the task of the OECD is

to give a general framework, while governments should establish policies

to ensure universal protection. As far as risk factors increase, the

response of the public services decreases and Regions save on

prevention. The situation becomes unsustainable, especially in those

regions subjected to repayment plan. The tools that allow to promote

health system objectives are: increase in risk pooling , health technology

assessment to support priorities definition, the control of investments in

the health sector, public health measures, price reduction of drugs

associated with the use of cost-effectiveness indications and other

measures to promote the prescription and rational distribution,

integration and coordination of primary care and specialist and health

and social care. Dr. Franco Sassi highlighted how technological innovation

is not always useful for the sustainability of the system; it always focused

on creating new forms of care, treat new diseases or treat diseases in a

better way but it never focused on increasing productivity. Dr. Borgonovi

also stressed the importance to inform more and better, with

understandable messages not only referred to young people, in order to

reinforce the responsibility of the individual to protect its own health.

PAST EVENTS funded by notice n.1 OF MATTONE INTERNAZIONALE

8/9/22/23/29 November 2012 Ancona

Training course "Capacity

building. New skills to become a

good EU project planner for the

regional health system"

22-23 November 2012 Gorizia

Workshop: "Alcoholism (Policy,

projects and networks, methods

and approaches, from idea to

project)"

26 October 2012 Rome

Workshop "Organization and

uncomfortable work environments:

n e w t o o l s t o i m p r o v e

competitiveness and prevention at

European level"

30 - 31 October 2012 Ancona

Workshop "Managing Chronic

conditions by the point of view of

community. Experiences, ideas,

solutions to be compared at

national and international level "

12 -13 September 2012 Florence

Workshop "Patient Safety and

Prevention from the infections due

to health care services provided

by Hospitals: Acting against

Sepsis"

8 June 2012 Palermo

Workshop "Global Health: the

Challenges of the Millennium

Goals (in collaboration with

WHO)". The protection of health

among new frontiers and

backwardness "

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Dr. Borgonovi also suggested the need to consider six types of

innovation which are fundamental for system sustainability: Institutional

innovation, Perspectives innovation, Methodologies innovation,

Organizational innovation, Culture innovation and innovation in the

economic model.

RESEARCHITALY: ITALIAN RESEARCH IN A CLICK

ResearchItaly is now online (www.researchitaly.it). It’s the new web

portal of the Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR),

developed by the consortium CINECA, aimed at supporting and

promoting research activities in Italy. The portal is addressed not only to

researchers but also to students, citizens, governments and enterprises,

in order to create a network of different synergies useful to increase the

Italian research system. ResearchItaly, in addition to informative

objectives, intends to be an important tool of communication on research

in Italy and it is a tool aiming at encouraging dialogue between users and

research actors.

VISIT TO EFSA OF THE EU COMMISSIONER TONIO BORG

On the 3rd of May, Mr. Tonio Borg, EU Commissioner for Health and

Consumer Policy, will be in Parma for a visit to EFSA (European Food

Safety Authority). The Commissioner will meet the leaders of EFSA,

officially established in January 2002, following a series of food crises in

the late nineties, as an independent source of scientific advice and

communication on risks associated with the food chain.

PAST EVENTS (2013) OF

MATTONE INTERNAZIONALE

9-12 April 2013 Rome

16-19 April 2013 Venice

Trainig course: “Project drafting”

9-10 April 2013 Turin

“Management for the containment

and control of foodborne

diseases. “

2-3 April 2013 Rome

Meeting with OECD

26 February 2013 Bruxelles

Workshop “Challenges and opportunities related to the implementation of the Directive on the application of patients' rights in cross-border healthcare”

27 February 2013 Bruxelles

Meeting between the Brussels o f f i c e s a n d r e g i o n a l representatives of the Project Mattone Internazionale”

17 January 2013 Rome

Infoday “European Health

Programme” - call 2013



8 November 2012 Turin

"The internationalization of health

systems: best practice and

experimental models compared”

http://www.researchitaly.it

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OPEN CALL FOR PROPOSALS / TENDER

ACCESS AND QUALITY OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE

(EUROPEAID/134286/L/ACT/ZA)

Deadline for submission of proposals: 4 June 2013

The global objective of this Call for Proposals is to increase access to

public health services and to improve the quality of service delivery of

primary health care through the district health system in South Africa.

The specific objective is "to strengthen health systems at Primary Health

Care level in order to increase access to improved quality health care

services".

The priorities/activities are:

1. Support to the government's Primary Health Care revitalization

programme, including Primary Health Care, Maternal and Child

Health, family planning, the advocacy for the right to health Sexual

and Reproductive Health and Rights (especially for young people,

pregnant women, orphans and vulnerable children), School health,

health literacy and community mobilization;

2. support to Health Systems Strengthening and/or Human Resources

for Health, with special attention for rural areas;

3. promoting accountability of health care providers and monitoring of

provision of health care services;

4. strengthening management capacity of district health authorities,

district hospitals, and/or Primary Health Care facilities, including

mentoring and supervision role and financial management;

5. strengthening information systems and evidence based decision-

making and action;

Actions must take place in South Africa.

Total budget.: 4.496.708 €. (EU co-financing for each proposal between

500.000 € and 1.500.000 € _ min. 50% and max. 80% of the total eligible

costs of the action).

