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