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Teaser, summary, work performed and final results

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - WE4AHA (Widening the support for large scale uptake of Digital Innovation for Active and Healthy Ageing)

Teaser

WE4AHA …… is the CSA funded by the EU H2020 programme aimed at providing support to administration, external communication and coordination of the stakeholder groups and partners engaged in the development and implementation of the European Innovation Partnership on Active...

Summary

WE4AHA …
… is the CSA funded by the EU H2020 programme aimed at providing support to administration, external communication and coordination of the stakeholder groups and partners engaged in the development and implementation of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP on AHA) and its horizontal initiatives: Blueprint Digital Transformation of Health and Care for the Ageing Society (Blueprint), Innovation to Market (I2M) and Monitoring and Assessment Framework for the EIP on AHA (MAFEIP).
... is advancing the effective large uptake and impact of Digital Innovation for Active and Healthy Ageing building upon a comprehensive set of support and promotion services aimed at reinforcing the EIP on AHA’s engagement of stakeholders.
… is specifically conceived to support the definition and execution of an I2M plan, the further Blueprint development to drive the policy vision on digital innovation, the broad use of the MAFEIP tool, and the consolidation of EIP on AHA Action Groups and Reference Sites.
The WE4AHA approach relies on key co-ordination and support methods and is envisaged to produce outputs generated through a well-orchestrated set of activities. The expected results under each EIP on AHA pillar – Action Groups and Reference Sites – and horizontal initiatives – I2M, Blueprint and MAFEIP – will be attained by fostering the capacity of stakeholders to converge on priorities, formulate strategies and execute jointly agreed actions to accelerate the large uptake of digital innovation for Active and Healthy Ageing across European regions.

Work performed

In the first reporting period the work carried out by the WE4AHA project has been mainly focused on:
- Advancing the effective, large-scale uptake and impact of Digital Innovation for Active and Healthy Ageing through the design, development and implementation of a comprehensive set of support, engagement and promotion activities tailored to the needs of the EIP on AHA partners;
- Delivering continuous administrative, coordination and external communication support to relevant EIP on AHA stakeholders in order to secure their effective mobilisation and participation in the Action Groups (AG) and Reference Sites (RS) activities, and in the evolution of the cross-horizontal initiatives, namely the Innovation to Market (I2M) , the Blueprint on Digital Transformation of Health and Care for the Ageing Society and the tool for Monitoring and Assessment Framework for the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (MAFEIP) ;
- Supporting the definition and early implementation of an I2M Plan;
- Further developing the Blueprint to drive the policy vision on digital innovation for health and care;
- Broadening the adoption of the MAFEIP tool, its practical implementation and evolution;
- Consolidating the work of the six AG and 74 RS, in particular towards: i) the reporting of the AG results in the period 2016-2018, ii) the renovation of the Action Plans for the cycle 2018-2020; iii) the animation of the RS through thematic workshops; iv) the support to the Reference Site Collaborative Network;
- Establishing strategic synergies with relevant R&I initiatives in the European landscape in order to create favourable conditions for the full deployment of the digital transformation of the health and care;
- Designing and deploying massive online and offline communication and dissemination activities targeting EIP on AHA relevant stakeholders – industry, public authorities, end users, financial institutions, investors, insurers, and research communities committed to innovate on a large-scale.
The project results achieved by the WE4AHA project in the first reporting period can be summarised as follows:
- EIP on AHA stakeholders’ engagement mechanisms reinforced by and tailored to the needs expressed by the Partnership;
- Database of engaged stakeholders’ functionalities and its overall structure designed;
- Set of administrative, coordination and support services serving AG, RS and cross-horizontal initiatives, designed and deployed by the Administrative Support team to assist the EIP on AHA members in their daily activities;
- Relevant stakeholders – mainly innovative SMEs and start-ups – mapped, recruited and mobilised to drive forward the elaboration of the I2M Plan;
- Mapping of investments in the Active and Healthy Ageing sector and analysis of the gaps between demand and supply side in the European AHA market carried out;
- I2M Plan (first release) delivered including concrete actions list developed with the key relevant stakeholders;
- Blueprint contributors increased beyond the original “champions” to secure the wide participation of demand side representatives (e.g., regional authorities, health and care providers who have been investing in or implementing digital health and care solutions at scale) to the evolution of the policy vision on the digital transformation of health and care;
- Blueprint document updated to support investments in innovation for digital transformation of health and care, and to identify the key relevant use cases and scenarios to be targeted for large-scale deployment;
- MAFEIP 2.0 delivered and IT infrastructure fully integrated and made available through the EIP on AHA portal;
- MAFEIP community enlarged through the EIP on AHA and case studies identified for the further testing of the assessment tool in concrete settings;
- Action Groups continuously supported to secure their governance, evolution and activities deployment;
- Action Groups results achieved in the period 2016

Final results

Towards the end of 2019, the main activities undertaken will be:
- publication of renewed Action Plans 2018-2020
- launch of a new call for commitments relying the objectives of the renewed Action Plans
- organisation of two Reference Sites thematic workshop
- organisation of five twinning schemes between Reference Sites
- launch of a new call for Reference Sites
- update versions of I2M Plan and Blueprint
- implementation of I2M Plan activities
- analysis of five case studies and further enlargement of the MAFEIP communities
- further enhancement of synergies amongst EIP on AHA and other R&I initiatives such as AAL and JPI-MYBL
- support to dissemination and external communication of the EIP on AHA achievements
In 2020 the EIP on AHA activities will be followed up on a regular basis and reported on at the end of the cycle.

Website & more info

More info: https://ec.europa.eu/eip/ageing/home_en.