Who may apply: non-governmental organisations, public sector

operators, local authorities, international (inter-governmental)

organisations established in a Member State of the European Union or

Croatia, Iceland, FYROM, Montenegro, Turkey, Norway, Liechtenstein,

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El

Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay,

Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia,

China, India, Indonesia, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Laos,

Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar/Burma, Nepal, Pakistan,

Philippines, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Viet Nam, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz



12 -14 September 2012 Venice

26 - 28 September 2012 Rome

03 - 05 October 2012 Bari

10 - 12 October 2012 Perugia

17 - 19 October 2012 Milan

"Course on the tools and

strategies for designing and

managing projects in the health

context - MI Project"- second

module

15-16 -17–18 May 2012 Milan

(Italy)

29 - 30 - 31 May 2012

01 June 2012 Rome (Italy)

5 - 6 - 7- 8 June 2012

26 - 27 - 28 - 29 June 2012

Palermo (Italy)

Training course : Policies and

European and international health

relations in the framework of the

Project Mattone Internazionale"

first module

7 - 8 - 9 May 2012 Brussels

Study visit to European Institutions

13 April 2012 Milan (Italy)

18 April 2012 Trento (Italy)

19 April 2012 Rome (Italy)

Infoday: Europe and support to

Health : opportuni t ies and

perspectives

19 - 20 March 2012 Geneva

Study visit to WHO

21 February 2012 Turin (Italy)

Infoday: Europe and support to

Health : opportuni t ies and

perspectives

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Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Iran, Iraq, Oman, Yemen,

South Africa (this obligation does not apply to international

organisations). The organisation must be active in South Africa.

Duration: not be lower than 18 months nor exceed 30 months.

For more information: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/europeaid/online-services/

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COMPET IT IVENESS AND INNOVATION FRAMEWORK

PROGRAMME_ICT POLICY SUPPORT PROGRAMME_ CIP-ICT-PSP-2013-

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On 22 December 2012 has been published the call 2013 CIP ICT PSP in the

framework of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework

Programme _CIP (2007 – 2013). The ICT PSP supports the

implementation of European policies and in particular the Digital agenda

for Europe and is aligned with its priorities. It aims at stimulating smart

sustainable and inclusive growth by accelerating the wider uptake and

best use of innovative digital technologies and content by citizens,

governments and businesses. The programme addresses obstacles

hindering further and better use of ICT based products and services and

barriers for the development of high growth businesses, notably SMEs, in

this field.

Deadline: 14 May 2013

With reference to the health sector:

THEME 3: ICT for health, ageing well and inclusion

This theme contributes to the implementation of the European

Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP AHA) and

supports the enactment of the Digital Agenda for Europe Key Action 13

promoting patient empowerment and the wider deployment of

telemedicine to enhance deployment of innovation in health and

empower patients.

In addition, the theme incorporates more technical components in terms

of modernizing parking cards for the disabled and in demonstrating the

effectiveness of innovative biophotonics based solutions.

The theme 3 will support:

3.1: Preparing large scale deployment of targeted services to

support active and healthy ageing (Pilot A and Pilot B);



24 January 2012 Perugia (Italy)

Infoday “Europe and Health:

opportunities and perspectives”

19 January 2012 Rome (Italy)

National Information Day 2012

European Health Programme

(2008-2013) - “Together for

health”

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3.2: Supporting innovative solutions in eHealth, assisted living and

for mobility (in particular through PPI);

3.3: Networking for health, ageing well and inclusion (Thematic

Network);

3.4: Assisted mobility/navigation for older or impaired users (Pilot

B);

3.5: Biophotonics solutions for diagnosis, monitoring and treatment

of disease (Pilot B).

Financing instruments:

Pilot Type A

This type of pilot focuses on implementing and demonstrating

interoperability by creating service operations between cooperating

Member States (and/or ICT PSP Associated countries) in the context of

agreed policy priorities.

Services should be already operational at national, regional or local level

in the Member States or ICT PSP Associated countries participating in the

operation of the proposed pilot. Alternatively the services should be in

advanced phase of national/regional testing.

The main outcome of this type of pilot is an implementation of an open,

common interoperable service solution based on an initial common

specification agreed amongst participants in the pilot.

Pilot Type B

Pilots Type B aim at a first implementation of an ICT based innovative

service addressing the needs of citizens, governments and businesses.

The emphasis is on fostering innovation in services, consequently the

pilot may need to take-up completed R&D work, may extend already

tested prototype services or may combine/integrate several partial

solutions to realise a new innovative approach. Whichever approach is

taken, the outcome of the work shall be an operational pilot service

demonstrating significant impact potential.

It is considered essential from the outset that the pilot will engage a

complete value-chain of stakeholders in the work.

The pilot should demonstrate the technical, organizational and legal

feasibility of the service and evaluate the impact of these innovative ICT-

based solutions in view of their wider deployment and use.

Thematic Networks

Thematic Networks address a common theme by bringing together

relevant stakeholders, expertise and facilities with the objective of

exploring new ways of implementing ICT-based solutions.

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The network may instigate working groups, workshops and exchanges of

good practices with the aim of creating the necessary conditions and

consensus on action plans, standards and specifications in view to ensure

the widest future replication and co-deployment of innovative solutions.

Public Procurement of Innovative solutions (PPI pilot)

Reinforcing early deployment of innovative ICT solutions by supporting a

public procurement.

Total budget for theme n.3: ICT for health, ageing well and inclusion: 39

M€

Financing instruments:

a. Pilot Type A: tot. budget 7 M€ (50% max EU co-financing);

b. Pilot Type B: tot. budget 19 M€ (50% max EU co-financing);

c. Thematic Network: tot. budget 3M€;

d. Public Procurement of Innovative solutions (PPI pilot): tot. budget

10 M€.

For details about the budget allocated to each project (according to the

different financing instrument) please see the ICT PSP Work Programme.

Duration:

Pilot Type A: max 36 months

Pilot Type B: 24 - 36 months

Thematic Network: 18 - 36 months

Public Procurement of Innovative solutions (PPI pilot): n.a.

Who may apply? Legal entities: legal persons; natural persons (only in so

far as required by the nature or characteristics of the action);

exceptionally, entities which do not have legal personality under the

applicable national law may participate, provided that their

representatives have the capacity to undertake legal obligations on their

behalf and assume financial liability.

Eligible countries: EU Member States; ICT PSP Associated countries

(Croatia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, FYR Macedonia, Montenegro, Norway,

Serbia, Turkey).

For further information: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/call_CIP?

callIdentifier=CIP-ICT-PSP-2013-7&specificProgram=ICT-PSP

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COMPET IT IVENESS AND INNOVAT ION FRAMEWORK

PROGRAMME_PROGRAMME “INTELLIGENT ENERGY – EUROPE” CIP-

IEE-2013


From 2007, Intelligent Energy – Europe (IEE II) has been included in the

overall Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP). The

objective of the Intelligent Energy - Europe II Programme is to contribute

to secure, sustainable and competitively priced energy for Europe, by

providing for action:

to foster energy efficiency and the rational use of energy resources;

to promote new and renewable energy sources and to support

energy diversification;

to promote energy efficiency and the use of new and renewable

energy sources in transport.

The Programme in particular contributes to the EU Energy 2020 Strategy

and facilitates the implementation of the Directive on energy efficiency

and of the Directive on the promotion of the use of energy from

renewable sources. This Programme has become the main EU instrument

to tackle non-technological barriers to the spread of efficient use of

energy and greater use of new and renewable energy sources. The

Programme is managed by the Executive Agency for Competitiveness and

Innovation.

Intelligent Energy - Europe covers action in the following fields:

Energy efficiency and rational use of energy resources (SAVE),

including:

Improvement of energy efficiency and the rational use of energy, in

particular in the building and industry sectors;

supporting the preparation and application of legislative measures.

New and renewable energy resources (ALTENER), including:

Promoting new and renewable energy sources for centralised and

decentralised production of electricity, heat and cooling, and thus

supporting the diversification of energy sources;

integrating new and renewable energy sources into the local

environment and the energy systems;


Energy in transport (STEER) to promote energy efficiency and the use

of new and renewable energy sources in transport, including:

Supporting initiatives relating to all energy aspects of transport and

the diversification of fuels;

promoting renewable fuels and energy efficiency in transport;


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Integrated initiatives combine several of the above specific fields or

relating to certain EU priorities. They may include actions integrating

energy efficiency and renewable energy sources in several sectors of

the economy and/or combining various instruments, tools and

actors within the same action or project.

Under the field n.4: Integrated Initiatives (indicative budget: EUR 27.2

million) there is the priority (Energy efficiency and renewable energy use

in buildings) that foresees a major transformation in the building sector

during the next few years (health facilities included). In particular, there

is a need to support the refurbishment of the existing stock, either

through step-by-step renovation or major renovations. Training activities

have a major role to play in the next few years. Amongst those working in

the construction industry, there is a need to support those professionals

who have already spent several years working in the sector. The priorities

2013 will be the following:

Energy Performance Certification as a driver for step-by-step

renovation: capturing the market. Actions bringing about increased

uptake of the recommendations for energy efficiency and

renewable energies of energy performance certificates. The actions

should result in increased demand on the market for step-by-step

renovation;

transforming the existing building stock: actions which result in

accelerated rates of refurbishment of existing buildings towards

Nearly Zero-Energy Buildings. This could include actions assisting

public or private sectors, bringing together industry elements to

provide packaged solutions, promoting frontrunners, financing

mechanisms, etc.;

continuous professional development courses for professionals in

the design and management of constructions (architects, engineers,

specialists, developers, procurers, municipality employees, etc..);

actions monitoring energy performance certificates and their quality

(integration of energy efficiency and renewable energies).

Partnership: at least three independent legal entities, whether public or

private, each established in a different eligible country: EU Member

States, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav

Republic of Macedonia.

Tot. budget: 65 M€ (max UE co-financing: 75%).

For more information: http://ec.europa.eu/energy/intelligent/getting-funds/call-for-

proposals/how-to-apply/index_en.htm

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SEVENTH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME FOR RESEARCH (FP7) 2007 –

2013

FP7-PEOPLE-2013-CIG _MARIE CURIE ACTION: CAREER INTEGRATION

GRANTS (CIG)

Deadline for submitting proposals: 18 September 2013.

Indicative total budget: 40 M€.

Objective: to strenghten the European Research Area (ERA) by

encouraging researchers to establish themselves in a Member State or in

an associated country, thereby attracting and retaining the best talents in

Europe.

The action is designed to support researchers in the first steps of their

European research career and to attain lasting professional integration in

the ERA.

This action should also allow the transfer of knowledge that the

researchers have acquired prior to the Career Integration Grant, as well

as to the development of lasting co-operation with the scientific and/or

industrial environment of the country from which they have moved.

Who may apply?: this action addresses researchers of any nationality

who, at the relevant deadline for submission of proposals, correspond to

the definition of experienced researchers, and who comply with the

mobility rule.

A researcher who has benefited or is benefiting from a reintegration or

career integration grant (including IRG and ERG grants under both FP6

and FP7) is ineligible for funding under this call.

The application is made jointly by a researcher and a host organization

located in a Member State or an associated country.

Funding scheme: Support for training and career development of

researchers.

The grant can cover a period of up to 4 years (It corresponds to a flat rate

contribution of 25 000 € per researcher and per year for the benefit of

the recruited researcher, to contribute to his/her research costs at the

career integration host).

For more information: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/people?

callIdentifier=FP7-PEOPLE-2013-CIG#

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FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IEF_ MARIE CURIE INTRA-EUROPEAN FELLOWSHIPS FOR

CAREER DEVELOPMENT (IEF)

Deadline for submitting proposals: 14 August 2013

Tot. Budget : 134 M€

Objective: at various stages of their career, experienced researchers may

welcome an opportunity to acquire new research skills or to work in

other sectors. This broadening of their horizons also helps to broaden

Europe’s knowledge base. In turn, that makes our economy more

competitive, providing more and better jobs. Intra-European Fellowships

for Career Development (IEFs), created in the framework of Marie Curie

Actions, are specifically aimed at helping experienced researchers to try

something new for a while. IEF funding is provided for advanced training.

This may include the acquisition of new and/or complementary skills, and

transnational mobility. The training is based on a personal career

development programme agreed between the researcher and the

supervisor at the host organisation.

Financial support is provided for a period of 12-24 months for individual

projects presented by experienced researchers from Member States or

Associated Countries in liaison with a host organisation from a Member

State or Associated Country.

The types of training might include:

training-through-research under supervision, through an individual

personalised project;

hands-on training to develop your scientific skills (new techniques or

instruments, etc.) and your complementary skills (proposal

preparation to request funding, patent applications, project

management, tasks coordination, technical staff supervision, etc.);

inter-sectoral or interdisciplinary knowledge transfer;

the capacity to build collaborations;

active scientific and financial management of your research project;

developing organisational skills through organisation of training or

dissemination events.

Who may apply: researchers based in EU Member States or Associated

Countries can apply for an IEF. You must have either a doctoral degree or

at least 4 years’ full-time research experience, after obtaining a degree

permitting you to embark on a doctorate. Generally, you must carry out

the project on the premises of a host organisation in an EU or Associated

Country other than your own. Special consideration is also given to those

returning to a research career after a break.

Duration: 12 – 24 months (full-time equivalent)

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FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IOF_MARIE CURIE INTERNATIONAL OUTGOING

FELLOWSHIPS FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT (IOF)

Deadline for submitting proposals: 14 August 2013

Tot. Budget: 44.500.000 €

Objective: European researchers can learn a lot from conducting high-

level research in other parts of the world. The knowledge that they

acquire in Third Countries can then be brought back and used in Europe.

To encourage European researchers to venture further afield (and then to

come back), Marie Curie Actions offer International Outgoing

Fellowships for Career Development (IOFs). IOFs fund advanced training.

In particular, they include a salary for the researcher and a contribution

to research-related costs. The host organisation should be a university,

research centre or enterprise established and located in a Third Country

(for the outgoing phase) and in an EU or Associated Country (for the

return phase). IOF aims at developing and widening the competences of

researchers. In particular, it should strengthen the multi- or

interdisciplinary expertise, inter-sectoral experience and complementary

skills.

The fellowships may include:

Training-through-research under supervision, through an individual

personalised project;

hands-on training to develop your scientific skills (new techniques or

instruments, etc.) and your complementary skills (proposal

preparation to request funding, patent applications, project

management, tasks coordination, technical staff supervision, etc.);

inter-sectoral or interdisciplinary knowledge transfer;

building collaborations;

active scientific and financial management of your research project;

developing organisational skills through organisation of training or

dissemination events.

Who may apply: IOFs are for researchers from EU Member States and

Associated Countries. To apply, you must have either a doctoral degree or

at least 4 years’ full-time equivalent research experience, after obtaining

a degree permitting you to embark on a doctorate. But more experience

is welcomed, it will not affect your chances of obtaining an IOF.

Duration: financial support can be given for up to 3 years in all. This

includes an initial outgoing phase of 1-2 years in a third Country. But

there is also a mandatory reintegration phase. In other words, you will be

committing yourself to return to an EU Member State or an Associated

Country.

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ARTEMIS JOINT UNDERTAKING CALL FOR PROPOSALS: ARTEMIS-2013-1

Deadline for submitting proposals: 6 June 2013 (single stage procedure).

The ARTEMIS (Advanced Research and Technology for Embedded

Intelligence and Systems ) Joint Undertaking (JU) was created, by Council

Regulation No 74/2008 of 20 December 20071, in February 2008 in order

to implement a Joint Technology Initiative (JTI) in Embedded Computing

Systems; the main component of this JTI is a research programme

addressing the design, development and deployment of embedded

systems. The ARTEMIS JU is set up as a public-private partnership,

bringing together the European Commission and about 23 European

countries with ARTEMIS-IA, which is an association representing the R&D

actors in the area of embedded systems (companies, research centres,

universities).

The ARTEMIS JU will support R&D projects through open and competitive

calls for proposals. The technological content of call for proposals 2013 is

described in detail in the ARTEMIS JU Annual Work Programme 2013. A

longer term strategy is described in the ARTEMIS Multi-Annual Strategic

Plan (MASP). ARTEMIS research projects are industry-driven projects in

the field of embedded systems, which aim at generating new and

improved technologies and in applying them in products, processes or

services; in order to strengthen the competitiveness of European

industry, improve sustainability, and facilitate the emergence of new

markets and applications that respond to societal needs.

Tot. budget: 72.292.000 € (ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking contribution:

25.652.000 €; ARTEMIS Member States contribution: 46.640.000 €). The

financial contribution of the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking will be 16.7% of

eligible costs incurred by participants to implement the projects. National

commitments are subject to final approval by the relevant financial

authority.

For more information: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/call_FP7?

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ENIAC JOINT UNDERTAKING_ CALL 8_ 2013 (ENIAC-2013-1)

ENIAC (European Nanoelectronics Initiative Advisory Council) Joint

Undertaking (JU) was created in February 2008 in order to implement a

Joint Technology Initiative (JTI) in nanoelectronics; the main task of this

JU is the execution of a research programme to enhance the further

integration and miniaturisation of devices, and increasing their

functionalities. The research within the ENIAC JU programme consists in

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competitiveness of European industry, improve sustainability, and

facilitate the emergence of new markets and applications that respond to

societal needs. This call focuses on projects dealing with technological

research and development activities such as formulation of technology

concepts, experimental proofs and validation in laboratory conditions

corresponding to Technology Readiness Levels 2 to 5.

The Annual Work Programme 2013 includes 8 priorities/main challenges.

With reference to the health sector, there are two priorities dealing with

the following aspects:

Health and the Aging society

Home Healthcare

Hospital Healthcare

Heuristic Healthcare

Safety & Security

Consumer and Citizens Security

Securing the European Challenging Application

Enabling Technologies for Trust, Security and Safety

Deadline for submitting preliminary proposals: 23 May 2013 (two-stage

procedure. First stage: submission of a preliminary proposal _Project

Outlines; Second stage: submission of a Full Project Proposals _ FPP).

Eligible areas: UE Member States, Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia,

Iceland, Israel, Faroe Islands, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, FYR

Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia, Switzerland and Turkey.

Who may apply: research centres, private organizations, public bodies,

foundations, enterprises, non-profit research institutions, universities,

associations.

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LIFELONG LEARNING PROGRAME(LLP) – CALL FOR PROPOSALS 2013

EAC/S07/12

Deadline for the submission of application:

- Comenius, Grundtvig: 17 September 2013;

- Transversal programme: Key activity 1 — Study visits: first deadline: 15

October 2013;

Budget tot.: 1,276 M €. (the level of grants awarded as well as the

duration of projects vary depending on factors such as the type of project

and the number of countries involved).

For more information: http://ec.europa.eu/education/llp/official-documents-on-the-

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PROGRAMME LIFE + (2007 – 2013)

The seventh LIFE+ call for proposals (2013/C 47/10) was published in the

Official Journal (2013/C 47/21) on 19 February 2013.

Deadline: the project proposals shall be validated and submitted via

“eProposal” to the national competent authorities by 25 June 2013.

Proposals will then be submitted via “eProposal” by the national

authorities to the Commission by 5 July 2013.

Programme LIFE is the EU’s financial instrument supporting

environmental and nature conservation projects throughout the EU, as

well as in some candidate, acceding and neighbouring countries.

The following themes are covered by this announcement:

LIFE+ Nature and Biodiversity

Main objectives: to protect, conserve, restore, monitor and facilitate the

functioning of natural systems, natural habitats, wild flora and fauna, with

the aim of halting the loss of biodiversity, including diversity of genetic

resources, within the EU.

LIFE+ Environment Policy and Governance

Main objectives: to promote the implementation, updating and

development of EU policy and legislation on environment, including the

integration of environmental issues into other policies, thereby

contributing to sustainable development. The actions must have an

European added value.

Priorities: 1. Climate change; 2. Water (Directive 2000/60/EC Water

Framework Directive); 3. Air (air quality); 4. Soil; 5. Urban environment; 6.

Noise (environmental noise); 7. Chemicals (Regulation EC No 1907/2006

REACH); 8. Environment and health (to develop the information base for

policy on the environment and health);

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9. Natural resources and waste; 10. Forests; 11. Innovation; 12. Strategic

approaches (to improve the environmental performance of SMEs).

LIFE+ Information and Communication

Main objective: to disseminate information and raise awareness on

environmental issues, including forest fire prevention; and to provide

support for accompanying measures, such as information,

communication actions and campaigns, conferences and training,

including training on forest fire prevention.

Overall budget: 278 M€ (at least 50 % of this amount shall be allocated to

measures to support the conservation of nature and biodiversity). The

rate of the EU co-financing is 50 % of the eligible costs; exceptionally, a

maximum co-financing rate up to 75 % is applicable to proposals which

target priority habitats/species of the Birds’ and Habitats’ Directives.

Beneficiaries: entities registered in the Member States of the European

Union or in Croatia being public and/or private bodies, actors and

institutions.

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EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY (EFSA)

Tender

Support to national dietary surveys in compliance with the EFSA

guidance on general principles for the collection of national food

consumption data in the view of a pan-European dietary survey' —

third support (2013/S 036-056087)


Description: the aim of this procurement procedure is to award direct

contracts to organisations from EU Member States, which have a

governmental mandate to carry out a dietary survey at national level in

the period from 2013 to 2018. Resources will be made available to

support the adaptation of the methodology used in these surveys

according to the EFSA guidance document on the general principles for

the collection of national food consumption data in the view of a pan-

European dietary survey. The dietary data collected through the activity

should be available for EFSA's scientific activities without restrictions on

its use.

For information: http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:56087-

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Review and inventory of modelling frameworks/techniques suitable

for assessing the risk of pathogen introduction and establishment

and the risk of pathogen transmission and spread (2013/S 066-

109696)

Deadline: 24 June 2013

Description: the objectives of the contract resulting from the present

procurement procedure are as follows:

1. identify current best modelling frameworks/techniques suitable for

assessing the risk of pathogen introduction and establishment and

the risk of pathogen transmission and spread;

2. create an inventory of the current modelling frameworks/

techniques suitable for assessing the risk of pathogen introduction

and establishment and the risk of pathogen transmission and

spread;

3. assess the applicability of identified modelling frameworks/

techniques from areas other than animal health for assessing the

risks of pathogen introduction and establishment and the risk of

pathogen transmission and spread;

4. develop a checklist for documenting the process of selecting

modelling frameworks/techniques for EFSA opinions in the area of

animal health risk assessments;

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5. adapt applicable modelling frameworks/techniques from areas other

than animal health and compare them with modelling frameworks/

techniques from the animal health area via simulations.

Budget: 410.000 € (excluding VAT)

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EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL

Tender

Surveillance of mosquito vectors in Europe: ECDC guidelines for the

surveillance of native mosquitoes (2013/S 074-122734)


Short description: ECDC wishes to produce guidelines for the surveillance

of native mosquito vectors of human diseases, in order to improve and

harmonise the collection of data needed for appropriate response to

outbreak threats. The guidelines shall provide Member States with

comprehensive and practical information collected through systematic

reviews, to assist them in implementing native mosquito surveillance.

Based on the same structure as the current ECDC guidelines for the

surveillance of invasive mosquito vectors, the new guidelines will broaden

the scope of ECDC guidelines for surveillance of mosquitoes of public

health interest in Europe. In a longer perspective these 2 ECDC guidelines

should ensure a comprehensive coverage of surveillance activities within

Europe and help to provide comparable and timely information about

both native and invasive mosquito vectors.



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Monitoring the HIV/AIDS response in Europe and neighbouring

countries (2013/S 068-112545)


Short description: to support Member States monitor implementation of

the Dublin Declaration on HIV/AIDS. The work will centre around building

up a data collection tool and analysing national response data.

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Duration: 4 years (framework agreement).



Framework on migrant health and infectious diseases (2013/S 068-

112543)


Short description: the overall scope and objective of this call for tender is

to develop an ECDC framework on how to improve the monitoring of

migrant health and infectious diseases and provide an overview of

migration inflows to the EU/EEA and how the numbers and mix of

migrants from various countries is expected to impact infectious disease

transmission, migrant health assessments and screening practices/

policies in the EU/EEA in the coming 5–10years.


Duration: 3 years (framework agreement)



European gonococcal antimicrobial surveillance programme (2013/S

067-111084)


Short description: the subject matter is to further strengthen the activities

performed in the STI microbiology project, and in particular to focus on

supporting countries in their response to the threat of multidrug resistant

N. gonorrhoeae in the EU/EEA Member States and candidate countries

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EXECUTIVE AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND CONSUMERS (EAHC)

Tender

Call for tender n° EAHC/2013/Health/01 for concluding Multiple

Framework Contracts with reopening of competition to support the

implementation of the health programme (2008–2013) and the

health programme (2014–2020) through health reports and

economic analysis (2013/S 068-112553)


Description: the objective of this call for tender is the conclusion of

framework contracts with tenderers that are able to assist the Executive

Agency for Health and Consumers and the Directorate-General for Health

and Consumers of the European Commission in carrying out their

activities related to health information, economic analysis and

forecasting.

In particular, contractors will be asked to provide:

a) health reports — will cover topics included in the health strategy and

pointed out by the Commission, andgive relevant and well-structured

information based on best available evidence and solid data and

indicators;

b) health economic reports, analysis and forecasting — producing

evidence on the numerous relationships between health parameters,

economic, and socio-economic variables as well as issuing forecasts for

relevant data affected by demographic, social, economic, technological

and epidemiological changes, related to the objectives and actions of the

second and third multiannual health programmes.

Budget: 16.000.000 € (excluding VAT)

Duration: 48 months (from the award of the contract).

For information: http://ec.europa.eu/eahc/health/calls_for_health_programme.html

Call for tender No EAHC/2013/Health/04 concerning empowering

patients in the management of chronic diseases (2013/S 068-

112555)


Description: this call for tender seeks to help understand the concept of

patient empowerment — meaning a principle of patients making

informed choices — as a prerequisite to exercise patient rights. It aims at

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The successful tenderer will propose a method to validate transferability

of good practices, both between management models of different chronic

diseases in different health systems. Finally, scenarios of EU future

collaboration on this subject will be developed. The work will not only

include patient empowerment initiatives targeted at a specific disease,

but also initiatives targeted at patients with multiple morbidities, as this

requires a different approach towards the organisation of health systems.




Call for tender No EAHC/2013/Health/05 concerning a life table

analysis: health system cost-effectiveness assessments across

Europe (2013/S 068-112559)


Description: the objective of the contract is to carry out a health-system

cost-effectiveness assessment in the EU-27Member States, Croatia and

the EEA countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) with the view to

highlight the potential impact of changes in lifestyle habits. The tasks will

include a literature review, the preparation of a detailed study design

which shall be assessed by experts, drawing conclusions on the health

system cost-effectiveness assessment across the countries covered by the

contract, a discussion and analysis of the results of the final study. The

final study findings shall be subject to a validity assessment by experts.




Call for tender No EAHC/2013/Health/06 concerning an overview of

the national laws on electronic health records in the EU Member

States and their interaction with the provision of cross-border e-

health services (2013/S 068-112561)


Description: the overall objective of this call for tender is to prepare an

overview of the national laws on electronic health records in the EU

Member States and their interaction with the provision of cross-border e-

health services of Article 11 and Article 14 Directive 2011/24/EU.

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The specific objectives are:

1) to examine national laws and identify legal barriers for cross-border

transfer of electronic health data from electronic health records and for

the provision of cross-border e-health services;

2) to make recommendations to the e-health Network on how national

laws and the European framework shall evolve to support cross-border e-

health services.

The study shall also propose recommendations to the e-health network

to work towards a sustainable legal framework at national and European

level. When pursuing these objectives the study should build on existing

evidence, gathered mainly (but not limited to) in the course of EU

projects supported by the European Commission Directorate-General for

Communication Networks, Content and Technology and by the

Directorate-General for Health and Consumers and other studies.

The study should implement a critical screening of these gathered

evidence, bearing in mind the current state of play in EU legislation and

the upcoming EU legislations on e-identification, on security, and on data

protection.




Call for tender No EAHC/2013/Health/07 concerning the review and

mapping of continuous professional development and lifelong

learning for health professionals in the EU (2013/S 068-112548)


Description: the objectives of this call for tender are to:

— provide an accurate, comprehensive and comparative mapping and

analysation of continuous professional development (CPD) models,

approaches and practices for health professionals and how these are

structured and financed in the EU-27, Croatia and the EFTA/EEA

countries,

— facilitate a discussion with policy-makers, regulatory and professional

bodies to share information and practices on the CPD of health;

professionals and to reflect on the benefits of European cooperation in

this area,

— to make policy recommendations in the above field, and

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— to organise a 1-day workshop in Brussels, open to the participation of

national experts and professional organisations.




Call for tender No EAHC/2013/Health/08 concerning effective

recruitment and retention strategies for health workers (2013/S 068

-112554)


Description: the aim of this call for tender is to have a study which will

provide a comprehensive analysis of effective strategies for the

recruitment and retention of health professionals to assist and enhance

the development of human resource policies through the exchange of

good practices.

There are 3 main objectives:

— to provide a comprehensive analysis of effective strategies for

recruiting and retaining health workers in the EU,

— to facilitate a discussion with experts and stakeholders to canvass

expert opinion and to foster the exchange of good practice, and

— to propose options for future action on the recruitment and retention

of health professionals at the European level.




Call for tender No EAHC/2013/Health/09 concerning pilots on early

dialogue between health technology assessors and healthcare

product developers during the development phase of medicinal

products and medical devices (2013/S 068-112557)


Description: the European Union (EU) has supported cooperation projects

in the field of Health Technology Assessment (HTA) since 2006. The

European Commission's approach to HTA is to focus on clinical aspects of

an HTA (i.e. technology description, safety issues and relative

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In line with the conclusions of the 2008 Ministerial Pharmaceutical

Forum, improving and anticipating the collection of clinical evidence

before licensing (i.e. at the end of phase II of a clinical trial for a medicinal

product) would enable easier and quicker HTA processes after licensing,

leading to quicker decisions on uptake of new products. Early dialogues

are therefore supposed to bring benefit to HTA authorities, regulators

and individual volunteering companies. Therefore the purpose of this call

for tender is to give support to conducting early dialogues aiming at

improving the data collection during the development phase of the

technology. The contractor will develop a number of methodological

protocols and test them through 10 early dialogues pilots.

Budget: 500 000 € (excluding VAT)



Call for tender No EAHC/2013/Health/10 concerning multiple

framework contracts with reopening of competition to support

tobacco policies (2013/S 068-112558)


Description: the main purpose of the Framework Contracts to be

concluded as a result of the present procurement procedure is to assist

the European Commission with the monitoring/evaluation/

implementation of legislation and policies in the area of tobacco and

related products. In this regard, technical and scientific input is expected

in the form of reports, studies and/or other relevant forms outlined under

each of the foreseen lots. The deliverables should provide the regulators

with the knowledge needed to adapt the European Union legislation and

policies to market, scientific and international developments, effectively

tackle obstacles, anticipate new strategies and, where necessary, readapt

and thereby increase the efficacy of tobacco control activities. Most of

the services that will be requested from the contractors are to support a

smooth adoption and implementation of the revised Tobacco Product

Directive, in particular in form of subsequent delegated and

implementing acts.

The support will concern technical, economic and/or scientific questions.

The lots are:

Lot 1 – Composition of tobacco and related products and its impact on

human health (Ingredients-Lot);

Lot 2 – Labelling, packaging, presentation and marketing of tobacco and

related products (Labelling-Lot).

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Call for tender No EAHC/2013/Health/11 concerning the provision of

an analysis and feasibility assessment regarding EU systems for

tracking and tracing of tobacco products and for security features

(2013/S 068-112544)


Description: the purpose of this contract is to provide service to and assist

the European Commission in the preparation for a European Union

tracking and tracing system of tobacco products and for security features,

as foreseen in Article 14 of the Commission proposal on the

approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of

the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of

tobacco products, ("the Commission proposal"), which was adopted on

19 December 2012 and is currently in ordinary legislative procedure

within the EU institutions. The service is to be provided according to the

legal and technical requirements set in the Commission proposal,

described in detail in the tender specifications. The service provided will

support the Commission in proposing the delegated acts foreseen in the

Commission proposal. In addition, other legal, technical and background

documents within the EU and at international level may rely on the result

of the present contract.




Call for tender No EAHC/2013/Health/13 concerning the provision of

support to the effective use of European Structural and Investment

(ESI) Funds for health investments (2013/S 068-112560)


Description: the overall purpose of this tender is to provide assistance to

Member States in the programming of European Structural and

Investment (ESI) Funds in the field of health, under the new period 2014-

2020. The present call has as its main objective to develop evidence and

guidance on the use of ESI Funds devoted to health priorities and on their

better management at national and regional level. It will aim to support

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using funding as part of their overall health investment strategy,

especially in the current economic and political context.

The call has three specific objectives:

1) build knowledge about the use of ESI Funds for health in the new

programming period 2014-2020;

2) prepare managerial and technical tools for effective health

investments; and

3) provide practical support for the use of structural funds to Member

States i.e. Ministries of Health, Managing Authorities and other bodies

involved in the programming and managing of Structural Funds in health.




NOTE ON THE HIGH LEVEL CONFERENCE ADDRESSING FRAILTY IN OLD

AGE

On Thursday April 18 an high level conference was held in Brussels on the

issue of frailty in old age; among the attendants and the realtors

numerous Italian experts contributed with significant interventions.

Specific dimensions of frailty in old age such as functional and cognitive

decline, screening and effective interventions, and risk factors such as

malnutrition has been discussed at the conference opened by Tonio Borg,

Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy. Among the key objectives

discussed particular attention was given to the policy debate on frailty

guidelines, showcasing the commitments being implemented in the frailty

action group and discussing the latest evidence on frailty that can feed

into the work of the action group.

The policy implications of preventing frailty, understanding and tackling

frailty and key ideas for EU action were discussed during the plenary

sessions. Among the attendant we can count key-note speakers including

policy makers and international experts in ageing and frailty in older

people. Four specific workshops addressed the following topics: risk

conditions, early diagnosis and prevention, malnutrition and frailty,

functional and cognitive decline, and the impact of frailty on health and

social services.

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The conference was organised in the context of the Commission's

Innovation Partnership on Active & Healthy Ageing. The partnership, with

its headline target of 2 more healthy life years by 2020' has three

overarching goals: to improve the health and quality of life of older

people; to support the sustainability of health systems, and to boost EU

industry competitiveness. The Partnership's strategic implementation

plan identifies prevention of functional decline and frailty as a concrete

action under the prevention, screening and early diagnosis pillar. The

other two pillars are care and cure as well as active ageing and

independent living.

PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON HTA CORE MODEL® FOR RAPID RELATIVE

EFFECTIVENESS ASSESSMENT OF PHARMACEUTICALS

On April 16th 2013 was launched a public consultation on the utilization

of the HTA Core Model® for Rapid Relative Effectiveness Assessment of

Pharmaceuticals. The policy for the HTA Core Model and core HTA

information - produced within EUnetHTA Joint Action 2010-2012 - will be

reviewed by EUnetHTA Joint Action 2 during spring 2013. The policy is

now available for public feedback, which will be used in the review

process to develop the next version. The aim of this consultation is to

obtain feedback on the policy that steers the utilization of the HTA Core

Model and information produced using the Model.

The HTA Core Model is a methodological framework developed by

EUnetHTA to promote shared production and utilization of HTA

information. An 'Online Tool and Service' has also been developed to

assist the use of the Model, and it is currently available to EUnetHTA

member organizations at www.corehta.info. Core HTA information refers

to any HTA information produced using the Model and published through

the 'Online Tool and Service'. The information is published as

"collections", which are freely available. In order o respond to the

Consultation it is necessary to review the Policy on HTA Core Model and

core HTA information, available on the website. To provide any

comments it is mandatory to use the Public Consultation Survey Form.

The deadline to respond to the consultation is the 13th of May 2013.

The final results of the public consultation will be published on

EUnetHTA's website by the end of October 2013. Only comments

submitted within the indicated timeframe, through the indicated online

form and in accordance with the described procedure will be taken into

account.

For access to the documents and to have any further information please

visit the following website: www.eunethta.eu/news/public-consultation-policy-hta-

core-model-and-core-hta-information.

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http://www.corehta.info/

http://www.eunethta.eu/news/public-consultation-policy-hta-core-model-and-core-hta-information

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